HELIX or KIX

I have been jammin Helix since their first album in 1979...From the very beginning they were big in Amarillo where I come from and every single album received airplay from the first album...here is the first track I ever heard and fell in love with this album...(I still have the original album from 79)..Helix played in Amarillo on their very first Texas tour...

I only know Heavy Metal Live and Rock You.

I totally forgot about this thread.

How is Helix even in this discussion? Kix just has so many great songs it's not even close IMO.

tohostudios wrote:

I totally forgot about this thread.  

How is Helix even in this discussion?  Kix just has so many great songs it's not even close IMO.

+1

I only own Blow My Fuse by Kix. I need to give it a fresh spin.

I'd go with Helix, because i am more familiar with them. I have Walkin the razor's edge, Wild in the streets and No rest of the wicked, on cd.

Maybe i need to invest more into Kix.

Kix for me but I have to check out more Helix. I dont think i have much from them.

Absolutely Helix for me, but I don't think I would say that if I had never seen them live.  I don't think most of their studio records capture what they are.  I saw them twice on the tour for Wild In The Streets, and that's when it clicked for me.  I like Kix, but I think Brent Doerner and Paul Hackman were both much better guitarists than the Kix guys, and I don't feel any need to own anything beyond Midnight Dynamite and Blow My Fuse.  Neither band has a consistently strong catalog.