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19 сен 2023 :	Watch: KIX Reunites With Former Members At Final Concert
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11 сен 2023 :	KIX - Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire Second To Last Show Ever Streaming
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26 июл 2023 :	Watch: KIX Plays One Of Its Last-Ever Concerts At 2023 YORK STATE FAIR
23 май 2023 :	RONNIE YOUNKINS Confirms He Will Perform With KIX At Final Concert: 'I'm Really Grateful'
8 май 2023 :	KIX Singer STEVE WHITEMAN Says Decision To Retire Was Made 'Around A Year Ago'
6 май 2023 :	KIX Drummer JIMMY CHALFANT Opens Up About His Latest Cardiac Arrest, Says His Bandmate And Roadie Saved His Life
3 май 2023 :	Watch: Drummer JIMMY CHALFANT Performs With KIX For First Time Since Stage Collapse
12 мар 2023 :	KIX Recruits Drummer MATT STARR While JIMMY CHALFANT Is Continuing His Recovery
3 дек 2022 :	KIX Drummer JIMMY 'CHOCOLATE' CHALFANT Is 'Doing Great', Expects To Be Back On Stage In February
22 ноя 2022 :	KIX Issues Statement About JIMMY CHALFANT's Onstage Collapse, Postpones Second Leesburg Concert
23 май 2022 :	KIX - Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire M3 Rock Festival Show Streaming
24 фев 2022 :	KIX Guitarist RONNIE YOUNKINS Opens Up About His Battle With Alcoholism: 'I'm Just Glad To Be Alive'
31 дек 2021 :	KIX Guitarist RONNIE YOUNKINS Is 'Working Hard On His Rehabilitation'
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9 окт 2021 :	KIX Drummer JIMMY 'CHOCOLATE' CHALFANT Recovering From Heart Attack
10 сен 2021 :	KIX Cancels Tour Dates After Bandmember Tests Positive For COVID-19
9 июл 2021 :	KIX Frontman Believes Band Will Make Another Studio Album
1 июл 2021 :	KIX Guitarist RONNIE YOUNKINS Is Under House Arrest And Unable To Tour
21 июн 2021 :	KIX Frontman STEVE WHITEMAN To Release First-Ever Solo Album, 'You're Welcome'
10 май 2021 :	KIX Guitarist RONNIE YOUNKINS Is 'Unable To Perform' With Band For Foreseeable Future
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27 июл 2020 :	KIX Plays 'Socially Distanced' Concert In Virginia In Front Of 50 People
25 сен 2018 :	KIX Members Discuss Transferring 'Blow My Fuse' Original Analog Tapes To Digital For 'Fuse 30 Reblown' (Video)

10 май 2021

KIX Guitarist RONNIE YOUNKINS Is 'Unable To Perform' With Band For Foreseeable Future

KIX has announced that guitarist Ronnie Younkins is unable to perform with the band for the foreseeable future. He will be temporarily replaced by Bob Paré, an accomplished musician who studied at the Music Institute in Los Angeles and taught music theory and guitar at several institutions, including Western Maryland College and Maryland Institute of Music. Bob was a session musician for several independent label releases, and has spent most of his long career performing live in the Maryland and Washington, D.C. area with various bands, including FORCER, EVER RISE, PROJECT: EUPHORIA and, most recently, the RUSH tribute band SUN DOGS with KIX bassist Mark Schenker.

Says KIX: "We wish Ronnie all the best, and we hope for his speedy return to the band. Please join KIX in welcoming Bob to the family, while we await Ronnie's eventual return."

Four years ago, Younkins opened up about his drug addiction, saying that his "disease had gotten worse" after he relapsed several years earlier following two decades of sobriety.

Younkins missed a KIX concert in Pennsylvania in March 2017 when the rest of the group was unable to reach him. He was eventually found "not in great condition and very upset," according to TMZ. A month later, his bandmates revealed that he was "headed to a rehab facility" and promised that his spot in KIX would be "waiting for him" once he was ready to resume playing with the group.

While Younkins was in rehab, he took time out to join his KIX bandmates for a performance in June 2017 at the Sweden Rock Festival, where he gave a wide-ranging interview to Metal Rules that also touched upon his continued battle against substance abuse.

Speaking about his health, Ronnie said: "My disease has gotten worse. I had 21 years of sobriety at one point. Got sober and cleaned up in 1989, but I'd get on… A long story short, what led me back out was complacency in my program. I wasn't doing enough of my work for the AA program like I did in the early years. Then,I went on Hepatitis C treatment, or they should call it punishment, the old one that has many side effects, in 2010. One of them being insomnia, and the doctor put me on Ambien, and it fucked me up. It's a sleep drug, and I got hooked on it, and then I wasn't working the program, like with my mom's death — I worked through that at ten years sober. I worked through that with my sponsor. [My] dad died, like, in 2012. Some other shit had happened, and I worked through [it], and some serious things happened.

"We all have issues," he continued. "We all have shit happen in our lives and, you know, I worked through them in the program, but my when my father died, and I was complacent in the program, and I was already high on this fucking Ambien. I said, 'Fuck it.' And, I went out, and I started doing heroin and cocaine again within a month after my dad's death, and it's been nothing but downhill since. I've been through two rehabs, [in] 2014 [and] 2015."

Drug and alcohol rehab statistics show that the percentage of people who will relapse after rehab and even a period of some recovery ranges from 50% to 90%.

Most people do not manage to quit their addiction with their first attempt. They may try and fail a number of times before they manage to secure lasting sobriety.

For addicts that fall back into drug use, there is no guarantee that they will ever be able to stop again; their relapse may turn out to be a death sentence.

Over time, the life of the addict tends to deteriorate. This means that when people relapse, they may be going back to a life that is even worse than before.

Younkins added that he was "grateful" to his bandmates for standing by him through all his problems. "I love those guys in the band," he said. "They've been my brothers, all of them, and [KIX guitarist [Brian's [Forsythe] been a big help, because he's in the program as well, and yeah… So, I just want to get my shit together once and for all on a daily basis."

KIX regrets to announce that our friend and brother guitarist Ronnie "10/10" Younkins is temporarily unable to perform...

Posted by Kix Band on Wednesday, May 5, 2021

KIX Guitarist RONNIE YOUNKINS Is 'Unable To Perform' With Band For Foreseeable Future

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