Thursday, April 15, 2010

Be On The Look-Out: Artist of the Week- Kidd Russell



Life, Music and Football


We make Alternative music influenced by hip hop similar to Gnarls Barkley, Rehab or Shwayze!


To put it simple Kidd Russell is a college football player turned indie music legend! Kidd Russell turned his college radio production class into music business 101! After 5 years in the business he teamed up with producer Matt Jenkins in 2008 and started Junkyard Productions. Together they have had their songs featured on MTV JAMS, MTV2, Foxsports, CW, HDnet MMA Fights and created the Theme song to Ring of Honor Wrestling which debuts Monday nights on HDnet! For more Bio on Kidd Russell go to http://www.sonicbids.com/kiddrussell

Discography

1) THE DEMO (2004)
2) UNTIED (2006)
3) THE DASH EP (2009)
4) Rudy Rutiger Mixtape (being release March 2010)
5) BACKYARD HEROES (being release March 2010)
Songs TV/Liscensing:

Rush Rock Remix : (official) Theme song of ROH Wrestling on Hd.net
Bruce : Willis HDnet
RUSH : ON MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew"
Dear Shooter: CW/ ABC family Network "The Writes Stuff"
Boom Boom : ROH Wrestling on HDnet
Thrust is a Must: ROH Wrestling on HDnet

OPENED FOR:

The Roots (twice)
The FLOBOTS (twice)
Common
Uncle Cracker
Tech 9
Mr. Lif (twice)
N.A.S.A
G Love and the special sauce
Mickey Avalon
Nappy Roots
Animate Objects
Glacier Hiking
GLC

FESTIVALS & COLLEGE:

MidPoint Music Festival (Cinci, oh)
Gateway Music Festival
Hoodilidoo Music & Arts Festival
University of Madison (Mad Ave)
Northern Illinois University (Otto's)
Bradley University (Sully's)
Marquette University(The Rave Mainstage)
University of Colorado Boulder (K's bar)
Columbia College (Chicago)
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Illinois (Foxsporst football video)
Xavier University (Chicago)

PERFORMED AT:

Lincoln Hall (chicago, Il)
Highland Ballroom (ny, ny)
THE ROXY (Hollywood, CA)
South Gate House (newport, ky)
Republic (chicago, Il)
Subterranean (CHICAGO, IL)
Abbey Pub (Chicago, IL)
Mad Ave (Madison, Wi)
Club Pi (Greenbay, Wi)
Betty's Blue Star (Chicago, IL)
madison theatre (ky)
K's in Boulder (Boulder, Co)
Peabody’s (Cleveland, Oh)
Mad Hatter (covington, ky)
SULLY's (Peoria, Il)
U.S. Beer Co. (Chicago, Il)
The Ashland (Chicago, Il)
Stage 83 (Lemont, Il)
The Rave Mainstage (Milwaukee, Wisc)
Top Cats (Cinci, Oh)
Cloud 9 (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Vuedville Mews (Des Moines, Iowa)

TO NAME A FEW.........

TUNES







Links

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-dash/id326589292


www.kiddrussell.tumblr.com

www.twitter.com/kiddrussell

Website: www.kiddrussellmusic.com

Label: www.junkyardproductions.net

Myspace: www.myspace.com/rickyrage