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Rock Kills Kid

Band Los Angeles United States Active 2001–2010

Rock Kills Kid formed in 2001 in Los Angeles, United States and was active until 2010. Rock Kills Kid has 22 chart appearances on 20 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Paralyzed”, which appears on 19 lists with a best position of #27. The station that charted Rock Kills Kid most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.

22appearances

20countdowns

2songs charted

12stations

0#1 finishes

2006–2014years

Plenty of Los Angeles guitar bands came up around 2001, but Rock Kills Kid had their eyes fixed on a different coast and a different decade. Jeff Tucker sang and played guitar, Sean Stopnik played the other guitar, Shawn Dailey held down the bass, Reed Calhoun added keyboards and vocals and Mike Balboa drummed, and together they cooked up art punk with a new wave gloss. People heard the brooding drama of the Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen in it, a little Duran Duran and Modern English, the arena ache of U2, and the same sharp-edged revivalism as the Killers and Franz Ferdinand.

Their self-titled EP in 2003 carried "Paralyzed", a jittery, synth-streaked rush of nerves that is the song the countdowns have held on to. Signed to Fearless Records, they followed it with the full-length Are You Nervous? in 2006, with "Hideaway" among its tracks, and they went into that year tipped as a band to watch.

It didn't last. Rock Kills Kid called it a day in 2010, leaving a short, sharp catalog from a band that always seemed more in love with new wave's first flush than with the year on the calendar.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Rock Kills Kid on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Paralyzed	776	19	#27	–	2006
2	Hideaway	30	3	#86	–	2006

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

06 07

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2014	1218	Paralyzed	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	1159	Paralyzed	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	1102	Paralyzed	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	1066	Paralyzed	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	1027	Paralyzed	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	1002	Paralyzed	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	122	Hideaway	WBER Listener Countdown 2007
2007	780	Paralyzed	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	1830	Hideaway	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	89	Paralyzed	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006
2006	58	Paralyzed	91X Top 91 Songs of 2006
2006	48	Paralyzed	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006
2006	61	Paralyzed	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006	31	Paralyzed	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006	86	Hideaway	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006	35	Paralyzed	The End Top 107 Songs of 2006
2006	27	Paralyzed	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006	83	Paralyzed	Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006
2006	86	Paralyzed	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006
2006	94	Paralyzed	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006
2006	58	Paralyzed	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006	484	Paralyzed	Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)

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