Kicking Harold

Kicking Harold is an alternative hard rock band from Los Angeles, California that has been active since the mid-1990s. Kicking Harold got a record deal after their first show and released their debut album "Ugly & Festering" on MCA Records in 1995. The albums Return of the Bulb Men (1997) and Space Age Breakdown (2002) followed on independent record labels, with Kicking Harold’s song "Gasoline" from Space Age Breakdown being featured as the theme to TLC’s hit automobile makeover show, Overhaulin’, for 72 episodes.

Founding member Tim David Kelly was in the group with a number of line-ups until 2010 when he wrote all the songs by himself and released their fourth album "Zombies, Cars & Evil Guitars". The 5th full-length album, Red Light District followed in Jan 2015. The album features an updated version of their hit "Kill You", originally released on their out-of-print album Ugly & Festering, as its debut single accompanied by a music video, filled with "vine style" digital sleight of hand effects and a cameo surprise ending by actress, Mary Carey. The band finished the promotion of Red Light District with a 25-date US Tour with The Winery Dogs during the autumn of 2015. They released their 6th album, Darker Angels, in 2022, with a promotion on their website to buy the album signed by Tim David Kelly with 4 stickers.