The Kickdrums
Alex Fitts of The Kickdrums
Background information
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop rock
Occupation	Record producer
Instruments	Drums drum machine keyboard sampler
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Hopeless 24West Last Gang
Members	Alexander Fitts
Past members	Matt Penttila
Website	thekickdrums.net

The Kickdrums is singer-songwriter and record producer Alexander Fitts, originally fromCleveland, Ohio. It was formerly a production duo also including DJ Matt Penttila.^[1]

Indie rock singer-songwriter Alex Fitts started off as a Cleveland-based record producer, working with local hip-hop acts but took off when his music caught the ears of big-name rappers, looking for production that blended hip-hop and indie rock styles. He and his production partner, Matt Penttila, found work with artists such as50 Cent,John Legend, andKid Cudi, and did remixing forKanye West,Adele,Ben Harper, andPeter Bjorn and John.^[2]

At the same time, the duo began working on their own hybrid of indie rock and hip-hop, releasing an EP titledJust a Game in 2009, and continued with an album titledMeet Your Ghost in 2011 withLast Gang Records.^[3]

Penttila left the band after this release and Fitts struck out on his own, turning The Kickdrums into a one-man band and trading in any vestiges of hip-hop for electronic-tinged singer-songwriter-influenced indie rock. After signing withHopeless Records, an EP titledStill Logic was released in July 2013, followed by an album titledThinking Out Loud in October of that year.^[4]

Fitts' music has been used in a variety of TV shows, movies and games includingThe Sims,Teen Wolf,The Wire,Suits,Bloodline,Chuck,Cougar Town,Lovesick,Demoted,Famous in Love,The Unicorn,Temptation Island,ESPN,the BBC as well as ads forRalph Lauren andBeats by Dre.

Albums including The Kickdrums' production have sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide. Fitts has citedThe Prodigy,Wu-Tang Clan andTrent Reznor as influences.

• "When Death Becomes You" –M.O.P and50 Cent on theGet Rich Or Die Tryin' Movie Soundtrack^[5]

• Cash on Delivery –Ray Cash ofColumbia Records^[6]

1. "Smokin' & Leanin"
2. "She A G"
3. "Dope Game"
4. "Here I Stand"

• Money" Mixtape-(King Chip) Chip The Ripper

1. "Keep on Pushing"
2. "Hello World"^[7]
3. "Get It Girl" (feat.Fat Al)^[8]

• Pop The Trunk –DJ Kay Slay & Greg Street FeaturingChamillionaire,Yung Joc andPapoose fromThe Champions: North Meets South album onKoch^[9]

• "Melt My Heart to Stone Remix" -Adele &Mick Boogie featuringBig Pooh on1988 Mixtape^[10]
• "Move On" –Slaughterhouse^[11]
• Sky High: The Kanye Remix Project –Kanye West, DJ BENZI, PLAIN PAT

1. "We Major"
2. "Good Morning" (feat.Big Sean)

• "Sky High" – Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West^[12]

• "T.G.I.F." (featuringChip tha Ripper) –Kid Cudi onA Kid Named Cudi Mixtape andMan on the Moon album Deluxe^[13]
• "Waiting for the End" (Kickdrums Remix) –Linkin Park from the "A Thousand Suns" albumWarner Brothers records^[14]
• "Like It's Her Birthday" (Kickdrums Remix) –Good Charlotte from the "Cardiology" albumCapital records^[15]
• "Nothing to Worry About" (Kickdrums Remix) (FeaturingWale,Young Chris,Rhymefest –Peter Bjorn and John from the "Living Thing" albumWichita Records^[16]

• "2 The Beat" –Scarface (Featuring B James & Monk Kaza)^[17]
• "Perfect World" – The Kickdrums (FeaturingThe Rza)^[18]
• "Lay There And Hate Me" –Ben Harper – (Kickdrums Remix)^[19]
• "Come And Go" –Alan Wilkis (Featuring The Kickdrums) (RJD2 Remix) –^[20]

• "Ridin" –A$AP Rocky featuringLana Del Rey
• "Half Naked & Almost Famous" –Machine Gun Kelly
• "Stereo" –Machine Gun Kelly from album "Lace Up"^[21]
• "Icey Techno" – Dee Goodz FeaturingSZA from the "Higher" EP^[22]
• "Follow The Leaders" - Album - The Kickdrums - Meet Your Ghost Records^[23]

1. "Thieves In The Choir" featuringCasey Veggies
2. "Want My Blood" featuringDZ Deathrays &Rockie Fresh
3. "My Life" featuringMachine Gun Kelly
4. "Naked"
5. "The Way It Goes" featuringBig Pooh
6. "The Last Goodbye" featuring Backwood Jones
7. "Traces"
8. "Death Wish" featuringMaluca Mala &Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire
9. "Safer Than Heaven"
10. "Whatever You'd Like featuringGilbere Forte [es]
11. "Come Come (KD Remix) by Hot As Sun - featuringFreddie Gibbs
12. "Come And Go" byAlan Wilkis featuring The KickDrums

• "So What" –K Flay from "What If It Is" EP –RCA Records^[24]
• "Free Tune" –Deniro Farrar from "The Patriarch II" album^[25]

• Music for Cartoon Network pilot show "Ridin with Burgess"^[26]
• "Super Soaker" –Duckwrth – Them Hellas Records^[27]

• "Sleeping Limbs" (Kickdrums Remix) –From Indian Lakes –Triple Crown Records^[28]
• "Outcast" (Fake Guns Remix) –Mainland –300 Entertainment^[29]
• "Nowhere" - Album -Duckwrth and The Kickdrums – Them Hellas Records^[30]

1. "No Where (Intro)"
2. "Magic Bullet"
3. "Indica La Roux (Ft. Miloh Smith)"
4. "Naruto"
5. "Psycho"
6. "N O W H E R E"
7. "Lambo, Pt. 1"
8. "Lambo, Pt. 2"
9. "Unagi"
10. "Skank"
11. "Bandcamp"
12. "I Got A Lazer"
13. "Now Here (Outro)"

• "Man's Man" – SWIMM – Hit City Records^[31]
• "Take That" –CRUISR –Vagrant Records^[32]
• "Don't Worry" –Rockie Fresh featuringRebekah Jordan [es]^[33]

• "Lights Out" EP - Shiny Wet Machine – (Sizzy Rocket and The Kickdrums) of Diet Punk Records^[34]

1. "Euphoria"
2. "Stun Gun"
3. "Spectrum"
4. "Chemicel"
5. "Hospitals"

• "Lights Out" B-Sides EP - Shiny Wet Machine – (Sizzy Rocket and The Kickdrums) of Diet Punk Records^[35]

1. "Breakfast"
2. "Coma"
3. "Spine"
4. "Gash"

• "Sentimental Porno" –SWIMM^[36]

1. "First Time"
2. "True Romance"
3. "Barbara Walters"

• "Grow EP" – Mia Gladstone – 22Twenty Records^[37]

1. "Baby Dont Worry"
2. "Hold It Down"
3. "Revolutionize"
4. "Love U"
5. "Feel It"

• "Aging Frontman EP" –Vinnie Caruana –Big Scary Monsters Records^[38]

1. "Alone"

• "Scars" –Sick Individuals (co-written) – One Seven Music /Sony Music^[39]

• "Nite Therapy EP" – Nite Therapy –Lo Editions /Universal Production Music^[40]
• "R.A. The Rugged Man:All My Heroes Are Dead"

1. "All My Heroes Are Dead (The Introduction)"
2. "Golden Oldies" (feat.Atmosphere andEamon)
3. "Angelic Boy"
4. "Living Through a Screen (Everything Is a Lie)" (feat. The Kickdrums)
5. "The Slayers Club" " (feat.Ice-T,Vinnie Paz,Brand Nubian,Chris Rivers,Chino XL,M.O.P. andOnyx)

• "Losing Sunlight EP" – Oh Bummer! – If This Then Records^[41]

1. "Mirrors"
2. "Beautiful Day"
3. "Going Out Of My Mind"
4. "It Felt Real"
5. "The Right Thing"
6. "Losing Sunlight"

• "Nite Therapy II EP" – Nite Therapy – Indie Sonics /Warner Chappell Music^[42]
• "Ride The Wave" – Doc Robinson^[43]

• "Psych Indie Pop" – Alexander M. Fitts – The Home Of Happy /BMG Production Music^[44]
• "The Color EP" – Doc Robinson & The Kickdrums –^[45]

1. "The Color"
2. "The Otherside"
3. "Ride The Wave"

• "Pretty Orange EP" – Werdperfect & The Kickdrums^[46]

1. "Pretty Orange"
2. "Potato Chip"
3. "No Vacancy"
4. "Wrong Number"

• "Stupid EP" – Oh Bummer –^[47]

1. "Swimming"
2. "The Bird and the Dog"
3. "Listen Up"
4. "Talk About It All The Time"

• Meet Your Ghost [co-produced with Alan Wilkis aka (Big Data)] (2011)^[48]
• Thinking Out Loud (co-produced withAndros Rodriguez) (2013)^[49]
• Blurred Colors (2020)
• The Ghost Tapes (2021)
• ZigZags (2023)

• Smash the System (2009)^[50]

• Just A Game EP (2009)^[51]
• Inspiration For Conversation EP (2013)^[52]
• Still Logic EP (2013)^[53]
• Breathe Again EP (2015)

• "Just A Game" byRik Cordero
• "Things Work Out" byRik Cordero

• Record producers from Ohio
• American male singer-songwriters
• American indie rock musicians

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