Trainwreck (band)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Hard rock, southern rock, heavy metal, comedy rock |
| Years active | 2002–2010 |
| Labels | Sony BMG/Epic (2004-2007), Jo Jo Entertainment (2008-2010), Space Horse Records, (2013-present) |
| Associated acts | Tenacious D, Kyle Gass Band |
| Website | http://www.johnkonesky.com/trainwreck |
| Members | Darryl Lee Donald (JR Reed) Klip Calhoun (Kyle Gass) John Bartholomew Shredman (John Konesky) Boy Johnny (John Spiker) Dallas St. Bernard (Nate Rothacker) |
Trainwreck were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 2002. The group featured JR Reed on lead vocals, Kyle Gass on acoustic guitar, John Konesky on electric guitar and John Spiker on bass. The band's line-up originally featured Kevin Weisman on drums and Chris D'Arienzo on the keyboards up until 2005. Nate Rothacker became the second drummer for Trainwreck in 2005. The band released one studio album, one live album, two EPs and one single before splitting up in 2010.
The band were best known for their association with Tenacious D due to the vast majority of members also having some form of role in Tenacious D. Jack Black would occasionally appear as a guest at some Trainwreck concerts. Trainwreck performed under their "alter-egos" with different clothing and talking with country accents to represent their southern style of music, for example Kyle Gass became "Klip Calhoun". Reed was well known for performing with obscure instruments during sets such as a washerboard and whistles.
Gass started the rock band Tenacious D along with Jack Black in 1994. Black became very popular in the turn of the new millennium with many film and TV roles which led for Black to not have as much time to spend playing gigs with Gass - so Gass created Trainwreck to keep him musically active when Black was busy. In December 2001, Tenacious D played a concert with Weezer and Jimmy Eat World in Value City Arena, where Kyle Gass befriended Erin Robinson, who described herself as a "huge D fan." In 2002, Trainwreck were formed, but just as an occasional band with JR Reed on vocals, Kevin Weisman on drums and Gass as guitar and played their first concert at Highland Grounds in Los Angeles on the 2nd of August 2002. In 2003, Gass asked Erin Robinson to recruit electric backing musicians for the "Trainwreck sideproject" so she found bassist John Spiker and electric guitarist John Konesky. At this point, Gass, Reed and Weisman also added Chris D'Arienzo as keyboard in addition. Trainwreck made their first TV appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2004 and featured on Current TV's 2005 Halloween special performing "TV Theme" as the musical guest.
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