rainwreck has been described by founder Kyle Gass as a cornucopia of rock and a
On March 2nd, 2010 they released their long-awaited and much-hyped debut album, “The Wreckoning.”
15 tracks of what they call “Wreck and Roll.” It’s a sound all their own, cultivated from their influences, steeped heavily in the classics, and modified with their own unique set of talents. Fronted by biker-hayseed Darryl Donald (”Lee” of Tenacious D, or JR), and Kyle Gass (aka Klip Calhoun), and containing most of Tenacious D’s live/studio band (John Shredman, Boy Johnny, and Dallas St. Bernard), expect to see Trainwreck in your town in 2010 as they conquer the earth in support of The Wreckoning, and leave in their wake melted faces, busted ear-fannies, and the occasional bastard child. |
| Darryl comes from a long line of log rollers on his papa’s side and his mama was a Native American tap dancer. His talents as a percussionist started at the young age of 2 when he began blowing notes from his baby bottle and using his pacifier like a Jews’ harp. After studying with the Black Mountain Baritones, he ventured south and west where he met Klip Calhoun at a bare-fisted brawl ring in the midwest. His dancing stylizations come from watching and studying the moves of Elvis, Billy Ray Cyrus and Jesco, The Dancing Outlaw. Darryl is also a licensed beautician... though he mostly cuts hair and specializes in the art of mulletry. He refuses to cut any style above the lower neckline and says he will “not contribute to creating another cold-neck in the world.” When not circumnavigating the globe in the Wreckabeggo, DD enjoys time in the great outdoors.. he is an avid camper, backpacker, and fresh-water fisherman. |
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Hails from a long lineage of Bluebloods. However, his family were admonished from nobility after a royal mishap and then created one of North America’s top ferret breeding businesses. His musical skills were honed at a young age on the banjo and flute-a-phone/recorder before he picked up the guitar and s tudied with Cracker Collins in the Appalachian Mountains. He joined a touring threater company in his teens and found himself left in the midwest after a disagreement with the troupe’s managing director. This was a blessing for Klip as he soonafter got hired at a Renaissance Faire and honed his skills on guitar, lute and flute. He met Darryl while accompanying his semi-famed, brawler cousin, Marty Meathooks, at a street-fighter event in Dayton, Ohio whilst busking near the port-a-potties. And then DD and Klip encountered Boy Johnny, Shredman and Dallas during a holiday concert at which the youngsters were performing under the group name-- “The Wonder of Boys.” |
| John “Shreddy” Shredman is a multi-faceted diamond of a dude who’s rich and storied past is only usurped by his absolute mastery of the guitar. However he was not always a student of said instrument. It was in the 90’s that Shredman turned the acrylic wall paint community on its ear as the number one paint namer in the industry. Penning such vivid titles as “Disdainful Peach,””I got those blues,” “Maryweather Circus,” and “Nightdreams.” However the Bureaucracy, red tape, and politics of the field became too much for such an artist to bear so he left to pursue other creative endeavors. He was given a guitar in his travels by a caravan of gypsies for which he traded a Scorpions cassette single of Winds of Change and a Craftmatic Adjustable Bed informational leaflet. It is said that John has never practiced the guitar. The skill is genetically encoded in his DNA, meaning he has never sucked. Klip and Darryl met Shredman while vacationing in Greece and the rest is half-assed history. |
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Bassist and back-up vocalist Boy Johnny (John Spiker) was also a member of the International super-group, “The Wonder of Boys.” As the front man, he delivered his golden voice and boyish charm to the screaming masses, but the pressures of super-stardom became too much. He fell into a turbulent spiral of drug abuse, and self loathing.
It was then that Klip and Daryl swooped in like two mulleted angels, and gave Boy Johnny the will to rock again. |
| Dallas St. Bernard...Drummer, wood-carver, environmentalist, champion knife fighter, women’s rights activist, vegan chef, premier collector of small pewter animal figurines, haberdasher, Dance Dance Revolution hi score holder at the family fun center in omaha nebraska, renaissance man. A friend to all, a foe to few and a man of unparalleled conviction. He’s garnered praise not only as a great drummer but as a lover of life and the living. Technically on the lam, Dallas is wanted in three states for motor vehicle theft. He holds a nobel peace prize for his work with dolphins, and has recently founded St. Bernard’s youth hospital and day care. He also holds the distinction of being the only member of Trainwreck to be immortalized in statue. |
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