Trainwreck | en

There are at least three bands called Trainwreck. One from Germany, one from the US and one from Australia: Trainwreck is an American rock band, a project of Kyle Gass's (of Tenacious D) alter-ego, "Klip Calhoun". The band is described as being part of Tenacious D's family, in that Gass, Konesky and Spiker all play for Tenacious D. In addition, Jason Reed has also played a fundamental role in Tenacious D's 2006-07 Tour. Throughout the majority of the film Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny, Gass wears a Trainwreck T-shirt. Gass started Trainwreck when he was asked to open...

"Open a paper, dial up a pundit, and you'd believe this country was so polarized that even the Berlin Wall was more easily crossed than the cultural chasm that now divides this nation. So wide is the divide it's swallowed whole regions and even engulfed music, with genres now color-coded red or blue. Punk, of course, is the latter, country the former. Trainwreck Riders make a nonsense of these notions, being as they are a rocking in their chair, guitar-pickin' on the porch, non-political punk band from San Francisco. Stick that in your Pew poll and smoke it. Their debut...

Led by two influential members of the post-hardcore/pop-punk scene, YOUR FAVORITE TRAINWRECK features icons Jeff Caudill (ex-GameFace ) and Popeye V. (ex-Farside ) sharing the songwriting, lead singing and guitar duties. Jeff and Popeye both come from highly influential and successful bands that helped pioneer a sound that would later be known as ‘emo’. Robbie Rist might be better known as a former child actor, however he is also an acclaimed musician who has been in countless bands and toured the US and Europe several times. Jeff Holmes rounds out the lineup, who grew up in the Southern California indie...