EPK | STUNTDRIVER

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STUNTDRIVER (STDR) is a genre-defying, high-octane art rock performance unlike anything you've seen. Drawing fierce inspiration from Siouxsie Sioux, Peaches, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Distillers, and Hole, STDR combines punky grit, metal-industrial, and infectious electro-rock anthems with a stage show that feels like a party thrown by Pee Wee Herman and Elvira inside a Salvador Dalí painting, with cameos by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Barbarella, Cindy Sherman, and Evel Knievel.

STDR began as a solo, character-driven project by the electrifying Kym Priess, a multi-instrumentalist, singer and comedian, who uses her art to seduce audiences out of their comfort zones and into a surreal world of full-sensory spectacle. Kym, known for her comedic swagger and captivating stage presence, brought this vision to life in an immersive multi-media experience of the debut album Saga, realized in a warehouse space with actors, dancers, and a racer-suited band following a twisted Yellow Brick Road with a sold-out crowd.

Upon opening for Peaches' sold-out 20th anniversary tour, STDR evolved into a streamlined, visceral tour de force— a dynamic band infused with captivating backup dancers, yellow sponges, and the ever-popular human tunnel that audiences eagerly line up to crawl through. A good portion of the last year found STDR as direct support for Nashville trucker rock queens, Thelma and the Sleaze.

Kym has also lent her voice to William Shatner’s album, created a rock opera that won “Best of Fringe” in San Francisco, had song placements in Vanderpump Rules, recently starred in Tony Martinez’s music video “Crazy” and has been touring the UK with her show Loser Lion Party Bus, an interactive, absurdist alt-comedy where she takes the stage as a crazed, washed-up wrestler-turned-party-provo in a lion suit. Austin-born and LA-based, Kym actually drives cars in movies and prefers tubing down rivers above all else.

STDR’s current lineup features an ever-morphing collective that may include Priess’s album co-producers John Avila (Oingo Boingo) and Anton Söder, alongside drummer Jimmy Lucido (Gary Numan, Electric Six) but often times, you will find Kym magnetizing the crowd solo as she plays bass and roars amidst booming backing tracks. Lately she is joined by the burlesque trio, the Warped Whores, but regardless of the format, STDR is a mesmerizing, immersive rock experience that challenges the senses and invites fans to live out loud in a world of unapologetic art-rock rebellion.

In the spring, the highly anticipated release of the tight, punchy single A.I.—featuring drums by Jimmy Lucido of Gary Numan/Electric6 and guitar by Chris Poland of Megadeth—arrives with a captivating video directed by award-winning filmmaker Hassan Abdul-Wahid. The track plunges into the turmoil and thrill surrounding artificial intelligence’s relentless rise, weaving raw energy with bold, unfiltered lyrics, setting the stage for a forthcoming EP that promises to push boundaries and amplify STDR's confrontational positivity and invitation to fight for what you believe while conversely, having a damn good time doing so.

The Influencer (STUNTDRIVER's alter-ego) : Transformation 2.13.26 : Los Angeles w. Tony and the Kiki