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WHO THE F IS STUNTDRIVER
STUNTDRIVER is a performance-charged, genre-bending proto-punk rock spectacle led by multidisciplinary performer, musician, and chaos engineer Kym Priess. Fresh off sold-out LA shows and a run of new releases & videos, the project delivers electrifying, immersive unforgettable performances that feel larger than the room.
Blending raw punk urgency with bass-driven art-rock, STDR was originally conceived as a solo, character-driven work, evolving into a fully immersive live concept for the debut record Saga, staged with actors, dancers, and a full band in matching stunt suits guiding audiences through the music. Players have included John Avila (Oingo Boingo), Jimmy Lucido (Gary Numan, Electric Six), Anton Söder, Ryan Sullivan, Chris Poland (Megadeth), Mike Bloom (Rilo Kiley), & Andrew Ransom.
Personally invited to open for Peaches’ 20th-anniversary tour, the project has since streamlined into a lethal touring trio - Priess on vox/bass, Sean Burgess on drums & James Rickman on guitar, and Warped Whores on burlesque.
Drawing inspo from Siouxsie Sioux, Peaches, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Distillers, and Hole, clad in white stunt suits, STDR seduces audiences out of their comfort zones while somehow making them feel like they’ve helped make the world more inhabitable. The live experience feels like a party co-hosted by Pee-wee Herman and Elvira inside a Salvador Dalí outer-space painting, with Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Barbarella, Cindy Sherman, and Evel Knievel in attendance.
ABOUT KYM PRIESS
Kym Priess (“Hawk”) is a multi-disciplinary troublemaker, actor and award-winning surreal comedic adventurer—part clown, part rock frontwoman/musician, all high-voltage experience. A sixth-generation Texan and LA-based world traveler, she fuses absurdist comedy, music, performance art, and spectacle into boundary-pushing work. Once a castmate of Scott Cooper, Kym brings both rigorous training and fearless creativity to every role.
As leader of the adventure-rock band STUNTDRIVER, which toured with the legendary Peaches, Kym recently released the single and video for “AI,” a love/hate anthem for the robot age that earned 10k Apple Music plays in its first week.
She has drawn comparisons to Elf Lyons, Garry Starr, Pee-wee Herman, Siouxsie Sioux, and Joan Jett. Her punk-clown show Loser Lion Party Bus earned four stars from Broadway Baby, cementing her reputation as a true “purveyor of the absurd.”
Her career spans disciplines and continents: she has sung on William Shatner’s cover of “Spirit in the Sky,” performed precision driving for TV/film, and is fluent in Spanish. Once, she hitchhiked from Mexico City to Panama, transforming the journey into an award-winning rock opera that won San Francisco Best of Fringe. Offstage, she prefers tubing down a river above all else.
Kym also has a supporting role in an upcoming feature by Connor Storrie.
