Our Bio:

Kickstar is a hard rockin’ trio from North Central Montana.  We play both kinds of music: Rock and Roll. 

While our drummer Eric Sundgren would love for us to play some country music, the rest of the band would rather die a slow painful death via torture rather than compromise our love of music by playing that awful, whiny, least common denominator music called country.  No offense to those of you who actually enjoy the stuff, if it resonates well with you, great.  But to Dana & Jimi, it’s a drainer of life force. (Just kiddin, LOL!)

The band plays a wide range of original and cover rock music ranging from the 60’s through today’s modern rock.  Dana Hughes, a.k.a . Peaches to her close friends, fronts the band on lead vocals and bass.  If you ask her how she got her nickname, she’ll just smile and blush.  She’s got a dynamic vocal range and can play the crap out of her 5-string Washburn, or sweetly strum her acoustic guitar.  Her voice can do the same, giving you chills with her sweet melodies or growling out great covers of Pat Benetar or Joan Jett.  Oh, and if you touch her guitar without permission, she’ll kick you in the nuts.

On guitar is Jimi Hughes, two guitar players in one.  He has extra fingers, so covering 2 guitar parts is his specialty.  If you didn’t see that there was only one guitar up there on stage, you’d swear there were 2 or more.  Jimi can shred the hell outta his Les Paul, with his eyes closed all the while.  This gets him in trouble though.  Once he was so engrossed in his eyes-closed solo during the song American Idiot that he didn’t see this drunk dude approaching the stage to use his mic. When he opened his eyes, dude was right in his face.  Without skipping a note, he raised his right hand toward the dude’s chest.  There were sparks and a flash of light.  The dude levitated and flew 15 feet, landing flat on his back.  The song went on.  The dude stumbled out of the bar, and was never to be seen again. No lie, it was awesome!

Most of the time, it’s Eric Sundgren on drums, and sometimes but not enough, lead vocals. Eric is a 'sophisticated farm boy'.  He’s got more musical talent in his little pinky than most people do in their whole body.  He can write songs, sing, plays some guitar, and is one of the best musical arrangers around.  Must be long days on the tractor that helped grow this interesting creature.  He has trouble getting us gigs in some places because he goes in to the club wearing sandals and overalls, chewing on a wheat chaff, expecting to get us a rock and roll gig.  The club owners look at him as if “yeah, you play in a band”.  It’s discrimination! 

If you get the chance to see us, don’t miss out, you’ll love it.  People tell us all the time that they don't really get a good idea of our band until they actually see us perform, our energy is unbelievable!

If you hire us for a party or other private gig, you won't be disappointed.  We're the hardest working band around. We’ve got great equipment, three times more than your average 3 piece band.  We're available with stage lights, PA, Fog machine, and provide music between sets so there's never any downtime. We can handle outdoor gigs, festivals, or large indoor halls (No place is too small either!). 

And, in contrast, Dana & Jimi also do a duo acoustic show.  It’s a bit more mellow material, but people really enjoy it.  Just depends on what you’re looking for. 

For more information or to book the band, call four-0-six, 450-8218 or e mail us at band@kickstar.com. 

YOU ROCK!

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