Gen X Jukebox

The Minnesota Music Note - Ep 57 - The Band That Turned 90s Nostalgia Into a Show with Gen X Jukebox

2mo ago

Fun facts from the interview

• The band does about 40 costume changes a show, playing characters from Eddie Vedder and James Hetfield to Barbie and Ken.
• The idea is to be "genre bending": Garth Brooks into Metallica into Kris Kross, so nobody waits long for a song they know.
• Kitty D dropped out of college at 19 to perform and played Apollonia in the Prince tribute Chase and Ovation.
• Kitty has a costume closet and never throws anything away, "because who knows if Cher is going to need that."
• Ryan Shoots first sang at the Ziggy's jam on November 1, 2023, with "Mr. Brownstone," and auditioned for Gen X Jukebox a few months later.
• Ryan started as a drummer, wanting to be like Poison's Rikki Rockett, and took second place at a high school talent show with a drum solo.
• Tuni lost a college vocal scholarship to walk onto the track team, then learned guitar on a roommate's borrowed guitar. The first song Tuni learned all the way through was Nirvana's "Polly."
• Singing Gin Blossoms songs in the car convinced Tuni that singing in a band was possible.
• This lineup is the seventh version of the band.
• Recommended guests: Kat Perkins, Mick Sterling, Shalo Lee, Chan Poling, Michael Bland and Chris Hawkey.