Band Member Biographies
Jeff McDonald
- Full Name: Jeffrey Allen McDonald
- Date of
Birth: August 10th 1963
- Birthplace
(born/ raised): Los Angeles/ Hawthorne, CA
- Marital status: Married to ex-Go-Go's guitarist and songwriter, Charlotte Caffey
- Children: Daughter, Astrid, Born February 21st, 1995.
- Favorite
Redd Kross song/ album? "Saragon" from Phaseshifter
- First record
bought? The Beatles (white album)
- First concert? The Beatles in 1966. I was three!
- Favorite
color? Black
- Favorite
holiday? Easter/ Day Of The Living Dead
- Favorite
cartoon? The Care Bears
- Favorite
thing(s) to do on off days? Sleep, eat
- Something
you just learned today: Nothing
- If you could
choose the acts, who would your fantasy concert consist of? Ike and Tina, The Rolling Stones '66, Leo Sayer, The Beatles, Patti Smith and Montrose
- Favorite
ice cream flavor? Coffee chip
- Best childhood memory? Breaking my arm so I could wear a cast!
- Hero/ Heroine?Leo Sayer
- Favorite
Go-Go's song? "This Town"
- Favorite
song to perform live? Octavia!!
- Favorite
part of Graceland? The Lisa Marie Jet
- What is
the latest book you've read? "Swanson on Swanson"
- What one
word best describes you? Roadcase
Steve McDonald
- Full Name: Steven Shane McDonald
- Date of
Birth: May 5th 1967
- Birthplace
(born/ raised): Culver City Memorial. Raised in Hawthorne, CA (Los Angeles)
- Marital status: Single, but currently dating ex-that dog. singer/songwriter Anna Waronker
- Favorite
Redd Kross song/ album? Linda Blair '92/ Phaseshifter favorite album
- First record
bought? Alice Coopers "Killer" and "Get Yer Ya Ya's Out", The Rolling
Stones
- First concert? Kiss, LA Forum, 75/76
- Favorite
color? Clear
- Favorite
cartoon? Bullwinkle & Rocky
- Favorite
thing(s) to do on off days? See the Muffs, go to the Farmer's Market
(3rd & Fairfax), make crank phone calls
- Something
you just learned today: "Four is everything, everything is ten,
ten is three, three is five, five is four, four is everything, etc...
- If you could
choose the acts, who would your fantasy concert consist of? The
Shaggs, The Muffs, Sonny & Cher (circa '66), The Zombies, Black Oak,
& Redd Kross
- Favorite
childhood memory? Playing with The Germs when I was 12 and camping
with my Grandfather in Yosemite Valley
- Hero/ Heroine? Evan Dando
- Which was
your fave P-Family episode? When Laurie has brances and she hears
The Rolling Stones in her head
- Strangest
request/ gift from a fan? To go to the prom (which I did years before
Evan did & before Sassy existed)
- Favorite
Candy? 5th Avenue
- Fave "Schoolhouse Rock"? 3 in the family
- What one
word best describes you? Yum!
Brian Reitzell
- Full Name: Brian Lane Reitzell
- Date of
Birth: December 24th 1965
- Birthplace
(born/ raised): Ukiah, CA. Raised Forestville, CA
- Favorite
Redd Kross song? "Monolith"
- First record
bought? 7" "Jackie Blue" by Ozark Mtn Daredevils
- First concert? Rush at the Cow Palace in San Francisco
- Favorite
color? Silver sparkle
- Favorite
holiday? Thanksgiving
- Favorite
cartoon? I LOVE Tex Avery cartoons
- Favorite
thing(s) to do on off days? Cook, swim and sleep
- Something
you just learned today: That I haven't learned anything today
- If you could
choose the acts, who would your fantasy concert consist of? Stones with Brian Jones, Led Zep circa 1972, YOU AM I, John Coltrane with Elvin Jones, Soft Machine and Slayer
- Favorite
ice cream flavor? Homemade vanilla with blackberries
- Best childhood memory? Age 8 - Going to Baylands Raceway to the dragester races
and checking out the pits
- Hero/ Heroine? Droopy the Dog/ Tanya Harding
- Name three
albums you are currently listening to ? Led Zeppelin "Song Remains The Same", The Sweet "Best Of", and Beatles "Let It Be"
- Best concert
you've ever seen? THAT PETROL EMOTION at the Fillmore, 1988
- What did
you think of Redd Kross before you joined? That they were FREAKS!!
- Favorite
tabloid headline? "Pizza delivery boy, shot in the head, delivers
pizza on way to hospital"
- What one
word best describes you? Limber
Eddie Kurdziel
- Full Name: Edward J. Kurdziel II
- Date of
Birth: September 25th 1960
- Birthplace
(born/ raised): Philadelphia/ Beloit, WI
- Died: 6/6/1999, Los Angeles, CA
- Favorite
Redd Kross song/ album? "What They Say"/ Phaseshifter
- First record
bought? Cheap Trick (self-titled)
- First concert? Blue Oyster Cult
- Favorite
color? Red
- Favorite
holiday? Summer
- Favorite
cartoon? Simpsons
- Favorite
thing(s) to do on off days? Swim, hike, record
- Something
you just learned tonight? We play tonight
- If you could
choose the acts, who would your fantasy concert consist of? Gigolo
Aunts, Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent, Blue Oyster Cult
- Favorite
ice cream flavor? Vanilla
- Best childhood memory? Being de-flowered
- Hero/ Heroine? Paul Newman/ Patricia Arquette
- Favorite
CheapTrick album? Why? First three!! If you don't know, there is
no hope for you
- First crush? Hayley Mills
- Favorite
movie(s)? Dazed & Confused, Patti Rocks, Slapshot, Blue Velvet,
Over The Edge, Full Metal Jacket
- What's the
difference between a real camera and a fake one? Fake ones can't
rock and look cool at the same time
- What one
word best describes you? Vociforous!!!!!