Don's been a part of the acoustic line up for years, A member of local acts The Mondo Idols and The Isotopes, Any and all spare time is put aside for the recording of his solo material. His acoustic nights are made up of stripped down versions of originals and cover songs along the lines of Jeff Buckley, the Pixies, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and of course all the songs you yell at him. For free song downloads and more info visit www.purevolume.com/donkunto. Don is in the process of putting up 40 new original songs on this site so check it out...
Don Kunto and Bryan McNally together were a part of our acoustic crew for several years. The duo first hooked up in the band Roadkill Possum, which later became Potroast. In 2003, Don and Bryan celebrated ten years of stage time by playing what was billed as their “1000th gig”…
Current bands: Mondo Idols, Isotopes (Don only), The Billy John Band (Bryan only)
Former and occasional Bands: Potroast, Roadkill Possum, Skipnoise, No Reservations, The Smokers (Bryan only), TMoD
Albums: Potroast – give us $4 bucks cassette 1993, Potroast – the chocolate starfish cassette, 1995, The Smokers – smoke break CD 1998, Mondo Idols s/t CD 2001, Don Kunto – Salvation Jan/the Potter’s Curse CDEP 2002 (Australia), Don Kunto – The Loop CD 2003
Repertoire – Don and Bryan have the best repertoire of modern party music, which has always made them one of the favourite acoustic acts at the bar. In addition to their own music, you will hear Violent Femmes, The Pixies, Frank Black, R.E.M., Fishbone, the Rheostatics, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Neil Young, and many more. They are also great interpreters of other local music, picking up several songs from The Easter Dogs, The Elephant Band, and others. They once did a gig in Capreol under the name Rage Against the Poutine.