THE BAND

Meet the guys from The Underground Rebels and see what they're about:

KURT FROHLICH

Kurt was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He got his first KISS record at age 6 and realized what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. His music studies began then with piano lessons, later switching to drums and finally to guitar which became his first love. In 1990, after completing high school, he enrolled in the music program at Grant McEwan College. Six months into the program, Kurt left school to seize the opportunity to go on the road with a rock band touring America.  He has made music his fulltime career ever since.

       Kurt played in various original and cover bands until 1994 when he co-founded the band, The Ultimate Tribute to Kiss, Black Diamond. Kurt, portraying Ace Frehley, toured around the world playing over 200 shows per year ranging from clubs to rock festivals and large venues. It was in Black Diamond that Kurt honed his skills not only a musician, but also as a performer and entertainer. 

     While living in Vancouver, British Columbia during 1997, Kurt founded the original band The Loving Dead. Their self-titled, independently produced CD was released in December of that year. Being fed up searching for the right musicians, Kurt wrote, recorded and performed everything on the CD except for the drums. Shortly after forming the band, Kurt and The Loving Dead won third place in the Vancouver Seeds competition. They also won the “Kickstart Your Career” competition in Vancouver which landed them the opening slot for Motley Crue at GM Place Coliseum. They were invited by Motley Crue and The Scorpions later that year to perform another show.

        The Loving Dead released its second CD in December of 1999, which received radio play all over Western Canada.  The title song "DO IT AGAIN" was adopted by the Edmonton Oilers NHL Hockey Team as the song played after every goal scored at all home games. The Loving Dead went on to sell over 2,000 copies of their CD’s independently.

The Loving Dead has toured and performed with such bands as Motley Crue, Dokken, Bang Tango, Sebastian Bach, Noise Therapy and WASP to name a few. In January of 2000 Kurt, accompanied by Devlin Harkell, who played with Black Diamond and The Loving Dead, decided to seek musical fame and fortune in Las Vegas. 

        Since moving to Las Vegas The Loving Dead changed its name to JET because their old name seemed to draw negative stereotypes. Kurt finds his place as lead singer and guitar player in The Underground Rebels. Finding other members in Las Vegas was difficult but they finally clicked with ex-CULT drummer Lez Warner who played on the Cult’s Elecric album and toured in support of  it and their Love album. Taste has been compared to bands such as Cheap Trick, Stone Temple Pilots, KISS and even The Strokes. They have been playing in concert venues all over Las Vegas including The Joint at the Hard Rock and The House of Blues at Mandalay Bay. The Rebels are known to be the cities most energetic and electrifying live rock act, which has earned them numerous glowing reviews with the local press.

Kurt and The Rebels just released their debut CD "The Ep" with producer Mike Sak of Goo Goo Dolls fame. They are shopping it looking for that long awaited record deal. The Rebels have focused on creating a grass roots following by doing interviews for magazines and internet fanzines around the world. This has shown to be successful as the result of the many hits on their Official website WWW.THEBANDJET.COM. (soon to be changed)

                Living in Las Vegas, Kurt has kept very busy with his band The Underground Rebels and also his British rock act The Limey Bar Stewards. He recently was hired by KISS to do makeup for models and also on another occasion by Gene Simmons to promote his upcoming cartoon. The Rebels have already found its place on Las Vegas radio.  Kurt’s love is his music, which he writes and performs and it’s very clear he will stop at nothing to get to where he wants to be.

E MAIL KURT: rebelsinfo@cox.net

D

Darren Harkema, aka. “D”,  was born in Ontario, Canada. He got his first Kiss record when he was 8 and after his mom & dad took him to his first two Kiss concerts, he knew what he wanted to do and got his first guitar. As well as Kiss, D grew up listening to bands such as Van Halen, Motley Crue, The Ramones, Cheap Trick, and The Sex Pistols, just to name a few. At 16 years of age he began playing in garage bands and later on found himself playing the part of Gene Simmons in a Kiss Tribute band called “Black Diamond”, the world’s ultimate tribute to Kiss”. He has played bass for Marky Ramone of the “Ramones” and also in Brent Muscats “Sin City Sinners” of Las Vegas. After touring the world with Black Diamond, D and Kurt, the guitar player for Black Diamond, formed an original band called “The Loving Dead”. They went on to record 2 albums and opened up for Motley Crue, Sebastian Bach, Dokken, and Wasp. D currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, writing and recording with the The Underground Rebels.  

E MAIL D: devlin007@hotmail.com

TODD KERNS

Born and reared in the heartland of the Canadian praries Todd first garnered attention with his first band THE AGE OF ELECTRIC who went on to attain Gold selling status as well as being nominated for a Juno (Canada’s Grammy). THE AGE OF ELECTRIC worked with luminary producers Bob Rock (Metallica) and Gil Norton (Foo Fighters) and are still remembered as one of Canada’s favorite alternative rockers.

After THE AGE OF ELECTRIC Todd and brother, former AOE bass player, John formed STATIC IN STEREO with youngest brother Ryan. STATIC IN STEREO’s self titled album went on to receive critical acclaim and secured Todd’s place as a fixture on the Canadian music scene.

In 2004 Todd released his first solo album GO TIME. A collection of original songs influenced by the artists closest to Todd’s heart including T-Rex, Bowie, MC5 and The Stooges, GO TIME swells and bursts with attitude and swagger.

Todd has appeared on albums by such artists as THE MATTHEW GOOD BAND, BIF NAKED and most recently lent his voice to the successful project called THE NEVERENDING WHITE LIGHTS which is currently burning up the Canadian music charts. He is respected as one of Canada’s most dependable vocalists.

Recently Todd has delved into his other passion, production and songwriting with other artists. He has produced and written with a number of artists and continues to share his knowledge of all things musical with artists he believes in. Artists such as BRITT BLACK, MOTION SOUNDTRACK, SUPERBEING, THE FLAIRS, SEVENTH RAIN, JOSHUA’S HABIT, A SINGLE FEW, AKA and more have all benefited from Todd’s helping hand.

In 2007 Todd joined FASTER PUSSYCAT as part of their 20th anniversary tour. Todd's skill as guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer have been a huge asset to the resurrection of FP. The tour has stretched through the US, UK and Europe and plans for Japan and South America are in the works. Finally the world will discover Todd's many talents. Todd’s charity work with The White Ribbon Foundation-Men Working To End Men’s Violence Towards Women with artists like THE TEA PARTY, RUSH, DANIEL LANOIS and many more continues to this day.

TODD WAETZIG

Like Kurt and D, Todd grew up listening and playing to KISS. As a drummer with the world famous Blue Man Group, Todd adds a huge visual and driving musical edge to the Rebels. You have to see him play live with the band to really appreciate his talents and raw rock and roll energy. Todd is featured on all the tracks on "Insult To Injury".

Contact The Rebels: mailto:rebelsinfo@aol.com