Biography

Originally from Austin Texas, Kym Priess is as Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist and genre-bender who takes no prisoners when it comes to the mediums she works in. She's a pioneering comedic creator, fierce frontwoman, adventurous musician, song + screenwriter, captivating live host and actor. Her main project, STUNTDRIVER, is an interactive electro-rock project which debuted to sold-out crowds as a full-on immersive production aka living album experience in which the audience roamed thru a maze-like set with actors and a full band including John Avila (OingoBoingo) on bass. Since then the project has taken a band-like approach and most recently, Priess performed it solo when she opened for Peaches. The album "Saga" was released in 2020 and a new one is in the works.

Recent acting credits include: an AppleTV comedy with reality star/Billboard musician, Adam Barta, playing rising country star Tony Martinez's crazy girlfriend in his video "Why You Gotta be Crazy?" and being the fun, jaded aunt in an upcoming short with Carmelita Hughes.

Priess' work pushes boundaries, forms and comfort levels yet maintains a fun-loving, absurd and curious tone and has been seen in music venues, galleries, theaters, non-traditional locations and federal prisons in New York, LA, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Honolulu and Austin since the 1990s.

Priess has been described as "critical to the existence of the dragon in you" (ComeHereFloyd) and earned comparisons to Siouxsie Sioux and Joan Jett (LaBuzzBand's Kevin Bronson). This discipline bender's career took root in the NYU experimental theater world sparking theatrical, comedic, vivid works and a rock opera that was awarded "Best of the Fringe" (SF Fringe Festival). As a musician, Priess has written 300 songs (some on Vanderpump Rules, Siesta Key toured extensively , shared stages with Exene Cervenka and Fishbone and sings backup on William Shatner's Spirit in the Sky. She plays bass, accordion, and keys but is mostly known for her dynamic vocal range. She also does her own stunts whenever she can.

When not creating, traveling or performing, Kym prefers to be tubing down a river.
- IMDb mini biography by: Kym Priess

Originally from Austin Texas, Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist Kym Priess is a pure pioneerwoman, fierce frontwoman, adventurous musician, writer and actor. As of late, she has specialized in creating conceptual whimsical performance art mixed with immersive, interactive rock n' roll experiences under the name STUNTDRIVER.

The debut concept album "Saga" was released last September on Rock Hand Records and has been described as "Very Peaches / Karen O feel to the vocals, edgy and full of fire," by blog Analogue Trash. This project initially debuted as a full immersive production in LA to a sold-out pair of wild, multi-media shows. Spectacle concerts have started up again as a full band whose members include Kym, John Avila (Oingo Boingo), Anton Söder and Sean Burgess (Boneacre, Nightjacket.) In fact, Kym just returned from a solo tour to Seattle and back and audiences are loving the interactive elements (like crawling through a human tunnel) especially after lacking live entertainment for so long.

Kym's work pushes boundaries, forms and comfort levels yet maintains a fun-loving, absurd and curious tone and has been seen in music venues, galleries, theaters, non-traditional locations and federal prisons in New York, LA, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Honolulu and Austin since the 1990s. Kym's hybrid creations are highly influenced by the Wizard of Oz, the art of drag and disguise, clown, Cindy Sherman, Grace Jones, Karen Finley, David Bowie, alter-egos, elaborate costuming and makeup, 80s/90s music videos, fairy tales, old superhero stories, and human interaction.

Recipient of multiple artist residencies including Laura Escude's Transmute Retreat and The Field, this discipline bender's career took root in the NYC/NYU experimental theater world prompting many theatrical, comedic and musical works including her first rock opera that was awarded "Best of the Fringe" (SF Fringe Festival 2005). Kym has fronted and formed multiple bands, written 300 songs (many of which can be heard on Bravo's Vanderpump Rules), shared stages with Exene Cervenka and Fishbone and her voice can be heard on William Shatner's Spirit in the Sky.

In addition to playing live shows again, Kym recently shot a comedy for Amazon, and is returning to the pen writing new songs and a darkly comedic pilot along with creating a multi-sensory side project named after her late great bronco-riding father, Ryland.

Kym loves tubing down a river more than anything else.
- IMDb mini biography by: Kym Priess