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Kenn Youngar

Kenn Youngar

Kenn Youngar calls Ottawa, Ontario, Canada home, but has been living in Dallas, Texas for the last 14 years. After playing drums in Canada for 10 years full-time, sometimes in 4 bands at once, he knew the States was where his dream lies.

He started a group called Strangleweed that lasted 7 years. They performed with L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, Bullet Boys, Lilian Axe, Drowning Pool, The Romantics, Fastball and was main support for STYX in front of 22,000.

Soon after their tour over seas performing for the troops and their families for the Armed Forces Entertainment across the Pacific Kenn decided to disband the group.
After the demise of Strangleweed, Kenn joined a band from Paris, Texas called Turning Point. Later that year they were nominated for four Grammy’s for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in 2008 for “Record of The Year”, “Song of The Year”, “Rock Song of The Year” and for “Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group With Vocals” Kenn’s reality show appearances include “Eye for an Eye” courtroom reality show that was syndicated in over 70 countries (and ran for 8 years), and appeared on VH1’s Rock of Love spinoff, Daisy of Love.

Kenn is endorsed by Page Drums, Los Cabos Drumsticks, Peace Drum Hardware, Lizard Spit Drum Polish Soultone Cymbals, Kelly Shu Microphone Isolation Systems, Reactorz, Kickport, Rock n’ Roll Gangstar Clothing and exclusively uses 1964 EARS in-ear-monitors

Born: Ft. Erie, Ont., Canada Residence: Dallas, Texas
Occupation: Drummer for MESSER
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Committee Nominations:
Turning Point - 50th annual American Grammy Awards (2008).
Record of the Year (Ballot #601),
Song of the Year (Ballot #161),
Best Performance by Duo or Group with Vocals (Ballot #203),
Rock Song of the Year (Ballot #059)
Television: Reality show: Eye for an Eye: “The Bar Poured a Stiff One”, E! Channel Soup “Top 10 Best Courtroom Moments”, VH1 “Top 10 Most Outrageous Reality Moments”, VH1 Daisy of Love, "All Jacked Up" CBS 11 (two episodes)
Performed as main support with: Ric Emmett, Lillian Axe, Styx, L.A. Guns, Angel, Bullet Boys, Pretty Boy Floyd, Faster Pussycat, Lynch Mob, Molly Hatchet, Seven Mary Three, Tantric, Flaw, Fastball, Blackberry Smoke, Dokken, The Romantics, Tracii Guns, Bang Tango, George Lynch, Candlebox, FLAW, Black Stone Cherry, Burn Halo, Drowning Pool, Adema, Buckcherry, Pop Evil, Protest The Hero, Black Label Society, Sick Puppies.
Tours of mention: Performed overseas with the Armed Forces Entertainment division in support of Canadian, Australian, British and American Troops in Japan, Singapore, Diego Garcia and throughout the Pacific (2006-07) Kenn nationally toured with Turning Point as main support for Immortal Recording Artist ADEMA for over 30 dates. (2007) Mentionable acts performed with on the ADEMA tour: Alice Cooper, Heaven and Hell featuring Ronnie James Dio, Queensryche, Shadows Fall and Evans Blue. (2007) Loco Bazooka Festival, Boston, MA. 2012 Cross Canadian tour with Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society, Pop Evil and Protest the Hero. The Breaking Silence Tour 2016
Charity: -Kenn co organize and performed a 10 day tour of Costa Rica in support of the Roberta Felix Foundation benefiting underprivileged children of the rain forest with 5 American, 1 Mexican and 11 Costa Rican bands. (2008) -Co-organizing 12 day “In Rock We Trust” concert series benefiting Rain Forest Aid 2009, Costa Rica, Osa Peninsula, Central America. -Kenn also performed a 45 minute set with Nikki McKibbin of American Idol for “Rock the Cure” cancer benefit. (2008) Music for Relief (2011) Make a Wish Foundation (2011) with Vince Neil for his Rockin’ The Red Carpet events (Nashville, TN, Dallas, TX, Atlanta, GA and Cheyenne, WY)
--Other Charities include: Passion 4 Patriots, Palliative Care Telethon Canada, Hurricane Katrina Benefit, Breast Cancer Benefit, Tsunami Relief, Coalition to Salute Americas Hero’s, Arms Of Hope, The Shaken Baby Alliance, Project Purple (Benefitting wounded soldiers), Humane Society of the United States, Children of Fallen Soldiers, Metroplex Animal Coalition, Music for Relief, Warriors Project, Hopes Door women’s shelter and Make a Wish Foundation.
Endorsements/Sponsorships:
Hudson Custom Drums – Trick Drums USA – Presonus Audio - Los Cabos Drumsticks - Lizard Spit Drum Polish Skinz Wraps Graphics - Rock n’ Roll Gangstar Apparel - Reactorz - Soultone Cymbals – Kickport - 64 Audio Kelly Shu Microphone Isolation Systems – Lewitt Drum Microphones

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My Soultone Set: 

18" Custom Brilliant Crash
16" FXO 6
19" Custom Brilliant China
6" Gospel Splash
18" Custom Brilliant RA Splash
14" Custom Brilliant RA Top Hat & Gospel Bottoms
20" Custom Brilliant RA Crash
10" Custom Brilliant Hi Hats
12" Custom Brilliant China
10" Custom Brilliant Splash
22" Custom Brilliant RA Ride