Yukon Kornelius

Yukon Kornelius is a rock music supergroup. It consists of bassist Stefan Lessard from the Dave Matthews Band (the anchor member), singer/guitarist Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies, singer/guitarist Adam Gardner from Guster, and drummer Eric Fawcett from Spymob (billed for the first show as a special guest, but billed in 2009 as part of the band). The band's name comes from Yukon Cornelius, a character in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and the band Korn. The band's shows have so far been known for including special guests. The band was originally put together for charitable purposes when the members were together for a planned ski/snowboard trip while filming Warren Miller's "Children of Winter", a snow sports film.
Debut performance.
On January 9, 2008, Yukon Kornelius played its first show at Okemo Mountain Resort, Vermont. The show benefitted the Vermont and New Hampshire food banks, as well as Gardner's environmental group Reverb.
The band played several songs, including "Yukon Kornelius Theme", "Sympathy for the Devil", "Psycho Killer", "Careless Whisper", "White Room", Guster's "Center of Attention", "Pinch Me", "Lost in the Supermarket", "Stefan Jams on the Bass", and "Rockin' the Free World". Jason Biggs joined the band for a few songs, such as "Don't Fear the Reaper", and "Low Rider". Dee Snider participated in "Highway to Hell", and Snider and Biggs joined in for "We're Not Gonna Take It".
Full setlist including original artists:
Current status.
Yukon Kornelius played at the Belly Up in Aspen, Colorado on January 24, 2009. Stefan Lessard mentioned via his Twitter account that a mini tour with additional dates was in talks, but due to band members' obligations with their own respective bands, they had to put it off.
The band played a show in Vail, Colorado on December 11, 2009. Amongst other songs the band covered the Dave Matthews Band song, "Halloween", with Dee Snider on vocals.
Full set list from the December 11, 2009 show below:
On December 10, 2011 the band performed a show in Vail again. The band Lit opened for them and several guests joined the band during the show. Guests include Jerry DePizzo and Marc Roberge of O.A.R., Boyd Tinsley and Rashawn Ross of the Dave Matthews Band, DJ Logic, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Brett Scallions of Fuel, and as always Dee Snider of Twisted Sister. Olympic skiing gold medalist Lindsey Vonn also came out during the band's final song.
Full set list for the December 10 show: