Yukon Kornelius is a

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music supergroup. It consists of bassist Stefan Lessard from the

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(the anchor member), singer/guitarist

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of Barenaked Ladies, singer/guitarist

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from

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, and drummer Eric Fawcett from

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(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 ''

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'' 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

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s, as well as Gardner's environmental group

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. The band played several songs, including "Yukon Kornelius Theme", "

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", " White Room", Guster's "Center of Attention", "

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", " Lost in the Supermarket", "Stefan Jams on the Bass", and "Rockin' the Free World".

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joined the band for a few songs, such as " Don't Fear the Reaper", and "

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". Dee Snider participated in "

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", and Snider and Biggs joined in for " We're Not Gonna Take It". Full setlist including original artists: #Yukon Kornelius Theme – Improvised lyrics found at the Dave Matthews Band Almanac #(Don't Fear) The Reaper –

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#Low Rider –

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—featuring Steve Morell of the Pete Kilpatrick Band on sax #Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones #Psycho Killer –

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#Careless Whisper – George Michael — featuring Steve Morell of the Pete Kilpatrick Band on sax #White Room –

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#Center of Attention –

#Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies #Lost in the Supermarket –

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(made famous by

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) #Improv Jam – Stefan Lessard #Rockin' in the Free World –

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#We're Not Gonna Take It –

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#Highway to Hell – AC/DC

Current status

Yukon Kornelius played at the Belly Up in

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on January 24, 2009. Stefan Lessard mentioned via his

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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

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on December 11, 2009. Amongst other songs the band covered the

song, " Halloween", with Dee Snider on vocals.
Full set list from the December 11, 2009 show below: #Theme #Don’t Fear the Reaper (Lead vocals by Adam Gardner, Jason Biggs on cow bell) – Blue Oyster Cult #Psycho Killer (Lead vocals by Ed Robertson) – Talking Heads #Pinch Me (Lead vocals by Ed Robertson) – Barenaked Ladies #Center of Attention (Lead vocals by Adam Gardner) – Guster #Sympathy for the Devil (Lead vocals by Adam Gardner) – Rolling Stones #Careless Whisper (Lead vocals by Eric Fawcett) – Wham! #Shimmer – Fuel (Lead vocals by Carl Bell) #Rockin’ in the free world (Lead vocals by Tyler Stewart) – Neil Young #Reaper Reprise #We’re Not Gonna Take It (Lead vocals by Dee Snider) – Twisted Sister #Round and Round (Lead vocals by Dee Snider) – Ratt #Shout It Out Loud (Lead vocals by Dee Snider) – Kiss #Highway To Hell (Lead vocals by Dee Snider) – AC/DC #Rock You Like A Hurricane (Lead vocals by Dee Snider) – Scorpions #Have Your Self (A Merry Little Christmas, Lead vocals by Dee Snider) #Halloween (Lead vocals by Dee Snider) – Dave Matthews Band #I Wanna Rock (Lead vocals by Dee Snider) – Twisted Sister 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

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and Marc Roberge of O.A.R.,

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and

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of the

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of Pearl Jam,

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of Fuel, and as always Dee Snider of

. Olympic skiing gold medalist

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also came out during the band's final song. Full set list for the December 10 show: #Since We First Met – Yukon Kornelius Theme #(Don't Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult #Psycho Killer – Talking Heads #Pinch Me – Barenaked Ladies #Happier – Guster #Miss You – Rolling Stones #Night Shift – O.A.R. #Fool in the Rain – Led Zeppelin #Let's Dance – DJ Logic #Limelight – Rush #Song 2 – Blur #Destroyer – The Kinks #Fire – Jimi Hendrix #Touch Me – The Doors #We're Not Gonna Take It – Twisted Sister #You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll – Twisted Sister #I Wanna Rock – Twisted Sister #Halloween – Dave Matthews Band #Nightrain – Guns N' Roses #God Save the Queen – Sex Pistols #Highway to Hell – AC/DC

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