- Steven Shane McDonald
Steven Shane McDonald (born
May 24 ,1967 ) was the bass player in the Los Angelesalternative rock /power pop bandRedd Kross in the 1980s and 1990s. His other projects included The SMG andGreen and Yellow TV - both were Los Angeles-based groups from the 2000s. He was also in the 1984 filmDesperate Teenage Lovedolls (film) and it's sequelLovedolls Superstar (film) and the 1990 film "Spirit of '76" all with his brotherJeff McDonald .Recently, he has produced an album by
The Format , "Dog Problems ", on which he played bass and sang backup vocals on a few tracks. He was also one of the various band members on the originalTenacious D album, along withDave Grohl ; keyboardistPage McConnell ofPhish ; guitaristWarren Fitzgerald not to mentionJack Black andKyle Gass .In the Summer of 2002 he became so excited about the
The White Stripes new album, "White Blood Cells", that he recorded bass lines to two songs of the typically bass-less duo's work. "The New York Times", "Entertainment Weekly" and other outlets reported on it and due to overwhelming demand he added bass to all of the songs, posted the new creation online, and allowed people to download the tracks for free. He called it an art project named [http://www.reddkross.com/features/RBC/ Redd Blood Cells] which reached a peak of 60,000 downloads in a single day, causing the server to crash from the traffic.Steven is currently married to former
that dog. vocalistAnna Waronker . During the summer of 2007 Steven began using the nickname "Mr. Urbane."
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