Kier Byrnes is the founding member, and frontman for, the punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

/country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band Three Day Threshold

Three Day Threshold

Three Day Threshold is a New England based country band. Three Day Threshold has won the Boston Music Awards in 2003 and 2004 and the FNX/Phoenix Music Poll Awards in 2003, 2004 and 2006...

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He has been recognized several times in The Noise

The Noise

the Noise is a monthly newspaper serving the cities of Flagstaff, Prescott, Sedona, Cottonwood, Jerome, Clarkdale, and Winslow in northern Arizona...

. He is a Five-Time Winner of “Best “Other” Instrument” for banjo

Banjo

In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005; In 2004, he also was Co-Winner of "Best Stage Presence" from The Noise

The Noise

the Noise is a monthly newspaper serving the cities of Flagstaff, Prescott, Sedona, Cottonwood, Jerome, Clarkdale, and Winslow in northern Arizona...

 with Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer

Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer , sometimes known as Amanda Fucking Palmer, is an American performer who first rose to prominence as the lead singer, pianist, and lyricist/composer of the duo The Dresden Dolls...

 of The Dresden Dolls

The Dresden Dolls

The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione...

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Byrnes plays hockey with The Boston Rockers, and is also founder and head chairman of the Rodfest Committee, a non-profit group that since 2005 has raised over $45,000 through a series of benefit events for charitable groups such as the Gregory "Rodney" Moynahan Memorial Scholarship at Stonehill College.

In 1988, Kier finished runner-up in Class Clown voting at the Pike School.

External links

• Interview With Kier ByrnesYour Band
• A little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll, The Boston Globe
  The Boston Globe
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• Good will and music fill house party, The Boston Globe
  The Boston Globe
  The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
  
  
• Music for changing times, The Boston Globe
  The Boston Globe
  The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...