The comedy rock band Trainwreck’s debut studio album “The Wreckoning” provides an uneven ride filled with laughs, guitar solos and flutes.

Comprised of Tenacious D members, Trainwreck was started in 1997 as a side project with each member taking on a new persona for Trainwreck. Kyle Gass becomes acoustic guitarist Klip Calhoun, Jason Reed becomes singer Darryl Lee Donald, John Konesky becomes lead guitarist J.B. Shredman, John Spiker becomes bassist Boy Johnny and Nate Rothhacker becomes Dallas St. Bernard on drums. Each persona is a take on a classic rock archetype: the superstar, the hippie, the lover, the rural genius and the wild man. Sadly, the album doesn’t showcase this or their very visual style of humor.

The album opens with “TV Theme.” An acoustic guitar is strummed, an electric guitar shrieks, a train whistle blows, and the singing starts. It’s a great opening track. The lyrics are simple and sung in a way that’s easily imitated for those who want to sing along. The riffs are simple but have enough variation to prevent them from becoming boring, the synth and acoustic guitar adds a nice feeling of playfulness to the track. There’s also a nice guitar solo.

Next up is “Tim Blankenship,” a country rock ballad about a fast car, fast women and what you do with fast women when you have a fast car; it’s funny. Twangy guitars are front and center. There’s also a nice guitar solo.

The spoken word track “Wisdumb” performed by Darryl Lee serves as an introduction to the next track “R.B.M.” The track tells the story of Rock Boulder Mountain, opening with a few seconds of sweet flute blowing before the distorted bluesy riffs begin. It works; the flute provides a nice contrast to the distortion and the lyrics are so cliche they can’t help but cause a smile. There’s also a nice flute solo.

Next up is “Bothered and Hot” inspired by 1980s metal. The quick steady tempo and upbeat nature of the track make it extremely catchy but the instruments drown the vocals out at times. “Milk The Cobra,” which brings back the flute, follows this but the rest of the track is nothing special and follows the formula laid out by the previous tracks.

Next up is “Brodeo” a chuckle worthy ballad about the love between bros. The instrumentation has a more poppy tone and the vocals are sung with a tone similar to that found in the voice of a beer spokesman. Then comes “El Mustachio,” with a jazzy bass line and crooned vocals that add more variety to the album, but the track does manage to go the hard rock route at points.

Then comes the section of the album where the train slows. The next songs “Runnin’,” “Love,” and “Real Deal” all deal with love in some way and are pretty similar outside of the lyrics with “Runnin'” being a more obvious type of humor and “Love” relying on the listener being familiar with rock cliches to find the humor. Both have average structure and playing. There’s nothing wrong with the songs but nothing about them stands out. “Real Deal” is the standout of the trio slightly ignoring the song structure of previous songs and adding sea shanty elements for a few seconds.?

Then comes the power ballad “The Drummer.” This is where the album feels like it should end. The next three songs “B.L.T.,” “JB Shredman” and “T.W. Theme” aren’t bad by any means but feel unnecessary. They’re either too similar to previous tracks or feel like they belong on a different album.

“The Wreckoning” is funny but not hilarious. The jokes work better when you can see the members. While it isn’t a great album by any means, it’s certainly enjoyable on the first few rotations. Repetitive song structure and song themes hold back the album, but if you don’t mind those problems, “The Wreckoning” might be worth the price of fare.

Trainwreck will be in Bakersfield at Fishlips on May 30. Those who attend can expect to find the members in character and in costume.