Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Arabian Nights
Arcade Fire
Baudelaire
Beatles
Blake
Brian Eno
Cookie Monster goes to Mars
Capote
Dandy Warhols
Dead Kennedys
Edith Piaf
Edna Savage
Eighties pop
Extreme
Euro-pop
Fantomas(the movie)
France
Giraffes
Glam!
Helloween
Herman Hesse
Hitchcock
International beaches
Interpol
Japan
Joy Division
Keats
Lewis Carroll
London
Magic
Monkees
New Pornographers
NIN's pretty hate machine
Pinguino
Placebo
Pulp
Punk/New Wave
Radiohead
Ride
Roxy Music
Seventies big grooves
The Verve
Tim Burton
Velvet Underground
Wong Kar Wai
Hailing from London, but with a distinctly international flavour, JUNKSTAR formed in 2007. The self styled 'junkies' have supported The Others, We are Scientists, Wendy James's Racine and uber-cool Fight Like Apes. They take the pop sensibilities of the Dandy Warhols & Arcade Fire & the urgency of bands like the Klaxons and Placebo as well as soaking up their other main influences (listed on your left) & synthesize them into a big brash sexy city swagger, all of their own. Regularly playing venues around Europe including the LA2 Astoria in London, Dublin’s Crawdaddy, the Liverpool Carling Academy and Amsterdam’s P60 festival; Junkstar pull off that precarious trick of delivering a masterclass of sleek hooks whilst providing you with a sound that resonates giddily, just like kissing a pretty girl. Or boy. Or animal.
THEY SAY: Graham Duff - (BBC IDEAL writer/performer):
"Trashy, bruised art pop of the highest order." Simon Williams - (Club Fandango):
"Head down' is a catchy and really likeable track - this band rocks - with wings!" Lynda Burke - (NME):
'Junkstar; a band so dynamic and energetic it's very hard to forget the spectacular presence they have on stage. With thundering beats and sweet melodic riffs, they are a class act destined for great things. ' Benjamin Zephaniah - (Poet, novelist and playwright):
'Junkstar sound good to me!' Andy Slade - (PIT VIPER records)
‘über-catchy - like an energetic mix of Scissor sisters, Mika and the B-52s! VERY HOT’ Alexander Havering - (Q Journalist):
"Almost every song here could work as a standalone single. Junkstar have perfect pop songs that touch base with bands like Neutral Milk Hotel and Goldfrapp, but still have something original to offer." Tom Stansworth - (Club Fandango live review):
"Junkstar put me in mind of bands such as Arcade Fire at times and also Ash.
The music did the talking. Recommended." Claire B - (the mag UK LIVE review):
"JC's appealing voice swung from rock growl to Scissor Sisters falsetto and managed to sound good both when singing normally and putting on showy effects. Bluebottles is a real fusion of Blur, the Bravery and Joy Division - it's a dramatic, catchy number!"
JUNKSTAR SUMMER GIGS
29/05/08 - THE CLAPHAM GRAND
31/05/08 - LIVERPOOL CARLING ACADEMY with GK & the Renegades
25/06/08 - NORWICH QUEEN CHARLOTTE
26/06/08 - CLUB CRIMINAL - Criminal Records showcase, Soho
28/06/08 - InEUPHORIA festival – Amsterdam, Netherlands
02/07/08 - CAMDEN DUBLIN CASTLE plus guests
08/07/08 - Supporting RCA artist Sam Beeton at MONTO WATER RATS
Hope you guys had a safe trip home and didn't forget poor Adeline in Amsterdam ;). Thanks again for an 3 days long InEUphoria aftershow party, the CD with all pics and videos is on its way. Keep in touch and hopefully see you guys soon, x Eva
Just saw the interview video of you guys on you tube! well nice to see you talk JV!! and as for Pat, CLASSIC...you gotta have one paddy to replace moi!! love it. Anna your looking gorgeousx
Thanks for adding me. Just wanted to say how much I liked your music at the Clapham Grand on Thursday. I'd gone to see another band really, and hadn't heard of Junkstar before, but you were great! :)
