Johnny b- vocals, Ben Smith- guitar, jonny p- piano, keys, synth, Alex (Grimbo) Beard- bass, Rob Weatherhead- drums .
Influences
The clash, Chemical brothers, The Cure, Blur, Pulp. The Libertines, Kula Shaker, Supergrass, The Whip, Stone Roses, Modest Mouse, The Jam, INXS, The Doors, Peter Bjorn & John, The killers, The Police, The Kinks, Maximo Park, Ian Brown, The rapture. The Stokes, Primal Scream.......
Starko are a five piece that were formed in Leicester in the spring of 2005 by a group of friends that were sick and tired of hearing the same worn out bilge coming from the bands of the time. The band members have varied music tastes, which quickly became evident in their music.
With the loss of one of their members in early 2007, Starko were forced to reinvent themselves and in doing so found themselves a new, distinctive sound that can only be described as Indie/Electro/Power Ballads.
With a string of gigs about to commence in the big smoke (linked with fierce panda) the future’s looking bright for our five Leicesterian Heroes. So in the words of our peroxide haired, denim wearing, doc martin stomping beauty;
.....The only way is up....
STARKO ARE GOING INTO THE STUDIO OCTOBER 08- WATCH THIS MYSPACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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STARKO- NEW TRACK NEW PRETENDER's Friend Space (Top 17)
We have our next mini-festival at 93 Feet East on Saturday 25th July with an amazing line-up along with our usual Burlesque, performance art and Electro DJ’s.
Tickets are only £6 adv. Check out the ticket link below. See you there.
boo! i dont know if i can wait till the space age year of 2009. there'll be hoards of cyborgs running amok or something in a year like that! only the new demo can stop em - better hurry
Hello and thanks for being friends with The BritBus!
I hope you take a moment to check out our page – we have some exciting international tours for unsigned bands in 2009. A year of touring the world...! You can apply directly from our MySpace page...
We also have a Facebook page and would love to see you there too - feel free to post a link to your MySpace page and tell us where you would like to tour!
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