Weeds-bass,
Chris Jones-drums,
Johnnie Holliday-vocals & guitar,
Elaine Nardo Sunset & The Trashettes-Bg vocals
Influences
Sounds Like
We like...but DON'T sound like.....
Sisters Of Mercy, T. Rex, NY Dolls, Sweet, Bauhaus, Janes Addiction, Guns n Roses, Bowie, Judas Priest, Angel, Plasmatics, Motley Crue (first 2 albums), Cheap Trick, Sparks, Misfits, Blondie, Runaways, NIN, 45 Grave, the first Smashing Pumpkins album, Rolling Stones, Joy Division, Ramones, Alice Cooper (up to the Welcome To My Nightmare album), Dead Boys, Siouxsie & The Banshees, the Godz, Dead Kennedy's, Black Sabbath (only with Ozzy), Flipper, Kiss (with make-up)....
Who the hell is Star Star anyway?
"Neo-serious, neo-punk, neo-glam, neo-fun stuff" GUITAR MAGAZINE "...cut from the same cloth that dressed lots of Ramones and Alice Cooper
sides..." BILLBOARD "Star Star are unafraid to forge their own, more dramatic look and raw
energetic sound." RIP MAGAZINE "Star Star are destined to become something of real importance to the
modern music world performing their brand of glam/R&B rock with punk attitudes." METAL HAMMER "You may never understand how truly hip Star Star really is." CREEM MAGAZINE
"...the band blasts away at rock's currently indestructible wall of sobriety" NEW YORK TIMES "... sickened with grunge? Look no further, Star Star are here to pull
your cracker." KERRANG "Star Star's music shines and whines with a serious sense of bratiness
and na-na-na-na attitude." HIT PARADER
"Draping layers of trash, glitter and gloss around their well dressed decadence." CMJ NEW MUSIC REPORT "Ultimately shiny and fun, uplifting, toungue-in-cheeky and loaded with
soundtracky flamboyance." HARD REPORT "These rockers stand out so conspicuously from the rest of the crowd." CIRCUS MAGAZINE "Glam trappings, punk leanings, and a certain aristocratic decadence." STEREO REVIEW "Star Star has an infectious quality that can't be faked or denied. Let's
just say that you haven't seen anything
like this in a while." FOUNDATIONS "a sound so damn obnoxious-they sound as if they're sticking their toungues
out....a damn good band." EAST COAST ROCKER "Listening to Star Star makes you want to (yes I'll admit it) dance." ROUGH MIX "Very much what you'd call normal, well adjusted rock-n-roll behaviour." ROCK WORLD
Despite being considered a New York City band, STAR STAR originally formed in Los Angeles.
The bands original Los Angeles line up would break away prior to the debut album. Mid way through recording the "Go Go Girls In Love" album STAR STAR returned to NYC and inducted guitarist Kane Dailey (later replaced by Jay Hening). Although Darcy Drash performed drums on the record Deon Molyneux would take over once the sessions were complete.
Signing to the Roadrunner label STAR STAR took a nine month period to record the second album ("The Love Drag Years") with producers Neil Kernon, Earle Mankey and Richard Gottehrer across studios in New York, Los Angeles and New England.
A dark period followed when singer Johnnie Holliday suffered a serious car accident in Greece, undergoing a number of major surgeries the following years. Further major blows were struck when guitarist Jay Henning committed suicide and drummer Deon died from cancer two years later.
Original STAR STAR members Johnnie & Weeds are now joined by drummer Chris Jones and background singer "Trashette" Elaine Nardo Sunset. The new CD "The Rock Trash Au Go Go Show" due out in the Fall of 2009 is a represenation of their whole live show. "We wanted to capture what this band is really like live", explains Johnnie. "Something we never managed to do in the past. The labels always leaned towards making us more clinical than we are live. With this album there will have to be a compromise."
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