Starstruck, by The Hollywood Stars

Starstruck

by The Hollywood Stars

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	1.	Can't Do It Right
	2.	Taxi Driver 02:55
	3.	Bad, Bad, Man
	4.	I Had A Girlfriend
	5.	This Merry-Go-Round
	6.	Total Control
	7.	Save Me
	8.	Sleeping Giant
	9.	Haunted
	10.	Am I Right Or Wrong
	11.	Walking With An Angel
	12.	Revenge
	13.	Shortage Of Love
	14.	Can't Do It Right (Extended Version)
	15.	Revenge (Extended Version)

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The Hollywood Stars 'Starstruck' and full digital discography available: thehollywoodstars.bandcamp.com/music

"Starstruck is the best power pop album you'll hear in years!" - Ruta 66

It would seem like every nook and cranny in rock ‘n’ roll history has been explored ad infinitum by this point. Countless books and magazine articles have been written, painstakingly excavating the lives and careers of everyone from Chuck Berry to Aerosmith, Wanda Jackson to Taylor Swift. But what if there was a band with deep roots whose story had barely been broached? A band with direct ties to Little Richard, the Kinks, the Mamas & the Papas, the Strawberry Alarm Clock, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Iggy Pop, the Runaways, the Flamin’ Groovies, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Steppenwolf, and Blue Cheer, among others? Such a band does exist. They are The Hollywood Stars.

Glam Rock was in full swing by the ’70s, as Rock blended to wilder lifestyles and on-stage/off-stage displays of glitter and dress. The New York Dolls helped to further this arrival with make-up and music to match that decadence. The period was somewhat short-lived but some of the bands and artists that made that scene (Bowie, T-Rex [Marc Bolan], Sweet, Roxy Music, even Slade) are fondly remembered of this point in time. We still play those records!

Another of the bands from that period were The Hollywood Stars. Plagued by a series of unfortunate occurrences, The Hollywood Stars would be short-lived in their endeavors but would leave behind a single eponymously-titled LP. They had two of their songs recorded by KISS and by Alice Cooper. The new Millennia would see a reformation with a release of their first album (unreleased by Columbia Records), and a 1976 demo album – Sound City. The lineup of the band responsible for the new Starstruck album is vocalist Scott Phares and drummer Terry Rae (founding members in 1973), bassist Michael Rummans (joined in 1976), and guitarists Jeff Jourard and George Keller (recruited in 2023).

June 14th 2024, The Hollywood Stars will release their new album, to be called Starstruck.

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releases June 14, 2024

Scott Phares - Vocals
Terry Rae - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Michael Rumens - Bass, Cello, Harmonica, Vocals
Jeff Jourard - Guitar, Vocals
George Keller - Guitar, Vocals

Additional Guitar - Loren Molinare
Keyboards - Paul Roseller

Tracks 1, 2, 10, 12, 14, 15 written by S. Phares
Track 3 written by S. Phares/M. Anthony
Tracks 4, 8, 9 written by M. Rummans
Tracks 5, 7 written by T. Rae/R. Blessus
Track 6 written by M. Davis/J. Jourard
Track 11 written by C. Carter/G. Keller/S. Phares/J. Jourard
Track 13 written by S. Phares/K. Fowley

Produced by The Hollywood Stars, Paul Roseller & Loren Molinare
Recorded at Kitten Robot Studios, Los Angeles CA

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