Stars (UK band)

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Name = Stars


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Origin = Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Genre = Progressive rock, psychedelic, folk rock, jazz fusion
Years_active = 1972
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Associated_acts = Pink Floyd, Tomorrow, The Pretty Things, The Pink Fairies, Delivery
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Past_members = Syd Barrett
John "Twink" Alder
Jack Monck

Stars were a short-lived British supergroup that played three shows in 1972. Its members were Syd Barrett on guitar, Twink on drums, and Jack Monck (of Delivery) on bass.Staff. "*Stars* At Cambridge." "Terrapin" (January 1973)]

History

The band played three live concerts in Cambridge before Barrett disbanded the group. Shortly thereafter Syd Barrett left music and his public life altogether and began living in seclusion. Recordings of their performances were made but remain lost. All three performances contained early Pink Floyd songs and different versions of tracks from Barrett's 1970 solo album "The Madcap Laughs". At one point in each show Barrett entered one of the catatonic trances that had plagued his later Pink Floyd performances, the worst coming in their second concert, where Barrett became almost completely frozen and had to be carried off stage.

Breakup

According to Twink, the band ended when Barrett approached him in the street, carrying a scathing review of their third concert. He waved the paper in Twink's face and said, essentially, "That's it."

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