Starclub

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Name = Starclub


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Origin = England
Genre = Alternative rock
Years_active = 1991–1994
Label = Island
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Current_members = Owen Vyse Steve French Julian Taylor Alan White
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"For the club in Hamburg, see Star-Club."

Starclub was an early 90s rock band from England.

The Band

*Owen Vyse - Vocals, guitar, Hammond organ, keyboards
*Steve French - Guitar, backing vocals
*Julian Taylor - Bass, backing vocals
*Alan White - Drums

History

Little is known about Starclub. Vyse, French and Taylor grew up playing music together and would play with many different drummers. Starclub's 1993 eponymous album was in fact recorded with several different drummers , but Alan White was recruited as a full time member and would tour with the band that year. After the album lost its funding, the band was dropped by island unexpectedly. Owen Vyse would form the band Paint with Julian Taylor (currently of Wolfman) and Alan White (who would leave to join the band Oasis and was replaced by Tam Johnstone). Paint recorded for the Sacred record label, but the distributor, Sony, pulled the single before its release for unknown reasons. Owen Vyse has since played with Echo & The Bunnymen and written and recorded with other artists for film and TV, including the movies 'Still Crazy' and 'The Crush' and the Channel 4 series 'The Young Persons Guide to Becoming a Rockstar'.

Reviews

"Britain's Starclub has a similarly expansive view of the pop-rock world, though its not nearly as fond of Top 40 novelties. Vibrant guitars, sweeping harmonies and an occasional funk grooveare more to its liking. Because lead singer Owen Vyse sounds a lot like Paul Rodgers, comparisons with the British bands Free and Bad Company are inevitable, but Starclub's new self-titled album (on Island) is eclectic enough to make the reference moot.

"Producer Chris Hughes, who's worked with Paul McCartney and Tears for Fears, helps create a spacious environment, allowing the band to display its considerable songcraft amid showering harmonies and alternately soaring and raunchy guitars on the album's catchiest tunes — the romantic ballad "Call My Name," the rousing weekend anthem "Hard to Get" and the sultry shuffle "Let Your Hair down." "— The Washington Post, Wednesday, 03 Mar. 1993."

Albums

tarclub

*Release Date:
*UK Chart:
*Produced by Chris HughesCD (CID9995):
#"Hard To Get"
#"Let Your Hair Down"
#"Call My Name"
#"Forever"
#"All Falls Down"
#"World Keeps Turning"
#"Bad Machine"
#"We Believe"
#"The Question"
#"The Answer"
#"Pretty Thing"

ingles

Let Your Hair Down

*Release Date:
*UK Chart:7" (IS532):
#"Let Your Hair Down"
#"World Like You"12" (12IS532):
#"Let Your Hair Down"
#"Meditation"
#"World Like You"CD (CID532):
#"Let Your Hair Down"
#"Meditation"
#"World Like You"

Hard To Get

*Release Date:
*UK Chart:7" (IS540):
#"Hard To Get"
#"Only Woman"12" Picture Disc (12ISP540):
#"Hard To Get"
#"Only Woman"
#"Rules Of Life"
#"Pretty Thing"CD (CID540):
#"Hard To Get"
#"Only Woman"
#"Rules Of Life"
#"Pretty Thing"

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:qlf8zfhhehak Starclub profile on AllMusic.com]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0g6gtq4ztu45 Starclub album review on AllMusic.com]