{"id":11181,"date":"2019-05-22T18:26:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T18:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=11181"},"modified":"2019-05-22T18:32:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T18:32:37","slug":"kim-fowleys-1973-rock-creation-the-hollywood-stars-announce-sound-city-album-shelved-for-43-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2019\/05\/22\/kim-fowleys-1973-rock-creation-the-hollywood-stars-announce-sound-city-album-shelved-for-43-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glam rock icons, THE HOLLYWOOD STARS, announce ‘Sound City’ album \u2014 shelved for 43 years!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ORIGINALLY ASSEMBLED BY KIM FOWLEY PRIOR TO THE RUNAWAYS, THE HOLLYWOOD STARS RECORDED ALBUMS FOR COLUMBIA AND ARISTA BEFORE SPLITTING IN 1977; NOW REFORMED, THE BAND MAKES A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE WHISKY A GO GO ON JULY 18<\/strong>

AFTER 43 YEARS AS A “LOST ALBUM,” SOUND CITY<\/em> BY THE HOLLYWOOD STARS FINALLY SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY<\/strong>

The Hollywood Stars’ Mark Anthony and Fowley wrote and recorded “King of the Night Time World” and “Escape,” which would later appear on platinum-selling albums by Kiss and Alice Cooper

All natives of Southern California, the future members of The Hollywood Stars were gigging musicians on the Sunset Strip in the 1960s and eyewitnesses to the rise of The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Byrds, The Yardbirds, and Buffalo Springfield, among others

Sound City<\/em> arrives on CD and digital download via Burger Records on August 23; features the power pop classic “All the Kids on the Street”

Tickets for The Hollywood Stars’ July 18 concert at The Whisky a Go Go are on sale now<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hollywood Stars, a group originally assembled by rock impresario Kim Fowley<\/a> in 1973, have announced the first-time issue of a \u201clost album\u201d recorded in 1976. Sound City <\/em>arrives on CD and digital download via Burger Records on August 23, 2019. A month prior to the album release, the newly-reformed Hollywood Stars will headline the world famous Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, a venue at which the band was previously a top draw.  

Pre-order Sound City <\/em>album: https:\/\/burgerrecords<\/a>

Buy tickets for The Hollywood Stars\u2019 July 18 performance with special guest Hammered Satin at the Whisky a Go Go: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2LAZiui<\/a>

During the 1970s, The Hollywood Stars toured with The Kinks (for Sleepwalker<\/em>, 1977) and played support gigs to such legends as The New York Dolls, Bo Diddley, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, and disco star Sylvester. In turn, a cavalcade of newcomers opened shows for the Stars, including Van Halen, Journey, The Runaways, The Knack, and Quiet Riot, among many others. 

There have previously been three lineups of The Hollywood Stars. The newly-reformed 2019 version features Scott Phares (vocals), Ruben De Fuentes (guitar) and Terry Rae (drums) from the original group, alongside Michael Rummans (bass) from the second roster. Chezz Monroe on rhythm guitar is a 21st century recruit to the ranks.  

The original group (1973-1974) was managed by Fowley. He secured a deal for the band with Columbia Records and the Stars recorded their debut album at the height of the glam rock era. Due to management shuffles at Columbia, the album was shelved at the time but later surfaced in 2013 as Shine Like a Radio: The Great Lost 1974 Album <\/em>(Last Summer\/Light in the Attic). Upon its release, Record Collector Magazine <\/em>bestowed the album five stars and called it \u201cone of the most vital reissues of the year.\u201d

Shine Like a Radio <\/em>stands as an evocative encapsulation of the Hollywood glitter rock scene, crackling with the power pop drive of The Sweet and The Move, and the glam swagger of Cockney Rebel and Hunky Dory<\/em>-era David Bowie. After the first lineup\u2019s split in 1974, two of The Hollywood Stars\u2019 compositions found major success with other artists of the era \u2014 \u201cEscape\u201d surfaced on Alice Cooper\u2019s platinum-certified Welcome to My Nightmare <\/em>(1975) while \u201cKing of the Night Time World\u201d appeared on a pair of multiplatinum-selling albums by Kiss, Destroyer <\/em>(1976) and Kiss Alive II <\/em>(1977).

After a year-long hiatus, the Stars surfaced in their second version in 1976. Mark Anthony \u2014 the songwriter alongside Fowley of \u201cEscape\u201d and \u201cKing of the Night Time World\u201d \u2014 rose in the ranks to become the group\u2019s lead vocalist, as well as continue in his prior roles of rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter. Fowley introduced the band to Canadian musician\/producer Neil Merryweather and time was booked at the famed Sound City Recording Studios in Van Nuys, CA to cut new material. The resulting sessions yielded ten tracks, including the power pop anthem \u201cAll the Kids on the Street\u201d and the AOR-targeted \u201cSunrise on Sunset.\u201d These ten tracks comprise the soon-to-be-issued Sound City <\/em>album. 

\u201cHoudini of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll,\u201d \u201cShotgun,\u201d and the Merryweather version of \u201cEscape\u201d make their first-ever appearance on Sound City<\/em>. \u201cToo Hot to Handle\u201d and \u201cHabits\u201d have only previously appeared as a limited edition 7\u201d vinyl single issued by Australia\u2019s Blank Records in 2017. The five remaining tracks are also appearing for the first time in their Merryweather versions, although they did appear in re-recorded form on the self-titled The Hollywood Stars <\/em>album issued by Arista Records in 1977. 

The band have always preferred the Merryweather mixes to what eventually appeared on the Arista LP and are keen to see them finally released. \u201cNeil was a lot more into where we were coming from,\u201d says Rae. \u201cHe was there mixing our live sound at The Starwood. Sound City <\/em>is almost like a live set \u2014 all those songs were cut at the same time. In comparison, the production of the Arista album went on for a long time, and our power pop roots lost out to the type of syrupy string arrangements that were prevalent on major label albums at the time.\u201d

The long-dormant Hollywood Stars reconvened for a one-night-only benefit concert on November 11, 2018, at The Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles. The audience was enraptured at the sight of this legendary band springing back to full-blown rock \u2018n\u2019 roll glory. The band themselves enjoyed the experience and have pledged to keep it going. 

\u201cWe all have a sense of unfinished business,\u201d says Phares. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to telling our story and playing to our fans \u2014 old and new. The band is currently deep into the process of writing a new record, which will feature brand-new Stars compositions as well as songs by Mark Anthony.\u201d Anthony died of an undiagnosed congenital heart issue in the early 2000s. 

The remaining Stars are ascendant again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  *** Sound City tracklist:<\/strong>

1.  Sunrise on Sunset (Mark Anthony, Kim Fowley, Skip Battin) *
2.  I Can\u2019t Help It *
3.  Escape (Mark Anthony, Kim Fowley, Alice Cooper) *
4.  So Blue *
5.  Too Hot to Handle
6.  All the Kids on the Street (Mark Anthony, Kim Fowley) *
7.  Habits
8.  Make It to the Party (Ruben De Fuentes, Mark Anthony) *
9.  Shotgun #
10.  Houdini of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll #

* Denotes previously unreleased version
# Denotes first-ever appearance

All songs by Mark Anthony unless otherwise noted
Produced & engineered by Neil Merryweather
Recorded at Sound City Recording Studios, Van Nuys, CA, 1976

The Hollywood Stars album discography:<\/strong>

1.  The Hollywood Stars<\/em> (Arista Records; recorded in 1976, released in 1977)
2.  Shine Like a Radio: The Great Lost 1974 Album<\/em> (Last Summer\/Light in the Attic; recorded in 1974, released in 2013) 
3.  Sound City<\/em> (Burger Records; recorded in 1976, released in 2019) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: https:\/\/www.thehollywoodstarsband.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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