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Biography
Refimprove|date=December 2008Infobox musical artist | name = Stellastarr| image = Stellastarr.JPG| caption = Stellastarr playing in Mexico| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Brooklyn, New York , United States| genre = Indie rock , post-punk revival | years_active = 2000–present| label = Tiswas, RCA/Sony, Bloated Wife| associated_acts =| website = http://www.stellastarr.com/ stellastarr.com| current_members = Arthur Kremer Shawn Christensen Amanda Tannen Michael Jurin| past_members = Stellastarr (styled as stellastarr* ) is an American indie rock band based in New York City . It is composed of Shawn Christensen (vocals, rhythm guitar), Amanda Tannen (bass, vocals), Arthur Kremer (drums, percussion, keyboards), and Michael Jurin (lead guitar, vocals).
History
The band formed in March 2000 from the ashes of a previous musical effort formed while studying art and design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn . A few years later, after a chance meeting with Jurin, who had recently relocated to Brooklyn and had left his former band Charlotte's Funeral behind in his hometown of Philadelphia , the former classmates reunited, this time with Christensen on vocals.
Stellastarr played their first gig at Luna Lounge , formerly on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in July 2000, and released a limited series of independent/homemade extended play|EP CDs shortly thereafter. They have toured with Jane's Addiction , The Raveonettes , Placebo (band)|Placebo , The Killers , and Editors (band)|Editors . Stellastarr have played live in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Europe.
Their third album, Civilized (Stellastarr album)|Civilized , was released in July 2009 on their own label, Bloated Wife. The album recovers the speed of the first and the essence of the second. "Graffiti Eyes" and "Numbers" are the singles, the last one had a A-side and B-side|B-side that included "Winter Song."cite web | title= Stellastarr on Twitter | url= http://twitter.com/stellastarrband | date= March 10, 2009 | accessdate=March 7, 2009
Members of the band have collaborated with Project Runway winner Christian Siriano and his boyfriend, musician Brad Walsh on music for Siriano's runway shows at fashion week. Michael Jurin played guitar on Walsh's song "Pop" which was the runway music in 2009, and Amanda Tannen contributed vocals to the song "I Got What U Need" on Walsh's 2009 album.
Other projects
All members of the band have alternate careers. Frontman Shawn Christensen is a screenwriter, filmmaker and painter. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117992019.html? categoryid=13& cs=1& query=karma+coalition "WB, Lin join Christensen's 'Coalition'", Tatiana Siegel, Variety (magazine)|Variety , September 10, 2008. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291566/ Sidney Hall on IMDB Christensen also painted the portraits inside the album artwork for the group's eponymous debut album. Bassist Amanda Tannen is a graphic designer and created the album art for their third album, Civilized . Guitarist Michael Jurin is a member of the Philadelphia based band The Midnight Sounds, creates his own music under the name Piano Belly and has scored various short independent movies. Drummer Arthur Kremer is a graphic designer, and a founding member of a Brooklyn band called http://www.myspace.com/dearcomrade Dear Comrade, and acted in The Lost Battalion (2001 film)|The Lost Battalion .
