STARK: News

Thank goodness 2 new reviews were received for Put It To Head to make up for the last 2 which were ok but the reviewers didn't get it...some Leeds snob and someone with tunnel vision...can't please everyone...anyway...thanks to Metal Maidens website and Jersey Beat!

http://www.metalmaidens.com/Cdreviews1h.htm

and

http://www.jerseybeat.com/world-according-to-wawrzyniak.html

Plus,
Lani Ford was just featured Friday night on Be Yourself as Well as Art with a 30 minute solo acoustic show from The Holland Bar on MNN Ch. 34/78. Last Friday, Genya Ravan played STARK again on Chicks and Broads on Ch. 25 of Sirius Radio. Dan Herman aired "Nothing's Wrong" on his Radio Crystal Blue internet show last Sunday. STARK was interviewed and played live on WTSR near Trenton New Jersey last week and played an awesome show at The Record Collector in the adorable town of Bordentown, NJ with The Dollyrots from Blackheart Records.

Mainly because the post office screwed up a promotion for us at Dfest, STARK is currently being featured on the homepage of www.GoGirlsMusic.com.

Check out STARK on Clear Channel's New! Program on www.iheartmusic.com and The Rock Republic on WXRP's website at
http://www.1019rxp.com/Bands/ManhattanBands/View.aspx?ID=103780.

There's also a new live footage video on our myspace and you tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gekv9wNH3c.

The last footage for the upcoming video for "OH NO!" is being shot this week, then we start editing. Hope to have the release at our show at Fontana's September 24. See you there!

Peace, love and beer,
Lani and STARK

• Randy Now of WTSR and The Record Collector present STARK and The Dollyrots at The Record Collector in Bordentown, New Jersey on August 2nd, 2008 from 7:30-9:30pm. It’s an all ages so bring the kids. STARK’s CD’s are available for sale at The Record Collector.
• Wednesday July 30th, STARK will perform and be interviewed on Randy Now’s Capital Garage program on WTSR radio and www.wtsr.org from 8-10pm.
• While “out west”, STARK will perform at The Meat Locker in Montclair, New Jersey on July 31st and in York, Pennsylvania at Smalls on August 1st.
• STARK’s song “Disturbed” is featured on the Bubblegum Slut ‘Summer CD Sampler’
• “OH NO!” has just been selected for the ‘Women in Rock’ compilation CD produced by MJR Films,
• “OH NO!” has been placed on the playlist on WomensRadio and WomensRadio Independent Channel on Live365!! http://www.live365.com/stations/womens_radio?site=pro or http://www.live365.com/profiles/womens_radio
• “OH NO!” added into rotation on Indie 104 radio.
• “18 Again” will be re-released on the upcoming Wicked Cool Records compilation CD Goldie’s Garage, Volume 1 thanks to Genya Ravan and her two Sirius Radio shows. You can also hear “18 Again” in Genya’s myspace player at www.myspace.com/genyaradio
• “18 Again” on NYC Music’s myspace at www.myspace.com/nycmusicnet.
• STARK will also have a song on the upcoming ‘Surf Rock Sampler’ from Versailles Records.
• “I Pay (Man In The Moon)” can be heard on the Wednesday edition #189 of Fame Games Q-show on ABC Networks and in Marbella on 101.6FM & 94.6 FM. http://www.meermusic.com/content/charts/qresults.asp?ed=189&sub=2
• STARK’s debut CD The Curse received a featured show on www.YouRockRadio.com. There will soon be a show to feature Put It To Your Head.
• “Wrong Guy” has been receiving airplay on Joey Stuckey’s Audio Style and A Quiet Time podcast.
• Two songs from The Curse are featured in the indie film ‘Fillbilly’ by A.L. “MIG” MacFarland which was just showcased at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival in Los Angeles—“A Filipino Redneck tries to prevent his wife from becoming a rock star and solicits the help of his childhood friends. Based on a true story, well sort of. A crazy redneck comedy with an international flavor. Get ready for a belly-bustin' good time with an original story that should turn the world on its own end, wherever that might be?”
• Lani Ford participated in Make Music New York again this year with a solo acoustic performance at La Guardia Corner Gardens.
• Lani performed in the 3rd Annual Dynamic Music Fest July 6th in Long Island.
• Lani Ford has interviews featured on www.Indiegrrl.com and www.Bassgirls.com.
• STARK has just received an artist endorsement from Daisy Rock guitars.
• Lani was just interviewed by Cognac Wellerlane for Cognac’s Corner and the interview can be seen on You Tube and www.cognacscorner.tv. www.CognacsCorner.tv and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNiP9RnlH5Q
• While on tour in the UK, STARK met a band broken down on the motorway and instantly befriended Lilith’s Army who will join STARK for 5 dates at the end of September, including Fontana’s and Otto’s Shrunken Head in NYC, Champs in Trenton, NJ and more.
• STARK has enough material for at least 2 future records to be produced sooner than later with a lot of funny, disturbing, moving, and inspiring material out there and demos are already being recorded. For more, check out the official website www.starknyc.com or www.myspace.com/stark.
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STARK Booking and Info
Kicking and Screaming Music /Lani Ford
starknyc@hotmail.com
Put It To Your Head is available at www.digstation.com/stark and www.cdbaby.com/cd/laniford. The Curse at www.cdbaby.com/cd/starknyc.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
WTSR-FM and online
8-10pm
Trenton NJ
Live interview with Randy Now and performance on WTSR, Trenton's Garage Radio
WTSR-FM and online at www.wtsr.org
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Meat Locker
9pm
Montclair NJ
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Meat Locker
9pm
8 Park Street
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
Cost:TBA
Description:with Princess and the Criminals and more
Friday, August 1st, 2008
Smalls--York (Harrisburg), PA
8pm
York PA
25 W. Market Street
York, PA
17401-1233
www.smallsrocks.com
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
The Record Collector
7:30pm
Bordentown NJ
**ALL AGES***
358 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, New Jersey 08505
Cost : $8
(609) 324 - 0880 WWW.THE-RECORD-COLLECTOR.COM (click NEWS/EVENTS) Randy Now and The Record Collector present live music: Saturday August 2nd / 7:30 - 9:30 PM It’s all ages, friends can bring their kids, but remember it’s inside a record store. right off Exit 7 of the NJTP Bordenown is a cool small colonial SAFE town - Lots of great restaurants, art & antique galleries and history in the town. Free parking everywhere.
with ***THE DOLLYROTS*** www.the-record-collector.com
(609) 324-0880**All Show Times Are Approximate*** ***Age Restrictions, Venues, and Ticket Prices are subject to change*** ***Please Contact Venues Prior to the Show for Confirmation***

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

New York, July 24, 2008--NYC rock trio STARK to open for Blackheart Records’ The Dollyrots.

Randy Now of WTSR and The Record Collector present STARK and The Dollyrots at The Record Collector in Bordentown, New Jersey on August 2nd, 2008 from 7:30-9:30pm. It’s an all ages show so bring the kids. Both of STARK’s CD’s are available for sale at The Record Collector. The Wednesday prior (July 30th), STARK will perform and be interviewed on Randy Now’s Capital Garage program on WTSR radio and www.wtsr.org from 8-10pm. While “out west”, STARK will perform at The Meat Locker in Montclair, New Jersey on July 31st and in York, Pennsylvania at Smalls on August 1st.

Otherwise, STARK’s song “Disturbed” is featured on the ‘Bubblegum Slut’ Summer CD Sampler. “OH NO!” has just been selected for the ‘Women in Rock’ compilation CD produced by MJR Films, added to the playlist on the WomensRadio Independent Channel on Live 365 and added into rotation on Indie 104 radio. “18 Again” will be re-released on the upcoming Wicked Cool Records compilation CD ‘Goldie’s Garage, Volume 1’ thanks to the legendary Genya Ravan and her two Sirius Radio shows. You can also hear “18 Again” in Genya’s myspace player at www.myspace.com/genyaradio and on NYC Music’s myspace at www.myspace.com/nycmusicnet. STARK will also have a song on the upcoming Surf Rock Sampler from Versailles Records. “I Pay (Man In The Moon)” can be heard on the Wednesday edition #189 of Fame Games Q-show on ABC Networks and in Marbella on 101.6FM & 94.6 FM.

STARK’s debut CD The Curse is still getting attention with a featured show on www.YouRockRadio.com, plus airplay on Joey Stuckey’s Audio Style and A Quiet Time podcast. Two songs from The Curse are featured in the indie film ‘Fillbilly’ by A.L. “MIG” MacFarland which was just showcased at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival in Los Angeles—“A Filipino Redneck tries to prevent his wife from becoming a rock star and solicits the help of his childhood friends. Based on a true story, well sort of. A crazy redneck comedy with an international flavor. Get ready for a belly-bustin' good time with an original story that should turn the world on its own end, wherever that might be?”

Lani Ford participated in Make Music New York again this year with a solo acoustic performance at La Guardia Corner Gardens and performed in the 3rd Annual Dynamic Music Fest July 6th in Long Island. Lani Ford has interviews featured on Indiegrrl.com and Bassgirls.com and STARK has just received an artist endorsement from Daisy Rock. Lani was recently interviewed by Cognac Wellerlane for Cognac’s Corner and the interview can be seen on You Tube and www.cognacscorner.tv.

While on tour in the UK, STARK met a band broken down on the motorway and instantly befriended Lilith’s Army who will join STARK for 5 dates at the end of September, including Fontana’s and Otto’s Shrunken Head in NYC, Champs in Trenton, NJ and more.

For more, check out the official website www.starknyc.com or www.myspace.com/stark.
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STARK Booking and Info
Kicking and Screaming Music /Lani Ford
starknyc@hotmail.com
Put It To Your Head is available at www.digstation.com/stark and www.cdbaby.com/cd/laniford.
The Curse is available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/starknyc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

New York, July 5, 2008--NYC rock trio STARK announces their new line-up. STARK has officially replaced Josette with guitarist and engineer/co-producer, Sonic Joe Hogan. Also, Sweet Rob Endemann has left the band to raise a family in Florida, so Eric Rock ‘n Robel, formerly with Heroin Sheiks and Nova Express, has joined the group. STARK’s sophomore album Put It To Your Head, released January 26th is continuing to receive great press and radio, with recent reviews in Big Takeover and Devolution plus on the Soundcheck Magazine and Street Voice UK websites.

STARK’s song “Disturbed” is featured on Bubblegum Slutzine’s Summer CD Sampler and “OH NO!” has just been selected for a Women in Rock compilation CD and added into rotation on Indie 104 radio. “18 Again” will be re-released on the upcoming Wicked Cool Records compilation CD Goldie’s Garage, Volume 1 thanks to Genya Ravan and her two Sirius Radio shows.

STARK’s debut CD The Curse is still getting attention with play on Joey Stuckey’s Audio Style and A Quiet Time podcast. Lani Ford participated in Make Music New York again this year with a solo acoustic performance at La Guardia Corner Gardens and performed in the 3rd Annual Dynamic Music Fest July 6th in Long Island. Lani Ford has interviews featured on Indiegrrl.com and Bassgirls.com and STARK has just received an artist endorsement from Daisy Rock.

While on tour in the UK, STARK met a band broken down on the motorway and instantly befriended Lilith’s Army who will join STARK for 5 dates at the end of September, including Fontana’s and Otto’s Shrunken Head in NYC, Champs in Trenton, NJ and more.

STARK has enough material for at least 2 future records to be produced sooner than later with a lot of funny, disturbing, moving, and inspiring material out there and demos are already being recorded. For more, check out the official website www.starknyc.com or www.myspace.com/stark.
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STARK Booking and Info
Kicking and Screaming Music /Lani Ford
starknyc@hotmail.com
Put It To Your Head is available at www.digstation.com/stark and www.cdbaby.com/cd/laniford. The Curse at www.cdbaby.com/cd/starknyc.

So, it's been nuts. Shot video last Tuesday at Coney Island for our first real music video to "OH NO!". We'll be shooting the live show parts at Arlene's Grocery on Thursday July 17 at 11pm so I hope you can be there for the audience shots. It's gonna kick ass!

We went to Philly for the first time last Thursday and had a blast at The El Bar.

Lani and Amalia are having a birthday party at Ten-Eleven on Tuesday July 1st 7pm. Free!!! Food, fun, live music, djs.

Lani's real birthday is Sunday July 6th and she'll be playing solo acoustic at Shamrocks in St. James, Long Island.

Lani is solo acoustic tonight at Mr. D's Bar and Lounge in Yonkers at 10pm.

STARK has made the first cut in the competition to play for Rock Against Diabetes. Starting July 7th, you can vote for us at www.rockagainstdiabetes.org and www.myspace.com/rockagainstdiabetes.

Lotsa love and sunshine,
Lani and STARK

Well, we did it. Played our last show with drummer Sweet Rob Endemann. e'll miss him so much. We played in Philadelphia at The El Bar, shut it down, had a cheesesteak after 5 or 6 shots of Jameson, and reminisced about our tour in England and everything we've gone through over the past two years of playing, touring and recording together. We had a blast and that's exactly how we wanted it to end. We wish him and his beautiful wife Judy all the best as they await the arrival of their new baby boy Grady. We love ya man. What a great time in Philly and we want to thank all of our new friends, Bill, Ross, John Shock, Robin, Jessica, The bartender (I think Matt?--he got me too drunk), Mike from Hell Under the El Productions, the guys from Whisky Livin' and Cheezy and The Crackers. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone but I'm trying to remember through my hangover. In the meantime, thanks to Dan Herman for playing OH NO! on his internet broadcast last week on Radio Crystal Blue. And now we have news of the film Fillbilly which has 2 STARK songs in it and will be presented in festivals starting in July. Details below for those of you in LA who might be able to check it out. Too bad they don't have the budget for my leer jet and limo for me to come out and see it myself.:)The festival version of "Fillbilly" has been officially selected for the TheNew York International Independent Film & Video Festival, in LOS ANGELES,July 17th-24th, 2008 ***Opening Night, Screenings, Seminars, and Parties - "Opening Night" LOSANGELES, JULY 17th from 6:00pm-10pm , Screenings, Seminars, and Parties July 18th-24th New additions to the film are DJ Merle (Chad Thomas) and DJ Earl (Don Money)who add their whacky humour to the already hilarious story. New color improvements and sound edits.Lani plays 2 solo acoustic shows this week, so I better go practice.As always, thanks for your love and support!

Lani Ford was interviewed by Indiegrrl.com and is featured on their website. Check it out at www.indiegrrl.com.

Lani just finished an interview for www.bassgirls.com which should be up on their site soon.

"OH NO!" was just added to the playlist on www.iradiola.com, Indie 104 Internet radio.

STARK is being featured on the new show Novus Ordo on Radio Crystal Blue on LIve 365.com today at 5:45pm. There will be a chance to catch the archive as well. Go to www.radiocrystalblue.com.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

New York, May 23, 2008—STARK’s Lani Ford at Make Music New York June 21st.

Lani Ford will participate in Make Music New York again this year with a solo acoustic performance at LaGuardia Corner Gardens on LaGuardia between Houston and W. 3rd Street in Manhattan June 21st 3pm-4pm. Hot off the heels of the release of the sophomore album, Put It To Your Head in January, the replacement of Josette with Joe Hogan and a UK tour in March, plus online, print and radio press, Lani Ford will play an hour’s worth of solo acoustic material, including some brand new songs, for MMNY which is a day of live music outdoors all over the city. Last year, STARK shocked and awed the crowd outside of Otto’s Shrunken Head.

In the meantime, Lani Ford can be seen on Channel 34, The Manhattan Neighborhood Network, on Be Yourself As Well As Art with a recorded live solo acoustic set from the soon to be closed legendary Holland Bar in NYC. The show will air at midnight Friday May 30th (technically Saturday May 31st morning).

STARK has been receiving praise from the amazing Genya Ravan on her two radio shows, Goldie’s Garage and Chicks and Broads on Sirius Radio, Channel 25, for the song “18 Again.” STARK will soon be featured on the upcoming Wicked Cool Records compilation release Goldie’s Garage, Volume 1. Also, STARK’s song “OH NO!” has been receiving a lot of airplay on Radio Gets Wild in the UK. On Put It To Your Head, deep-fried, Texas-sized vocals dripping with underground New York attitude jars the senses with catchy hooks and cool licks. It’s sweet blues-country soul colliding with charming poetic punk rock angst. All 10 songs are written by Lani Ford. Plus, STARK’s debut CD The Curse is still getting attention with “Wrong Guy” just added to rotation on Joey Stuckey’s Audio Style on Engage Internet Radio.

STARK’s upcoming gigs include The El Bar in Philadelphia June 19th 8pm, Arlene’s Grocery July 17th 11pm and WTSR and The Record Collector in New Jersey in late July/early August. On a bittersweet note, drummer Sweet Rob Endemann will be leaving the band in June because he’s gonna be a new daddy and moving away. They welcome new drummer Eric Robel from Heroin Sheiks and Nova Express.

For more information, check out the official website www.starknyc.com or www.myspace.com/stark.

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Put It To Your Head is available at www.digstation.com/stark and www.cdbaby.com/cd/laniford. The Curse at www.cdbaby.com/cd/starknyc.

Hey there,

Well, we made it back in one piece...or 3 pieces, I should say. London was a blast...Leeds was...interesting. Thanks to Mook Rehearsal studios for saving our ass. The climax was being interviewed for Total Rock radio on Friday March 28th for an hour. Catbird played cuts from Put It To Your Head and we also got to make requests of everything from Kiss to Agnostic Front. We met some kickass bands and friends and definitely want to thank Shari Levy and Marc Plastic and Odette and Simone Stenfors and Lucky Lawler for their amazing help and support. Can’t wait to go back. Thanks to Chris from Fading Ways artists collective for taking our stuff to put up for sell on their website and Roy at Noise Merchandise for some great t’s, tanks and thongs, you can purchase on their website at www.tshirtmachine.com.


We were actually just featured again today on Radio Gets Wild internet radio in the UK and I was able to listen to the program until right before Dee played our song, so I don’t know which one she played because my computer crashed and by the time I got it back up, I just heard her saying some really sweet things about the band and the tour. We are also featured (well, Lani Ford is but my profile goes to the band page) on the front page of Nextcat.com.


We will be played by the amazing Genya Ravan once again on Little Steven’s Underground Garage Channel 25 on Sirius radio on her Chicks and Broads show Friday April 4th at 10pm EST. www.goldiesgarage.us


Plus, we just got a terrific album review on Soundcheck Magazine’s website. http://www.soundcheck-magazine.net/stark.html They’ll be reviewing 2 live shows in next month’s issue. Very exciting stuff as we look down the road at 2 kickass Arlene’s Grocery dates. We’ll be taking the summer off to plan another visit to Europe, plus the Southeast U.S. and hopefully California and Canada. Give us a holler if you have any info regarding touring in these areas. Thanks so much to everyone who helped out and to those who flaked...you know what you can do.:)

Wow...if we only had one more week...But we don’t so we’re off to England in pure last minute style. Some things have come together even though it’s costing a fortune. We’ll be on Total Rock.com radio for an interview and play some cuts off "Put It To Your Head" on Friday morning at 11am March 28. That’s 7am NY time so check it out at www.totalrock.com You can check out our press release and dates in the other blog. We ended up adding another show at the new Dry Club (16 and over) in London on Saturday March 29 making 5 shows plus the radio show in 6 nights! Whew! We definitely have many people to thank and there will be more, I’m sure. Special thanks to Jana Peri, PJ at the Dirty Water Club, Marc Plastic, Steve Piper at Coffee Artists, Radio Gets Wild, The Real Steve White, Shari Levy, Ben at Dublin Castle, Bugbear, Big Note, Moog, Marc at Dry Club, Lucky Lawler, Jette, Paul Foster, Craig at Dead Young Records, Roy at Noise Merchandise, Total Rock Radio, Halifax Courier, Bubblegum Slut Zine, Soundcheck Magazine, Metal Maidens zine and whoever else I may be regrettably forgetting right now. Wish us luck! We’ll tell you all about it when we return! Much love and thanks for all the support!

xoxo,

Lani/STARK

We were featured on www.radiogetswild.com in the UK twice this week and have some overseas press coming soon. Genya Ravan has also been playing the crap out of "18 Again" on her show Chicks and Broads on the Underground Garage Channel on Sirius Radio. You can listen online for 3 days for free at www.sirius.com. Check www.goldiesgarage.us for the schedule. Love ya!

From Wildy's World Blog:

http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/2008/02/review-stark-put-it-to-your-head.html

Stark – Put It To Your Head
2007 Kicking and Screaming Music

What is a mild-mannered traffic reporter to do? A certain amount of angst builds up delivering the same messages of gridlock day-in and day-out in a major metropolitan area such as New York. Stark leader Lani Ford takes out her frustrations on the New York City Indie scene with great effect. Stark's 2nd studio release Put It To Your Head evokes Courtney Love at her finest as well as the finely tuned angst of Green Day. Ford is joined for this release by guitarist Josette and drummer "Sweet Rob" Endemann. The sound morphs from CBGB era Punk to straightforward rock without losing a single identity, which is quite an accomplishment.

"18 Again" is a fun romp that will get your feet moving and looking for the pit. "I Pay" is the track that most evokes Courtney Love, and is a highlight. Other highlights include "Nothing's Wrong", "This Day", "Disturbed", and the acoustic version of "Butterfly". The secret of Stark is that if you strip away the amplifiers and attitude, they can really play and sing. This is a very talented young power trio who with the right breaks are destined for big things. Check them out, and if you're in the city go see a show!

Rating: Buy It Soon!

You can learn more about Stark at www.myspace.com/Stark or www.starknyc.com. You can purchase Put It To Your Head at www.cdbaby.com/cd/laniford.

Wildy Haskell
Wildy's World
wildysworld.blogspot.com

FROM SWISS RECORDS:

Stark ist die Band um Lani Ford, die sich ansonsten als Verkehrsreporterin beim Sender Fox 5 ihre Brötchen verdient. Stark ist möglicherweise eine Art «Ausgleich» zu ihrem Job? Auf «The curse» merkt man dem Trio, zu dem auch Dylan Grewen und Greg Schiff gehören, einen Punkhintergrund an, obwohl der nicht durchwegs dominiert. Die dreizehn Songs sind roh, kurz, spartanisch, kommen schnell ohne Federlesen zur Sache (gilt auch für die Nicht-Punk-Songs). Das Trio erinnert zuweilen an Legal Weapon, die frühe Patti Smith oder X. Leider rocken nicht alle Songs so aufregend wie «Look at me» (So viele Männer aber meine Finger machen es in 30 Sekunden: Selbstbefriedigung und so), «Wrong guy» («Look at me» verwundert da nicht mehr) oder «White trash R&R diva». Und wenn sie dann mal nicht rocken, sind leider auch nicht alle Songs so tiefgreifend wie «Summer girl» oder das bedrückende «The curse».--Robert Pally, Swiss Records

Translation (by Elke Nominkat):

Stark is the band around Lani Ford who otherwise brings home the bacon as traffic reporter for Fox 5. Stark is possibly the "balance" to her daytime job? On "The Curse" one can tell that the trio - Dylan Grewen and Greg Schiff are also part of it - comes from a punk background, which isn't always dominating though. The thirteen songs are raw, short, spartan and get to the point immediately (this goes for the non-punk songs as well). At times, the trio recalls Legal Weapon, the early Patty Smith or X. Unfortunately though, not all songs rock as exciting as "Look at Me" (so many men but my fingers do it in 30 seconds: masturbation and such), "Wrong Guy" (no wonder that there's a song like "Look at Me") or "White Trash R&R Diva". And if they're not rocking, their songs are sadly not as radical as "Summer Girl" or the oppressive "The Curse".

Lani Ford was all over the February New York Waste:

P.3—Wicked Sweet!!! Cunning Stunts photo by Lucky Lawler

P16-17—STARK CD Release Party spread by Frank Wood:

"It finally arrived! The long-awaited follow-up to STARK's 'The Curse'. It's called 'Put It To Your Head.' Lani Ford, along with her bandmates Josette & Rob have put out a ROCKIN' CD. It was engineered by Joe Hogan, so you know it's gotta be top notch…Josette showed up 5 minutes before show time but was up on stage and ready to rock and rock she did! This girl can shred on guitar. Rob's drumming and Lani's bass move the songs along the songs' placement in the set made for a thrilling aural experience! Lani's lyrics continue to show different sides of her and keep you coming back for more…Go check them out in your local [bar], while you [still] can."

p. 22 Starr Tucker's review:

"STARK's new release 'Put It To Your Head' hits with a bang—sometimes hard, sometimes gentle, always rockin'. Streetwise tunes that will have you smiling, raunchy guitars and a kick ass bottom line. This one comes on strong and then goes for broke, the perfect soundtrack to your insane life. Listen up wasties…they've got what you need, when you need it!"

p. 31 Blank-fest story by Kenn Rowell:

"Next up is another Lower East Side mainstay: STARK. Every year, in describing her band, I run the risk of falling all over myself: I'm so taken by front person Lani Ford's stage presence, songwriting and her band's otherwise tight delivery, Rob Endemann is a good friend (and former Baghdaddio--and I'm damn proud to say that!) His drumming is the glue that holds the whole ship together. And what can you say about Josette on lead guitar? She just leaves the room breathless. Finally, Lani has the unenviable task of not just fronting the three-piece rocker but in providing the fluid bass lines and keeping all the vocals straight. This she does with the ease of a seasoned vet--which I guess, now, she is. Her 'Rock 'n Roll Diva' off their first album 'The Curse' is already an underground Village classic. And from what I've heard of her latest disc, STARK, like a fine wine, continues to get better as time goes by. You would think that a bartending and waitress staff that had heard live music for over 10 hours would have been sick and tired of hearing bands by now. But as a testament to the sound and talent of the group they were clapping along with the near-packed house that had assembled by this point."

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STARK recently received airplay on Radio Gets Wild in the UK, Goldies Garage on Little Steven's Underground Garage on Sirius Radio, and Nette Radio. Plus they played live on Jim Breuer's show on Raw Dog Comedy channel on Sirius. STARK also got into the top 30 in Pop Punk on My Music Stream.com and Top 20 video on OurStage.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LONDON AND LEEDS MARCH 2008

So what happens when a TV weathergirl, the guitarist from a porn band and the Cookie Monster record an album?

It comes out sounding like Stark, one of New York’s patented hardest-working-bands and the proud owners of the most versatile and unexpected punk rock album to come out of the Big Apple in years, and they’re also on their way here to tour the UK March 25th to March 31st.

Mild mannered Fox TV weathergirl (and radio DJ and bar-woman) by day, screaming punk rock banshee by night, Lani Ford fronts the band, writes the songs and lays out the basslines with "Sweet" Rob Endemann, one time Sesame Street Cookie Monster, on drums. Infamously lick laden guitarist Josette couldn’t make this trip, waylaid by a previous engagement at a porn convention, but engineer and occasional touring guitarist "Sonic" Joe Hogan is stepping up to make sure the live performance is going to be as fluid, loud and hard as ever.

Stark are here to launch their latest recording Put It To Your Head; an album alive with versatility and genre cross dressing tied together by plain and simple great songwriting and performance that’s about to be showcased for the first time to British audiences at some of our best known small venues, something Lani can’t wait for;.

"Growing up I was all about bands from the UK; all the ones everyone quotes like The Who, Zeppelin, the Beatles or the Pistols, but you know Fleetwood Mac and Genesis and the Smiths meant just as much to me out in the middle of nowhere in Texas. Now here I am all these years later and I’m treading the same stages and streets, getting changed in the same dressing rooms as some of them, feeling the same vibe that inspired all that amazing music.

"A few Brits have told me Americans always go on about Britain and all its history; but it’s true, the whole backstory and inspiration behind so much stuff I love is right here and we’re getting to play with all that incredible history in the air around us."

Stark are more than an American wannabe Britrock/punk outfit though, citing influences as varied as Judy Garland and Agnostic Front their music herds together great swathes of country, blues, rock, punk, metal and pop and somehow makes them into a throbbing, driving, cohesive whole, littered with hooks and songwriting.

It’s heady combination that has ticked every box on the NYC indie musician’s hit list; performances at South by Southwest, CMJ, CBGBs, Don Hills, Arlene’s Grocery, the ASCAP Songwriting award three years straight, solid East Coast College Radio support seeing them into the CMJ Top 30, independent film scores, heavy support from the indie press and plenty of sex, drugs and rock n roll has more than a few people expecting this second studio release to do some serious business.

Stark are here March 25th to 31st and are available for interviews and acoustic performances throughout. The album goes on release in the UK March 28th at the Dirty Water Club launch night.

The lead singles from the album are track 1 "18 Again" and track 4 "Oh No". All tracks from the album are radio safe except track 9 which features some parental advisory lyrics.

Coffee Artists is a trading name of Coffee Arts and Media Ltd, registered in England and Wales number 4672034, registered office 36 Braunstone Drive, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0HZ, UK, www.coffeeartsandmedia.com

Contact Gelli Graham at Coffee Artists for media guest list

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

NEW STARK UK TOUR CO-SPONSORS ADDED

New York City, London and Leeds, UK--February 1, 2008--Female-fronted NYC rock trio STARK is headed to the UK March 24-31, 2008. Leaving a trail of broken hearts and sewn wild oats, STARK just released Put It To Your Head. Now they’re bringing the sophomore album to London and Leeds with a tour sponsored by Go Girls Music. Now, other co-sponsors include the awesome gear manufacturer Electro-Harmonix and our favorite underground newspaper, New York Waste Magazine.

On Put It To Your Head, with Lani Ford up front on vocals and bass, Josette on guitar and Sweet Rob Endemann on drums and backing vocals, STARK retains their adolescent hi-jinks and intense honesty in a style they call punk-try. STARK’s second LP has managed to be more upbeat, heavier, and still tells interesting stories inspired by the past 4 years in New York City. Produced by Lani Ford and Sonic Joe Hogan, Put It To Your Head was the last album recorded at the legendary Schoolhouse Studios in New York City. On Put It To Your Head, deep-fried, Texas-sized vocals dripping underground New York attitude jars the senses with catchy hooks and cool licks. It’s sweet blues-country soul colliding with charming poetic angst. All 10 songs are written by Lani Ford who just picked up an ASCAP Plus songwriter’s award for the 3rd year in a row. Now, engineer and touring guitarist Joe Hogan joins STARK on the road, filling the shoes of Josette for the tour.

The first stop is the legendary Hope & Anchor in London. Big Note Booking brings STARK to the "infamous home of punk rock" where The Police, U2, Elvis Costello and more have played the intimate basement. Moog Promotions then takes STARK to Leeds to play Whorehouse Rock night at Cardigan Arms. The very hot Dirty Water Club in London is next on the trip and will be the official UK CD Release Party for Put It To Your Head. STARK wraps up the tour with a show at the legendary Dublin Castle in Camden on March 30. For more information, check out the official website www.starknyc.com or www.myspace.com/stark.

For STARK interviews or acoustic performances, contact Coffee Artists.
www.coffeeartists.com.

Put It To Your Head is now available for download at Digstation.com and CD Baby.com.

starknyc@hotmail.com

www.digstation.com/stark
www.cdbaby.com/cd/laniford
Ticket info:
www.Bignote.co.uk
www.bugbearbookings.com
www.dirtywaterclub.com
www.myspace.com/moogpromotions

For information on Go Girls Music, check out www.gogirlsmusic.com.

Electro-Harmonix www.ehx.com

New York Waste Magazine www.nywaste.com.

STARK will be featured on Genya Ravan's show "Goldie's Garage" on Sirius Radio. Please listen and vote for STARK. You only have 2 weeks after the show to vote. Thanks so much! STARK

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STARK's CD RELEASE!!!
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
7 to midnight
Club Midway--STARK's CD Release Party!!!
25 Avenue B @ 3rd Street
New York, New York 10009
Cost: $10 Free CD with Admission
Bring copy of our ad (with the old date on it) in the New York Waste and get a free STARK t-shirt!

Frank Wood Presents
STARK’s CD Release Party for Put It To Your Head!
With our friends Billy Magee
Blue Shadow Dogs
Sprinkle Genies
Girl To Gorilla
Grande
***Special guest just announced--John Law***
STARK plays at 10:30!

'STARK's Lani Ford must be one of the most honest people walking the planet today. Her lyrics are penned with the intimate abandon that is usually reserved for one's diary. With STARK, she transforms these personal reveries into emotionally charged Rock'N'Roll...Somehow Lani has mustered the courage to reveal her innermost self, a rare trait within the egotistical realm of Rock'N'Roll. More power to her.'--Chuck Foster - Big Takeover Magazine, Spring 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

New York, January 20, 2008--NYC rock trio STARK releases Put It To Your Head.

Leaving a trail of broken hearts and sewn wild oats, STARK returns with a more mature outlook on their sophomore album Put It To Your Head, released January 26, 2008. With Lani Ford up front on vocals and bass, Josette on guitar and Sweet Rob Endemann on drums and backing vocals, STARK retains their adolescent hi-jinks and intense honesty. STARK’s second LP has managed to be more upbeat, heavier, and still tells interesting stories inspired by the past 4 years in New York City.

Produced by Lani Ford and Sonic Joe Hogan, Put It To Your Head was the last album recorded at the legendary Schoolhouse Studios in New York City. The LP opens up with the fun punk rock song, “18 Again”. “I Pay (Man In The Moon)” with Pam “the metal queen” Grande on backing vocals along with Lani and Sweet Rob tells the painful saga of a person who’s given up and stirs up a feeling of Sass Jordan or Evanescence. There’s also “Nothing’s Wrong”, a full-on punk song about a junkie who doesn’t see what the problem is. “Dreams Come True” brings in a little alt-country sound with the story of a dominatrix who OD’s because someone else married her gay lover. “Reliably Disappointing Relationship (R-D-R)” is a dry interpretation about just that, bringing up images of early Blondie. “This Day” is a hopeful, musically different piece about getting past daily life crap to sing a new song. The mournful and melodic “OH NO!” is always a crowd favorite. “Disturbed” is a punk farce about drinking and driving which pays homage to Moses. “Co-Dependent” is a heavy melodic piece relating the tale of a girl addicted to her addict boyfriend. The album wraps up with an acoustic version of “Butterfly”, recorded live in the studio with Josette and Lani in the same booth.

STARK has enough material for at least 2 future records to be produced sooner than later with a lot of funny, disturbing, moving, and inspiring material out there. On Put It To Your Head, deep-fried, Texas-sized vocals dripping underground New York attitude jars the senses with catchy hooks and cool licks. It’s sweet blues-country soul colliding with charming poetic angst. All 10 songs are written by Lani Ford who just picked up an ASCAP Plus songwriter’s award for the 3rd year in a row. STARK is headed to the UK for a short tour March 24-31, 2008. For more information, check out the official website www.starknyc.com or www.myspace.com/stark. ###

STARK Booking and Info
Kicking and Screaming Music /Lani Ford

Put It To Your Head is available for download at http://www.digstation.com/stark

STARK’s CD The Curse has been included in the new 800-4-COFFEE baskets that include coffee and music. It’s a new company created by our friend Jenn London. You can order baskets at www.8004coffee.com. They are healthy, organic, eco-friendly and partial proceeds go to www.worldanimalrights.org. Use code: friends and family for 15% discount or code: newcustomer for 10% off your first order.

STARK has just been signed to the all-digital music label Zoomoozik.com. Check out our new profile at www.zoomoozik.com/stark

STARK has been selected for the 4th Goldie’s Garage show with one of our punk rock heroes, Genya Ravan. Please vote for us at http://goldiesgarage.us/. And check out our Fuzztopia profile: http://www.garageville.net/index.php?page=view_profile&id=375
STARK is now on the playlist on K94rocks.com. We are also up on Song Planet.com.

STARK's CD RELEASE!!!
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Club Midway--STARK's CD Release Party!!!
7 pm-midnight
New York NY
NEW DATE!!!!!
25 Avenue B @ 3rd Street
New York, New York 10002
Cost: $10
Free CD with Admission Bring copy of our ad (with the old date on it) in the New York Waste and get a free STARK t-shirt!
Frank Wood Presents STARK’s CD Release Party for Put It To Your Head! With our friends
Billy Magee
Blue Shadow Dogs
Sprinkle Genies
Girl To Gorilla
Grande
STARK plays at 10:30!

Check out our press release at http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=106035"; Music Dish Network

You can already get some of the songs online at http://www.myspace.com/stark now!

Thanks for everyone’s support. This has been a long time coming. Keep checking http://www.myspace.com/stark and the new STARK website http://www.starknyc.com for updates. Not only will we have new CD’s but we’ll also have t-shirts for guys and girls and more! So excited!

STARK is almost finished planning our first UK tour in March, 2008! Then we’re gonna ask anyone to everyone please help us promote it any way you can. If you make a real contact that comes to one of our UK shows, we’ll give you a free T-shirt when we get back to the States!

Plus we’re going totally British with a live version of STARK perfoming “OH NO!” on video entered in the Million Pound Song contest. There is now also a video of Lani Ford solo acoustic perfoming “Co-
Dependent”. You can download and vote for video for one English pound.
http://www.themillionpoundsong.com/vote-for-a-song.aspx?search=%20&page=5
or just go to www.themillionpoundsong.com and hit the vote tab and look under the Rock category.

STARK is also in the Warped and Taste of Chaos tours’ Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands. You can check out 10 songs, vote and comment at
http://dtoc.battleofthebands.com/STARK

STARK is now represented by and distributed by Zoomoozik.com. STARK is also being licensed in Canada by Octobertunes. STARK is in talks with Turmic Records in Sweden for European distribution.

STARK has just been signed to the all-digital music label Zoomoozik.com. Check out our new profile at www.zoomoozik.com/stark

STARK has been selected for the 4th Goldie’s Garage show with one of our punk rock heroes, Genya Ravan. Please vote for us at http://goldiesgarage.us/. And check out our Fuzztopia profile: http://www.garageville.net/index.php?page=view_profile&id=375

STARK was on the playlist this week on The Drop Zone. They played "Cryin' In The Mornin'" from The Curse. Subscribe to the blog to find out when tracks from Put It To Your Head get added to the playlist. Thanks! The Drop Zone hosted by Tom Conley can be heard each Saturday night from 11PM to 2AM on KTWL, 105.3 FM from The Woodlands, TX, (a north Houston suburb). If you are outside the Houston area, you can listen on the web by going to www.KTWL.com and clicking the listen live button. The Drop Zone is a listener oriented show that plays genre free music in nearly every form. Although the emphasis is on rock and popular music, the show tends to dive deeper into an artist repertoire than most programmers would venture.

STARK's CD RELEASE!!!
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Club Midway--STARK's CD Release Party!!!
7 pm-midnight
New York NY
NEW DATE!!!!!
25 Avenue B @ 3rd Street
New York, New York 10002
Cost: $10
Free CD with Admission Bring copy of our ad (with the old date on it) in the New York Waste and get a free STARK t-shirt!
Frank Wood Presents STARK’s CD Release Party for Put It To Your Head! With our friends
Billy Magee
Blue Shadow Dogs
Sprinkle Genies
Girl To Gorilla
Grande
STARK plays at 10:30!

Check out our press release at http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=106035"; Music Dish Network

You can already get some of the songs online at http://www.myspace.com/stark now! Thanks for everyone’s support. This has been a long time coming. Keep checking http://www.myspace.com/stark and the new STARK website http://www.starknyc.com for updates. Not only will we have new CD’s but we’ll also have t-shirts for guys and girls and more! So excited!

STARK is almost finished planning our first UK tour in March, 2008! Then we’re gonna ask anyone to everyone please help us promote it any way you can. If you make a real contact that comes to one of our UK shows, we’ll give you a free T-shirt when we get back to the States!

Plus we’re going totally British with a live “OH NO!” video entered in the Million Pound Song contest. You can download and vote for video for one English pound.
http://www.themillionpoundsong.com/vote-for-a-song.aspx?search=%20&page=5
or just go to www.themillionpoundsong.com and hit the vote tab and look under the Rock category.

STARK is also in the Warped and Taste of Chaos tours’ Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands. You can check out 10 songs, vote and comment at
http://dtoc.battleofthebands.com/STARK

Lani Ford and STARK were recently featured on the upcoming episode of “Be Yourself As Well As Art” on MNN.

STARK is now represented by and distributed by Zoomoozik.com. STARK is also being licensed in Canada by Octobertunes. STARK is in talks with Turmic Records in Sweden for European distribution.

STARK’s last show of the year:

Sunday December 16th, --Blankfest XI
10pm
Bruxelles
173 Main Street, Nyack, New York

UK dates to be announced this week!

Welcome to STARK's new website--finally. Thanks to Jamie-land for the former website but after a year of no updates and complicated codes that kept me paying monthly for nothing, I finally found a website that looks ok and that we can keep updated. Thanks for your patience and support!