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Nick
Miller (guitar), Dovi Sony (bass) and Fima Shuster (keyboards) formed
the Stella Maris rock band in 1990 at the seaport town of Haifa in
Israel.
The group established a distinctive style and identity and in 1992 was
signed up by Helicon, a leading local record company.
Their first album,
Stella Maris
Met with great success on the Israeli rock scene and quickly
established the groups reputation Stella Maris performed throughout
Israel and was the first Israeli band ever to have a clip screened on
MTV. Resulting from their clip on MTV, a remarkable relationship was
formed between the band and the legendary rock producer Chris
Tsangarides who arrived in Israel to produce
their second album.
The Open Gate
This album came out in 1994 and met with enormous local success being
described by critics the best of the rock genre as heard outside of
Israel. In 2000 Stella Maris came out with
their third album simply called
Stella Maris 3.
In 2002 Stella Maris produced
their fourth album. Cavalier
Lukach, an outstanding vocalist whose background was in the heavy metal
scene, joined the band in 2003. Lukach had previously performed in
England for some time as well as with other local rock groups in
Israel. The group renewed their contact with Chris Tsangarides in
England in the end of 2005 and sent him a demo of original songs they
had recorded in English. On hearing the disc, Chris once again took the
band under his wing and produced their fifth album in his London studio
"the dump" The album which has now been completed contains 10 original
songs, six of which were written by Chris himself in collaboration with
the band.
Words by the mega one Chris
Tsangarides
I first met the Band In 1993 And was suitably impressed to record their
second album in Israel and London The songs were all sung in Hebrew
which limited their appeal to the Israeli market Sales figures
indicated 17,000 units in Israel serious amount for rock music. At the
time of recording I thought that there was potential to translate these
songs into English and thus have a very strong chance of success
overseas. The problem was that the band's singer at that time
had a very strong accent and it did not sound authentic when he sung in
English therefore limiting the sales to the home market. I am pleased
to say that the bands have a fantastic new singer who does sound
authentic when he sings in English. I have written six new songs with
them and believe that they are as good as any in this genre of music I
love the musicality of this band and they have a great feeling for
melody coupled with strong rhythms and grooves. In my book this is a
sure sign of great songs. I am committed to making a great record with
them .I see this as a great opportunity for making a profound musical
statement .
New singel
Rhapsody
View Stella Maris Blog TO Buy The CD On Line
In early February 2007 the band welcomes Rami Salmon (known as the
singer of "Metal scent") as the new vocalist, and Matan Shmueli on
drums, replacing Denis Fortus who left the band .on april 2007 the band
supported Marty
Friedman in israel.
Now the band is working on a new project
This includes famous known Israeli Artists,
It is a Part of a new album hopefully will be
Ready at the end of this year .
In September 08-17-and 18 2008 STELLA MARIS supported
DEEP PURPLE the legendary band in Israel . for stella maris it was an experience they will never forget.
STELLA MARIS supporting DEEP PURPLE 2008
