Dope Stars Inc UK Fans - FUCK YEAH!!

Dope Stars Inc. was formed in the spring of 2003 with four motley looking guys dressed in black with heavy make up and black leather charm . The band began with the line-up of Victor Love (vocals, guitars, synthesizers, drum machine), Darin Yevonde (bass), Grace Khold (keyboards) and Brian Wolfram (guitar). They wanted to create a "rock 'n' roll band with a gritty, highly seducing blend of punk attitude and industrial sonic attacks".
Each part of their name means something. "Dope" represents the doped, synthesized and Prozac-addicted acid that is in their blood. "Stars" represents their Rock 'n' Roll attitudes and "Inc." represents the industrial side to the music..
Dope Stars Inc. was born.
On the 8th of May 2003 the band started to work on their debut EP in a rusty and dirty cellar beneath the shallow suburbia of Rome. Grace sleeping on the floor, Victor smashing guitars and computers, Darin traveling all time, drinking too much red bull to stay awake. Those were weeks of lust, wild parties and good morning headaches, but Dope Stars Inc. always stayed on the track, guitars roaring and machines burning. The result was "10.000 Watts Of Artificial Pleasures": a storming melting pot of industrial overloads, R'n'R razor-shaped guitars, Goth decadence, fast and furious punk attitude, pop melodies and techno hammer-beats.
The EP was a success and received rave reviews from the music press. Rock Sound UK said: "arrogant and bratty they may appear (that'll be the Motley Crue influence then), but it's great to see a band with balls walking the walk instead of just talking the talk!".
During the winter of 2004 there were changes in the DSI camp and Brian Wolfram was no longer part of the band. Alex Vega, formerly known as the guitar player of the roman wave-rock sensation Klimt 1918 joined the chrome family.
In February 2005 Dope Stars Inc. signed with the German Trisol Music Group GmbH, the well known and respected label based in Dieburg, already working for successful acts like London After Midnight, L'Ame Immortelle, Christian Death, Cinema Strange. The band also inked a deal with 4RT Management, currently working on the band's career development.
The band started to record the long-awaited full-length debut album "Neuromance", with producer Thomas Rainer (L'ÂME IMMORTELLE) and producer legend John Fryer (Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, H.I.M., White Zombie). When they first began production they originally entitled it New Breed of Digital Fuckers. The album changed to ://Neuromance in June 2005. ://Neuromance is a reference to the William Gibson novel Neuromancer. William Gibson is credited with establishing the cyberpunk culture. The album was released on August 22, 2005.The song „Make A Star“ also appeared on the soundtrack of the horror movie „Saw 2“ (European Release)
After the release of Neuromance the band signed with Contra Promotion booking agency. This lead to appearances at Wave Gotik Treffen, Amphi Festival & Mera Luna.
Throughout 2006 the band continued working on new material, and on August 4 they released the Make a Star EP. The EP featured four new songs produced by Victor Love himself and a new rearranged version of "Make a Star", again produced by Thomas Rainer. Make a Star EP sold out in less than 2 weeks.The song „Chase The Light“ also appeared on the soundtrack of the horror movie „Saw 3“ (Japan Release)
After a full year of touring, Dope Stars Inc. entered Subsound Studio to record a new full-length album between July and September 2006. Without anytime to breath as soon as production finished they then went on a tour of 11 dates in Germany supporting ASP. Once the tour was over the album was released.Produced by Victor Love and featuring a blasting artwork signed by the digital visionary Grace Khold, Gigahearts was released on December 5, 2006
Due to personal reasons Grace Khold left the band. At the same time La Nuit, who had been playing live guitar for them during 2006 at their shows, joined DSI in the official line up. After so many successful shows touring together it was really impossible to escape the fascinating and wild attitude and charm of La Nuit that already seduced so many fans after each show.
Which leads us to 2007.
On January 27, 2007, Dope Stars Inc. performed at the premiere of Saw III in Munich, Germany. A new song titled "Getting Closer" inspired by the movie was released on the European version of the film's soundtrack. In early 2007 Noras Blake joined the live line-up of Dope Stars Inc. to take care of synthesizers at their upcoming shows in Germany and the appearance at the Wave Gotik Treffen 2007.
After another successful German tour and second performance at the Wave Gotik Treffen, they played Barcelona, the Netherlands and made their eagerly awaited UK debut at the Infest Festival in Bradford.
In October Dope Stars Inc. began another tour, this time with London After Midnight around Germany, France, Belgium and Austria. However, just a week before they were due to tour it was announced that Alex was leaving the band. So began a new journey of Dope Stars Inc. Victor took over guitar as well as vocals and helping them out on their live shows on synthesizers was Dualized.December they performed at the 'On a Dark Winter Night festival' with, amongst others, Nightwish and Jesus on Extasy. The festival took place in Austria and Germany on 28 and 29 December 2007 and Ash Rexy of Erotic Juliet joined them on their live shows to take care of the synths.
On to 2008
The band joins forces with Mama Trash,international promoter working with acts like 69 Eyes, Gemini 5, Acey Slade, Deathstars, Private Line and many more!
April saw the band perform 2 shows in Finland, in Helsinki at Trash Fest @ Gloria and in Tampere @ Klubi where the guys totally blew the finnish away.
For a exclusive video interview with the boys at Trash Fest check out www.phoenixrisingezine.com.
The band went on to hit Russia with two shows, the first in St Petersburg then the following day they conquered Moscow.
The following months sees the boys working on their next album then in September they hit the UK!!
Yeah I can hear the screams from here........
Get ready for the invasion they are a coming!!!!!!!!!!
Dope Stars Inc live at Infest - Play n kill
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