The band once known as Abysmal Crucifix is now more. We have been reborn as...
Jupiter Starshine Collective!!!
Well, here we are. The Jupiter Starshine Collective, once known by the name Abysmal Crucifix, is here to rock and teach your impressionable children.
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At the request of the U.S. Senate, Girth McDürchstein testified on January 26 regarding the recent allegations against his charity and character. Read the transcript here and read this for more details.
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" LITTLE DARLIN' " POISED TO TAKE POP CHARTS BY STORM
LOS ANGELES, January 18, 2008 — "I love my daughter, and I don't care who knows it," says Girth McDürchstein. He's speaking specifically about Jupiter Starshine Collective's latest single, " Little Darlin' ," but it could just easily apply to the entire band.
In 1992, McDürchstein founded thrash band Abysmal Crucifix. In 1994, after a disagreement with longtime bandmates Carl Davenport and Robin Kelley, he re-formed the band in Los Angeles with entirely new players—with the exception of McDürchstein himself, who remained lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter—and a modified sound. Abandoning the trademark "epic" songs loaded with instrumental passages, solos, and ever-changing riffs that made McDürchstein a star, the songwriter began to favor a heavy-metal spin on the three-minute pop song, churning out such gems as "Phone Sex" (1995), "Kingdom Cum" (1996), the tender ballad "Two Berries on a Twig" (1996), and politically conscious "Rolling in It" (1998).
It was a change that pleased few. Longtime fans felt McDürchstein had "sold out," while casual fans or non-fans felt alienated by lyrics described as everything from "insipid" to "unholy portents of our mutually assured cultural destruction." This did not stop McDürchstein, who in 2002 produced the best of both worlds: Girth McDürchstein's 'The Hedge', a concept double-album telling an intricate story and featuring a tantalizing hybrid of lengthy, artistically obtuse rockers and polished pop hooks.
After meeting his estranged daughter in 2007, McDürchstein chose to change the band's focus—but also its name and identity!
"What does Jupiter Starshine Collective mean to me?" he asked rhetorically, sitting back with a wistful twinkle in his eye, thinking deeply. "Family. Love. Charity .
"Who can be a member of this collective?" he continued. "Is it just me, Margo, Carl, Nicholas, and Michael? No. Anybody who has ever felt love in their hearts for family or friend—or even enemy—they are members of the Collective. I think it's a privilege to call yourself a member of the Collective, and it's something you have to earn. And because a participant in Jupiter Starshine Collective does, he or she has the ability to create new and better realities, and improve conditions."
Jupiter Starshine Collective goes above and beyond the limited scope of Abysmal Crucifix not just in spirit, but also in quality of music. Already, industry insiders consider this hastily produced single the dawn of a new musical day for Girth McDürchstein and has bandmates. Before its official release, " Little Darlin' " has already received consistent radio airplay throughout Southern California and in markets as diverse as Vancouver, Baltimore, and Paducah. It is the 3 most requested song on KMSC out of Sioux City, Iowa, and if these trends continue, it could be McDürchstein's first charting single in nearly a decade.
Please enjoy "Little Darlin'" yourself by downloading it. Download here .
The lyrics are transcribed below:
Runnin' through a field of apple blossom leaves
On a sunny day, hair blowin' in the breeze.
Never seen a daughter who looks so fair
Come to Daddy, girl, and let me brush your hair.
Little Darlin', come and sit upon my knee.
You're my baby girl, I love you, can't you see?
Little Darlin', let me whisper in your ear.
Keep a secret, baby, there's no need to fear.
Saturdays, we go strollin' through the park.
We won't stay too long, I know you hate the dark.
Let's go to the mall for some clothes shopping.
I'll watch you try some outfits on if you want me.
Little Darlin', let me stroke your lovely hair.
Lay your head upon my chest, your skin's so fair.
Little Darlin', don't you cry tonight.
I'll make sure that everything feels all right.
Come on, Little Darlin', wait for me.
I'm gettin' older now and can't keep up, you see.
My baby girl no longer needs me.
All we ever do is fight and disagree.
Maybe someday she'll come back to me.
She'll never find a man who stacks up to me.
Little Darlin', have you torn your party dress?
No need to cry like that, your face just looks a mess.
Let your daddy make your problems go away.
Shuh, shuh, quiet, girl, there's nothin' left to say.
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