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The Atari Star

New CD on sale @www.johannsface.com!

About Me

The Atari Star is an indie rock band based in the Wicker Park area of Chicago. The band was begun in 1999 and will release their fourth full-length cd "Aniseed" on Johann's Face Records in May 2007. The record was recorded at Steve Albini's famed Electrical Audio Studios by Greg Norman, whose credits include work on records by Built to Spill, Pelican, Shellac and The 90 Day Men. Their music is bittersweet, literate, and ranges from noisy aggressive rock to pastoral, atmospheric soundscapes to sweet indiepop. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 2/18/2005
Band Website: theataristar.com
Band Members: Marc Ruvolo: Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards- Davey Houle: Drums, Percussion- Casey Olin: Guitars- Rob Brandt: Bass- Mike Perkins: Keyboards- Dana Hammett: Vocals-Also: Rob Vester: Bass, Guitar, Keyboards- Seville: Keyboards, Vocals- Tim Rich: Bass, Vocals-
Influences: ELO, Modest Mouse, Pedro The Lion, Low, David Bowie
Sounds Like: twitterpated beetles and depressed AI
Record Label: Johann's Face Records www.johannsface.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Posted 4 new tracks from "Aniseed"!

I posted four songs from the new record for you to peruse, hope you like them!The new CD "Aniseed" is availble for sale at www.johannsface.com, nine songs recorded at Electrical Audio by our pal Greg ...
Posted by The Atari Star on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:52:00 PST

Working on new record!!!

We've started work on the new record, our 4th full length cd. It'll be out in 2007 and it's called "Aniseed". We've been doing it with Greg Norman who's worked on our stuff before and has also recentl...
Posted by The Atari Star on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:52:00 PST

New tracks posted and new news!

Posted one track from each of our four past releases. These songs are some of my favoritesfrom over the years.I'm currently working on new songs for a full-length album tentatively titled "Aniseed" wh...
Posted by The Atari Star on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 03:05:00 PST

NEW J+J+J REMIX POSTED. Check it out.

It's remix time! Download the remix of our song The Assimilationist which was done by our good friends in J+J+J. You can also check out the original and compare. Plus there's a remix of our song N...
Posted by The Atari Star on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:30:00 PST

Mike Perkins REMIX is UP!!!!!

Mike Perkins did this remix of "Night Striped Assassins". He's in Far Rad and was in Written in the Sand and Sig Transit Gloria. Thanks Mike!
Posted by The Atari Star on Thu, 22 Sep 2005 05:12:00 PST

almost choked to death

On hiatus from shows right now. Working on the next album, tent. titled "The Aviary". Rob and Davey and I have new live project called AUROCHS. It's heavy and noisy and irritating. Hee. Check out our...
Posted by The Atari Star on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST