Among Anthony’s five songwriting credits during the sessions were two co-writes with Kim Fowley that would go on to have major success after the Stars’ breakup, “King of the Night Time World” (recorded by Kiss on both 1976’s Destroyer and 1977’s Alive II) and “Escape” (recorded by Alice Cooper on 1975’s Welcome to My Nightmare).
Geils Band) was hired to produce with Allan Blazek (The Eagles, The Who) as engineer. Studio time was booked at The Record Plant in Hollywood to cut a dozen tracks for a debut album. As a result, Fowley handed over the management reins to Donahower and Bruce, and only became a peripheral figure in the band’s future trajectory. Fowley had his heart set on producing the band’s debut album, but Feigin shut him down fast. In January 1974, Columbia Records A&R man Ted Feigin signed the band. The Hollywood Stars would go on to become one of the top-drawing acts at The Whisky for the next 12 months. The group made its public concert debut headlining The Whisky A Go Go on December 17 & 18 1973. scene were asking him ‘What are you playing through? How do you get that sound?,’ and he would just say (adopts British accent) ‘Hey man, it’s all in me fingers.” (laughs) At least not in Hollywood, maybe Britain. He would stand in the shadows with his back to the audience, but the sound coming out of his amps was something no one had been able to do up to that point. “Beck had a couple of songs back then that were just mindblowers. “Probably the most legendary act I opened for was The Yardbirds with Jeff Beck,” recalls Rae. Mark Anthony – Guitar, vocals Ruben De Fuentes – Lead guitar Scott Phares – Vocals Terry Rae – Drums, vocals Gary Van Dyke – Bass guitar (1973) / Kevin Barnhill – Bass guitar (1974) The Hollywood Stars –First lineup (1973-1974): And now, after more than 40 years apart, they are performing together again and making new music. But what if there was a band with deep roots whose story had barely been broached?Ī band with direct ties to Little Richard, The Kinks, The Mamas & the Papas, The Electric Prunes, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Iggy Pop, The Runaways, The Flamin’ Groovies, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Steppenwolf, Meat Loaf, and Blue Cheer. Countless books and magazine articles have been written, painstakingly excavating the lives and careers of everyone from Chuck Berry to Aerosmith, Wanda Jackson to Arcade Fire. It would seem like every nook and cranny in rock ‘n’ roll history has been explored ad infinitum by this point. Then I heard The Hollywood Stars play ‘Satisfaction.’ Now I wanna fuck ‘em.” - Iggy Pop “I didn’t used to like The Hollywood Stars, I used to like The New York Dolls.
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