Stars After The Storm

Musical fads come and go, but great songs last forever. In 2006 Brandon Lawrence found himself in a scene where everybody was changing styles to copy whatever the trend was that week. Fed up with playing in Post-Genre/Hyphen-Core bands, Brandon started Stars After The Storm. Originally, it began as solo project, but soon turned into a full blown rock band. In early 2007 Stars After The Storm took to the stage, playing many shows throughout the Midwest. The line-up would see several changes in this first year, finally, solidifying in early 2008 with the addition of Luke Abrams on vocals, Jaime Pelaez on drums, and Kyle Hauser on bass. The band's first single, "Break Me In", was released in March of 2008. It was distributed on a compilation, and as a free download online. Stars After The Storm's 2008 show schedule continued heating up, as the band began to scout studios to record it's debut EP. Eventually, Stars After The Storm chose Megatone Studios in Madison, WI, and spent the majority of the fall in the studio recording with Paul Schluter at the mixing board. December 4th brought the band it's first radio play on La Crosse, WI's own 95.7 The Rock, and Stars After The Storm's debut EP, "Determintaion" was released the following day to a large hometown crowd at the Warehouse. Stars After The Storm hit the road on a winter tour in support of "Determintaion". By spring, they began working with Hot Topic, doing a couple one-off in-store performances in between tour dates. The performances were so well-received that both pressings of "Determintaion" sold out, and a full-length Hot Topic tour was booked for the Summer. Stars After The Storm decided to record a couple acoustic tracks for a Deluxe Edition of "Determintaion" to be released on the Hot Topic tour. While the band was on a short break, Jim Heiderscheit took over on drums, and the group began writing new material. Stars After The Storm will be the band to keep your eye on, because as their EP suggests, they are Determined to take the band as far as they possibly can.