Sparkler (album)

Ringo Deathstarr
Live at The Globe, Cardiff, November 23, 2010.
Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas, United States
Genres	Shoegazing
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Club AC30 Sonic Unyon Vinyl Junkie Recordings SVC Records Fan Death Records
Website	http://ringodeathstarr.org/
Members	Alex Gehring Elliott Frazier Daniel Coborn
Past members	Dustin Gaudet Renan McFarland

Ringo Deathstarr is an American shoegaze band from Austin, Texas, United States. The band was formed by singer/songwriter Elliott Frazier in 2007, and released their eponymous EP on the same year. This was followed by a string of singles and a series of international tours hitting both coasts and the streets of the UK and Japan. The band’s debut full-length album, Colour Trip, was released in February 2011 by Club AC30. They toured with The Smashing Pumpkins in the winter of 2011/2012. The name of the band is a portmanteau of The Beatles drummer's name, Ringo Starr, and the Death Star.

The band were originally started by Frazier in his hometown, Beaumont, but soon he moved to the more musically active town of Austin, where he stabilized a lineup consisting of guitarist Renan McFarland, bassist Alex Gehring, and drummer Dustin Gaudet. The band's debut 5-song EP, Ringo Deathstarr, was released on SVC Records in the fall of 2007 in the UK, and on Fan Death Records in 2009. It was later re-released with extra tracks as Sparkler. After a few more years of playing shows, shuffling around members before finally settling on Gehring and drummer Daniel Coborn, and honing their sound, the band was signed by the UK label Club AC30 after gaining popularity at their Reverence Festival in 2009. The band's debut full-length album, Colour Trip, was first released by Club AC30 in February 2011 in the UK, then was licensed by Sonic Unyon for release in North America, and Vinyl Junkie for release in Japan.