Stars in Stereo (band)

Stars in Stereo
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Alternative rock
Years active	2011-2015
Labels	Hundred Handed Inc.
Website	starsinstereo.com (down)
Members	Bec Hollcraft Jordan McGraw Ryan "Frogs" McCormack Drew Langan Justin Siegel (left 2013)

Stars in Stereo was an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2011, fronted by American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Rebecca "BECCA" Emily Hollcraft. The band also featured guitarist Jordan McGraw, drummer Drew Langan, rhythm guitarist Ryan "Frogs" McCormack, and bassist Justin Siegel until 2013, when Frogs replaced Justin Siegel on bass, who left to pursue other interests. The band came together after McGraw, McCormack, Langan, and Justin Siegel’s band, City (Comma) State, broke up. The group released their eponymous debut album, Stars in Stereo, on April 9, 2013, and their subsequent album, Leave Your Mark, on June 17, 2014 through their own indie record label, Hundred Handed Inc.

Jordan McGraw described the formation of Stars in Stereo in detail in an interview with Rock Revolt Magazine.

Before that date (June 6, 2011), the other four dudes in the band had been making music in another band (City (Comma) State) and we decided to take that apart. It wasn't exactly what we wanted, so we started to write individually. We were still friends and still hanging out and we started to hear each others stuff and it sounded similar. We decided that everyone was a good fit to start on another project and we started to search for a voice, a front woman. We found Bec and she was absolutely perfect. Literally, two days after we met, we went into the studio and started writing music together and doing the whole thing.

In the same interview, Becca replies with her side of the story.

I was signed to Sony Japan before meeting these guys and my contract had just ended earlier that year. I had never been in a band before and I was open to just about anything. I was contacted by a friend who told me that they were looking for a singer, so I decided to go meet them and sing for them and see what happened. I wasn't expecting this at all! We all ended up having the same vision and things just really worked out amazingly.

Almost immediately after Becca was selected to be the front woman of Stars in Stereo, the band began work on their first album. "Every Last Thing" was the first song the band wrote together, which would become the band's first official single and music video. The songs "The Broken", "Violence", and "Red Eyed Romance" soon followed, which were released on the Stars in Stereo EP on October 2, 2012. "The Broken" was chosen as the band's second official single, which also would later feature in a music video. The band toured for the remainder of 2012 after releasing their eponymous EP, opening for acts such as Foxy Shazam, Maniac, Blue October, Empires, The Used, Dead Sara, and P.O.D.

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