ADRIAN GUNNER – VOCALS
SOREN ENGEN – LEAD GUITAR
BEN STARR – BASS
BARNEY FIRKS – RHYTHM GUITAR
RON KERNER – DRUMS
"THERE’S A NEW ROCK-N-ROLL BAND IN TOWN,
& THEY’RE HERE TO TAKE YOUR INHIBITIONS!"
- TIM PYLES, 91X San Diego/SLAMM Magazine
RISING OUT OF SAN DIEGO, WHISKEY STARR REVOLVES
AROUND FRONTMAN ADRIAN GUNNER, WHO AT A VERY YOUNG AGE,
STARTED POLISHING HIS ‘AMERICAN ROCK-N-ROLL ATTITUDE’
IN THE SHOWER.
THE FIRST RECRUITMENT WAS ADRIAN’S BROTHER,
BEN, A WELL-KNOWN GRAFFITI ARTIST AROUND THE WORLD, AS WHISKEY
STARR’S BASSIST.
AT A DOWNTOWN ROCK CLUB, SOREN ENGEN, A YOUNG
CLUB VETRAN OF BOTH COASTS, SPOTTED ADRIAN FROM ACROSS THE
ROOM.
"HE (GUNNER) HAD ALL THE ATTITUDE
OF STEVEN TYLER,
WITH THE FASHION SENSE TO RIVAL LENNY KRAVITZ…
SO I APPROACHED HIM TO SEE WHAT THIS DUDE WAS ABOUT."
SOREN STEPPED UP AS THE LEAD GUITARIST &
A STELLAR ADDITION TO THE WHISKEY STARR LINE-UP. THIS DUO’S
STAGE PRESENCE HAS BEEN COMPARED TO ROBERT PLANT/JIMMY PAGE
& MICK JAGGER/KEITH RICHARDS.
WITH THIS IN PLACE, THE BAND WAS IN SEARCH
OF A SPECIAL DRUMMER WITH THE DRIVE & FLAIR TO PUSH
THE DIRTY ROCK-N-ROLL SOUND THAT WHISKEY STARR IS NOTED
FOR. RON KERNER, A LOCAL MUSICIAN & CHILDHOOD FRIEND
OF SOREN’S WAS THEN RECRUITED.
TO WIDEN THE SOUND, AN ADDITIONAL GUITARIST
(RHYTHM) WAS ADDED. RON’S PREVIOUS BANDMATE BARNEY
FIRKS, WHO TOURED THROUGH EUROPE AS A BASSIST, SWITCHED
HIS INSTRUMENT TO GUITAR & BECAME THE LAST & FINAL
ADDDITON TO WHISKEY STARR.
WHISKEY STARR HAS ROCKETED TO THE TOP OF THE
MUSIC SCENE IN SO CAL., NEARLY SELLING OUT VENUES THROUGHOUT
SAN DIEGO & HOLLYWOOD. THEY RECENTLY FINISHED THEIR
3-SONG DEMO & CONTINUE TO ROCK THE MUSIC CIRCUIT.
…AND THE REST IS GOING DOWN IN ROCK-N-ROLL
HISTORY!
WHISKEY STARR INFO: 323-993-7282
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