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!

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