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Stars Of Stage And Screen
12+ albums
shoegazeindieUSAexperimentalfemale vocalists
about
Stars of Stage and Screen is a Brooklyn, NYC, USA based duo (Daughtry Carstarphen and Timothy Roven) who create music in a indie / shoegazer meets electro / psychedelic vein. They formed in 1999 and have released 2 albums. Their debut album Dying to Meet You (2002) featured a laid back style that won them a big internet buzz and led to movie soundtracks, guest recordings and remixes. The second album, American Oddity was released in January 2006 and features a more eclectic, guitar oriented sound but maintains the lush production that graced their earlier work. Their biginning, in a way, in the fertile musical spawning ground of early 1990's Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Daughtry Carstarphen played guitar and sang in the all-girl group Faustina, while Timothy Roven played guitar and violin in the late-great glam-pop band What Peggy Wants (former WPW drummer Tom Maxwell went on to lead the Squirrel Nut Zippers to platinum success). When What Peggy Wants disbanded in 1994 Timothy moved back to New York City, his original home, and spent a year playing guitar with other former Chapel Hillians - The Veldt (Polygram). In addition, he and his brother James recorded violin and cello respectively on records for Jolene (Sire), and Savoy (EMI) the New York based band fronted by a-ha guitarist-songwriter Paul Waaktar and his wife Lauren Savoy. Daughtry's musical career began in 1995 with the duo Soma (with Holly Harding-Baddour of the Minor Drag) which eventually turned into a trio wi
