Star 69 was established in
London, England, after recent American transplant Julie Daniels placed an ad in
Melody Maker for musicians to form a band. Richard Corden of
Creaming Jesus, Patrick "Patch" Hannan of
The Sundays, and Patch's friend, the producer
Warren Huart, responded to the ad. Star 69's first two EPs were recorded in Patch's recording studio, Blah Street, in 1996 and released by Organic Records. Julie wanted to move back to
Los Angeles, but Hannan's position as drummer for The Sundays meant he had to record the album
Static & Silence. The band eventually relocated to
Los Angeles Hannan was replaced by Johnny Haro of
Freak of Nature. Their album,
Eating February, was released by
MCA Records in the U.S. and by
Radioactive Records in the UK in February, 1997. It received a relatively lukewarm response, and the band broke up soon after. After the group disbanded, Huart then joined Disappointment Incorporated who released an album in 1999 on
Time Bomb Recordings. He has since become a successful record producer and musician, and wrote the score to the 2004 documentary film following
Joe Strummer, ''
Let's Rock Again!'' Johnny Haro went on to form
The Dreaming, which was active from 2001 to 2018. The group's song, "I'm Insane", was used by comic book writer
Devin Grayson as inspiration while writing
Catwoman. Julie contributed a single "You Should Know" for disc two of the compilation album
Acoustic Vol 1, released in February 2002, and has since moved back to the
United Kingdom to live with her husband. ==Discography==