The Starlings

Chris Sheehan (26 June 1965 – 18 December 2014) was born in Palmerston North. Sheehan had been a teenage star in his native New Zealand, playing guitar in the new wave band The Dance Exponents between 1983 and the late 1980s. When the group split up he moved to Los Angeles, and guested on the debut solo album by Jane Wiedlin. Contractual difficulties had led the band to split up in 1991 shortly before the recording of Valid. Parkin and Blackler had also acted as the rhythm section for The Jesus and Mary Chain between 1991 and 1992. He died on 18 December 2014. ==Discography==

Singles • A Letter From Heaven EP (1990), Bad Girl • "Try" (1991) Anxious • Safe in Heaven Dead EP (1991), Anxious • "The Last One" (1991) Anxious • Loch Angeles Monster EP (1994), Anxious • "Tears Before Bedtime" (1994), Anxious/Atlantic Chris Starling • "Rawhide Baby" (1999), EX34 • "The Word" (1999), EX34 Albums • Valid (1992), Anxious • Too Many Dogs (1994), Anxious/Atlantic • Out of the Woods (1995) – unreleased, subsequently re-recorded and reissued by Chris Sheehan Chris Starling • Planet Painkiller (2000), EX34 • Sounds Like... (2002), EX34 ==References==