STARR AND THE CZARS supp LINK GRAY

THE BAD TIMES GOT YOU DOWN? WE’VE GOT WHAT YOU NEED! The all-star line-up of STARR AND THE CZARS has laid down 12 tracks of intensely explosive musical goodness!

From the fiery cover art right down to the angry fuzz guitars and pulsating, pounding drums, this is one album to play loud, pushing those blasé blues and existential angst right on down the street. Although you will feel a whole lot better, make sure you have some good insurance in case your walls do crack or those IKEA cabinets warp.

STARR AND THE CZARS, hailing from Washington, DC, bring together an all-star line-up of garage-rock veterans into one explosive new band. Fronted by JAKE STARR (Adam West, Jake Starr & The Delicious Fullness, Go Mod Go!, Goy Division…), the group also features PETER GREENBERG and MICHAEL LEWIS, two legends from Boston’s trailblazing DMZ. After their time in DMZ, Greenberg and Lewis both carried the torch in Lyres, cementing their reputation as key figures of the late ’70s and early ’80s garage revival. Greenberg later went on to co-found The Customs and Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, while Lewis added his bass guitar work to bands such as The A-Bones, Yo La Tengo and The Schramms. Starr, meanwhile, became a fixture of Washington D.C.’s garage scene.

SEAN CROWLEY (frontman for Washington, DC’s The Hall Monitors) shares lead vocal duties with Starr and summons howls and thunder from his six-string, while NATHANIEL OSGOOD (drummer for The Hall Monitors) keeps the chaos stitched together, providing the band’s hypnotic backbeat.

Starr and The Czars came together when Greenberg recently moved to DC from New Mexico and was recruited by Jake and the band to fill out the Delicious Fullness’s guitar line. After developing a slew of new material, fleshing out their sound, and recruiting Mike Lewis on bass, a name change was called for, and Starr and The Czars were born.

Together as Starr and The Czars, they deliver what they call The Unauthorized Garage Gospel — a fuzz-soaked, amp-blowing, foot-stomping sound that thrives on raw urgency. Their debut album, It’s the Bad Times, is a full-volume sermon of fuzz, filth, and frantic stomp, built on the legacy of decades in the underground but blazing ahead with unrepentant energy.

The LP album was released on November 21, 2025, as part of a three-label collaboration between Chaputa! Records, KOTJ Records, and Ghost Highway Recordings. The music is available on all streaming services!

STARR AND THE CZARS are Sean Crowley Guitar and Vocals (The Hall Monitors, Jake Starr & The Delicious Fullness)

Peter Greenberg Guitar (DMZ, Boston 1976-78; Customs, Cincinnati 1978-80; Lyres, Boston 1980-83, Barrence Whitfield & Savages, Boston 1983 to present)

Michael Lewis Bass (DMZ, Boston 1976; Lyres, Boston 1980-82; Zantees/A-Bones NYC-1983-88; Yo La Tengo NYC 1985-86; Schramms NYC 1986-88)

Nathaniel Osgood Drums (The Hall Monitors, Jake Starr & The Delicious Fullness)

Jake Starr Throat (Howling throat and shaking hips in Adam West, Jake Starr & The Delicious Fullness, Go Mod Go!, and Goy Division since the early 1990s. Tambourine and maracas included)

Recorded and mixed by Dennis Kane | Mastered by Dan-O/ Deckelman/Snake Oil Recording | Album cover artwork by Eric Baconstrip