Major Stars is an American

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band from greater

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. Their first live performance was in 1997 at the inaugural

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Festival in Providence, Rhode Island. They toured Japan in 2000 with Overhang Party. In 2002, they toured with

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as an opening act and performed at the

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Festival in

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. In December 2006 they performed at the

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curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival in the UK. In 2003, Major Stars released ''Live In Europa'', a limited edition split LP with Comets on Fire. In 2005 and 2006, the band performed at North East Sticks Together. On April 28, 2007, Major Stars was the first concert of

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Free Music Series. Previously, on May 9, 2006, Major Stars had performed live in the WFMU studio. Guitarist Wayne Rogers sang lead vocals on all of the band's releases through 2005's ''4'', when Sandra Barrett joined to take over those duties. Barrett left the band in 2008 and was replaced by Amanda Bristow, who joined during the recording of the album ''Return To Form''. Vocalist Hayley Thompson-King joined in 2010, and appears on the albums ''Decibels of Gratitude'' and ''Motion Set'' but has since left the group and the current singer is Noell Dorsey.

Discography

*"Rock Sounds of People" (one-sided LP, 1998 - Twisted Village) *''Rock Revival'' (1998 - Twisted Village) AMG review *''Space/Time'' (1999 - Twisted Village) *''Distant Effects'' (2002 - Squealer) *''Live in Europa'' (split LP w/ Comets on Fire, 2003 - Plastic Records) *''4'' (2005 - Twisted Village) *"Black Road" (7", 2005 - Twisted Village) *''Syntoptikon'' (2006 - Important Records) *"Portable Freak Factory" (7", 2007 - Important Records) *''Mirror/Messenger'' (2007 - Drag City) *''Return To Form'' (2010 - Drag City) *''Decibels of Gratitude'' (2012 - Important Records, Twisted Village) *''Motion Set'' (2016 - Drag City) *''Roots of Confusion Seeds of Joy'' (2019 - Drag City)

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External links

Major Stars page
on

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Interview with Major Stars vocalist Sandra Barrett
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'', posted October 15, 2007
"Maximum Volume: Major Stars turn it up on their Drag City debut"
'' The Phoenix'', November 19, 2007 {{Authority control Musical groups from Boston Psychedelic rock music groups from Massachusetts Drag City (record label) artists