Ryan Star

For the American Idol contestant, see Ryan Starr.

Ryan Star born Ryan Star Kulchinsky on January 7 1978 in Huntington, Long Island, New York is a singer/songwriter, pianist, guitarist and reality television contestant.

Biography

Ryan was just 14 years old when he formed his first band called Stage. They released a handful of EPs, and in 2003 a self-titled album on Maverick Records. While still in high school the band played the CBGB's and the Mercury Lounge. As Ryan grew older he decided to become known as the solo artist R.Star.

Accomplishments

A "Featured Artist" on MySpace
Billboard magazine said "R. Star is the kind of singer/ songwriter whose rock ballads make a rainy day all the more drearily picturesque".^[1]
A former contestant on the reality TV show, Rockstar: Supernova.
Released a 20 track debut CD called Songs from the Eye of An Elephant on September 19th, 2006 in-stores across North America.

Rock Star: Supernova

Ryan was one of the contestants on the CBS reality television show of the second season of Rock Star. The show was a talent show type reality series in which the band Supernova was looking for a lead singer to front their band. The show's producer and the drummer of the show was Tommy Lee. On the show, Ryan consistently showed his diverse style from melodic and moving piano to rocking the Rolling Stones. During his run on the show he was nicknamed Ryan "The Darkhorse" Star by Dave Navarro.

He was eventually eliminated from the show, though no definite reason was given by Supernova it is possible that it was because of a lack of overlap between his style and theirs. Days after his elimination, Mark Burnett, the show's producer set up Ryan and the show's House Band to record a live album, to help Ryan jump start his career ([1]). Ryan returned to the show on week 11 with the help of his fans through SMS voting, to perform an encore performance of Back of Your Car, and was awarded with a Honda CR-V.

Trivia

Lost his guitar that he's kept since he was 14 on the plane to Los Angeles for Rock Star: Supernova.
"Back of Your Car" was a song written for a Stage EP that was never printed, at the time of that band's demise in 2004. The song was then titled "Perfect Time of Night".
Known as Ryan Stahr until the release of his first solo record.
Travelled all the way to Malaysia and was interviewed by radio Dj [Pietro] on [Mix.fm]

Discography

Songs from the Eye of An Elephant
Dark Horse

External links

References

^ Back of Your Car R. STAR Chuck Taylor, This Week's BillBoard, May 06, 2006

[1] Back of Your Car R. STAR Chuck Taylor, This Week's BillBoard, May 06, 2006

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