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Northstar Information
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'Northstar' was born in the summer of 1997 in the Heart of Dixie from the remnants of several local rock bands. They did the usual local scene stuff, playing shows throughout Alabama, and recorded some demos, most of which just circulated around through their friends and are now long gone.
Since the beginning they have had around 5 guitarists and 3 different bassists, have been a 3 piece, 5 piece, and a 4 piece, and have had two different singers. Being from Alabama, where there is not a rock scene, they decided to start touring around the country in 2000. They booked their first tour, bought a van, and set out on the road. Since then, they have been on 5 tours.
After two years of polishing their D.I.Y. skills of booking, promoting, and producing everything that is Northstar. They ended up signing a deal in June of 2002 with Triple Crown Records in New York.
Northstar broke up in April 2005. Nicolas Torres and Tyler Odom created Cassino. The demos for Cassino were recorded with Matt Squire and used drummer Will Noon, of Straylight Run fame.
They currently have recorded four songs:
Platona (mislabeled as "Platano" on their Myspace and Purevolume Websites), The Gin War, American Low and an acoustic version of New Jerusalem.
Discography
*CDs
**Is This Thing Loaded? (2002, Triple Crown Records)
**Pollyanna (2004, Triple Crown Records)
*DVDs
**The Uncomfortable Camera (2005, Triple Crown Records)
The Uncomfortable Camera was filmed at The Downtown.
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