![]() Starcrawler wouldn’t be anything without all of us. But when it comes to the band, we mesh well because there’s something that each player can do uniquely. Come see for yourself!ĪWD: Henri and I do most of the lyric writing. HC: Right now it’s a mixture of everything.ĪS: We want people to come to a show and decide for themselves what our music is like, because we feel weird when a band says, “We are this.” We have our influences and what we play is what we’re influenced by. JWD: How would you describe your musical style? Then I got into Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman. As I grew up, I got into super indie stuff and started a band with a friend. TF: As a kid, my mom would play the greats like Bob Seger, Billy Joel, The Beatles, Scorpions and Led Zeppelin. From there I got into garage rock and more noisy experimental rock. I listened to Led Zeppelin when I was a kid, but as a teen my music morphed into metal and hardcore punk, like Cro-Mags and Bad Brains. They play two-string bass, baritone saxophone and really small drums with a high-pitched sound.ĪS: I have classic rock roots. Later on, I got into more experimental stuff like Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa. I once waited seven hours before his show at The Fonda Theatre to be right in front. HC: I’ve been obsessed with Jack White since second grade. I went to an all-girls Catholic school, so finding him during that period was crucial. When I got older, I really became obsessed with Ozzy Osbourne. JWD: What were your influences growing up?ĪWD: The first band I ever got into is The Beatles and was obsessed. Maybe somewhere down the line we will release another single, but for the time being we’re taking it slow. We wanted to take our time to make sure it comes out right. What should we expect in the future?ĪS: We are currently working on a full-length record. JWD: At the moment, “Ants” is your only official release. Everything else was just rehearsing and practicing.ĪWD: We kind of did it in reverse: We practiced for about three months writing songs, then we recorded demos with Steven McDonald, then we started playing shows.ĪS: We recorded “Ants” before we even did our first show. HC: Our first show was February a year ago, at a place called Damn on Sunset. JWD: How long has it been since you’ve started playing gigs? And then we all came together as a unit about a year ago. I’ve been playing with Arrow maybe a year and a half, almost two years. JWD: How long have you guys been playing together?ĪS: It was an almost broken process getting to where we are now. I’ll be going to school online while we go on tour next year after our album comes out. That’s how we linked up.ĪWD: This is my last year. And I’ve known Tim for a while.ĪS: We were going through other players before we met Tim again through mutual friends. I was tired and put it down to rest, and Arrow comes up to me and says, “You look like you play guitar.”ĪWD: I mean, I assumed if he could play tuba, he could play guitar. Henri Cash: I was carrying a tuba case down this big staircase at school. One day at school, I noticed Henri walking around and thought he looked cool, so I approached him. Jan-Willem Dikkers: Where are you guys from?Īrrow de Wilde: Austin and I knew each other through mutual friends and started jamming. Fresh out of high school (or almost), with only a handful of performances behind them and one single, Starcrawler already commands our attention. Her red-stained mouth, wide eyes and feverish energy make for take-no-prisoners punk-rock theater. With intense dedication to style, performance and a fanciful streak of madness, this 17-year-old fronts Los Angeles-based band Starcrawler. I am also a cult member of reads Arrow de Wilde’s Twitter bio. De Wilde is in her senior year of high school and lives in Los Angeles. Lead-singer of Starcrawler, Arrow de Wilde is the daughter of rock photographer Autumn de Wilde and Father John Misty drummer Aaron Sperske. Their debut single “Ants” premiered on Apple’s Beats 1 and was played on Elton John’s “Rocket Hour.” Starcrawler is currently recording their first studio album, produced by Ryan Adams of Whiskeytown. ![]() Based in Los Angeles, the band includes members Arrow de Wilde, 17, on lead vocals, Henri Cash, 16, on guitar, Austin Smith, 21, on drums and Tim Franco, 19, on bass.
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