The Hollywood Stars preview next month's 'Starstruck' with "Can't Do It Right" single

L to R: Michael Rummans, Jeff Jourard, Scott Phares, George Keller and Terry Rae | Photo by Harmony Gerber  THE HOLLYWOOD STARS DEBUT "CAN'T DO IT RIGHT" VIDEO IN ADVANCE OF STARSTRUCK ALBUM ON JUNE 14   The current lineup of The Hollywood Stars features musicians who have played with The Motels, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Rick James, The Flamin' Groovies, Blue Cheer, and others The Hollywood Stars headline an album release party at The Viper Room in Los Angeles on June 15   “The Hollywood Stars are another of those bands that should have been huge but never made it, despite writing Alice Cooper’s ‘Escape’ and Kiss’s ‘King of the Night Time World” — CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE   “The Stars had a better grasp of what made glam rock glitter than the majority of their peers” — GOLDMINE MAGAZINE   “These guys came out of the same club scene that soon gave us Van Halen and Quiet Riot, as well as, of course, the Imperial Dogs, Ron Asheton and Deniz Tek’s band the New Order, the Pop, the Zippers, and let’s not forget, the Runaways.” — UGLY THINGS MAGAZINE   “I didn’t used to like the Hollywood Stars, I used to like the New York Dolls. Then I heard the Hollywood Stars play ‘Satisfaction.’ Now I wanna f**k ‘em.” – IGGY POP   “Starstruck is the best power pop album you’ll hear in years” — RUTA 66 MAGAZINE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / May 17, 2024 — Today the Hollywood Stars unveil “Can’t Do It Right,” the second single and video from next month's Starstruck. Starstruck is the band’s first all-new studio album in a jaw-dropping 47 YEARS and it will be released June 14 on CD and download by Rum Bar Records. The following night, the Hollywood Stars headline an album release party at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. A vinyl LP of Starstruck follows September 1 on Sioux Records.      Buy tickets to the June 15 concert at the Viper Room.   Regarding the new single, vocalist/songwriter Scott Phares says, “Sometimes it feels like no matter what you do, things don’t go as planned. That’s the inspiration for the song, but it has some humor, too — it’s not a sad song. I wrote it many years ago, but the chorus had been rattling around in my head recently. I knew it was time to finally capture this one in the studio.”   Originally assembled by rock ‘n’ roll svengali Kim Fowley in 1973, the Hollywood Stars recorded three albums during the 1970s, although only one was released during that decade. The self-titled The Hollywood Stars surfaced on Arista Records in 1977, and the band toured the U.S. with labelmates the Kinks. Forty years later, the long-shelved remaining pair of LPs finally saw the light of day, with Shine Like a Radio: The Great Lost 1974 Album (Last Summer/Light in the Attic) debuting in 2013, and Sound City (Burger Records) in 2019.    Although the Hollywood Stars had split by 1978, two of their early original recordings went on to find major success with other artists of the era — “Escape” appeared on Alice Cooper’s platinum-certified Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) while “King of the Night Time World” was included on a pair of multiplatinum-selling albums by Kiss, Destroyer (1976) and Kiss Alive II (1977).   After decades of inactivity, the Hollywood Stars reformed with several original members to perform at a benefit concert in Los Angeles in 2018. The night was a success, and the decision was made to carry on. The last five years have been spent playing shows in support of their Sound City album, culminating in a 50th anniversary concert in Tarzana, California in December 2023. A four-song digital EP of new material, Still Around, was also released last year.   The lineup of the band responsible for the new Starstruck album is Phares and drummer Terry Rae (founding members in 1973), bassist Michael Rummans (joined in 1976), and guitarists Jeff Jourard and George Keller (recruited in 2023). Jourard was an early member of the Motels and co-wrote that band’s second single, “Total Control,” with Martha Davis. He also played guitar on 1976’s Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Rummans played with a pre-fame Rick James in the L.A. band Salt and Pepper in 1969, Rae played on the original demo for the power pop classic “Shake Some Action” by the Flamin’ Groovies in 1973, and Keller has played alongside Rummans in the garage rock band, the Sloths.    Recorded last year at Kitten Robot Studios, Starstruck was produced by the band, Loren Molinare (The Dogs, Slamdinistas), and Paul Roessler (The Screamers, 45 Grave). Each member of the Hollywood Stars contributed to the songwriting, with the album being split almost evenly between new and old compositions. “Bad, Bad Man” dates back the farthest, pre-dating even the first lineup of the Hollywood Stars. It is based on an idea by the group’s original main songwriter, Mark Anthony, and was recently finished by Phares. “Shortage of Love” was co-written in the early ‘70s by Phares and Fowley. Starstruck’s first single, the rousing glam singalong “Taxi Driver,” originally appeared on the 1977 debut album by Hero, a group for which Phares was the frontman after leaving the Hollywood Stars in 1974. Rummans contributes three tracks, including “Haunted” which first appeared on the Sloths’ 2015 album, Back from the Grave. “Total Control” is a remake that revisits Jourard’s days with the Motels.    TRACKLIST: 1. Can’t Do It Right (Scott Phares) | 2. Taxi Driver (Phares) | 3. Bad, Bad Man (Phares, Mark Anthony) | 4. I Had a Girlfriend (Michael Rummans) | 5. This Merry-Go-Round (Terry Rae, Robert Blessus) | 6. Total Control (Martha Davis, Jeff Jourard) | 7. Save Me (Rae, Blessus) | 8. Sleeping Giant (Rummans; additional music by Rae) | 9. Haunted (Rummans) | 10. Am I Right or Wrong? (Phares, Steve Goddard) | 11. Walking With an Angel (George Keller, Colin Carter; additional words & music by Phares and Jourard) | 12. Revenge (Phares) | 13. Shortage of Love (Phares, Kim Fowley) | 14. Can’t Do It Right (Extended Version) | 15. Revenge (Extended Version)    YouTube SHARE: "Can't Do It Right"   CONNECT WITH THE HOLLYWOOD STARS  Website | Facebook | Instagram | Spotify | Twitter | YouTube