HOLLYWOOD STARS Deliver a Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter to Los Angeles with New 'Hey! LA!' Album

THE HOLLYWOOD STARS DELIVER A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL LOVE LETTER TO LOS ANGELES WITH NEW ALBUM HEY! LA! FEATURES TEN TRACKS WRITTEN BY THE BAND, INCLUDING NEW SINGLE “I’M NOT BROKEN” HEY! LA! ARRIVES IN STORES JULY 17 ON VINYL, CD & DOWNLOAD VIA RUM BAR RECORDS   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / April 17, 2026 — The Hollywood Stars have revealed details of their fifth studio album, Hey! LA!, which will be available July 17 on LP, CD and download from Rum Bar Records. Pre-order the album at Bandcamp.    Hey! LA! follows The Hollywood Stars’ comeback effort, 2024's Starstruck, which marked the band’s first LP of new material in a jaw-dropping 47 years. In a five-star review which compared the new songs to Blondie, the Cars, and Cheap Trick, Shindig! Magazine called Starstruck “the best power pop album of the year to date” and asked, “Where the hell do these guys get off sounding so youthful and exuberant?”   The lineup of the band on Hey! LA! is the same as on Starstruck: vocalist Scott 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” (covered on Starstruck), with Martha Davis. He also played guitar on 1976’s Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.   Hey! LA!’s second single, “I’m Not Broken,” is out today and was written by Phares and Rummans. It follows last month’s 50th anniversary re-recording of the Stars’ best-known song, “King of the Night Time World," covered by Kiss on their 1976 multi-platinum Destroyer album.  With its soaring guitar and defiant glam strut, “I’m Not Broken” recalls the early ‘70s heyday of Mott the Hoople. “The song is about relationships in which one person thinks they can ‘fix’ the other,” explained Phares. “This song rejects that notion. In my experience, you’re on a road to ruin if you think you can somehow change a person to meet your expectations. You’ve got to take it a day at a time.”   YOUTUBE SHARE: "I'm Not Broken"  Recorded at Kitten Robot Studios in Los Angeles, Hey! LA! 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 occasional outside help by close collaborators. Mark Anthony, the band’s main songwriter and rhythm guitarist throughout the 1970s, is remembered with two posthumous songwriting contributions.    The rousing title track, “Hey! LA!,” comes in on a Sweet-styled drum shuffle which sets the stage for Phares to deliver a rapid-fire rallying cry of support for Los Angeles in the wake of last year’s devastating wildfires. Other highlights include “I Survived 27,” an anthem of rock ‘n’ roll survival which references Kurt, Jimi, Janis & Jim, and “So Long and Far Away,” a party-starting tribute to the band’s early years on the Sunset Strip. “Bright Lights” carries on in a similar classic rock vein, while “This Moment” and “When I Find You” are more reflective songs which showcase the Stars’ tender side. “The Bottom” and “Will the Lights Go on Again?” are up-tempo rockers that first appeared on 2023’s ‘Still Around’ digital EP, but have now been re-recorded for their first physical release.    The Hollywood Stars are currently finalizing live shows to coincide with the release of Hey! LA!   TRACKLIST: 1. Hey! LA! (Scott Phares) | 2. So Long and So Far Away (Phares, Darryl Lieberstein, George Keller) | 3. I’m Not Broken (Phares, Michael Rummans) | 4. The Bottom (Phares, Terry Rae, Don Adey) | 5. This Moment (Phares) | 6. Will the Lights Go on Again? (Mark Anthony, Phares, Rae, Ruben De Fuentes) | 7. I Survived 27 (Phares, Rummans) | 8. Bright Lights (Phares, Jeff Jourard) | 9. When I Find You (Rae, Robert Blessus) | 10. King of the Night Time World (Kim Fowley, Anthony, Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin) L to R: George Keller, Michael Rummans, Scott Phares, Jeff Jourard and Terry Rae | Photo: Harmony Gerber