Album Notes

Singer/songwriter/bass player, Lani Ford leads the band STARK with Sonic Joe Hogan on guitar, and Eric Robel on drums. STARK leaves you asking "Did she just say...?". This is NOT whimpy chick crap! Lani Ford--vocals, bass, main songwriter of STARK Always a native Texan, but a classic New Yorker. Eric Robel--drums Intense look, big sound. Sonic Joe Hogan--guitar/engineer/co-producer The definition of shred. Lani Ford (of Fox 5 traffic reporter and WPLJ DJ notoriety…and yes, that’s the girl you met at the bar—maybe behind it or leaning on it) is one of those girls who guys want to take home after the gig, but they’re afraid she’ll write a song about them. She doesn’t mind perpetuating that. She also loves to give the other girls in the room a platform to let their wild sides reign free. That alone makes STARK compelling to watch. What makes them a great f-ing band is that the songs are songs, the guitar rocks and the lyrics are more than interesting. Lani laughs, cries, hollers, wiggles, writhes, smokes, drinks, passes out sweets, all the while rocking her P-Bass and singing her ass off. Then, you’ve got Joe wailing on his Les Paul, with his wild hair flowing and blowing around. He supports Lani, antagonizes her, leads her deeper into her frenzy while playing kick-ass guitar leads that make your jaw drop. In the meantime, Eric Robel is rocking out the drums with a solid stare, like he just might barrel over the drum set and start beating on the heads of the sweaty, sexed-up, drunken, stoned audience. Well, yes, there was the topless incident at Piano’s, the smoking fiasco at Grand Central Bar, and the shattered bottle as Pyramid, but all in all STARK’s rowdiness is nothing compared to the in-your-face rock and roll the band pours out of it’s soul at every show for every audience member every f-ing time! The sparse arrangements and honest lyrics will make you laugh, cry, dance, drink and get nasty. Influenced by blues, country, punk and hard rock, STARK can't be labeled as easily as most, but they play straight-up rock and roll, mostly described as Pretenders meets Patti Smith…or if the B-52’s and The Stooges had babies. Not of woman borne, STARK blasted onto the NYC scene in 2003, Before that, it’s 3 original members spent a year and a half kicking around together at open mics and playing together in a couple of other bands. STARK then formed and played the NYC club scene for 4 years with Lani always out front, busting up the norm and lifting hearts everywhere with her dirty, intelligent, harsh, honest, and funny lyrics and huge voice. In 2004, the band recorded its debut CD “The Curse”, instantly making fans out of big players in the NYC rock and roll scene and beyond from Patti Rothberg to Handsome Dick Manitoba with the music they call Punk-try. With a growing support base, international airplay, and sheer determination, Lani welcomed Josette and Sweet Rob Endemann into the fold. In 2006, STARK became harder and more punked out with fun, dark, groove-based songs that will blow your dress up and released Put It To Your Head available on www.cdbaby.com/cd/laniford. Since then, Josette left the band and Rob became a father and left NYC so the engineer of both albums, Sonic Joe Hogan, has joined in on guitar bringing his friend Eric Robel from Nova Express and Heroin Sheiks to join the fold. “STARK featuring Lani Ford has style. Lani has a wonderful, deep sexy voice. This is a knockout CD. Rich and heartfelt that reflects her cool Texas heritage. You can hear a wonderful twang in the painful lyrics. "The Curse" brings it all home. A definite must in any sound station.”-- New York Waste STARK is a New York City rock trio with old school roots and original tunes! We make purgatory fun by sleazing up the NYC rock scene embracing our bad luck and traumatizing people everywhere we go! The party band…with feelings. STARK calls it Punk-try! DISCOGRAPHY: "Put It To Your Head" LP,