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For the American Idol contestant, see Ryan Starr.
Ryan Star

Ryan Star, also known as r.star (born January 7 1978) is a singer-songwriter and musician. He was also a reality television contestant on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova.

Biography

Star was born Ryan Stahr Kulchinsky in Huntington, Long Island, New York and grew up in Dix Hills. He was just 14 years old when he formed his first band called Stage. In addition to Ryan, the band consisted of members Petr Anselmo, Greg Meyer and Justin Parker. They released a handful of EPs, and in 2003 a self-titled album on Maverick Records. While still in high school the band played the CBGB's and the Mercury Lounge. When the band parted ways Justin Parker began the project known as Cortez the Killerand Star became the solo artist R.Star.

Star was one of the contestants on the CBS reality television show of the second season of Rock Star. The show was a talent show type reality series in which the band Supernova was looking for a lead singer to front their band. The show's producer and the drummer of the band was Tommy Lee. On the show, Ryan consistently showed his diverse style from melodic and moving piano to rocking the Rolling Stones. During his run on the show he was nicknamed Ryan "The Darkhorse" Star by Dave Navarro.

He was eventually eliminated from the show. Though no definite reason was given by Supernova it is possible that it was because of a lack of overlap between his style and theirs. Days after his elimination, Mark Burnett, the show's producer, set up Ryan and the show's House Band to record a live album, to help Ryan jump start his career.[1] Star returned to the show on week 11 with the help of his fans through SMS voting, to perform an encore performance of "Back of Your Car," and was awarded with a Honda CR-V.

Since the show, Star has accumulated a loyal following and has received critical acclaim from music critics for his powerful, emotive voice. He has been working on his first studio album since Rockstar: Supernova entitled 11:59 which is scheduled to be released June 2nd 2009. One of the tracks, 'Last Train Home', was featured on the soundtrack for the 2007 film, P.S. I Love You.

His track "Brand New Day" is the theme song to the FOX drama "Lie to Me"

Ryan will open for David Cook's The Declaration Tour - 2009.[2]

Discography

Studio Albums

Compilations

Contributions

Media Appearances

Star is semi-regular musical guest on the Opie and Anthony CBS/XM radio show.

Star's song "Brand New Day" on his album 11:59 is featured as the opening theme song for FOX's drama series "Lie to Me".[3]

Star's song "We Might Fall" was featured on the March 18th episode of "One Life to Live" during the ending montage. [4]

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ryan-Star-to-Take-Train-iw-14281739.html
  3. ^ http://www.atlanticrecords.com/news/article/?articleId=8a0af8121ed15127011f1e045a472c7d
  4. ^ First hand observation (I was watching the show on which it was featured)
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