Deadstar

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Deadstar was an Australian band from Melbourne based around the songs of singer Caroline Kennedy and guitarist Barry Palmer (Hunters and Collectors).

Other members of the band were (at different times) Peter McCracken (bass), Michael den Elzen (guitar; ex-Schnell Fenster), and ex-Crowded House members Peter Jones (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass).

Their style can be described as rock, the guitars, on especially the first two albums, are the core of their music. The third album Over The Radio saw a greater emphasis on their distinctive brand of jangly pop/rock spawning two singles "Run Baby Run" and "Deeper Water" (their biggest hit, reaching #28 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart) bringing the band some success in Australia in 1998/9.

The band enjoyed mixed success during its lifetime. Always JJJ favourites and in later days finding themselves on high rotation on the commercial radio stations they were a promise that was never fully realised.

The band split due to lack of record company support^{[citation needed]}.

1 Other projects
2 Discography
3 References
4 More info

[edit] Other projects

Before Caroline sang in Deadstar, she was in The Plums with Shamus Goble and Peter McCracken, and she also had her own project, The Caroline Kennedy Conspiracy. Caroline and Peter have, again with help of Shamus Goble, released a country-tinged album, (In The Honeycone (2004)), under the name The Tulips^[1].

Barry Palmer continued to write, record and perform with Hunters and Collectors during his time with Deadstar until Hunters disbanded in 1998. Barry has since formed his own label, The Devil's Music, and continues to record, produce and write.