The bad times got you down? We’ve got what you need! Physical copies of Starr and the Czars‘ debut album “It’s the Bad Times” are now available from Get Hip Recordings!
DMZ and Lyres legends Peter Greenberg & Mike Lewis join forces w/ Jake Starr & The Delicious Fullness for an RNR explosion of fuzz/filth/frantic stomp.
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Starr and the Czars
“It’s the Bad Times”
Chaputa Records · CHR-12036
Release Date: November 25, 2025
- Classic Black vinyl LP
- Available for download on Bandcamp and other streaming services
The all-star line-up of STARR AND THE CZARS has laid down 12 tracks of intensely explosive musical goodness! From the fiery cover art right down to the angry fuzz guitars and pulsating, pounding drums, this is one album to play loud, pushing those blasé blues and existential angst right on down the street. Although you will feel a whole lot better, make sure you have some good insurance in case your walls do crack or those IKEA cabinets warp.
STARR AND THE CZARS, hailing from Washington, DC, bring together an all-star line-up of garage-rock veterans into one explosive new band. Fronted by JAKE STARR (Adam West, Jake Starr & The Delicious Fullness, Go Mod Go!, Goy Division…), the group also features PETER GREENBERG and MICHAEL LEWIS, two legends from Boston’s trailblazing DMZ.
SEAN CROWLEY (frontman for Washington, DC’s The Hall Monitors) shares lead vocal duties with Starr and summons howls and thunder from his six-string, while NATHANIEL OSGOOD (drummer for The Hall Monitors) keeps the chaos stitched together, providing the band’s hypnotic backbeat.
Together as Starr and The Czars, they deliver what they call The Unauthorized Garage Gospel — a fuzz-soaked, amp-blowing, foot-stomping sound that thrives on raw urgency. Their debut album, It’s the Bad Times, is a full-volume sermon of fuzz, filth, and frantic stomp, built on the legacy of decades in the underground but blazing ahead with unrepentant energy.
Tracklist:
A-side
1. IT’S THE BAD TIMES 3:14
2. DEBORAH DEEVINE 3:12
3. FALLING BACK ON ME 2:20
4. DREAM OF JUNE 2:43
5. BABY, CRY 2:13
6. BODY BETWEEN US 3:04
B-side
1. THERE’LL BE NO SQUOPPING OF THE WINKS 2:29
2. AM I ALIVE? OR AM I DEAD? 2:45
3. EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY 2:37
4. KEEP ME UNDERGROUND 2:05
5. LICKING THE FROG 3:25
6. FLASHES 3:22