Hard Rock
United States
STARSET
About STARSET
Columbus, Ohio’s STARSET is a synth-driven alternative rock band known for science fiction-influenced lyrics.
∙ Their debut single, “My Demons,” spent 42 weeks on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2014, more than any other song.
∙ “Monster”—a 2016 song written from the perspective of someone wrestling with existential questions about morality—reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart.
∙ STARSET was nominated for three awards (Hard Rock Artist, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year) at the 2017 Loudwire Music Awards, which honor achievements in rock music.
∙ In 2017, STARSET founder Dustin Bates cowrote a graphic novel, The Prox Transmissions, that delved into the group’s complicated fictional origin story.
∙ MNQN, Bates’ synth-pop side-project, released a self-titled album in 2019.
Influenced by STARSETSTARSET has influenced the music of Beyond Unbroken, See This Through, Her Name Echoes and more.
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