12.3.26 Thursday (Rock/Alternative) Nectar Presents: DROP the STAR *Album Release Show* with NOVACHROME The Vases Hellbot 7:00PM Doors 7:30PM Show 21+ Nectar Lounge 412 N 36th St www.nectarlounge.com DROPtheSTAR is an American-made rock band built on loud guitars, big hooks, raw emotion, and a healthy disregard for the ordinary. Blending the grit of grunge, the attitude of hard rock, and the timeless power of classic rock, DROPtheSTAR creates music that feels both familiar and completely its own. Their songs are unapologetic, honest, and driven by the kind of riffs that hit you in the chest and choruses that demand to be shouted back. The band’s world exists somewhere between a dark curiosity shop and a smoky rock club—a place where strange things live, stories have teeth, and nothing is quite what it seems. Their visual identity is as unconventional as their music, filled with mystery, symbolism, rebellion, and a little bit of beautiful chaos. At the heart of DROPtheSTAR is a simple idea: music should make you feel something. They write about fighting for what matters, surviving what tries to break you, questioning what we're told, and finding something worth believing in when the world gets loud. No major-label machine. No massive advertising budget. No manufactured image. Just four musicians, their instruments, their stories, and a determination to make something real.