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Starset was formed in 2013 by Downplay vocalist Dustin Bates, who is the band's lead singer, songwriter, and keyboardist. [11] Bates's interest in astronomy was first fueled when acquiring his master's in electrical engineering as he studied at Ohio University.
The group consisted of vocalist Dustin Bates, bassist Ron DeChant, and drummer Brian Patrick. The band released five full-length studio albums and three EPs independently, under various labels between 2007 and 2010. The band went on hiatus in 2013, with Bates and DeChant focusing on their new project, Starset.
Frontman Dustin Bates outlines the process for creating the album: I start with sonic goals. This time I had a greater understanding of what instrumentation and even arrangements and genres, to an extent, would be amalgamated into these songs… and then chord structures. Once there’s a great chord structure then I always scat melodies.
"Waiting on the Sky to Change" is a song by American rock band Starset. The song features contributions by American rock band Breaking Benjamin.Written by Dustin Bates (Starset) and Jasen Rauch (Breaking Benjamin) for Bates' prior band, Downplay in 2011, the song was re-recorded in 2022 and released as a single in August 2022.
Dustin Bates – lead vocals; Jasen Rauch – guitar, bass guitar; Isaiah Perez – drums; Lester Estelle – drums on "Disappear" and "Infected" Joe Rickard, Alex Niceforo – programming; Garrison Turner – additional programming on "The Breach", "Dreamcatcher" and "This Endless Endeavor"
Dustin Bates – vocals, guitars, bass; Rob Graves – programming, guitars, strings arrangements; Josh Baker – programming, guitars; Chris Flury – programming; Rob Hawkins – programming; Alex Niceford – programming; Joe Rickard – programming, drums; Miles McPherson – additional drums (9) John Catchings – cello; Monisa Angell ...
Much like the band's prior two albums, the album conceptually refers to frontman Dustin Bates' fictional story about a dystopian future struggling with the misuse of technology. [11] The music video for "Manifest" established the setting of New West, where denizens of a work camp are mind controlled into compliance through technology embedded ...
Frontman Dustin Bates described the song's lyrical premise as "downtrodden protagonist superhero gains power from love interest", similar to something seen as in the 2008 and onward Iron Man films between Tony Stark and Pepper Potts. [4]