Tamora Gooding (AxeMunkee, All The Queen's Men), who had worked with Dante before in Project Eno, took over drums and percussion and Jim Collins (The Buckners, MEandJOANCOLLINS, Eddie Japan) came in on bass.
[3] The Starlets released the first music video off The Romantic Lead in February 2009 for the single “C Star”, directed by Michael Pope (Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds).
[5] The Starlets released the next music video off The Romantic Lead for the second single “A Madness to His Method”, also directed by Michael Pope, in April 2009.
[7] Gene Dante and The Future Starlets continued their work in the theater scene in the fall of 2011 when they were hired as the live house band for The Gold Dust Orphans production of The Rocky Horror Show at Club Oberon.
[8] Dante played the role of Brad Majors and earned an Elliot Norton Award nomination for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Small/Midsize Theater.