We originally wrote this song in 2016, and it's finally seeing it's official release!

Guitars, Vocals - Robert Morgab
Bass, Vocals - Michael Morgan
Keyboards, Vocals - Joseph Morgan
Drums - Matthew Morgan

Recorded, produced and mastered by the lads at Lackadaisical records, Eliot Argus, with the assistance of Campbell Patterson

Imminent Hard Drive Failure

Stark Drive's first original song as a band. About the feelings associated with growing up and seeing everything get older and smaller.

This is also the first time we have ever properly recorded a song.

Recorded by Stark Drive and James 'Mr D' Dowling of Stars and Idols Toowoomba. Engineered and mixed by Michael Morgan (Robert helped). Thank you to Mr D for teaching us the basics of recording properly and for teaching Michael to use the mixing machine.

Lyrics:

The place I used to know
About 15 years ago
Everything looks so tiny
Everything looks so small
And everyone around me
Oh how they look so old
Why does it make me feel so low?

Saw my best friend today
Way back from ‘98
He’s got a wife and kid now
Well hey now, ain’t that great?
The old gang’s all grown up
And they’ve all moved away
Why couldn’t it just stay the same?

[Pre-Chorus]
My mind is filled with questions
That no-one dares explain
Everything just looks so different
It all just up and changed
I really need to ask myself
What’s happening to me?

[Chorus]
What’s happening to me?
What’s happening to me?
What’s happening to me?
What’s happening to me?

The park on Henry Street
Now a 3-star place to eat
They’ve dug the whole thing up
The new houses look so neat
The trees are now all lampposts 
The grass is now concrete
My whole world’s become obsolete

Pre-Chorus
Chorus

I was young, it was so much better then,
There was so much to do
We could run around and climb the trees all day
But it’s all gone away
When the hell did I become so old?

[Instrumental]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]



Stark Drive - What's Happening to Me? (demo) - Original Mix

-[NEW MIX!]-

We gave it to our buddy Joshua Brennan

Stark Drive's first original song as a band. About the feelings associated with growing up and seeing everything get older and smaller.

This is also the first time we have ever properly recorded a song.

Recorded by Stark Drive and James 'Mr D' Dowling of Stars and Idols Toowoomba. Engineered and mixed by Joshua Brennan

Lyrics:

The place I used to know
About 15 years ago
Everything looks so tiny
Everything looks so small
And everyone around me
Oh how they look so old
Why does it make me feel so low?

Saw my best friend today
Way back from ‘98
He’s got a wife and kid now
Well hey now, ain’t that great?
The old gang’s all grown up
And they’ve all moved away
Why couldn’t it just stay the same?

[Pre-Chorus]
My mind is filled with questions
That no-one dares explain
Everything just looks so different
It all just up and changed
I really need to ask myself
What’s happening to me?

[Chorus]
What’s happening to me?
What’s happening to me?
What’s happening to me?
What’s happening to me?

The park on Henry Street
Now a 3-star place to eat
They’ve dug the whole thing up
The new houses look so neat
The trees are now all lampposts 
The grass is now concrete
My whole world’s become obsolete

Pre-Chorus
Chorus

I was young, it was so much better then,
There was so much to do
We could run around and climb the trees all day
But it’s all gone away
When the hell did I become so old?

[Instrumental]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]



Stark Drive - Whats Happening To Me (demo) - Josh Brennan Mix

Track 1 from the EP "What Happened to Cool?" by Stark Drive

Our first original song as a band. About the feelings associated with growing up and seeing everything get older and smaller.

Written and Performed by Stark Drive. Recorded and Mixed by Andrew Beckett of Jemalong Productions. Mastered by Matthew Gray of Matthew Gray Mastering. Song art by Robert Morgan

Lyrics: 
The place I used to know
About 15 years ago
Everything looks so tiny
Everything looks so small
And everyone around me
Oh how they look so old
Why does it make me feel so low?

Saw my best friend today
Way back from ‘98
He’s got a wife and kid now
Well hey now, ain’t that great?
The old gang’s all grown up
And they’ve all moved away
Why couldn’t it just stay the same?

My mind is filled with questions
That no-one dares explain
Everything just looks so different
It all just up and changed
I really need to ask myself
What’s happening to me?

What’s happening to me?
What’s happening to me?
What’s happening to me?
What’s happening to me?

The park on Henry Street
Now a 3-star place to eat
They’ve dug the whole thing up
The new houses look so neat
The trees are now all lampposts 
The grass is now concrete
My whole world’s become obsolete

I was young, it was so much better then,
There was so much to do
We could run around and climb the trees all day
But it’s all gone away
When the hell did I become so old?


Stark Drive - What's Happening To Me - EP Version

Track 2 from the EP "What Happened to Cool?" by Stark Drive

Our second original song as a band. Melancholy song about life and how despite how crap it can be, you can find solace in friendship.

Written and Performed by Stark Drive. Recorded and Mixed by Andrew Beckett of Jemalong Productions. Mastered by Matthew Gray of Matthew Gray Mastering. Song art by Robert Morgan

Lyrics:
Sit back and talk about our lives
There’s no need to be afraid
Let’s see the pain behind our smiles
That we don’t want to explain

Life’s a drag, I know it feels that way for all of us 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah…)
Don’t let it keep you down 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah…)
Keep your head up ‘cause they tell us it will all be better soon 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah…)
But we know it never does 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah…)

So board the windows and lock the doors
We’ll find a better home
Get all your friends and keep them around
So we don’t feel so alone

 (Carry us out again)
This time will be different
(Stay with us ‘til the end)
But that’s not what you meant
(Will you be ready then?)
We’ll never comprehend
(Remember to tell us when)
It keeps happening again

Why can’t we see between the lines?
No-one knows what to say
Just try to find the joy in life
Before we fade away


Stark Drive - Life's A Drag

Track 2 from the EP "What Happened to Cool?" by Stark Drive

The third original song we wrote as a band. Aggressive, up-tempo song about wanting to ignore everything terrible an live in blissful ignorance.

Written and Performed by Stark Drive. Recorded and Mixed by Andrew Beckett of Jemalong Productions. Mastered by Matthew Gray of Matthew Gray Mastering. Song art by Robert Morgan

Lyrics:
I’m sick of waking up	
Feeling like we’re gonna fade away
I don’t know if I can
Deal with your truth for another day
Just don’t let me know
About the dues that I’ll have to pay
Just let me pretend
That tomorrow is gonna be okay

Lie to me, Lie to my face
Don’t tell me ‘bout the weight of the world
Tell me everything is gonna be alright

Don’t tell me the truth
I don’t want to hear it
Ignorance is bliss, so let me be happy

Don’t want to wear a watch
Don’t want to see time pass me by
I watched the news today
All I heard about is how I’ll die
I can’t hide from it all
But today I know I’ll still try
I get older every day
It’s just another thing that I’ll deny~


Stark Drive - Let Me Be Happy

Track 4 from the EP "What Happened to Cool?" by Stark Drive

Our fourth song as a band, and the final track on our first record. A poppy happy song about what else? Wanting to be cool!

Written and Performed by Stark Drive. Recorded and Mixed by Andrew Beckett of Jemalong Productions. Mastered by Matthew Gray of Matthew Gray Mastering. Song art by Robert Morgan

Lyrics:
I wanna be cool
I wanna be cool
I wanna be cool
I wanna be cool~

I wanna stand up against the wall
With slicked black hair and a voice that tells you
I’m the man

I’ll be the one in the back of the crowd
Never smiling, never looking like I
Give a damn

I’m always calm, no matter what I do
No time to stop a second just to think it through
Never gonna listen to just what you say
Not like what you tell me is important anyway
(That’s just who I wanna be)

Its summertime everywhere I go
Gigantic trail of partying always lets you know
Just where I’ve been

Leather jacket and faded jeans
A sharp chiselled look that you know was made for
Silver screens

I’ll catch a ride straight into the sun
Flyin’ round the earth til I know I’ve won
I’ve got to live it up before I wash ashore
Live fast die young, surely gonna leave a handsome corpse


Stark Drive - I Wanna Be Cool

Our first new song in nearly three years! 'Insomnia' is so far only going to be released as a single, but we may also include it on a future EP/album release. It's about time we got some new music here!

This song is about not going to sleep, but it's also about loneliness, and how the anxiety of missing a loved one can keep you up all night, alone with your thoughts. The next one will be more light-hearted, we promise.

Recorded at Studio 188 in Ipswich, QLD.
Mixed and Mastered by Jazz Wright (check him out here: https://soundcloud.com/atomsplitter )

Lyrics:

I’ve been laying here for hours
I want to get some rest
It’s 2am as I lay in bed
And I have to work at 6
I think I have insomnia
But I can’t seem to hide
It’s another sleepless night for me       
Without you by my side

All I want is to fall asleep
So I can try another day
But anxiety has surfaced
And loneliness won’t go away
And I tried to distract myself
I tried to feel so free
But my brain never works that way
It has to disagree 

Chorus
And all I do is stare at the ceiling
‘Cause I can’t sleep, I can never sleep
Being awake sounds unappealing
‘Cause I can’t sleep, I can never sleep

I’ve been waiting with the lights on
Just trying to write this song
Eventually I’ll fall asleep
And I hope it won’t be long
‘Cause when I think about the future
It really makes me blue
It keeps me up all night
And I don’t know what to do

And all of this seems amplified
Without you here my side
I tried to take it in my stride
But all I was is terrified
And all of this seems amplified
Without you here by my side
Now that both my hands are tied
Sleeplessness is justified

I’ve been laying here for hours
I want to get some rest
It’s 2am as I lay in bed
And I have to work at 6
I think I have insomnia
But I can’t seem to hide
It’s another sleepless night for me       
Without you by my side

Insomnia

This track is Robert's submission to the Cenacore: No Chance In Hell online album collaboration.

An original, indie-rock/lo-fi tune about my best friend, John Cena.

"CENACORE: NO CHANCE IN HELL is an open collaborative wrestling-themed album and a spinoff of GANGNAMCORE, starring John Cena as he wrestles against the toughest denizens of Hell for his freedom!"

Don't know how long it'll be up on this soundcloud account, it'll likely only be temporary.

My Friend John Cena (Rob Morgan Solo Track)

Shark Drive is:
Robert Morgan: Guitar and Vocals
Michael Morgan: Bass and Engineering
Joseph Morgan: Keys and Vocals
Matthew Morgan: Drums

Hey there, we're Stark Drive! We're an independent band out of Toowoomba, Australia who play mainly punkish and alternative-rock kinds of things, inspired by Green Day, Blink 182, Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins and The Vandals.

Basically, we're 4 brothers who play music and sometimes it actually sounds pretty decent! We've played a couple of smaller live sets around town (mostly competitions), but we're in the process or recording and mixing a few originals, as well as writing a whole bunch of songs to go on an album.

SharkDrive