Ultra Modern Records

Vinnie and the Stardüsters

Eric Dregni is an American author. He is an associate professor of English and Journalism at Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches writing. He has written or cowritten travel memoirs and essays about Minnesota, Norway, and Italy, as well as guidebooks and books on popular culture in the American Midwest.

In the 1990s he played in the amateur novelty band Vinnie and the Stardüsters. Dregni founded the band with John Perkins. The two met as teenagers on a junior high school church trip but formed the band as undergraduates at Macalester College. Dregni, a music major, graduated in 1990

- from wikipedia (2021)


released: February 27, 1996
Ultra Modern Records - TRG 89317
(7” single)

Vinnie and the Stardüsters
The Girl From Ipanema Wants To Kill Me b/w Quesadilla, Walk Around Naked

  • John Perkins - bass, vocals

  • Nick Hook - thumb piano, percussion, vocals

  • Eric Dregni - guitar, vocals

Recorded at Flower Pot Studios

the single came with a 20 page 3D booklet, 3D glasses and Trading Cards

- b/w -


All three songs are on the project:
Vinnie and the Stardusters -
Novelty Music For Casual Sex


released:  1997 Ultra Modern Records - TRG 89364 (7” single)

released: 1997
Ultra Modern Records - TRG 89364
(7” single)

Vinnie and the Stardüsters
Bake my Pie
b/w In Your Houses

  • John Perkins - bass, vocals

  • Nick Hook - thumb piano, percussion, vocals

  • Eric Dregni - guitar, vocals


Recorded by Mike Westi

- b/w -


Both songs are on the project:
Vinnie and the Stardusters -
Novelty Music For Casual Sex


Vinnie and the Stardusters: Twitter