 Wanting to take his own original music to the next level, Dante recruited “Dark Mark” White (upright bass and vocals), “Crazy Eddie” Nowik (guitar), and Mathew "Cutty" Foster (drums and vocals).They released their debut album, with the self-titled "Gene Dante and The Future Starlets", in early 2006 under Surreal Records/Multimedia.Due to changing priorities in 2007, The Future Starlets underwent a complete lineup change, and thus the second (and current) incarnation was born.