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The rock band Starz was a 1970s heavy metal and power pop band from New Jersey, United States. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Power pop (or powerpop) is a popular Musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and Rock music. A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Despite a lack of big commercial success, the band has a lasting cult following.

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History

Starz was formed out of the ashes of an early 1970s pop music band, Looking Glass, which had the #1 hit single "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" in the summer of 1972. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top After the official breakup of Looking Glass, two of the remaining members formed Starz as a heavy metal band. Starz was signed to Capitol Records in 1976. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as The original line up included vocalist Michael Lee Smith (brother of Rex Smith, vocalist for REX, and later a popular actor), Richie Ranno (formerly with Stories) on guitar, Brendan Harkin on guitar, Peter Sweval (Piet Sweval) (b. Rex Smith (born September 19 1955, in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American Actor and Singer. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Stories was a short-lived Art rock band based out of New York City in the early 1970s The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles 13 April 1948, Toms River, New Jersey) on bass, and Joe. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Township of Toms River is a large township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, and the The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the X. Dube on drums. The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone.

Their major hit single was "Cherry Baby" in the spring of 1977, from the album Violation, although they had several other songs chart in the lower half of the Billboard Hot 100. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Record chart are a method of ranking Music according to Popularity during a given period of time Most fans consider Violation their best album and compare it stylistically to Kiss (Kiss' manager, Bill Aucoin, was also Starz' manager) and Aerosmith. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Kiss (also typeset as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972 William 'Gui' Aucoin (also known as Bill Aucoin) is a band manager that has managed several successful bands during the course of his career Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Their third album, Attention Shoppers!, is more in the vein of power pop than heavy metal, featuring a Cheap Trick influence in songs like "X-Ray Spex. Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970s " Brendan Harkin and Peter Sweval left the band prior to the final album, Coliseum Rock, replaced by Bobby Messano on guitar and Orville Davis on bass.

Influence

Although not being able to build up major commercial success and not well remembered, Starz has proven to be influential far beyond their commercial success. Several 1980s glam metal artists, including Poison, and Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe, cite Starz as a primary influence. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Glam metal (also known as pop metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. Poison is an American Hard rock band that achieved great success and popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s Vincent Neil Wharton (born February 8, 1961) is the lead singer for American Glam metal band Mötley Crüe. Mötley Crüe ( IPA pronunciation: /'mɒtliː Kerrang! magazine included the first two Starz albums on their list of the most important heavy metal albums of all time. Kerrang! is a weekly rock Magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media in the United Kingdom.

The band regrouped in 2004 for a number of successful club dates, culminating in the two day, 2005 "Starzfest" held in Teaneck, New Jersey which featured the entire band including new bassist, "Insane" George DiAna, Bobby Messano and Orville Davis. A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark Teaneck (ˈtiːnɛk is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and is a Suburb in the New York metropolitan area. The band played their entire album catalog to include songs which had never been played live before. Two concerts in California were also performed in late 2005, one recorded for a television special. A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic In addition, a show recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in 2004 was released on CD in late 2006. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio

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