STARZ! One of the greatest & most overlooked bands of the 1970’s and a major influence on 80’s bands

STARZ!
One of the greatest and most overlooked bands of the late 1970’s and a major influence on most of the big 80’s glam/hair bands. How did Sweet Pain end up covering a Starz song? Richie Ranno, Aucoin management, Kiss, Looking Glass, Hell Bent for Leather, funny Starz stories, Leather bars, Nikki Sixx lifted a Starz riff and more!
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[@michaelhull63]

Sing it shout it...violation..S.T.E.A.D.Y and cherry baby are my favorites

[@ernesteison7979]

I had no idea about the Starz connection to Looking Glass, but then, I Didn't have the internet in 76 ether. Great stories. Thx.

[@beforeiforget1985]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@shawnfranklin9581]

I mastered a live show from them for Ritchie in 2020. Great band.

[@beforeiforget1985]

Nice!!! Richie’s a great guy!

[@vincentmessina3480]

Hey Man! I got to see Starz open for Nugent at the Coliseum in '79, were you up here for that at the time?
Agreed on the 1st 2 albums for sure....& you guys did a fun Subway Terror! 👊😎👍

[@cpinga5]

First Starz song I ever heard was Sweet Pain's cover of Subway Terror.

[@beforeiforget1985]

🙌 thanks for watching !

[@strangeways75]

They Just Seem A Little Weird is a great book

[@beforeiforget1985]

I loved it. Thanks for watching

[@4tuneagent]

Very cool that you've done a piece on Starz.. Jammed on their first 4 albums as a teenager, and saw them open for Nazareth in 1977.. both bands were fantastic! I will have to check out that book. Angel is another band that suffered similar issues..

[@beforeiforget1985]

Wow that’s a great bill! Starz and Nazareth!! Thanks for watching!

[@bb-gc2tx]

starz and piper two most overlooked bands of 70s

[@beforeiforget1985]

Agreed!

[@scottsamu2614]

I checked out the Twisted movie it was good thanks for the recommendation.

[@beforeiforget1985]

Cool!! Glad you were able to check it out!!

[@VoltageGuy]

Great episode! I remember seeing their name a lot when Kiss was at their peak in the late 70s, but I never heard any of their material until now. Subway Terror is very good and so is Night Crawler. Has kind of a Sweet vibe. Great singer too.

[@beforeiforget1985]

One of my fave bands!! Thanks for watching!

[@brianrose2814]

I never heard of STARZ, but just listened to Detroit Girls. I can’t believe I have never heard of them? Hmmm??? They definitely had that 70’s pop rock sound! I don’t think I could’ve gotten into them though.

[@beforeiforget1985]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelhull63]

Check out .. Sing It Shout It and violation and S.T.E.A.D.Y you'll dig it

[@ginoferrari3159]

Love Starz. Do you have any Cheap Trick stories?

[@beforeiforget1985]

A couple! I’ll do a video soon. Thanks for watching 🙏

[@wyattsexton7083]

I listened to Stars "Subway Terror" and the song sounds nothing like "Looks That Kill". The only thing I can think of is maybe a similar category in lyric subject matter? But it's not an exact match? "Subway Terror" sounds more like an early Def Leppard song.

[@beforeiforget1985]

There’s parts of subway terror tat heavily influenced looks that kill especially the chorus riff . Thanks for watching

[@johnconnell4503]

Saw Starz open for Ted nugent in 1978 in Syracuse

[@beforeiforget1985]

Wow awesome!!! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@jcollins1305]

It’s interesting how some bands make it, and others don’t. Bad luck, timing, chemistry, who knows.

[@beforeiforget1985]

It’s a roll of the dice

[@hectorcorona8071]

What’s your Instagram?

[@beforeiforget1985]

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