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Friday, 17 March 2006
STARZ BACK IN ACTION LIVE 2003
There'z some who say that rock and roll is for the youth.
Some believe that once ya hit yer 40's it'z time to give it up.
Leave the past behind,and go out while yer on top.
Well,I don't know about any of that,cuz at my age,I'm still rockin',still dressing funny,still sportin' a full head o' hair and still spendin' my dough on recordz,toys and geetarz.
And I'm guessing the memberz of the 70'z band Starz are doin' the same,cuz here we are,20 yearz later since the last time they played together az a band and they've got a new dvd out.And,to us mulletheadz and dirtbagz that cranked up thier recordz after school,it'z a big deal.A really big deal,cuz az far az I know,there izn't any video footage of Starz live in the 70'z,so this iz gonna be az close az it getz fer us.
First off,for thoze not familiar with Starz,they were a band managed by KISS manager Bill Aucoin.So they got that extra exposure,along with KISS and the other Aucoin band-Angel,by being pushed in all the rock magazines.They were plastered all over Circus and Hit Parader,whether it waz the two page poster stapled in the center,the huge ad spaces they filled or thier strange rize up the chartz in the weekly Circus Top 25 hitlists.What us teenagers didn't realize iz that Aucoin waz paying the magz to feature his bandz and to secure them a spot on the Top 25 charts,even tho they weren't really selling that many albums.It waz called Marketing man,and Aucoin new how to do that brilliantly.
And it worked big time on me.I figured if Aucoin had KISS,then Starz and Angel had to be fuckin' awesome too.
And,tho Angel had the prettier outfits,and KISS,well,they were KISS fer keeristsake,Starz had not only the chops but the songz and the image to back it up.Technically,they were musically the better of the three,and really az far az good pop induced rawknrawl goez,they had that nailed down too.
Oh,and like Angel & KISS,they also had one killer logo.
But,for some reason I can't fathom,they never really caught on.They cracked the top 40 maybe twice with "Cherry Baby" and "Sing It Shout It",but they didn't stay there for long and Starz faded away without much notice.
Maybe they were just too ahead of thier time,cuz once the 80'z hit,everyfreekinband in the world waz copping Starz,from Bon Jovi to Motley Crue.
So here we are,now entertain us.It'z 2006 and they've released a new dvd of thier 2003 reunion show.
The slinky jumpsuitz are gone,the original bass player iz dead,the hair iz thin and,especially in the case of lead singer Michael Lee Smith(who iz also the brother of teen scream Rex Smith),the weight haz been packed on.Heck,it doezn't even remotely look like the same guy,but once he startz singin' there iz no mistaking him,cuz the band iz just az amazing az ever.
Playing in a bar,in front of a crowd of Joe Dirtz and Ragz Dandelionz,under the unmistakable yellow logo glowing above them,Starz might az well have never left,cuz they sound,well,they sound freekin' great.No missed chops here.And the songz sound just az fresh az they did way back when That 70's Show waz a reality and not a sitcom.
Ya know,I really hate to see the music from theze guyz continue to go unpraized.Someone,pleaze,if you've got a band,do yerself a favor and learn at least one of thier toonz,rerecord it and make it a hit for the new generation.
Especially "Subway Terror".It can be done!
Please?
Oh,and release it on piss colored vinyl too.
Ragz Ratez It A:8.0
Posted by ragzdandelion
at 11:47 PM PST
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