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Starz

Starz
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Richie Ranno - guitar
Michael Lee Smith - vocals
Joe X. Dube - drums
Brenden Harkin - guitar
Pete Swevel - bass

Peter Sweval and Jeff Grob (aka Joe X Dube) were in the band Looking Glass which had the 1971 hit song "Brandy". In 1972 the singer / guitarist of Looking Glass quit so they hired Michael Lee Smith for vocals and soon changed their name to the Fallen Angels. In 1975 they hired guitarist Richie Ranno from the band Stories, which had a #1 hit in 1973 with the song "Brother Louie". Shortly after this they changed their name to Starz and were signed to Capitol Records in 1976 and soon released their self titled debut album. In March of 1977 the song "Cherry Baby", from thier second album,"Violation" made it to #33 on the Billboard charts. This was their biggest hit, but they had a few minor hits later in their career. Brenden and Peter quit after the "Attention Shoppers" album and were replaced by guitarist Bobby Messano and bassist Orville Davis. The following album was "Coliseum Rock" but disappointing sales and tension in the band caused them to call it quits, Dube and Ranno put together a trio with bassist Peter Scance called Hard Core. In 1981 Smith, Ranno, Madick and Peter Scance regrouped and released an EP under the Hellcats name.
They recorded four studio albums and were admired for their talent to combine hard rock and power pop. "Do It with the Lights On" has early versions from the first two albums and side two has demos from the Hellcats. "Live in Action" is a combination of Live in Louisville from 1978 with another concert from Cleveland in 1977. "Requiem" is a CD with 5 new reunion songs from 1992 and some unreleased material. In 2005 all of their albums were released on CD, several concerts and early materials have also been released. Pete Swevel died in 1990 and the remaining members have played reunion concerts from 2005 to 2008. Richie Ranno All Stars band still performs the Starz music.

Starz

Starz
1976
Released on CD in 1991 then in 2005 with bonus tracks
A   B
Detroit Girls 4:00 Monkey Business 2:47
Live Wire 3:21 Night Crawler 4:29
Tear It Down 3:10 Over And Over 3:11
Boys In Action 5:43 Pull The Plug 4:46
(She's Just A) Fallen Angel 3:35 Now I Can 4:09

Violation

Starz - Violation
1977
Released on CD in 1991 then in 2005 with bonus tracks
A   B
Cherry Baby 3:47 Subway Terror 3:45
Rock Six Times 3:15 All Night Long 3:26
Sing It, Shout It 5:10 Cool One 3:40
Violation 4:26 S.T.E.A.D.Y. 5:25
  Is That A Street Light Or The Moon? 3:26

Attention Shoppers

Starz - Attention Shoppers
1978
Released on CD in 1991 then in 2005 with bonus tracks
A   B
Hold On To The Night 3:16 X-Ray Spex 3:32
She 3:18 Good Ale We Seek 4:40
Third Time's The Charm 4:33 Don't Think 3:42
(Any Way That You Want It) I'll Be There 3:24 Johnny All Alone 7:27
Waitin' On You 3:44  

Coliseum Rock

Starz - Coliseum Rock
1979
Released on CD in 1991 then in 2005 with bonus tracks
A   B
So Young, So Bad 3:25 Outfit 3:16
Take Me 3:55 Last Night I Wrote A Letter 4:56
No Regrets 4:50 Coliseum Rock 3:31
My Sweet Child 3:56 It's A Riot 3:31
Don't Stop Now 3:35 Where Will It End 4:20

Hellcats

Starz - Hellcats
1982
Released in 1998 on a combination CD with Starz's "P*ss Party"
A   B
It's Alright 3:34 Rock & Roll Man 4:03
You Make It Swell 3:33 Auto Erotica 4:17
Teenage Tiger 4:25  

Do It With The Lights On

Starz - Do It With The Lights On
1987
Released in 1998 on a combination CD with Starz's "P*ss Party"
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A   B
Detroit Girls Restless Underwear
Live Wire F.U. Girl
Pull The Plug Tattered
Do It With The Lights On Dreamin' My Life Away
Fallen Angel Miss U Tonite

Live In Action

Starz - Live In Action
Released on viny and CD in 1989
A   B
(She's Just A) Fallen Angel 3:38 She 3:35
Tear It Down 3:10 Rock 6 Times 3:44
Live Wire 4:12 Subway Terror 4:16
Monkey Business 2:48 Johnny All Alone 7:16
Detroit Girls 5:07  
C   D
Cool One 3:15 Pull The Plug 9:13
X-Ray Spex 3:00 Boys In Action 6:42
Cherry Baby 4:05  
Medley: a. Waiting on You    
b. Greatest Riffs Of All Times    
c. Coliseum Rock 9:15  

Requiem

Starz - Requiem
Released only on CD in 1992
Vidi O.D 3:29   Fallen Angel 3:35
Love & Pain 4:06 Hold On The Night 3:30
You Called His Name 5:18 Can't Take It No More 4:30
Rough & Ready 4:38 Waitress 3:45
Backstreet Survivor 3:30 Fannin' The Fire 3:39
Texas 4:01 I Ain't No Einstein 4:19
Nightcrawler 4:30  
There are several other live albums and compilation CDs
1. http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/usa/new+york/starz
2. "Wikipedia", last modified November 12, 2014,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_(band)

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