Starz w/Electric Revolution

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Starz came from unlikely origins for a hard-rock band. The core of the lineup had played in the ’70s pop band Looking Glass, best remembered for their schlocky 1972 hit “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl.” But when singer Elliot Lurie left that band, the remaining members linked with new singer Michael Lee Smith to form a band with a decidedly harder edge. Inspired by groups like Kiss and Aerosmith, Starz recorded four late ’70s studio albums—Starz, Violation, Attention Shoppers! and Coliseum Rock—that paired loud guitars with huge hooks and were credited as influencing the hair-metal sound of ’80s acts like Mötley Crüe, Poison and Twisted Sister. Since reuniting in 2003, they’ve toured regularly.