Violation (album)


Violation is the second studio album by the American band Starz, released in 1977.
The single "Cherry Baby" peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1977. It was the band's highest-charting single.

Critical reception

The New Rolling Stone Album Guide gave the album zero stars. Martin Popoff, in The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade, called Violation a "proto-hair metal semi-classic".

Personnel

;Starz
  • Michael Lee Smith – vocals
  • Richie Ranno – guitar
  • Brendan Harkin – guitar
  • Pieter "Pete" Sweval – bass
  • Joe X. Dube – drums
;Production