Search - Jack Starr's Burning Starr :: Defiance

Jack Starr came on to the rock metal scene in 1982 when he was selected by Mike Varney of Guitar Player magazine to appear on his compilation record entitled U.S. Metal Volume 2. This was the start of many great things for this quiet unassuming guitar hero. In this quote, Jack says 'I was blown away to think that out of thousands of other guitar players from all over the United States, my playing was picked for this album, and especially by a writer for a magazine like Guitar Player that I had read ever since I started playing. The song Jack sent in was Children of the Storm. this song, with it's minor key moodiness and relentless beat would set the tone and be the template for the style of music that would become Virgin Steele. The year 2003 finds Jack with a new band the Guardians of the Flame featuring muscians that Jack has long wanted in his band, the drummer and bass player, Joe Hasselvander and Ned Meloni were in fact in his band Burning Starr in the early eighties and the singer Shmoulik Avigal was someone that Jack had always expressed a desire to play with. That day has come and GOF has arrived with 'Under A Savage Sky' an album that is enjoying wonderful reviews and is fast becoming the biggest seller in Jack's lengthy career which has spanned over 20 years! To quote Jack: 'I am in this for the long haul and to make great music, trends and fads will come and go but good music will survive.'