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, Love/Hate,

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, and Mr. Big.

Career

In 2005, Starr co-wrote and recorded the Beautiful Creatures sophomore release, ''

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'', and toured with the band the same year. The song "Freedom" was used in the 2009

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film '' The Proposal''. "Anyone", also from ''Deuce'', was used in the FX series ''

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''. In late 2004, Starr formed the band Hookers & Blow with

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keyboardist

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and

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guitarist

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. The band toured the U.S. in 2004. Matt Starr Detroit

In 2007, the musician stepped away from drumming and formed The Automatic Music Explosion as a singer, and spent the next two years recording with multi-platinum producer

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. The two met after Starr showed up at the producer's East Coast home and asked him to produce the record. Due to a lack of label support, the record never saw a proper release; however, several of the tracks were licensed to various cable television shows and movies, including ''

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''. In the summer of 2012, Starr, together with Guns N' Roses guitarist

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, co-produced ''The Return to Psycho California'', the debut release by hard rock band Hotel Diablo. The same year, Starr joined former

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guitarist

's band. He played drums on Frehley's 2014 release, '' Space Invader''. He is the only drummer other than ''Late Night with David Letterman'' drummer

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to play on the entirety of one of Frehley's records. Starr also played on several tracks from Frehley's subsequent releases, ''

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''; '' Spaceman''; and '' Origins Vol. 2''. While remaining with Frehley, in 2013 Starr began playing with

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, a band formed by

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guitarist

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, Montrose vocalist

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, and

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bassist

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. He performed on their 2013 album, ''

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''. In 2014, Starr began filling in for Mr. Big drummer

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, who was diagnosed with

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. He sat in on the band's '' ...The Stories We Could Tell'' world tour and played on several tracks from their 2017 album, '' Defying Gravity''. He went on to tour with Mr. Big once more as they promoted their latest release.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Starr, Matt Living people American rock drummers Year of birth missing (living people) Mr. Big (American band) members Burning Rain members