Review: For some reason, when I was hit up to review the latest release from L.A. rockers Wikkid Starr, my brain immediately pictured one of those project bands you see on Sleaze Roxx. You know the ones, made up of some of the cool “replacement” musicians in bands like Quiet Riot, Ratt, Pretty Boy Floyd, etc. Before I could get a chance to look into it, my wife pulled up the video for one of the band’s older tracks chuckling “Oh, it’s that band with that odd looking shirt open to the navel guy.” Funny thing is, I immediately knew what she was talking about and my brain remembered the group’s frontman Toney Richards. Now it’s not like Wikkid Starr are these new kids on the L.A. block. Richards is set to put out the band’s sophomore release later this month after five years of rocking shows with various band members from the Strip to New York and parts of South America in between. And not just club shows for a handful of regulars saddled up to the bar but gigs getting the stage heated up for many ’80s vets including the BulletBoys, Dokken, Faster Pussycat, Great White, Pretty Boy Floyd, one of the many versions of L.A. Guns, and many more. Bottom line is, word on the street is that Wikkid Starr are a tight blast of old school hair metal known to rock some cool originals as well as respectable renditions of a few ’80s classics. It’s enough to give anyone the benefit of the doubt and a full open-eared listen. And if those aren’t enough reasons, Richards and the boys are already