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Nazz
The Nazz was an American rock band formed in Philadelphia in 1967. The group was founded by guitarist and principal songwriter Todd Rundgren and bassist Carson Van Osten. Drummer Thom Mooney and vocalist/keyboardist Robert "Stewkey" Antoni joined soon after. The group is best known for their debut single "Open My Eyes”, and "Hello It's Me". Their name was derived from the Yardbirds' song " The Nazz Are Blue". Between 1968 and 1969, the Nazz released two albums ('' Nazz'' and ''Nazz Nazz''). Following the group's disbandment in 1969, a collection of archival Nazz recordings was compiled and released under the title ''Nazz III'', and Rundgren recorded a solo version of "Hello It's Me" that reached number 5 on the U.S. charts. History Name and formation Nazz was formed in Philadelphia in 1967. The group's original managers Jack Warfield and Jerry Bartoff owned a record store in downtown Philadelphia, and the Nazz first rehearsed in a storage room above the record store. The g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, sound engineer and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Utopia. He is known for his sophisticated and often unorthodox music, his occasionally lavish stage shows, and his later experiments with interactive entertainment. He also produced music videos and was an early adopter and promoter of various computer technologies, such as using the Internet as a means of music distribution in the late 1990s. A native of Philadelphia, Rundgren began his professional career in the mid 1960s, forming the psychedelic band Nazz in 1967. Two years later, he left Nazz to pursue a solo career and immediately scored his first US top 40 hit with " We Gotta Get You a Woman" (1970). His best-known songs include "Hello It's Me" and " I Saw the Light" from '' Something/Anything?'' (1972), which get frequent air time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazz Nazz
''Nazz Nazz'' is the second studio album by American rock band Nazz, released in April 1969 by SGC Records. The album's recording was marked by bitter artistic disagreements and power struggles among the group, and the Nazz broke up shortly after it was completed. It sold only modestly well upon release but has gained greater attention due to positive critical reappraisals following Nazz guitarist Todd Rundgren's emergence as a star. Recording In January 1969, the Nazz traveled to England to record their second album at Trident Studios. However, after only a day's worth of work, the Musician's Union barred the Nazz from recording in the United Kingdom because the paperwork to allow them to record there had not been filled out properly. The only recordings they managed to do at Trident were a rough cut of "Christopher Columbus" (which ended up being omitted from the album's final track list) and instrumental tracks for "Under the Ice". The band thus returned to I. D. Sound i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazz III
''Nazz III'' is the third and final studio album by the American garage rock band Nazz. It was released in 1971 on SGC Records, over a year after the band had broken up, and consists of archival recordings of the band. Background Most of the tracks on the album were recorded in late 1968 and early 1969 for an intended double album, which was eventually pared down to a single album (''Nazz Nazz''). The exception is "Kicks", which was recorded for a compilation album that was cancelled. Drummer Thom Mooney, who retained possession of the master tapes, was contacted by SGC Records in 1970. When he refused to give over the tapes, saying he did not want the material released, SGC threatened legal action, since the tapes were the property of the label. He finally agreed to turn over the tapes under the condition he be allowed to oversee the mixing of the album. Event occurs at 39:12-43:50 and 56:59-57:52. The track "Loosen Up" was a take on the Archie Bell & the Drells song " Tight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazz (album)
''Nazz'' is the debut album by American rock group Nazz. It was released in 1968. The album spawned two singles, "Open My Eyes" and " Hello It's Me", with the latter reaching number 66 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. "Open My Eyes" failed to chart but came to be regarded as a psychedelic rock classic, appearing on several compilations of the genre. "Hello It's Me" became a hit when Nazz guitarist Todd Rundgren re-recorded it for his 1972 solo album '' Something/Anything?''. The track "Open My Eyes" was accompanied by a promo video, directed by Ray Dennis Steckler. ''Nazz'' peaked at number 118 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. The album was remastered and rereleased in 2006 with bonus tracks by Sanctuary Records Group. Background and recording Following a showcase at the Boston Tea Party in January 1968, The Nazz were signed by Screen Gems-Columbia. In April 1968 the band entered the eight-track recording studio I. D. Sound Studios in Hollywood, California. By this time the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello It's Me
"Hello It's Me" is a song written by American musician Todd Rundgren. It was the first song he wrote, and was recorded by his group Nazz as a slow ballad, released as the B-side of the band's first single, "Open My Eyes", in 1968. A mid-tempo version of "Hello It's Me", recorded for Rundgren's 1972 solo album '' Something/Anything?'', was issued as a single in 1973, reaching No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. History "Hello It's Me" was the first song written by Todd Rundgren. Written in 1967 as a slow ballad about the breakup of a relationship, it was released in October 1968 as the B-side of his band Nazz's debut single "Open My Eyes", and included on the debut album '' Nazz'' (1968). Although released as a B-side, it was picked up in preference to the A-side by Boston radio station WMEX, where it rose to No. 1, and was subsequently picked up by other stations. It entered the Billboard chart in February 1969, peaking at number 71, and re-entered the charts the follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Cooper (band)
Alice Cooper (also known as the Alice Cooper Group or the Alice Cooper Band) was an American rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1964. The band consisted of lead singer Vince Furnier (stage name Alice Cooper), Glen Buxton (lead guitar), Michael Bruce (rhythm guitar, keyboards), Dennis Dunaway (bass guitar), and Neal Smith (drums). Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper and has had a solo career under that name since the band became inactive in 1975. The band was notorious for their elaborate, theatrical shock rock stage shows. In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After years of obscurity in the 1960s, the Alice Cooper band rose to fame in 1971 with the hit single "I'm Eighteen" and the album '' Love It to Death''. Success continued with the popular single " School's Out" and the album of the same name in 1972. The band peaked in popularity in 1973 with their next album '' Billion Dollar Babies'' and its tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nazz Are Blue
''Roger the Engineer'' (originally released in the UK as ''Yardbirds'' and in the US, Germany, France and Italy as ''Over Under Sideways Down'') is the only UK studio album and third US album by English rock band the Yardbirds. Recorded and released in 1966, it is also the only Yardbirds album with guitarist Jeff Beck on all tracks and it contains all original material. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and manager Simon Napier-Bell. Although the British edition is still officially titled ''Yardbirds'' by authoritative chart sources, such as Official Charts Company, it has since been referred to, first colloquially, then semi-officially, as ''Roger the Engineer'', a title stemming from the cover drawing of the record's audio engineer Roger Cameron by band member Chris Dreja. It is the only Yardbirds album to appear in the UK Albums Chart, where it reached number 20. In the US, it reached number 52 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, making it the band's high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Buckley
Lord Richard Buckley (born Richard Myrle Buckley; April 5, 1906 – November 12, 1960) was an American stand-up comedian and recording artist, who in the 1940s and 1950s created a character that was, according to ''The New York Times'', "an unlikely persona ... part English royalty, part Dizzy Gillespie." Michael Packenham, writing in ''The Baltimore Sun'', described him as "a magnificent stand-up comedian ... Buckley's work, his very presence, projected the sense that life's most immortal truths lie in the inextricable weaving together of love and irony—affection for all humanity married to laughter." Buckley's unique stage persona anticipated aspects of the Beat Generation sensibility, and influenced contemporary figures as various as Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny Bruce, Wavy Gravy, Del Close, and, even after Buckley's death, Ken Kesey, George Harrison, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Robin Williams, and Jimmy Buffett. Bob Dylan, in his book ''Chronicles'', said "Buckley was the hipste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson Van Osten
Carson Van Osten (September 24, 1945 – December 22, 2015) was an American comics creator and musician. Early life Van Osten studied at the Philadelphia College of Art. Career Music In 1966, he played in the band Woody's Truck Stop, before forming the rock group Nazz with Todd Rundgren and Thom Mooney in 1967. Van Osten was the band's bass guitarist. He quit Nazz in 1969. Comics Later, Van Osten became a writer and artist of Disney comics. From 1969 to 1976, he created Mickey Mouse and Goofy comics for the publisher Disney Studio, which produced comics for the European market. Starting in 1976, he was art director for Disney's comic strips department in the 1980s. After that, he sporadically worked on new Disney comics, including some covers and the adaptation of the ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' film. He also created ''The Wuzzles'' for Disney Television Animation which was based on an idea pitched by then Disney CEO Michael Eisner. On August 7, 2015, Van Osten was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Pop
Power pop (also typeset as powerpop) is a form of pop rock based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. It typically incorporates melodic hooks, vocal harmonies, an energetic performance, and cheerful sounding music underpinned by a sense of yearning, longing, or despair. The sound is primarily rooted in pop and rock traditions of the early to mid-1960s, although some acts have occasionally drawn from later styles such as punk, new wave, glam rock, pub rock, college rock, and neo-psychedelia. Originating in the 1960s, power pop developed mainly among American musicians who came of age during the British Invasion. Many of these young musicians wished to retain the "teenage innocence" of pop and rebelled against newer forms of rock music that were thought to be pretentious and inaccessible. The term was coined in 1967 by the Who guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend to describe his band's style of music. However, pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963. The band's core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist and later bassist Chris Dreja and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith. The band started the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of '' Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarists. The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including "For Your Love", " Heart Full of Soul", " Shapes of Things" and " Over Under Sideways Down". Originally a blues-based band noted for their signature "rave-up" instrumental breaks, the Yardbirds broadened their range into pop, pioneering psychedelic rock and early hard rock; and contributed to many electric guitar innovations of the mid-1960s. Some rock critics and historians also cite their influence on the later punk rock, progressive rock and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colgems Records
Colgems Records was a record label that existed from 1966 to 1971. History Colgems was a joint venture between Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures, and RCA Victor to issue records by The Monkees and other artists affiliated with Columbia/Screen Gems. The label would also issue soundtrack recordings for Screen Gems and Columbia Pictures productions. RCA acted as manufacturer and distributor for Colgems. Outside of the United States, Colgems productions appeared on the RCA Victor label. An earlier label, Colpix Records, was dissolved to make way for the new company, and nearly all Colpix titles went out of print. (One Colpix album was reissued on Colgems, the soundtrack to the 1962 film ''Lawrence of Arabia''.) Even before the Monkees began, Colpix had signed two future members – Davy Jones, recruited to Screen Gems by Ward Sylvester, and Michael Nesmith, who recorded as "Michael Blessing". The Colpix catalog was sold to Roulette Records. The Colpix c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
