Wizzard – Wear a Fast Gun
Oldies Songs A whirling call to arms in chrome-and-horns bravado When the Brighton-born glam-rock alchemist Wizzard unfurled their debut album Wizzard Brew in 1973 under the direction of the mercurial Roy Wood,…
Wizzard – Buffalo Station-Get On Down to Memphis
A Frenzied Southern Dream: When Roy Wood Drove British Glam to the Edge of Madness In 1973, Roy Wood — the wild-haired polymath who had already founded both The Move…
Wizzard – You Got Me Runnin’
A Reckless Rock-and-Roll Chase: The Story of a Man Outrun by His Own Desire, Captured in a Brilliantly Orchestrated Pop-Art Frenzy. In the mid-1970s, amidst the chaotic spectacle of Glam…
Wizzard – Jolly Cup of Tea
A Chaotic, Music Hall Rhapsody: The Absurd and Joyous Ode to English Eccentricity and the Simple Solace of a Hot Beverage. The year 1973 was a time of glorious, theatrical…
Wizzard – Main Street
A Lost Masterpiece: The Dramatic Saga of Roy Wood’s Unreleased Soul Vision and the Haunting Sound of Glam Rock’s Final Curtain Call. The name Wizzard immediately conjures images of chaotic…
Wizzard – Meet Me at the Jailhouse
A Chaotic, Joyous Escape Hatch: The Utterly Untamed Sound of Freedom and Recklessness as Glam Rock’s Most Eccentric Ringmaster Sets the Stage Ablaze. The year 1973 was a dazzling, disorienting…
Wizzard – This Is the Story of My Love (Baby)
A Glistening, Wall-of-Sound Masterpiece That Channels the Grand, Tragic Romance of the 1960s Girl-Group Era Through a 1970s Glam-Rock Lens. Ah, the 1970s. It was a decade of loud, primary…
Wizzard – Eddy’s Rock
The Glorious, Nostalgic Noise of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream Refusing to Die: Wizzard’s “Eddy’s Rock” is a bombastic, affectionate tribute to the rebellious, electric spirit of the 1950s that…
Wizzard – Marathon Man
A Gloriously Nostalgic Rock and Roll Chase That Captures the Feverish, Relentless Pursuit of a Fading Dream of Youth. For those of us who came of age during the tumultuous,…
Wizzard – Gotta Crush (About You)
The Glorious, Glam-Rock Heartbreak of a Man Who Knows His Wild-Eyed Infatuation is a Total Disaster. If there is one name that epitomizes the dramatic, chaotic, and utterly brilliant excess…