 Here is a collection of news articles and reviews, mostly about the Wizzo era (but some On The Road Again.) Thanks to Rob Caiger and Joe Doyle for supplying. Check back because we still have a few things to add that were sent in by Joe and Rob and those will be up in the near future. If you have anything you would like us to include please send to info@releaseroy.com
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Melody Maker September 3, 1977 |
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Jazzed Up Wood
Roy Wood breaks a long silence and talks to HARRY DOHERTY
Tape recorder off, Roy Wood typically loosens up, revealing a few of his franker thoughts. “I’ve written something like 30 hit songs, you know,” he whispers, and I am astounded that his total is so high. “It’s not easy now to accept that I’m not a success any more.”
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 May 2007 )
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Midlands County Express 1977 |
Roy Wood hits the road again with ‘Wizzo’ band. by Maggie Whitehouse Even in these days of groups with peculiar names such as Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Clash and the Sex Pistols, you can be forgiven for thinking that “Wizzo” was another brand of washing up liquid. But if you give the group it’s full title of “Roy Wood’s Wizzo Band” it puts an entirely different aspect on the matter. Local musician Roy Wood is one of Britain's best and most prolific songwriters. He seems to be able to change styles at the drop of a hat and with continual success. He was the mainstay of The Move, the originator of The Electric Light Orchestra, and the life and soul of Wizzard, but now he has moved on again to a different band and a different style of music. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 March 2007 )
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Sounds Review of Super Active Wizzo 1977 |
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Gruntiness, that’s what it comes down to.
Remember how Roy Wood was the first guy to make the cello, sombre undertone in string quartets and classical orchestras into a genuine pop instrument full of guts and aggression? It happened because he couldn’t play it. So he picked it up and |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 March 2007 )
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Evening Post
October 1977
Roy Out Of The Doldrums
After a long time in the doldrums Roy Wood has bounced back with a new album and a new band.
Between '72 and '75 Wood was never out of the charts but he has been lying low of late.
"Super Active Wizzo" is the new album by Wood and his band Wizzo. As always with Wood, the album was produced, arranged and almost completely composed by himself.
The Wizzo band presents a new venture for Roy Wood, a further continuation of one of the most colourful characters in British Rock.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 March 2007 )
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