Nazz

Nazz - 1960s US rock band with Todd Rundgren

Group from United States

Genres: blues rock, garage rock, pop rock, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, 60s

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About Nazz

Nazz is the name of more than one artist. 1) An early psychedelic garage rock band from the 1960s 2) German rapper 1) Nazz was an early psychedelic garage rock band from the 1960s. The band was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1967 by Todd Rundgren (lead guitar & backing vocals), Carson Van Osten (bass guitar), Thom Mooney (drums, formerly of the Munchkins) and Robert "Stewkey" Antoni (vocals, keyboard). Stewkey joined before their first concert, opening for The Doors in 1967. Marketed by their manager, Michael Friedman, as a teenybopper boy band, the Nazz signed with SGC Records (Screen Gems, same label as sunshine pop group/show "The Monkees"), releasing Nazz in 1968. The album was not commercially successful and neither was the first single, "Hello It's Me". After a brief trip to England cut short due to visa problems, the Nazz recorded their second album, originally entitled "Fungo Bat". (A fungo bat is a baseball bat used only for practice; it is not intended to hit pitched balls.) The album was originally a double album but was shortened to a single LP before being released as Nazz Nazz.At this point Jim Messinahad joined the team. Much of what was cut was Todd Rundgren's material, and he departed the group, along with Van Osten, and Jim Messina soon after. The band broke up due to tensions with each other. With Stewkey in charge, Todd Rundgren's vocals in the old tapes were replaced by his own; management released the unsuccessful Nazz III in 1970. Mooney soon left, eventually playing with a variety of groups including the Curtis Brothers, Tattoo, Fuse and Paris. Stewkey played with Fuse alongside Mooney for a brief period, but then left. Todd Rundgren went on to have a successful solo career. Ironically, his biggest solo hit was an up-tempo version of The Nazz' first unsuccessful single, "Hello It's Me". Bassist Carson Van Osten became a successful artist for Disney. He also drew the Nazz logo and multiple sketches of the band seen in magazines.

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