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The Rezillos
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Saturday, September 20th, 2014
3:30pm
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THE REZILLOS + SPECIAL GUESTS THE REZILLOS + SPECIAL GUESTS THE REZILLOS burst forth upon the rock scene through a shared love of Sixties Garage Rock and the Spectoresque Girl Group glam of The Ronettes and the Shangri Las and found themselves inadvertently caught up in the Punk or New Wave movement, if only because they didn't prescribe to fifteen minute slabs of tedious prog, shunning it in favour of three minute sparkling pop gems which would eventually be fully realised in their inimitable sound and vision. Debut single, I Cant Stand My Baby shot them to underground fame initially via John Peel and classic singles My Baby Does Good Sculptures, Top of the Pops and Destination Venus were critically-acclaimed milestones Landmark album Can't Stand the Rezillos hit the UK Top 10 and they appeared on the Old Grey Whistle Test, also entering the Top 20 with Top Of The Pops, a satirical swipe at the programme. They followed up that same year with live album Mission Accomplished... But the Beat Goes On and promptly broke up to the anguish of fans and music critics alike. In recent years their music has appeared on various "History of New Wave" compilations with the band enjoying a growing status on US underground and college radio stations and rock fanzines. Interest has continued to expand with a 1993 CD re-release and huge interest on the internet. Bringing it to a head, they reformed on New Years Eve 2002 with a spur-of-the moment gig in Edinburgh playing to 150,000 hogmanay revellers. The writing was on the wall, it was time to get the band together again, tour the world and set to work on the creation of a new album. Following rave reviews, the reformed group embarked upon a twelve-date sell-out US tour although, strangely enough, although signed to an American label, and recorded their debut in New York City, the band had previously played only one gig in the USA in 1978, at the infamous CBGBs. A new generation of fans has been won over and The Rezillos are once more established as one of the most exciting bands around, with a verve and energy to shame many a young band. When the long-awaited Jackass:The Movie was finally released in the UK (having grossed $66 million in the US), The Rezillos classic foot-stomper Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight featured on the soundtrack. Having made it to the 21st century that they sang about so often in the 20th, its fitting that their rebirth should warp them into the present still finding themselves firmly in step both musically and conceptually. Their music has stayed edgy, having remained in its own league from the very beginning. Certainly, like all punk rock it's sometimes creatively derivative (er, like all rock and roll...), thus, while a lot of good bands can sound like everyone else, the really great bands are what everyone's sounding like and yet whose sound simply cannot be repeated.Musically, The Rezillos are truly influential to the so-called neo-punk scene as the best musicians that recorded and performed during that era. Their music is, upon inspection, "poppy but, at the same time, quintessentially loud, fast rock and roll. Upbeat, but also with a dark side. The Rezillos prefer a planet where growing up doesn't happen until after youre dead and the world runs on high-octane, guitar-driven, anti-mope rock with the wildest hook lines. 2014 sees yet more touring to promote a brand new single taken from their forthcoming studio album due for worldwide release in the summer. Their aim? To 'Rock their market share of the Planet'. The Rezillos - unique from the Get-Go! Presented by TV's Over
