Thursday, October 30, 2008

Wizz

Here we have Wizz, a lost Swedish band named after pee, and their one and only album, Crazy Games. Outside of the ever-present Jon Lordian keys that coat Wizz's sound in a cool retro veneer, it's a fairly average record. However these are some fun songs, and you get a few peak moments from singer, George King (not to be confused with King George who was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from October 1760 until January 1801.) Of course it bears a degree of class and refinement that seemed to be present in many of these early Swedish Metal bands, and lacking in American and British bands from the same period. Kind of reminds me a bit of Rainbow (the band, not the meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere). Come on, take a Wizz.

4 comments:

Todd said...

Hey Aesop,

Here's that Don Covay - Superdude album. Haven't listened to it yet, but I do have high hopes based upon the album title and your description of that single.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=07540e4186b109c3d2db6fb9a8902bda

Aesop said...

Thanks, Todd.

Anonymous said...

The only Wiz I like was the one on Seinfield.

Anonymous said...

I'm hoping that's the actual resolution of the album's cover pictured. Fucking fuzzy & awesome!