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The Rezillos are a punk/new wave band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1976. Although emerging at the same time as
otherbands in the punk rock movement, the Rezillos did not share the nihilism or social commentary of their contemporaries,
butinstead took a more light-hearted approach to their songs, preferring to describe themselves at the time as "a New Wavebeat
group". Their songs are heavily influenced by 1950s rock and roll, 1960s English beat music and garage rock, early 1970sglam
rock, and recurring lyrical themes of science fiction and B movies, influences that mirrored those o ...read more
The Rezillos are a punk/new wave band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1976. Although emerging at the same time as
otherbands in the punk rock movement, the Rezillos did not share the nihilism or social commentary of their contemporaries,
butinstead took a more light-hearted approach to their songs, preferring to describe themselves at the time as "a New Wavebeat
group". Their songs are heavily influenced by 1950s rock and roll, 1960s English beat music and garage rock, early 1970sglam
rock, and recurring lyrical themes of science fiction and B movies, influences that mirrored those of US bands theCramps and the
B-52s who were starting out at the same time. The Rezillos' biggest hit in their home country was the UK Top20 single "Top of
the Pops" in 1978, but they are best known outside the UK for their cover version of "Somebody's Gonna GetTheir Head Kicked
In Tonight", which featured on the soundtrack to Jackass: The Movie in 2002. Since the Rezillos recordedit, the song has been
covered by other punk bands, including Youth Brigade and Murphy's Law.
Released in July 1978, the Rezillos' only studio album Can't Stand the Rezillos is now considered a classic album of the firstwave
of British punk, but the group split up four months after its release, following internal arguments about their futuredirection.
After the Rezillos split the band's guitarist and principal songwriter Jo Callis briefly joined a couple of unsuccessfulEdinburgh
post-punk groups, before being invited to join The Human League. He went on to co-write some of The HumanLeague's best
known songs during their most successful period, including their biggest worldwide hit, "Don't You Want Me".The Rezillos'
vocalists Eugene Reynolds and Fay Fife formed the Revillos, a group with an ever-changing line-up thatcontinued where the
Rezillos left off. The Revillos split up in 1985, briefly reforming in 1994 for a tour of Japan, and again in1996 for a UK tour. In
2001 the Rezillos reformed after being invited to play at Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations, and havecontinued to play live ever
since, as well as releasing new singles occasionally. « hide |
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