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{{dablink|This article refers to the 1970s rock and roll band. For other uses, see Wizard.
Wizzard were a Birmingham-based musical group|band formed by Roy Wood, former member of The Move and co-founder of Electric Light Orchestra.
Biography
Not long after the release of Electric Light Orchestra's first album, Wood found himself at odds with co-leader Jeff Lynne. He decided he wanted to head off in a different musical direction and left, taking band members Bill Hunt (keyboards & french horn), Hugh McDowell (cello), and ELO's sound engineer, Trevor Smith, with him, to found Wizzard. Also in the line-up were former Move bassist Rick Price (bassist)|Rick Price, drummers Charlie Grima and Keith Smart, (all taken from Birmingham group Mongerel) and saxophone players Mike Burney and Nick Pentelow, son of actor Arthur Pentelow. Hunt was later replaced by Bob Brady.
The band made their live debut at a Rock 'N' Roll Festival at Wembley in August 1972, followed by an appearance at the Reading Festival later that month. With Wood's distinctive warpaint make-up and colourful costume, not to mention regular appearances on BBC TV's Top of the Pops in which members and friends variously appeared in pantomime horses, gorilla costumes or as roller-skating angels, often wielding custard pies for good measure, they were one of the most picturesque groups in the British gla... read all
