RGG April 2016 - p.28
The seminal Scottish ‘new wave beat group’
THE REZILLOS released their second album
in April 2015, a mere 37 years after their debut.
‘Zero’ was promoted via an extensive and well
received UK tour with The Stranglers,
reacquainting the band not only with their older
fanbase but also a current generation who may
only know their iconic chart hit 'Top Of The
Pops' or heard their music used in the likes
of ‘Jackass, The Movie’. They subsequently
toured the US twice and played their own head-
lining UK tour in the weeks before last Xmas.
The Rezillos ripped into the late 1970’s rock
scene through a shared love of 60's Garage
Rock, the Spectoresque Girl Group voice of
The Shangri-Las injected with their inimitable
molten attitude to create a unique left-field
brand of punk rock and roll. Their 1978 debut,
'Can't Stand The Rezillos’, is regularly cited as
one of the best Punk albums of all time, while
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they often draw comparison with other
classic 60’s leaning acts of the era such as The
B-52s and The Cramps.
'Zero’ saw the band consolidate their
reputation, with the listener reminded of their
ability to pick up the corpse of now decades old
pop culture and re-animate it in a blaze of
dayglo brilliance.
We have a pair
of tickets to
give away for
this gig at The
Slade Rooms,
Broad Street,
Wolverhampton on 8th April. Just send an
email to the address below with ‘Rezillo’ in the
subject title to be in with a chance of winning.
THE
SLADE
ROOMS
