The Rezillos

The Rezillos ripped into the rock scene through a shared love of Sixties Garage Rock, the Spectoresque Girl Group voice of The Shangri Las injected with their inimitable molten attitude and created their unique left-field brand of punk rock and roll. The speed at which they gathered a following took the band by surprise. The Rezillos off-kilter three minute sparkling pop gems and a unique visual style was steeped in a culture of bad boys, bad girls, bad movies and great rock and roll.

Their independent debut single, ‘I Can’t Stand My Baby’ shot them to underground fame initially via airings on John Peel’s radio show. Their follow up classic singles ‘My Baby Does Good Sculptures’, ‘Top of the Pops’ and ‘Destination Venus’ signalled critically acclaimed milestones for the band. The Rezillos recorded their landmark album Can’t Stand the Rezillos in New York’s fabled Power Station studio, immersed themselves in the local music scene and dropped in during downtime to play a gig at CBGB’s, the hub of Punk Rock music. The album reached the top 10 in the UK album chart and is lauded as punk classic. The band had a meteoric rise, made a seminal album and stamped their unique identity on an unsuspecting public. Much to their fan’s anguish The Rezillos had hit the too much too soon button and abruptly ceased.

But interest continued to expand. The Rezillos music 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 and CD re-releases of their material. In March 2003, the long-awaited cult-movie, Jackass: The Movie was finally released in the UK. The Rezillos classic foot stomper ‘Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight’ featured on the soundtrack, introducing the band to a new audience. Since reforming the band have released several independent singles. Having made it into the 21st century that they sang about so often in the 20th. It’s fitting that their rebirth should warp them into the present and still finding themselves in step both musically and conceptually.

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