Song of the day – 101: Rizzo

The shortest entrant in the Song of The Day lists yet, courtesy of the Grrl Band Geek blog.

(Incidentally, mate: grrl should have three ‘r’s. I thought this out years ago: two indicates it’s just a slightly crap, alternate spelling of ‘girl’. Three indicates venom, power, PASSION.)

Who or what were RIZZO!? Damn, how could I have missed this greatness from 2000 (of course it’s on Sympathy For The Record Industry). They kinda remind me of the Yeastie Girls, and the Frumpies, and all that good stuff. Named after the awesome leader of the Pink Ladies from Grease, of course. Two girls, one banging stand-up drums from the look of it. Plenty of melodies and noise and stuff going on in between. Maybe it’s a little like The Avengers, too? And of course early Kenickie. Whatever. I’m just mad I never wrote about it at the time. The entire album is killer.

Here’s their MySpace.

Ah, go on then. Treat yourself to another video.

And here’s the original Rizzo. Love this song. Love it.

by Everett True

My name is Everett True. I am a music critic. This is what I do. I criticise music. The clue is in my job description – music critic. I do not consider myself a journalist, as I do not research or report hard news. I do not consider myself a commentator as I believe that everyone should be a participant. I criticise people and in return I am not surprised if other people criticise me. It is part of the whole deal of being in the public arena. I am Everett True. Believe in me and I have power like a God. Quit believing in me and I no longer exist.