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Wizzard Ball Park Incident b. Roy Adrian Wood, 8 November 1946, Birmingham, England. As a teenager, Wood was a itinerant guitarist, moving steadily through a succession of minor Birmingham groups including the Falcons, the Lawmen, Gerry Levene And The Avengers and Mike Sheridan And The Nightriders. After a failed stab at art school, he pooled his talents with some of the best musicians on the Birmingham beat scene to form the Move. Never content to be bracketed to one musical area, Wood decided to supplement the Move's pop work by launching the grandly-named Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). Wood survived as ELO's frontman for only one single and album before a personality clash with fellow member Jeff Lynne prompted his departure in June 1972. He returned soon after with Wizzard, one of the most inventive and appealing pop groups of the early 70s...

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