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Marketed by their manager, Michael Friedman, as a teenybopper Boy Band , the Nazz signed with SGC Records , releasing '' Nazz '' in 1968 . The album was not successful and neither was the first single, "Hello It's Me". After a brief trip to England cut short due to visa problems, the Nazz recorded their second album, '' Fungo Bat ''. The album was originally a double album but was shortened to a single LP before being released as '' Nazz Nazz ''. Much of what was cut was Rundgren's material, and he departed the group, along with Van Osten, soon after. With Stewkey in charge, Rundgren's vocals in the old tapes were replaced by his own; the band released the unsuccessful '' Nazz III '' in 1970 . Mooney soon left, eventually playing with a variety of groups including The Curtis Brothers , Tattoo , Fuse and Paris . Stewkey played with Fuse alongside Mooney for a brief period, but then left. Rundgren went on to have somewhat successful solo career. Ironically, Rundgren recorded a hit version of The Nazz' first unsuccessful single, "Hello It's Me". ORIGIN OF THE BAND'S NAME The Nazz took their name from the song "The Nazz are Blue" by The Yardbirds from their album '' Roger The Engineer ''. That song, in turn, took its title from Lord Buckley 's comic Monologue , "The Nazz," which is a re-telling of the tale of Jesus of Nazareth. DISCOGRAPHY Commercial Releases
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