{"id":4240,"date":"2020-10-08T13:47:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2020-10-08T13:49:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:49:48","slug":"todd-rundgren-from-nazz-to-runt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=4240","title":{"rendered":"Todd Rundgren: From Nazz To Runt"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this\u00a0extract from JOHNNIE JOHNSTONE’s TODD RUNDGREN feature in issue #108 we look at the maverick’s earliest years<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nazz had been one of the most promising young bands of the late \u201960s, making its mark with the revelatory phase-shifting 45 \u2018Open My Eyes\u2019, later immortalised by its inclusion on Lenny Kaye\u2019s Nuggets\u00a0<\/em>compendium. But by winter 1968\/69, during the making of Nazz Nazz<\/em>, the follow-up to their self-titled debut, relationships within the band had begun to unravel. \u201cI was becoming more prolific as a songwriter, so the fact that I was writing most of the material meant that in the long run I would own most of the publishing as well. I imagine that was a concern for the other guys. But the more immediate issue was that I was listening far too much to Laura Nyro. So, somebody who was essentially part of a guitar band had suddenly started writing these ballads that didn\u2019t really suit the band as much as they suited his own leanings as a songwriter.\u201d<\/p>\n