Nick Nicholis - Vocals; Don Parkins - Bass, vocals; Jerry Parkins - lead guitar; Terry Walker - Keyboards, guitar; Martyn Flunoy - Drums
Influences
Velvet Underground, David Bowie, Love, Television, Elvis Costello, Captain Beefheart, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Robin Hitchcock, The Pixies. THE NEXT GENERATION MUSICAL INFLUENCES - Luna, The Ponys, White Stripes, Weezer
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“After the rain you can smell rubber,” and after 25 years of their absence from the studio, one Akron band proves that they can deliver an expressive blend of musical candor rooted in punk rock and referential, quixotic lyrics that speak to a diverse listening audience. Can’t Fight Your Way Up Town from Here, the newest release from rock quintet The Bizarros, is a refreshing and long awaited comeback album that echoes the bittersweet transience of the rock scene since the band’s last full length LP of 1979. Songs like Charlie, written by lead singer Nick Nicholis about German-born beat writer Charles Bukowski, exude a raw sentimentality about growing up in a rapidly changing world where the faces of heroes shifted from politicians and authority figures to artists, authors, and musicians.
Some of the band’s self-proclaimed influences are Roxy Music, Leonard Cohen, and the Velvet Underground, whose front-man Lou Reed is recognizable in the vocal stylings of Nicholis. The mood of Can’t Fight Your Way transitions steadily from fast, edgy beats like those of 67/77 to songs laced with nostalgia and ballad-like lyrics, such as Desert Shore, a sincere and heartfelt tribute to late singer Nico.
Seasoned musicians they might be, but their music refrains from being labeled anything mainstream and recalls the spirit of punk/new wave’s heyday while infusing new insight and original sounds into the spirit of rock and roll today.
-AN
loved your spot on those pbs documentaries...caught the tail end the first time around, then, yesterday, both of em aired and i was able to watch them...delighted to find you had a page here. great page...rock on!
Hi Bizarros, Sounds good! Thanks for befriending me and Paint It Black. Hope you like it. Wish you success and inspiration with your music, and many delights. all best, Janet F.
loved your spot on those pbs documentaries...caught the tail end the first time around, then, yesterday, both of em aired and i was able to watch them...delighted to find you had a page here. 
great page...rock on!
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