Editing Nazz (section)

===Name and formation===
Nazz was formed in [[Philadelphia]] in 1967.<ref name=Rough>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA712|page=712|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley |year=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=9781843531050}}</ref> Vocalist/keyboardist Robert Antoni performed and recorded under the [[mononym]] Stewkey, which he said was a nickname he earned because he "was always stewed".<ref name=OpenAnt>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Open Our Eyes: The Anthology |others=Nazz |year=2019 |first=Kieron |last=Tyler |type=Booklet |publisher=Purple Pyramid Records}}</ref>

The band took its name from [[The Yardbirds]]' 1966 song "[[The Nazz Are Blue]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-nazz-mn0000377892/biography|work=[[AllMusic]]|title=The Nazz|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref><ref name=Rough/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ke2OAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA119|page=119|title=Went to See the Gypsy|first=Mark|last=Fogarty|year=2012|publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781105458668}}</ref> There also exists a 1952 monologue, "The Nazz", by the American Beatnik comedian [[Lord Buckley]],<ref>Evans, Paul. "The Nazz." [[Rolling Stone Album Guide#Third edition|The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]. Ed. Anthony DeCurtis and James Henke with Holly George-Warren. New York: Random House, 1992. 497.</ref> but Rundgren has said that none of the band members were aware of this.<ref name=OpenAnt/>

The band's official name on all records and press materials is simply "Nazz", without the [[definite article]]. However, the group also sometimes called themselves "the Nazz". Rundgren stated that "We were formed in the late sixties, so most every band was ''the'' something. It was always 'the This' or 'the That,' so we were looking for something kind of simple and iconographic, I guess."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kjellmer |first1=Göran|last2=Aijmer|first2=Karin|title=A wealth of English: studies in honour of Göran Kjellmer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5HhaAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis|isbn=978-91-7346-398-0}}</ref> In the song "Loosen Up", a member  introduces the group as "the Nazz, from Philadelphia."<ref>{{cite AV media notes| title = Nazz III| others= Nazz| year = 1970| type = Audio| publisher = SGC Records}}</ref> Conversely, in a 2019 interview, Mooney and Antoni stated that "Nazz" had always been the correct name.<ref name=StewMoonInt/>

The group's original managers Jack Warfield and Jerry Bartoff owned a record store in downtown Philadelphia, and the band first rehearsed in a storage room above the record store.<ref name=StewMoonInt>{{cite web |author=Rundgren Radio |title=Interview with Stewkey Antoni and Thom Mooney of Nazz Dec 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b23JwnL4-7c |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=13 August 2022 |date=January 16, 2020 |archiveurl=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/b23JwnL4-7c |archivedate=December 6, 2021}}</ref> The group's first major concert had them opening for [[the Doors]] on June 18, 1967.<ref name=OpenAnt/>

In [[Phoenix, Arizona]], another band called Nazz was formed at about the same time that Nazz was formed in Philadelphia. This group released only one single before moving to Los Angeles and renaming themselves [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]].<ref>[https://alicecoopersingles.jimdofree.com/pre-alice-cooper-related/the-nazz/ The Nazz] ''Alice Cooper - The Singles Website''. Retrieved 2021-03-03.</ref>