Editing Nazz (section)

==Solo careers and legacy==
[[File:Todd Rungreen.jpg|thumb|left|Todd Rundgren, mid-1970s]]

Rundgren had a successful career as a solo artist and with the band [[Utopia (American band)|Utopia]]. His biggest solo hit was an up-tempo version of "Hello It's Me", from his 1972 ''[[Something/Anything?]]'' album, which peaked at #5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on 22 December 1973.

Van Osten largely dropped out of music, and worked for decades with [[The Walt Disney Company]] producing comic books and other media.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Wuzzles Production Cel Setup with Master Production Background {{!}} Lot #97396|url=https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/production-cel/the-wuzzles-production-cel-setup-with-master-production-background-walt-disney-1985-/a/7207-97396.s|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Heritage Auctions|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7Rd2waEIs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/2Q7Rd2waEIs |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Carson Van Osten – Disney Legends Ceremony – 2015 D23 Expo|date=19 August 2015|access-date=25 December 2015|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Stewkey and Mooney reconnected and played with [[Fuse (band)|Fuse]] for a brief period using two names, Fuse or Nazz, depending on where they were gigging. Mooney would leave again, and Fuse evolved into "Sick Man of Europe", and later (without Stewkey) [[Cheap Trick]].<ref>{{cite web| title =Nazz biography| work =Technicolor Web of Sound| url =http://www.techwebsound.com/playlistdetail.cfm?artist=381|access-date=2014-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title =Cheap Trick line-up history| publisher =Classicwebs.com| url =http://www.classicwebs.com/cheaptrk.htm| access-date =2014-09-01| url-status =usurped| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141024144442/http://www.classicwebs.com/cheaptrk.htm| archive-date =2014-10-24}}</ref>

The Nazz proved influential on the emerging genre dubbed [[power pop]], which featured melodic pop songwriting with a more aggressive performance style.<ref name="Earles">{{cite web|last=Earles|first=Andrew|url=http://magnetmagazine.com/2002/09/07/power-pop-the-70s-the-birth-of-uncool/|title=Power Pop: The '70s, The Birth Of Uncool - Magnet Magazine|date=September 7, 2002|website=magnetmagazine.com}}</ref> They gained wider recognition thanks to the inclusion of "Open My Eyes" on ''[[Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968|Nuggets]]'' (1972), an anthology of American 1960s [[garage punk]] and [[psychedelia]] compiled by musician [[Lenny Kaye]]. The three Nazz LPs were reissued by [[Rhino Records]] on LP in 1983 and subsequently on CD with bonus demo and outtake tracks. In 2009, Spectra Records released three albums by Nazz. They were ''Nazz vs. Toddzila,'' ''13th and Pine'', (compilation) and ''Hello It's Crazy Me''.

In 2011, [[the Bangles]] recorded "Open My Eyes" on their album ''[[Sweetheart of the Sun]].'' The next year, [[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard]] also recorded a cover of the song, for the ''Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations Of The First Psychedelic Era'' compilation. {{clear}}