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[[White Wizzard (Music)|White Wizzard]] is a Californian [[Heavy Metal (Music)|Heavy Metal]] band that, simply put, came 30 years too late for the party. And that's [[So Cool Its Awesome|awesome]].
In 2007, Jon Leon set out to remind the people of the Earth what [[Nu Metal]] and [[Metalcore]] genres seem to have forgotten: that heavy metal is about rocking out and having fun. Forming the original four-man lineup with himself on the bass guitar, Leon and Co. have released a [[Self
Reforming with a five-man lineup (though the drummer Jesse Applehans soon had to leave, too), [[White Wizzard (Music)|White Wizzard]] signed in with the Earache Records label and re-released their EP under the title ''High Speed GTO'' in 2009, before recording their first studio album, ''Over The Top'' and going on tour in 2010. After finishing the tour, the guitarist Erik Kluiber and vocalist Wyatt Anderson left the band to pursue their own projects (or were simply fired). Michael Gremio (of Cellador fame) and Lewis Stephens replaced them for the upcoming Download Festival.
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* [[Ancient Astronauts]]: ''Starman's Son'' explains that alien [[Energy Beings]] are responsible for transforming primitive apes into the first humans.
* [[The Band Minus the Face]]: Inverted. Leon stayed while the rest of the original lineup had to go.
* [[Beam
* [[Breaking the Bonds]]: In the "High Speed GTO" video, James-Paul breaks his shackles after receiving a metal buff from his comrades.
* [[Concept Album]]: ''[[Flying Tigers]]'' is half-this.
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* [[Cover Version]]: The limited edition of ''Over the Top'' included covers of Cloven Hoof's "Gates of Gehenna" and [[Judas Priest (Music)|Judas Priest]]'s "Heading Out To The Highway".
* [[Heavy Meta]]: "Out of Control".
* [[Hell
* [[A Hell of a Time]]
* [[Hot Blooded]]: Most of their lyrics.
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* [[The Power of Rock]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnIBnz2_zw "Over the Top" music video] provides apt illustration of what it is all about.
* [[Revolving Door Band]]: Three years of existence, one album released, and eight former members thus far.
* [[Rock Me, Asmodeus]]
* [[Rousing Speech]]: "Over The Top".
* [[Self
* [[Start My Own]]: The members of the original lineup went on to form a similarly-themed band, Holy Grail.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Their music videos.
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