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Todd Rundgren: The Man Born To Synthesize, or was that a Wizard? a True Star?

Interview by Andy Childs, ZigZag, August 1975

A ZIGZAG interview with Todd Rundgren could get well out of hand if we weren't too careful. Not only has he been around long enough ...

Todd Rundgren’s Utopia: Another Live (Bearsville)

Review by Bud Scoppa, Phonograph Record, November 1975

With a running time of just 45 minutes and one entire side of highly accessible rock & roll, Todd Rundgren’s Another Live represents a return ...

Todd Rundgren: Swinging To The Right And Being Left

Interview by Dave DiMartino, Creem, July 1981

THERE'S A STANDARD story about Todd Rundgren that you've probably already heard. It goes like this: He's great. An enormous talent. Can write songs blindfolded. ...

Utopia: Better Living Through Electricity

Interview by Dave Zimmer, BAM, June 1985

Todd Rundgren And Utopia Get Wired ...

Dear Reader, Todd Rundgren (Genius) Thinks You're Thick

Interview by David Hancock, National RockStar, 8 January 1977

....or at least reading this won't educate you. Now if you saw hint on telly or, even better, in concert.... well, you'd be all the ...

Utopia: The Roxy, Los Angeles

Live Review by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 19 April 1979

IT'S NOT SURPRISING that when Todd Rundgren first spoke to the crowd Tuesday night at the Roxy he mentioned recognizing a lot of familiar faces. ...

Led Zeppelin, Utopia, Southside Johnny, Chas And Dave, Commander Cody, Fairport Convention: Knebworth Festival, Knebworth House, Herts

Live Review by Hugh Fielder, David Hepworth, Sounds, 11 August 1979

OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY ...

Utopia: Todd Rundgren's Utopia

Review by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 12 October 1974

OF THE presumably few people who ignored the charges of self-indulgence and pretentiousness generally levelled at Rundgren's last effort (the double-album Todd) and, despite everything, ...

Todd Rundgren: Utopia

Review by Jon Tiven, Zoo World, 19 December 1974

A LOT OF Todd Rundgren fans may not like this album, sad to say, for the Todd of Something/Anything is as visible as dust in ...

Todd Rundgren: From The Cradle Of Civilization

Report and Interview by Kris Nicholson, Creem, June 1977

FEBRUARY 24 — Had I remembered that it was doomsday, I'm sure I would have died of fright. As it was, traveling through blinding rain ...

Todd Rundgren: Thank God for Todd

Live Review by Michael Gross, New Musical Express, 6 July 1974

Todd Rundgren: Central Park, NYC ...

Rundgren: Democratic Offal — Utopia: New Victoria, London

Live Review by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 12 February 1977

NICK KENT finds the brainiac kid wallowing in a four-way blitzkrieg bog. Deafened and demoralised, the only conclusion is: he was better on his Todd... ...

Todd. Wizard? Or Silly Sod?

Interview by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 14 September 1974

Genius is paid — and none more highly than T. Rundgren, ace gelding of the New York Production Stud. Count his teeth! Hear him neigh! ...

Utopia: Adventures In Utopia (Bearsville)

Review by Paul Rambali, New Musical Express, 26 January 1980

The no longer implacable but apparently un-stoppable Todd Rundgren releases his first blow to the forward aspirations of the new decade, a concept album. But ...

Todd Rundgren's Utopia: New Victoria, London

Live Review by Pete Makowski, Sounds, 12 February 1977

HoooooRa! ...

Todd Rundgren in Retrospect

Report and Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1978

TODD RUNDGREN, who usually alights in medium-size halls with his band Utopia, opens a week-long solo stand Wednesday at the 500-seat Roxy. The show will ...

Todd Rundgren: Out of the Mainstream, Into the Mystic

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 26 January 1975

City in my head/Utopia/Heaven in my body/Utopia/It's time for me/For me to go — Todd Rundgren's 'Utopia' ...

The CREEM Synthesizer Lesson, Part II

Guide by Robert Duncan, Creem, December 1975

FOR THOSE of you who were holding your breath, sorry the column didn't make it into last issue, but we did give you that massive ...

The CREEM Synthesizer Lesson

Guide by Robert Duncan, Creem, October 1975

NOW, BEFORE we begin with today's lesson, I would like to relate a few facts about the synthesizer's history and the men who so valiantly ...

Utopia: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia

Review by Ron Ross, Phonograph Record, November 1974

1974 WAS A year that saw many artists grow up to the reality of a soft music market and a seemingly softer teenage head. While ...

Killer Riffs: A Guide to Parody in Popular Music

Essay by Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 October 2016

From the Residents' freakish Beatles sendups, to Spinal Tap's meta-metal escapades, to the gastronomic goofs of "Weird Al", a chronicle of those who have turned ...

Todd Rundgren: Video-Tripping With The Perfect Master

Interview by Toby Goldstein, Creem, October 1979

THE TRAILWAYS bus to Woodstock takes about 2½ hours from New York City, gradually trading the clatter of urban motorways for the static peace of ...

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