Roy Wood

Roy Wood has long been regarded as one of the most important, if eccentric, rock musicians to have come out of Birmingham, England, primarily for his role as the leader/co-founder of both the Move and the Electric Light Orchestra. Born in 1946, Wood took up the guitar in his early teens, and the first "successful" band of which he was a member was Gerry Levene & the Avengers, which actually got to record a single. They broke up in mid-1964, and Wood joined Mike Sheridan & the Nightriders. During this period, Wood attended the Moseley College of Art, from which he was expelle...