History Music / WhiteWizzard

* UpToEleven: Calls to "crank it up to ten" are common in their lyrics. Maybe, in the next album...

Music/WhiteWizzard is a Californian HeavyMetal band that, simply put, came 30 years too late for the party. And that's [[SoCoolItsAwesome awesome]].

* NeverMyFault: Despite going through nearly as many band members in 5 years as notoriously ruthless veterans like [[IcedEarth Jon Schaffer]] have in 5 times that long, Jon Leon tends to insist it has all been down to bad luck or the other guy being to blame.

->''"[[RousingSpeech You're gonna make it!]] [[HotBlooded You've got the fire!]]\\
[[JumpedAtTheCall Flames of your destiny,]] [[LargeHam burning with desire!]]"''

Stylistically, the band follows the formulas of the traditional heavy metal legends like Music/JudasPriest, Music/IronMaiden, Music/BlueOysterCult, {{Dio}}, etc., and doesn't take itself too seriously, marking a refreshing change from all the angsty screamo metal out there. If you are a metalhead, go buy their album.

Music/WhiteWizzard is a Californian Music/HeavyMetal band that, simply put, came 30 years too late for the party. And that's [[SoCoolItsAwesome awesome]].

* Michael Gremio (vocals)

In June 2013, the band released their third album, The Devil's Cut. It featured their fifth vocalist (Joseph Michael, who is a cousin of Ronnie James Dio) and their sixth and seventh guitarists (Will Wallner and Jake Dreyer). Joseph Michael was fired in early October under circumstances that are somewhat controversial: White Wizzard claims that Joseph was drinking in a pub opposite the venue and refused to perform, while Joseph claims that he challenged Jon Leon about issues relating to the way the band was being run (including alleging that Leon was stealing money owed for the other members of the band) and was fired, while also claiming that White Wizzard's album was only released because he had to sign a contract which effectively meant he could not receive credit for anything he wrote with the band. The two guitarists quit on 10th of October, less than a week after Joseph Michael did.

* Giovanni Durst (drums)

* RevolvingDoorBand: At the time of writing (October 2013), they have just lost their FIFTH vocalist and their sixth and seventh guitarists, are on their third drummer...and have only released three albums. For a band who have only been around since 2007, that is an impressive number of ex-members.

In June 2013, the band released their third album, The Devil's Cut. It featured their fifth vocalist (Joseph Michael, who is a cousin of Ronnie James Dio) and their sixth and seventh guitarists (Will Wallner and Jake Dreyer). Joseph Michael was fired in early October under circumstances that are somewhat controversial: White Wizzard claims that Joseph was drinking in a pub opposite the venue and refused to perform, while Joseph claims that he challenged Jon Leon about issues relating to the way the band was being run (including alleging that Leon was stealing money owed for the other members of the band) and was fired, while also claiming that White Wizzard's album was only released because he had to sign a contract which effectively meant he could not receive credit for anything he wrote with the band.

* RevolvingDoorBand: At the time of writing (October 2013), they have just lost their FIFTH vocalist, have their sixth and seventh guitarists in the band, are on their third drummer...and have only released three albums. For a band who have only been around since 2007, that is an impressive number of ex-members.

* RevolvingDoorBand: Three years of existence, one album released, and eight former members thus far.

* StartMyOwn: The members of the original lineup went on to form a similarly-themed band, Holy Grail.

* IAmTheBand: Leon
* JerkAss: Leon's extreme ControlFreak tendencies, willingness to burn bridges when someone isn't working out, and generally unpleasant demeanor have led to his gaining a reputation for being one of these.

* ConceptAlbum: ''FlyingTigers'' is half-this.

Stylistically, the band follows the formulas of the traditional heavy metal legends like Music/JudasPriest, Music/IronMaiden, Music/BlueOysterCult, {{Dio}}, etc., and doesn't take itself too seriously, marking a refreshing change from all the angsty screamo metal out there. If you are a metalhead, go buy their album. Heavy metal is ''not'' dead, no matter what they say. And as long as there are bands like this out there, metal will never die.

In case you missed [[RevolvingDoorBand the pattern]], the vocalist changed again in September 2010, with Peter Ellis (previously involved with the band The More I See) replacing Gremio. Peter Ellis left the band in February 2011 because of organizational difficulties, with none other than Wyatt Anderson making a glorious comeback. AndTheFandomRejoiced... though not for long. Just a couple months later, Anderson left again, with Gremio returning as a stand-in singer on the on-going tour.

Music/WhiteWizzard is a Californian HairMetal band that, simply put, came 30 years too late for the party. And that's [[SoCoolItsAwesome awesome]].

Music/WhiteWizzard is a Californian Music/HairMetal band that, simply put, came 30 years too late for the party. And that's [[SoCoolItsAwesome awesome]].

Music/WhiteWizzard is a Californian Music/HeavyMetal band that, simply put, came 30 years too late for the party. And that's [[SoCoolItsAwesome awesome]].

Stylistically, the band follows the formulas of the traditional heavy metal legends like Music/JudasPriest, Music/IronMaiden, {{Dio}}, etc., and doesn't take itself too seriously, marking a refreshing change from all the angsty screamo metal out there. If you are a metalhead, go buy their album. Heavy metal is ''not'' dead, no matter what they say. And as long as there are bands like this out there, metal will never die.

* {{Mascot}}: The eponymous White Wizzard, a horned white-bearded CoolOldGuy from their album covers. Bonus points for having been originally designed by Derek Riggs, the creator of IronMaiden's Eddie the Head.

Stylistically, the band follows the formulas of the traditional heavy metal legends like JudasPriest, IronMaiden, {{Dio}}, etc., and doesn't take itself too seriously, marking a refreshing change from all the angsty screamo metal out there. If you are a metalhead, go buy their album. Heavy metal is ''not'' dead, no matter what they say. And as long as there are bands like this out there, metal will never die.

* CoverVersion: The limited edition of ''Over the Top'' included covers of Cloven Hoof's "Gates of Gehenna" and JudasPriest's "Heading Out To The Highway".

* MetalScream: "Heading Out To The Highway" opens with one. Well, duh, it's a cover of a JudasPriest song...