Captain Rizz

{{Short description|British musician and community organiser}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Captain Rizz.jpg | name = | origin = London, United Kingdom | instrument = Vocals, drums | occupation = Musician | associated_acts = Hawkwind, Hotsteppers, Captain Rizz Band, [http://www.pyramidsofsnafu.com/ The Pyramids of SNAFU], [http://www.flakpunks.co.uk/ Flak] | years_active = 1977–present | label = Griffin Music, Emergency Broadcast System, Warriors Dance, Top Rizz International }}

'''Captain Rizz''' is a British musician<ref name=DISCOG>{{cite web|title=Discogs: Captain Rizz|website=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/263110-Captain-Rizz|accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref> and community organiser.<ref name=GLM>{{cite web|last=Rizz|first=Captain|title=Captain Rizz Green Light Market (at T. Chances)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpMJPusY_fk|publisher=Descending Light TV|date=16 January 2016|accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref> As a vocalist for Hawkwind from 1997 to 2000,<ref name=HWK>{{cite book|last=Clerk|first=Carol|title=The Saga of Hawkwind|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2EX-iEkKdz4C&q=%22captain+rizz%22+%2B+parliament&pg=PT577|publisher=Omnibus Press|date=4 November 2009|isbn=9780857120175|accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref> he was described as a "Space Reggae toaster".<ref name=HSA>{{cite book|last=Abrahams|first=Ian|title=Hawkwind: Sonic Assassins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GLyU7PC_z7sC&q=%22captain+rizz%22&pg=PA281|publisher=SAF Publishing Ltd|date=30 July 2004|isbn=9780946719693|accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref>

Rizz ran for Parliament several times, associated with Make Politicians History, on the Rizz Party ticket. In the 1992 General Election he ran for the Parliamentary seat in Hampstead and Highgate.<ref name=TNY>{{cite magazine|last=Barnes|first=Julian|title=Letter From London|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/05/04/letter-from-london-497|magazine=The New Yorker|date=4 May 1992|accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=LFL>{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Julian|title=Vote Glenda!: Letters from London, 1990-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RdSvTy_N79gC&q=captain+rizz&pg=PA121|publisher=Pan Macmillan|date=1995|isbn=9780330341165|accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=PGH>{{cite book|last=Boothroyd|first=David|title=Politico's Guide to the History of British Political Parties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kgSJAAAAMAAJ&q=%22captain+rizz%22|publisher=Politico's|date=2001|isbn=9781902301594 |accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref> In the 1997 General Election, he ran for the seat in Hampstead and Highgate seat, as well as the seat in Lewisham East. He ran for the Tottenham seat in 2010,<ref name=LF>{{cite web|title=General election 2015: far left candidates – the definitive list|url=http://www.leftfutures.org/2015/04/general-election-2015-far-left-candidates-the-definitive-list/|publisher=Left Futures|date=6 April 2015|accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref> and it was announced that he would be standing as a 2015 candidate for the seat on the Class War ticket.<ref name=IB>{{cite web|last=Bone|first=Ian|title=Hawkwind Legend Captain Rizz to Fight Tottenham for Class War|url=https://ianbone.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/hawkwind-legend-captain-rizz-to-fight-tottenham-for-class-war/|publisher=Wordpress|date=18 October 2014|accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=VICE>{{cite web|last=Kleinfeld|first=Philip|title=Anarchists Have Nearly Defeated the 'Poor Doors' On a London Block of Flats|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/londons-poor-doors-defeated-by-anarchists-910/|publisher=Vice|date=27 November 2014|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=TWGI>{{cite web|last=Toner|first=John|title=Anarchy in Haringey? Class War enter election race|url=http://www.thetottenhamindependent.co.uk/news/12875171.display/|publisher=Tottenham & Wood Green Independent|date=7 April 2015|accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref>

Rizz has volunteered at the T. Chances community centre in Tottenham, London.

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