# Captain Rizz

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{{Short description|British musician and community organiser}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image             = Captain Rizz.jpg
| name              = 
| origin            = [London](/source/London), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
| instrument        = Vocals, drums
| occupation        = Musician
| associated_acts   = [Hawkwind](/source/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](/source/Griffin_Music), [Emergency Broadcast System](/source/Emergency_Broadcast_System_Records), Warriors Dance, Top Rizz International
}}

'''Captain Rizz''' is a British musician<ref name=DISCOG>{{cite web|title=Discogs: Captain Rizz|website=[Discogs](/source/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](/source/List_of_Hawkwind_band_members) 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](/source/Toasting_(Jamaican_music))".<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](/source/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom) several times, associated with [Make Politicians History](/source/Make_Politicians_History_election_results), on the Rizz Party ticket. In the 1992 General Election he ran for the Parliamentary seat in [Hampstead and Highgate](/source/Hampstead_and_Highgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).<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](/source/Hampstead_and_Highgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) seat, as well as the seat in [Lewisham East](/source/Lewisham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)). He ran for the [Tottenham](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Tottenham_War_Services_Institute) community centre in [Tottenham](/source/Tottenham), London.

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