People longing to change their station in life can be fertile songwriting territory. There's something noble in their ...

In 1979, with ELO at their absolute peak ... But the original recording was far from straightforward, with Jeff and Roy Wood breaking a cardinal rule of pop music: "It was done in a very strange ...

ELO’s fourth album ... a group he’d joined in 1969 led by Roy Wood that also featured Bev Bevan on drums. Lynne was inspired ...

Lynne co-founded ELO in 1970 with multi-instrumentalist Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan, both of whom he previously played with in The Move. Lynne became the sole driving creative force in ELO ...

Simon Mayo Drivetime Jeff Lynne: "I'd never heard a group use strings before we started it in ELO" Jeff tells Simon how he and Roy Wood first had the idea for ELO back in the late 1960s. 1 min ...

Thieves stole a truck containing guitars and an amplifier belonging to Roy Wood, leader of the Move and a founding member of ELO.

Thieves stole a truck containing guitars and an amplifier belonging to Roy Wood, leader of the Move and a founding member of ELO. The pioneering mid-'60s psychedelic group that led to the ...