ozma returns! frank baum's estate re-readies lawsuit!

Of all the many groups who formed due to the success of Weezer, none were more fruitful than perhaps Ozma. In 2004, the band decided to call it quits and went on to start other powerpop bands or appear in Rilo Kiley side projects.

Well if you've been waiting for an Ozma reunion, congratulations, your wish came true. If you weren't waiting for these crazy kids to get back together, then sorry chump, better luck tomorrow.

While it's good that the band that ripped off Weezer and made better records than said Rivers Cuomo-led band will live to see another day, I'm a bit baffled at their break up to begin with. While other recently reunited bands such as Lifetime, Kid Dynamite and INXS, have waited years for their bands to come back into fruition and/or relevance, Ozma's return after a year and a half apart hasn't necessarily been warranted outside of how quiet most of their post-Oz bands have been.

Still, with they sudden explosion of keyboards amongst pop-punk bands, it's probably best that Ozma come back into the fold and show all these whippersnappers how the professionals do it.

With all these recent reunions, however, I'm only hoping that we won't see the return of Citizen King or Jimmie's Chicken Shack.