Rocky4 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Great music, lost in the jumble........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVv2T-afdT4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Nice! I'd never heard of them before. Here's what I found. Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel. The group broke up in 1974, but reorganized with a new line-up nearly 20 years later. In its first era, the band's musical style drew on the work of British Invasion groups including The Beatles and The Kinks, as well as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, and other US acts. To the resulting power pop, Big Star added dark, nihilistic themes, and produced a style that foreshadowed the alternative rock of the 1980s and 1990s. Before it broke up, Big Star created a "seminal body of work that never stopped inspiring succeeding generations" in the words of Rolling Stone,[1] as the "quintessential American power pop band" and "one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll".[2] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfox14 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Pretty cool tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 R.E.M and Wilco site them as huge influences http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7CYIbR_ig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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