Big Star
USA
Formed: 1971
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Power Pop, New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Hard Rock
The quintessential American power pop band, Big Star remains one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll. Originally led by the singing and songwriting duo of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, the Memphis-based group fused the strongest elements of the British Invasion era -- the melodic invention of the Beatles, the whiplash guitars of the Who, and the radiant harmonies of the Byrds -- into a ramshackle but poignantly beautiful sound which recaptured the spirit of pop's past even as it pointed the way toward the music's f...
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