Articles
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March 3, 1998
Matthew Sweet, the Afghan Whigs, and others pay tribute to Big Star
Recordings and Reviews
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The original Big Star -- Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, Andy Hummel and Chris Bell -- achieved its power-pop perfection when no one else was looking, on 1972's wishfully titled #1 Record and 1974's Bell-less Radio City. The reunited Big Star -- Chilton and Stephens, with Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow...
2005 RS:
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Big Star Official SiteBiography
Big Star's combination of Beatles-style melody, Who-like punch, and
Byrdsy harmonies defined power pop before the term (or an audience
for it) existed. In less than four years, Big Star created a
seminal body of work that never stopped inspiring succeeding
generations of rockers, from the power-pop revivalists of the late
'70s to alternative rockers at the end of the century. Despite
commercial fa...
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