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August 1, 2005

Big Star Travel "Space"

Chilton, Stephens make power pop thirty years later
March 3, 1998

Cerebral Rape and Pillage

Matthew Sweet, the Afghan Whigs, and others pay tribute to Big Star

Recordings and Reviews

In Space

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: 3.5of 5 Stars

Big Star Story

2003

Columbia: Live At Missouri University

1993

Third: Sister Lovers

1978

No. 1 Record/Radio City

1972

No. 1 Record/Radio City

1972

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Biography

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 1970s to alternative rockers at the end of the century to the indie rock nat...

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