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Hometown
Memphis, Tennessee
Formed
1971
Genre
rock
Upcoming
2 shows
About
Big Star were formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971 by Alex Chilton on vocals and guitar, Chris Bell on vocals and guitar, Jody Stephens on drums and Andy Hummel on bass. Their debut, #1 Record, drew enthusiastic reviews in 1972 and then went nowhere on the strength of Stax's marketing, which is roughly the shape of the whole career: they have been called the quintessential American power pop band and one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in rock, and three of their studio albums sit in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The style drew on the Beatles and the Byrds and prefigured alternative rock by two decades.
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