Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens, and Andy Hummel.
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12 Facts About Big Star
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Big Star produced a style that foreshadowed the alternative rock of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Four years later, the first two Big Star LPs were released together in the UK as a double album.
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Big Star was replaced by John Lightman for a short tenure prior to the band dissolving.
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In 1978, after his return to Memphis, the first two Big Star albums were released together in the U K as a double album, drawing enthusiastic reviews and interest from fans.
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Big Star apparently lost control of his car while driving alone and was killed when he struck a lamp post after hitting the curb a hundred feet before.
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Big Star returned in 1993 with a new lineup when guitarist Jon Auer and bassist Ken Stringfellow joined Chilton and Stephens.
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Big Star was pronounced dead on arrival at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans.
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Big Star acted as lead and rhythm guitarist and vocalist for a sequence of bands, performing songs by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Zombies, and the Animals.
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Big Star's father's liking for jazz then exposed him over the next few years to the music of Glenn Miller, Ray Charles, and Dave Brubeck.
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