Pylon | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Pylon_at_AthFest_2005.jpg) Pylon performing at AthFest 2005 in Athens, Georgia, USA, June 24, 2005. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Athens, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1978–1983, 1989–1991, 2004–2009 |
| Labels | DB Records, Armageddon Records, Sky Records, DFA Records, Chunklet Industries |
| Past members | Randall Bewley Curtis Crowe Vanessa Briscoe Hay Michael Lachowski |
Pylon was an American new wave/post-punk band from Athens, Georgia, United States,[1] who were active from 1979 to 1983, 1989 to 1991, and 2004 to 2009. The band consisted of singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay, guitarist Randall Bewley, bassist Michael Lachowski, and drummer Curtis Crowe. They released three studio albums and a number of singles from 1979 to 1990, as well as a live double album in 2016 (recorded on December 1, 1983).
The band's danceable sound, a blend of new wave, post-punk, jangle pop,[2] alternative rock and funk rock,[3] influenced the Athens music scene and the 1980s American pop underground. AllMusic wrote that Pylon's "role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable".[2]
- ^ Pareles, Jon (20 May 1989). "New Pylon Exhibits Its Old Drive". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Pylon | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ George-Warren, Holly; Romanowski, Patricia, eds. (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 792. ISBN 0-7432-9201-4.
Like an apolitical answer to England's Gang of Four, Pylon played a brutally physical, stripped-down form of funk rock