Pylon (band)

Pylon
Pylon performing at AthFest 2005 in Athens, Georgia, USA, June 24, 2005.
Pylon performing at AthFest 2005 in Athens, Georgia, USA, June 24, 2005.
Background information
OriginAthens, Georgia, United States
Genres
Years active1978–1983, 1989–1991, 2004–2009
LabelsDB Records, Armageddon Records, Sky Records, DFA Records, Chunklet Industries
Past membersRandall Bewley
Curtis Crowe
Vanessa Briscoe Hay
Michael Lachowski

Pylon was an American new wave/post-punk band from Athens, Georgia, United States.[1] 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".[4]

  1. ^ Pareles, Jon (20 May 1989). "New Pylon Exhibits Its Old Drive". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  2. ^ Jason Ankeny. "Biography Pylon". allmusic.com/artist. AllMusic.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Jason Ankeny. "Pylon | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-29.