Georgia Satellites

USA

Formed: 1980

Died: 01 January 1997

Years Active: 80, 90

Genres: Pop/Rock

Styles: Rock & Roll/Roots, Hard Rock, Roots Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, American Trad Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock

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At a time when rock & roll didn't care about its roots, the Georgia Satellites came crashing into the charts with a surprise hit single to remind everybody where the music had come from. The hit single, 1986's "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," rocked as hard as an old Chuck Berry song, as well as being almost as clever. The Satellites weren't a back-to-basics roots rock band, either -- their straightforward sound borrowed equally from Berry, the Rolling Stones, the Faces, Little Feat, and AC/DC, with a Southern backwoods bent. At their best, the S...

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