Pylon
Finland
Formed: 1978
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: New Wave, Punk/New Wave, College Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, American Underground, Post-Punk
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Despite failing to equal the commercial success or cross-cultural impact of their Athens, GA, compatriots R.E.M. and the B-52's, Pylon's influence on the city's legendary music scene proved just as pronounced -- the group's propulsive, angular jangle pop sound resonated not only through the Athens creative community but throughout the American pop underground of the 1980s, and though more heard-of than actually heard, their role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable. Borrowing their name from the William Faulkner ...
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