Todd Rundgren
USA
Born: 22 June 1948
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock, R&B, Country, Folk
Styles: Soft Rock, Power Pop, New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Soul, R&B/Soul, Singer/Songwriter, Folk/Country Rock, Folk-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Proto-Punk, Blue-Eyed Soul, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Comedy Rock
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Todd Rundgren's best-known songs -- the Carole King pastiche "I Saw the Light," the ballads "Hello, It's Me" and "Can We Still Be Friends," and the goofy novelty "Bang on the Drum All Day" -- suggest that he is a talented pop craftsman, but nothing more than that. On one level, that perception is true since he is undoubtedly a gifted pop songwriter, but at his core Rundgren is a rock & roll maverick. Once he had a taste of success with his 1972 masterwork, Something/Anything?, Rundgren chose to abandon stardom and, with it, conventional pop mus...
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