Pylon

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Pylon was an influential American post-punk band from Athens, Georgia, known for its angular guitar sound and role in the early alternative rock scene.

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Pylon canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American post-punk band ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1983 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
2009 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1978 ⓘ
album Chomp ⓘ
Chomp More ⓘ
Gyrate ⓘ
Gyrate Plus ⓘ
Hits ⓘ
Pylon Live ⓘ
associatedAct Pylon Reenactment Society ⓘ
R.E.M. ⓘ
The B-52's ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
debutAlbum Gyrate ⓘ
describedBy R.E.M. as one of the best bands in America ⓘ
EP Beep ⓘ
Cool / Dub ⓘ
Gravity ⓘ
Razz / Dub ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
college rock ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
influenced R.E.M. ⓘ
numerous alternative rock bands ⓘ
member Curtis Crowe ⓘ
Michael Lachowski ⓘ
Randy Bewley ⓘ
Vanessa Briscoe Hay ⓘ
movement American college rock movement ⓘ
notableFor angular guitar sound ⓘ
influence on early alternative rock scene ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Athens, Georgia ⓘ
recordLabel DB Records ⓘ
New West Records ⓘ
Sky Records ⓘ
reformed 1989 ⓘ
2004 ⓘ
role Curtis Crowe – drums ⓘ
Michael Lachowski – bass guitar ⓘ
Randy Bewley – guitar ⓘ
Vanessa Briscoe Hay – vocals ⓘ
scene Athens, Georgia music scene ⓘ
song Beep ⓘ
Cool ⓘ
Crazy ⓘ
Dub ⓘ
Feast on My Heart ⓘ
Stop It ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

40 Watt Club → associatedWithArtist → Pylon ⓘ
subject linked to: The 40 Watt Club
Killing Joke → notableWork → Pylon ⓘ
Oh-OK → associatedAct → Pylon ⓘ
MMXII → chronologyNext → Pylon ⓘ