Who is mazzy star

Steve Wynn of The Dream Syndicate, another seminal band on the mids LA music scene, told on Facebook how their respective groups had "shared a special time together". Dinosaur Jr. Andy Bell of Ride and Oasis-fame said Roback's bands had "opened my ears in the mid 80s". His lasting influence on modern music was evidenced by the reaction of Alexis Krauss, from current Brooklyn noise rock duo Sleigh Bells.

RIP David Roback. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment. Image source, Getty. Warning: Third party content may contain adverts. He then became involved with ex- Dream Syndicate bassist Kendra Smith and formed a new band called Clay Allison in The recordings from the summer this year remained unreleased until the release of Opal Early Recordings.

After Clay Allison's tour, the band decided to go with a name change, and went from Clay Allison to Opal, whose sound was defined by Roback's spare, distorted guitar work and Smith's vocals. They released the Northern Line EP in During the Opal tour in December , Smith left the band.

She was replaced by Sandoval, and they toured Europe through early Roback and Sandoval had an intimate relationship at this time and after Opal was disbanded, they took the remaining members of Opal and changed their name to Mazzy Star.

Since , Roback has permanently resided in Norway. The other contributors to Mazzy Star include:. Rock Music Wiki Explore. Top Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Mazzy Star. Edit source History Talk 0. Categories Bands Add category. Cancel Save. Fan Feed. Universal Conquest Wiki. Problems playing this file?

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