Pylon (band)

Pylon
Pylon
	Pylon performing at AthFest 2005 in Athens, Georgia, USA, June 24, 2005.
Background information
Origin	Athens, Georgia, United States
Genres	New wave; post-punk; jangle pop; alternative rock; funk rock;
Years active	1978–1983, 1989–1991, 2004–2009
Labels	DB Records, Armageddon Records, Sky Records, DFA Records, Chunklet Industries
Past members	Randall Bewley; Curtis Crowe; Vanessa Briscoe Hay; Michael Lachowski

Pylon was an American new wave/post-punk band from Athens, Georgia, United States.^[1] The band's danceable sound, a blend of new wave, post-punk, jangle pop,^[2] alternative rock and funk rock,^[3] influenced the Athens music scene and the 1980s American pop underground. AllMusic wrote that Pylon's "role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable".^[4]

^ Pareles, Jon (20 May 1989). "New Pylon Exhibits Its Old Drive". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
^ Jason Ankeny. "Biography Pylon". allmusic.com/artist. AllMusic.
^ George-Warren, Holly; Romanowski, Patricia, eds. (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 792. ISBN 0-7432-9201-4. Like an apolitical answer to England's Gang of Four, Pylon played a brutally physical, stripped-down form of funk rock
^ Jason Ankeny. "Pylon | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-29.

[NYT1989-1] Pareles, Jon (20 May 1989). "New Pylon Exhibits Its Old Drive". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-09.

[2] Jason Ankeny. "Biography Pylon". allmusic.com/artist. AllMusic.

[3] George-Warren, Holly; Romanowski, Patricia, eds. (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 792. ISBN 0-7432-9201-4. Like an apolitical answer to England's Gang of Four, Pylon played a brutally physical, stripped-down form of funk rock

[Allmusicbio-4] Jason Ankeny. "Pylon | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-29.

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