Get a free Gigulate account now Login Signup
×

Join Gigulate,
it's free!

Start tracking your favourite bands and get access to automagical music news!
or login
RSS

Every story, every source. Never miss a thing.

An anonymous power-pop icon dies

5435 days ago
Buffalo News, New YorkIt's sadly poetic that Alex Chilton passed away a mere few days after the Stooges were finally granted induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Like that Iggy Pop-fronted Detroit band, Chilton and Big Star claimed an influence on generations of... more info

Artists and Friends React to the Death of Alex Chilton

5435 days ago
PitchforkYesterday Alex Chilton, the Memphis-raised singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, died in New Orleans. He was 59. It's impossible to express how much Chilton's work has meant to music in the last 40 or so years, particularly underground and ind... more info

Alex Chilton remembered on the floor of Congress

5435 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissAll the action may be on healthcare in Congress right now, but Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) just gave a truly moving tribute to Big Star's Alex Chilton on the House floor today. It's brief, earnest and disarmingly sweet -- just... more info

Kinema (No 749)

5435 days ago
Guardian MusicThis bunch of soul boys from Brighton are trying to recreate the 1980s with cheap from their bedroom - and they're greatHometown: Brighton.The lineup: Dominic Ashton (vocals), Andy Nelson (guitar), and Ross Flight (keytar, synth).The background: On t... more info

Influential Big Star member, former Box Tops singer Alex Chilton dies

5435 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaNEW ORLEANS — Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen and later became a cult hero with Big Star, died Wednesday. more info

Alex Chilton obituary

5435 days ago
Guardian MusicA teen star with the Box Tops, he formed the influential cult band Big StarThe maverick US musician Alex Chilton, who has died aged 59, enjoyed a long and extremely varied career that went from 1960s teenybop stardom through punk-era cult and beyond.... more info

News Roundup: 3/18/2010

5435 days ago
Allmusic BlogR.I.P. Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist for the legendary band Big Star, who died Wednesday at age 59 after suffering a heart attack in New Orleans. Chilton had complained about his health earlier that day and was taken to a hospital, where he was ... more info

Big Star's Alex Chilton Dies

5435 days ago
411 ManiaDays before the band's SXSW set... more info

Primal Scream - Gillespie Pays Tribute To Rock Genius Chilton

5435 days ago
ContactMusicPRIMAL SCREAM frontman BOBBY GILLESPIE has paid tribute to late BIG STAR rocker ALEX CHILTON - comparing the singer/guitarist's work to the legacy of THE BEATLES.The 59... more info

Alex Chilton 1950-2010

5435 days ago
Quick Before It MeltsI’m very saddened to wake up to the news that Alex Chilton, front man for The Box Tops in the 60s (“The Letter”) and Big Star in the 70s (“September Gurls”) has died at the age of 59.  Chilton and Big Star rose to cult status after the b... more info

Recent news history

Recent postings in the past month

30 days ago
Yesterday
Build a customised Big Star widget

Explore

About

What's Gigulate?

  • Sorted. Music news at hyperspeed.
  • The sharpest music minds plugged into the world's greatest music machine.
  • Find out more