Rock City (band)
Rock City was a pop music group in the late 1960s formed by Chris Bell, Terry Manning, Jody Stephens, and Thomas Eubanks.
They recorded one album, which was shelved at the time, and not released until 2003.
The group was a progenitor to Big Star, and also performed at times under the names" Christmas Future" and" Icewater."
The Mayflies USA
The Mayflies USA are a Chapel Hill, North Carolina- based power pop rock band signed to Yep Roc Records.
The band is a classic example of power pop, as their songs featured catchy melodies, vocal harmonies, and prominent guitar riffs.
Their style was influenced by older bands such as The Beatles, Big Star, and also more contemporary groups like Teenage Fanclub and Velvet Crush.
Big Star's Third
Big Star's Third refers to a series of tribute concerts built on Big Star's 1975 album "Third/Sister Lovers.
" Regarded as a "lost masterpiece," and described as "the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown," the material from "Third/Sister Lovers" was first played live and fully orchestrated in December 2010, when two dozen musicians performed it at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina.
Since then, Big Star's Third concerts have taken place in the United States, the UK, and Australia.
Although the performers rotate from show to show, a core group of musicians, including Jody Stephens, Big Star's original drummer, Mike Mills of R.E.M., Chris Stamey from The dB's, and Mitch Easter of Let's Active have been involved in the majority of the Big Star's Third shows.
Big Star
Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens, and Andy Hummel.
The group broke up in early 1975, and reorganized with a new lineup 18 years later following a reunion concert at the University of Missouri.
In its first era, the band's musical style drew on the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Byrds.
Big Star produced a style that foreshadowed the alternative rock of the 1980s and 1990s.
Before they broke up, Big Star created a "seminal body of work that never stopped inspiring succeeding generations", in the words of "Rolling Stone", as the "quintessential American power pop band", and "one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll".
Big Star's first album—1972's "#1 Record"—was met by enthusiastic reviews, but ineffective marketing by Stax Records, and limited distribution stunted its commercial success.
Frustration took its toll on band relations: Bell left not long after the first record's commercial progress stalled, and Hummel left to finish his college education after a second album, "Radio City", was completed in December 1973.
Like "#1 RecordRadio City" received excellent reviews, but label issues again thwarted sales—Columbia Records, which had assumed control of the Stax catalog, likewise effectively vetoed its distribution.
After a third album, recorded in the fall of 1974, was deemed commercially unviable and shelved before receiving a title, the band broke up late in 1974.
Four years later, the first two Big Star LPs were released together in the UK as a double album.
The band's third album was finally issued soon afterward; titled "Third/Sister Lovers", it found limited commercial success, but has since become a cult classic.
Shortly thereafter, Chris Bell was killed in a car accident at the age of 27.
During the group's hiatus in the 1980s, the Big Star discography drew renewed attention when R.E.M. and the Replacements, as well as other popular bands, cited the group as an influence.
In 1992, interest was further stimulated by Rykodisc's reissues of the band's albums, complemented by a collection of Bell's solo work.
In 1993, Chilton and Stephens reformed Big Star with recruits Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow of the Posies, and gave a concert at the University of Missouri.
The band remained active, performing tours in Europe and Japan, and released a new studio album, "In Space", in 2005.
Chilton died in March 2010 after suffering from heart problems.
Hummel died of cancer four months later.
These deaths left Stephens as the sole surviving founding member.
Big Star was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
Since December 2010, several surviving members have appeared in a series of live tribute performances of the album "Third/Sister Lovers", under the billing "Big Star's "Third. , that project has remained active.
The Disciplines
The Disciplines is a garage rock band from Oslo, Norway, led by singer Ken Stringfellow( The Posies, R.E.M. and Big Star).
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt
Me is a 2012 documentary film about American rock band Big Star, directed by Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori.
Coldwater Jane
Coldwater Jane is an American country music duo signed to Mercury Records Nashville.
It is composed of Brandon Jane and Leah Crutchfield, who are sisters from Lucedale, Mississippi.
The duo released its debut single," Bring On the Love," to radio in early 2010.
This song has charted on the" Billboard"
Hot Country Songs charts and has been made into a music video which has aired on Country Music Television and Great American Country.
Jane and Crutchfield wrote the song in a jam session with record producers Wayne Kirkpatrick and Jane's husband Kevin Kadish.
The song received a positive rating from Bobby Peacock of Roughstock, who thought that the song was not country in sound, but said that it had" intriguing lyrics."
Their album" Marionette" was released on August 29, 2011, and received positive reviews.
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock says the album is a" standout" for the year and said" While the great single starts off the record with a stunning sense of urgency and bewilderment over the fact that the world seems to be fragmented, it is the following tracks on Marionette that truly showcase the talent Coldwater Jane possesses" Ron Kelly of" Ladies Home Journal" says" the release of their long- awaited debut CD Marionette proves to be another testament to this duo ’s ability to put their heads down and get the job done, all while having some fun along the way."
In Space
In Space is the fourth and final studio album by the American rock group Big Star, released in 2005.
It was the first new studio recording by the band since" Third/ Sister Lovers", which was recorded in 1974.
The album featured original Big Star members Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens, with two more recent recruits, Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.
Auer and Stringfellow had been members of The Posies before joining Big Star for sporadic live performances and tours since 1993.
Big Star did not tour in support of the album.
" Mine Exclusively" was originally recorded by The Olympics in 1966.
Big Star (disambiguation)
Big Star is an American rock band.
Big Star may also refer to:
Big Star's Third
Big Star's Third refers to a series of tribute concerts built on Big Star's 1975 album "Third/Sister Lovers.
" Regarded as a "lost masterpiece," and described as "the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown," the material from "Third/Sister Lovers" was first played live and fully orchestrated in December 2010, when two dozen musicians performed it at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina.
Since then, Big Star's Third concerts have taken place in the United States, the UK, and Australia.
Although the performers rotate from show to show, a core group of musicians, including Jody Stephens, Big Star's original drummer, Mike Mills of R.E.M., Chris Stamey from The dB's, and Mitch Easter of Let's Active have been involved in the majority of the Big Star's Third shows.

Question: Are Big Star and Coldwater Jane both from the same country?
Answer: yes