Mazzy Star is an
Alternative Rock band from Santa Monica, California, active since 1989. The band is known for its folky,
Psychedelic Rock-influenced
Dream Pop sound and being a
One Hit Wonder thanks to the song "Fade Into You".
Mazzy Star formed out of the ashes of Paisley Underground band Opal. It is largely based around the creative partnership of guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter David Roback and vocalist Hope Sandoval, with additional contributors being bassist Jill Emery, drummer Keith Mitchell and keyboardist Suki Ewers. Their previous keyboardist, William Cooper, died in 2001.
The band released three albums in
The Nineties full of slightly melancholic but somehow still
nice-sounding, folky
Dream Pop with occasional influences from
Psychedelic Rock (especially
The Doors) and
Shoegazing. The most successful of these was
So Tonight That I Might See, by virtue of having their most commercially successful song, "Fade Into You", on it.
Mazzy Star haven't officially broken up but have been on a hiatus since 2000. Sandoval occasionally makes guest appearances on other albums (such as for the Chemical Brothers and
The Jesus and Mary Chain) and works (very slowly) with the band Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions (which included Colm Ó Cíosóig of
My Bloody Valentine during the latter's hiatus). Roback's moved to Norway and remained really quiet, surfacing for a small acting part in the movie
Clean. Sandoval has recently
confirmed that Mazzy Star are still together
, they're just competing against
My Bloody Valentine in the "world's laziest band" contest.
Their song "Into Dust" is apparently the theme for
Gears of War 3.
Discography:
- She Hangs Brightly (1990)
- So Tonight That I Might See (1993)
- Among My Swan (1996)
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