Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Soft Rock, Power Pop, Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Blue-Eyed Soul, Comedy Rock, Album Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: June 22, 1948 in Upper Darby, PA
Badfinger, 10cc, Roy Wood, Steely Dan, Electric Light Orchestra, Queen, Paul McCartney, The Left Banke, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Roxy Music, Flo & Eddie, Cheap Trick, The Bonzo Dog Band, Adrian Belew, David Bowie, The Bears, The Alan Parsons Project, Supertramp Matthew Sweet, Game Theory, Eels, Allen Clapp, Prefab Sprout, Flying Elephants, Willie Wisely, Joe Ongie, Shy Nobleman, Ken Sharp, Doug Powell, Tan Sleeve, Daver, Roger Klug, Hector Peñalosa, Bourgeois Tagg, R. Stevie Moore, The Dukes of Stratosphear, E |  |
Todd Rundgren's best-known songs -- the Carole King pastiche "I Saw the Light," the ballads "Hello, It's Me" and "Can We Still Be Friends," and the goofy novelty "Bang on the Drum All Day" -- suggest that he is a talented pop craftsman, but nothing more than that. On one level, that perception is true since he is undoubtedly a gifted pop songwriter, but at his core Rundgren is a rock & roll maverick. Once he had a taste of success with his 1972 masterwork, Something/Anything?, Rundgren chose to abandon stardom and, with it, conventional pop music. He began a course through uncharted musical territory, becoming a pioneer not only in electronic music and prog rock, but in music video, computer software, and Internet music delivery as well.
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Release: September 29, 2008
Label: Cooking Vinyl, Hi Fi
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Release: April 16, 2007
Label: KRB Music
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