PYLON
Pylon was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The band’s danceable sound, a blend of new wave, post-punk, jangle pop, alternative rock, and funk rock, 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”. (More from Wikipedia)
The B-52’s hail from the fertile music center of Athens, Georgia whence came R.E.M., Pylon, and other fine bands. Wikipedia notes that “Athens was home to the first and most famous college music scene in the country, beginning in the 1970’s”. I had an appraisal job there in the early 1980’s and remember well the wealth of record stores and the local radio station that had a “psychedelic lunch” program around the noon hour.
(March 2017)
