Mazzy Star in London 2012. From left to right: David Roback, Hope Sandoval, Colm Ó Cíosóig, Keith Mitchell (drums), Suki Ewers (keyboards)
Background information
Origin
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Genres
Alternative pop[1]
alternative rock[2]
dream pop[2]
Years active
1988–1997
2012–present
Labels
Rhymes of an Hour
Rough Trade
Capitol
Spinoff of
Opal
Members
Hope Sandoval
Suki Ewers
Colm Ó Cíosóig
Josh Yenne
Past members
William Cooper
Jill Emery
Keith Mitchell
David Roback
Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Santa Monica, California, from remnants of the group Opal. Founding member David Roback's friend Hope Sandoval became the group's vocalist when Kendra Smith left Opal.[3] The band's current lineup consists of Sandoval (lead vocals, guitars, percussion), Colm Ó Cíosóig (guitars, bass, keyboards, drums), Suki Ewers (keyboards), and Josh Yenne (pedal steel guitars, guitars, drums).
Mazzy Star is best known for the song "Fade into You", which brought the band some success in the mid-1990s and was the group's biggest mainstream hit, earning extensive exposure on MTV, VH1, and radio airplay. Roback and Sandoval were the creative center of the band, with Sandoval as lyricist and Roback as composer of the majority of the band's material until his death in Los Angeles on February 24, 2020, from cancer. Mazzy Star's founding drummer Keith Mitchell, originally part of Opal, died on May 14, 2017, also from cancer. The EP Still released on June 1, 2018 was dedicated to Keith Mitchell and stage manager Tom Cashen who also died in 2017. Following Roback's death in 2020, Sandoval and Ewers are the last surviving members of the band's original lineup.
The band released the album She Hangs Brightly in 1990, So Tonight That I Might See in 1993 (the album went platinum in 1995), and Among My Swan in 1996.
The band's most recent studio album, Seasons of Your Day, was released in 2013, followed by the EP Still in 2018.
^Unterberger, Richie. "Biography: Mazzy Star". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
^ ab"Mazzy Star to Release First Album in 17 Years". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. July 16, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
^Strong, Martin C. (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. pp. 861–862. ISBN 1841953350.
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