The best Welsh power pop rock band you ever heard?
Badfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s who became one of the earliest representatives of the post-60s power pop genre. During the early 70s Badfinger was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with them, and partly because of their similar sound. The band had four consecutive worldwide hit songs and contributed Without You, a #1 Billboard hit for Harry Nilsson which was subsequently covered by hundreds of artists. Badfinger's two principally-known singers and songwriters, Pete Ham and Tom Evans, sadly committed suicide in 1975/1983.
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After Badfinger's recording contract with Apple lapsed, band members entrusted their financial affairs to American businessman Stan Polley. Echoing much of The Beatles' story, internal squabbling, artistic differences and alleged financial mismanagement ensued and eventually led to the bands' demise.
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Subsequent attempts to reform Badfinger at various times over the following decade floundered, due in large part to the suicides, which took the band's main creative force. Badfinger's story turned out to be what has been called "the classic rags-to-riches story with a tragic Shakespearean ending," and "a tragic drama set to music—beautiful music."
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Me? I love 'em: star-crossed, but with Top-10 hits like Come and Get It and No Matter What (below) just in 1970 alone, a truly great 70s power pop band.
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And what's up with that look from the bass player at 2:22...?
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Subsequent attempts to reform Badfinger at various times over the following decade floundered, due in large part to the suicides, which took the band's main creative force. Badfinger's story turned out to be what has been called "the classic rags-to-riches story with a tragic Shakespearean ending," and "a tragic drama set to music—beautiful music."
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Me? I love 'em: star-crossed, but with Top-10 hits like Come and Get It and No Matter What (below) just in 1970 alone, a truly great 70s power pop band.
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And what's up with that look from the bass player at 2:22...?
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