Genres: Soul, Singer/Songwriter, Hard Rock, Soft Rock, Power Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Blue-Eyed Soul, Comedy Rock, Album Rock, AM Pop, Art Rock Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: June 22, 1948 in Upper Darby, PA
The Beach Boys, Laura Nyro, The Move, The Who, Carole King, The Beatles, Wizzard, Phil Spector, The Four Seasons, The Zombies, The Hollies, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson, The Rascals, Curtis Mayfield, The Kinks, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder 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 Allen Clapp, Eels, Matthew Sweet, Prefab Sprout, Game Theory, Tan Sleeve, Flying Elephants, Daver, King's X, Shy Nobleman, Willie Wisely, The Pursuit of Happiness, Roger Klug, Ric Ocasek, Hector Peņalosa, Michael Penn, Doug Powell, Bourgeois Tagg, Ken Sharp |  |
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 22, 2009
Label: Victor Records
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Release: September 29, 2008
Label: Cooking Vinyl Records, Hi Fi
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