Chris Bell Big Star Member of the 27 Club

Christopher Branford Bell (January 12, 1951 December 27, 1978) was an American musician, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star through its first album, 1 Record (1972). He also pursued a solo career throughout the mid1970s, resulting in the posthumous I Am the Cosmos LP. AllMusic Guide praised Bell as one of the unsung heroes of American pop music and noted his lasting impression, saying: Despite a life marked by tragedy and a career crippled by commercial indifference, the singer, songwriter s slim body of recorded work proved massively influential on the generations of indie rockers who emerged in his Bell s catalog of protoalternative rock has inspired the likes of Beck, Teenage Fanclub, Pixies, Primal Scream, Afghan Whigs, Pete Yorn, Wilco, The Posies, and The Replacements, all of whom have covered his music or expressed their admiration for Big Star in the press. , chrisbell, tokoperal