Blog: Quick Before It Melts

I'm very saddened to wake up to the news that Alex Chilton , front man for The Box Tops in the 60s ("The Letter") and Big Star in the 70s ("September Gurls") has died at the age of 59. Chilton and Big Star rose to cult status after the band flared and burned out after just two albums in a span of three years (a third was never released while they were still together). Even though they were only around a short time, the legacy they left behind began to become clear in the early [...]

• Big Star - September Gurls
• The Box Tops - The Letter
• The Replacements - Alex Chilton