Following a period of dismal chart success and slow disintegration, power pop group Big Star cut 'Third/Sister Lovers'—an ...

They should have been rock superstars, but Rob Jovanovic explains how drugs, in-fighting and personal tragedy meant Big Star had to settle for being the biggest cult band of all time (from Uncut ...

Manning applied his musical instincts and burgeoning studio knowledge to local Memphis artists like Chris Bell, whose band Rock City he helped evolve into the beloved Big Star. “I was in the ...