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[[Mazzy Star]] is an [[Alternative Rock]] band from Santa Monica, California, active since 1989. The band is known for its folky, [[Psychedelic Rock]]-influenced [[Dream Pop]] sound and being a [[One-Hit Wonder]] thanks to the song "Fade Into You".
Mazzy Star formed out of the ashes of Paisley Underground band Opal. It is largely based around the creative partnership of guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter David Roback and vocalist Hope Sandoval, with additional contributors being bassist Jill Emery, drummer Keith Mitchell and keyboardist Suki Ewers. Their previous keyboardist, William Cooper, died in 2001.
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The band released three albums in [[The Nineties]] full of slightly melancholic but somehow still [[Sweet Dreams Fuel|nice-sounding]], folky [[Dream Pop]] with occasional influences from [[Psychedelic Rock]] (especially [[The Doors]]) and [[Shoegazing]]. The most successful of these was ''So Tonight That I Might See'', by virtue of having their most commercially successful song, "Fade Into You", on it.
Mazzy Star haven't officially broken up but have been on a hiatus since 2000. Sandoval occasionally makes guest appearances on other albums (such as for the Chemical Brothers and [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]]) and works (very slowly) with the band Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions (which included Colm Ó Cíosóig of [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] during the latter's hiatus). Roback's moved to Norway and remained really quiet, surfacing for a small acting part in the movie ''Clean''. Sandoval has recently [https://web.archive.org/web/20100111065438/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/06/mazzy-star-crooner-readies-return-with-hope-sandoval-and-the-warm-inventions/ confirmed that Mazzy Star are still together], they're just competing against [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] in the "world's laziest band" contest.
Their song "Into Dust" is apparently the theme for ''[[Gears of War]] 3''.
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* ''She Hangs Brightly'' (1990)
* ''So Tonight That I Might See'' (1993)
* ''Among My Swan'' (1996)
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* [[Cover Version]]: "Blue Flower" by [[Slapp Happy]] (on ''Brightly'') and "Five String Serenade" by Arthur Lee (on ''Tonight'').
* [[Echoing Acoustics]]: Especially on ''Brightly''.
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