There are at least five bands called Pylon..
1. An influential alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, United States
2. A rock band from Wakefield, England
3. An electronica producer from Poland
4. A space rock band from Finland
5. A Doom Metal band from Switzerland
1. Pylon (US)
Despite failing to equal the commercial success or cross-cultural impact of their Athens, GA ,compatriots R.E.M. and The B-52's, Pylon's influence on the city's legendary music scene proved just as pronounced -- the group's propulsive, angular jangle pop sound resonated not only through the Athens creative community but throughout the American pop underground of the 1980s, and though more heard-of than actually heard, their role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable. Borrowing their name from the William Faulkner novel
, Pylon was founded by guitarist Randy Bewley and bassist Michael Lachowski, University of Georgia art students inspired by the likes of Television, Ramones, and Talking Heads; the twosome soon sublet practice space in a studio loft rented by local artist Curtis Crowe, who quickly signed on to play drums. After auditioning a series of vocalists, the band finally settled on fellow UGA student Vanessa Briscoe, whose distinctive yelping style ideally complemented the music's jagged guitars and martial rhythms.
The quartet made its live debut in March 1979; that summer, the B-52's became the darlings of the New York scene thanks to their breakthrough hit "Rock Lobster," and their success paved the way for Pylon to make their own Big Apple debut, with Philadelphia and Boston appearances following before the school year resumed. Pylon's debut single, "Cool," appeared on the dB label in early 1980, earning strong critical notices and emerging as a major underground dance hit; that summer, they issued their debut LP Gyrate, also opening for the B-52's in New York's Central Park.
Pylon toured regularly leading up to -- and in the wake of -- their sophomore effort, 1983's Chomp, but dissatisfied with the finished LP, and also disheartened by an abortive tour in support of U2, the band dissolved. In their absence, Athens emerged as the nexus of the American underground thanks largely to the snowballing success of R.E.M., who regularly cited Pylon as a major influence on their music; in fact, when in 1987 Rolling Stone named R.E.M. "America's Best Band," drummer Bill Berry argued the honor actually belonged to Pylon, even though the group had disbanded four years earlier. - AMG
Later they came back together to open for a few shows for R.E.M. and to do a few gigs in 1988 and 1989 with a final show in 1991 where Mike Mills came on to do a few numbers with the band.
2. Pylon (UK)
Pylon are a five piece rock band from Wakefield, UK.
Info - http://www.pylonline.co.uk/
3. Pylon (drum n bass)
Twenty two year old Lukas AKA Pylon is part of a rapidly rising generation of producers currently making serious modifications to traditional drum and bass. using blueprints left by the tech pioneers of the late nineties and combining them with a flurry of electronic influences including techno, hardcore and freeform to create a unique hybrid of styles within his tracks.
In just under 2 years producing he has caught the attention of many respected labels and djs and has already secured releases on Sinuous, DSCI4, Venom Inc & Nerve.
Pylon is part of the M3CH4PL3X collective, a group of polish producers working together to push through groundbreaking ideas and concepts, he is joined by Soccom & Yabol, together the trio have an arsenal of tracks and are working hard to keep Polish drum and bass firmly in the spotlight, expect to hear a lot more from M3CH4PL3X in 2008 and beyond!
Pylon has collaborated with artists including Allied & Switch Technique, both tracks were picked up quickly and receive plays from Proket, Masheen, Kano, Nphonix & more, further collaboration projects are planned with various artists this year, keep watch for audio updates via this page as they happen.
Info - www.myspace.com/pylonpl
4. Pylon duo from Finland
“we (pylon) were predecessors…for avarus. Avarus was formed in 2001 as a fusion of the anaksimandros, pylon and some other space universum peace people. pylon not cobras was recorded in 2000 and it was first self-released as a cd-r with a very small edition and it was sold mainly in tampere, finland. it followed two self-released cd-r:s and the rocks and whips cd-r on boing being. after that our 7” came out on same label.”
—Roope Eronen discussing Pylon on the “Routes for War and Travel” list
“damn, another breath of fresh air blowing over from the finnish cloudfort. pylon sends echoing flutes & ram’s horn trumpets over fragmented folk & space-rock marching junkshop drums, maybe there’s an untuned guitar flailing along or a fuzzy casio organ, someone beating out a morse code on an oven tray or a an old typewriter. muffled abstract vocals are performed with earnest by muppets, zombies & monks & are shrouded in effects pedals. this shares something in common with related-groups Avarus/Anaksimandros/Maniacs Dream, but it’s just two guys, so there’s more space around each clang & groan. dance with goats & green maidens, run wild with robots & monsters.”
5. Pÿlon (Switzerland)
Formed in 2002. Plays Traditional Doom Metal.
Four full-length albums until now:
Natural Songbirth (2004)
Th' Eternal Wedding Band (2006)
Doom (2009)
Armoury of God (2011)
metal-archives: http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/P%C3%BFlon/79198
official: http://www.pylon-doom.net/de/news/index.asp
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