{"id":19057,"date":"2010-12-28T10:40:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T09:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byte.fm\/magazin\/?p=19057"},"modified":"2010-12-28T10:40:53","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T09:40:53","slug":"big-star-alex-chilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.byte.fm\/blog\/news\/big-star-alex-chilton-19057\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Star Alex Chilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.byte.fm\/magazin\/images\/boxtops600.jpg\" width=\"885\" align=\"center\">Heute h\u00e4tte der aus Memphis stammende Musiker und Gr\u00fcnder von Bands wie Box Tops oder Big Star Alex Chilton seinen 60 Geburtstag gefeiert, w\u00e4re er nicht am 17. M\u00e4rz an einem Herzinfarkt gestorben.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Chilton war eine au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnliche Erscheinung: Fast 40 Jahre als Musiker und Producer aktiv zeichnete sich Chilton durch ein besonderes Popgesp\u00fcr aus, das er aber selten kommerziell ausschlachtete. Viel eher hegte er eine Ablehnung jeglichen Starkults und  Fremdbestimmung durch sein Management, so dass der junge Chilton schnell seine erste erfolgreiche Band, die Box Tops, verlie\u00df. Mit diesen feierte er n\u00e4mlich schon 1967 im Alter von 16 Jahren seinen ersten Nummer 1 Hit \u201eThe Letter\u201c, f\u00fcrchtete aber um seine kreative Freiheit. Nach der Aufl\u00f6sung gr\u00fcndete er 1971 die Gruppe Big Star zusammen mit Chris Bell, die kommerziell nie an die Erfolge von den Box Tops ankn\u00fcpfen konnte, aber heute von vielen Gruppen wie beispielsweise Teenage Fanclub, the Replacements, oder R.E.M durch ihren rauen, intensiven Gitarrenpopsound als wichtiger Einfluss genannt werden.<\/p>\n<p>Nach der Aufl\u00f6sung von Big Star nahm Chilton alleine verschiedene Songs bei diversen Labels auf, auf denen seine Vorliebe f\u00fcr d\u00fcstere Sounds und Feedback deutlich wurde. In der New Yorker Punk Szene fand er schnell eine neue Heimat und neben Soloauftritten blieb Chilton als Producer und Solok\u00fcnstler aktiv. Anfang der 1990er Jahre zog es ihn wieder zur\u00fcck nach New Orleans, wo er mehrere Solo-Alben ver\u00f6ffentlichte. Zu Beginn des neuen Jahrhunderts kam es zu einigen sporadischen Reunionen mit Big Star, aus denen auch eine Studioaufnahme und einige Konzerte hervorgingen.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Chilton verstarb am 17. M\u00e4rz 2010 an Herzversagen in New Orleans, ein paar Tage vor einem Solokonzert in Houston im Rahmen des SXSW Festivals. Ruben Jonas Schnell erinnert im <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byte.fm\/index.php?cont=sendungen_detail&#038;sendung=207&#038;termin=23986\" target=\"blank\">ByteFM Magazin<\/a> ab 15 Uhr an Alex Chilton, der heute 60 Jahre alt geworden w\u00e4re.<\/p>\n<p>Zum Tod von Alex Chilton sendete Klaus Walter im M\u00e4rz 2010 eine Ausgabe von <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byte.fm\/index.php?cont=sendungen_detail&#038;sendung=12&#038;termin=17812\" target=\"blank\">Was ist Musik<\/a>. Die Sendung ist im <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byte.fm\/index.php?cont=login\" target=\"blank\">ByteFM Archiv<\/a> zum Nachh\u00f6ren verf\u00fcgbar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dieser Tage w\u00fcrde Alex Chilton seinen 60. Geburtstag feiern &#8211; wenn er nicht im M\u00e4rz gestorben w\u00e4re. Mit den Box Tops konnte Chilton schon im zarten Alter von 16 Jahren einen Nummer-eins-Hit verbuchen. &#8222;The Letter&#8220; hie\u00df er. 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