David Roback, co-founder of The Mazzy Star has died aged 61.
Roback, a producer, guitarist and keyboardist formed Mazzy Star alongside Hope Sandoval with the pair going on to write all of their music.
David played a lead role in the neo-psychedelic movement in the 1980s and the 1990s.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Roback helped found Rain Parade, a band which shot onto Los Angeles’ ‘paisley underground’ scene in the early 80s.
After the star formed Mazzy Star in 1989, they went on to land their biggest selling hit, Fade Into You in 1994 which landed at No 44 on Billboard’s Hot 100, with the sound becoming iconic for the era.
Roback later moved to Berkeley and New York in the 1980s, which is when he hooked up with bassist for Dream Syndicate, Kendra Smith.
The pair later founded the group Opal but Kendra suddenly left the group while they were supporting The Jesus & Mary Chain.
Mazzy Star went on to release three critically acclaimed albums between 1990 and 1996, creating a sound which Rolling Stone described as a blend of “dream pop, psychedelia and touches of blues and folk with some of the blown-out textures of nineties alt-rock.”
A representative for the star confirmed the news but a cause of death has not been announced.
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