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Galaxie 500
photo credit: Sergiio Huidor

Active

1980s - 2000s

Formed

1986 in Boston, MA

Disbanded

1991

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Alternative Pop/Rock Alternative/Indie Rock College Rock Dream Pop Slowcore Indie Pop Indie Rock Shoegaze

Group Members

Damon Krukowski Dean Wareham Naomi Yang
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Galaxie 500

Biography by Jason Ankeny

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Boston indie band of the '80s whose minimalist songwriting and glacier-speed, reverb-heavy soundscapes influenced countless artists.
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