• Badfinger, formerly known as The Iveys, were a Welsh rock band formed in 1961 in Swansea, Wales. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (guitar), Mike Gibbins...
  • Even though Badfinger briefly reunited post Ham’s death, they never really reached the levels they did at the start of the decade.
  • Badfinger just popped in my head. It was from an old Lennon thing. He was playing the piano and he had a bad finger so he called the piece he was playing ‘Bad...
  • George Harrison and Todd Rundgren took production credits on the LP, Badfinger’s most commercially successful record, with Harrison and Ham trading slide...
  • Together with bands like Big Star, Todd Rundgren and Cheap Trick, Badfinger were highly influential in the development of power-pop (and great pop songs...
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  • Badfinger's tale may be tragic but the luster of their music has never tarnished: their huge hooks and guitars are the cornerstone of power pop.
  • Reissues of music by the original group and tours by later incarnations in the 2000s and 2010s earned Badfinger wider recognition as pioneers of power pop.
  • Badfinger's second single under their new name, and second straight Top 10, features one of pop's all-time mightiest hooks.