The story
Galaxie 500 was an American indie rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three studio albums: Today (1988), On Fire (1989), and This Is Our Music (1990).
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Stories
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Records
Albums 3
EPs 1
- Blue Thunder
Blue Thunder1990 · EPVinyl
Singles 3
- Fourth of July
Fourth of July1990 · SingleVinyl
- Rain / Don’t Let Our Youth Go to Waste
Rain / Don’t Let Our Youth Go to Waste1990 · SingleVinyl
- Tugboat
Tugboat1988 · SingleVinyl
- CBGB 12.13.88 · 2025 · live
- Uncollected Noise New York ’88 -’90 · 2024 · compilation
- Today / Uncollected · 2010 · compilation
- On Fire / Peel Sessions · 2010 · compilation
- This Is Our Music / Copenhagen · 2010 · compilation
- Peel Sessions · 2005 · compilation, live
- Uncollected · 2004 · compilation
- The Portable Galaxie 500 · 1998 · compilation
- Copenhagen · 1997 · live
- Galaxie 500 · 1996 · compilation
- Melt Away: Selections From the Galaxie 500 Box Set · 1996 · compilation
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Members
- 1987 to 1991
- 1987 to 1991
- 1987 to 1991
Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz.
Also plays on
Records by other artists with Galaxie 500 in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
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If you like Galaxie 500
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- The Jesus and Mary Chain3 sources agree
- Spiritualized3 sources agree
- Lush3 sources agree
- Pale Saints2 sources agree
- Chapterhouse2 sources agree
- Pavement2 sources agree
- Red House Painters2 sources agree
- Spacemen 32 sources agree
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