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Badfinger

Badfinger is a British rock band formed in 1969 in Swansea, Wales, and performing power pop; many critics classify it among the pioneers of this genre in Great Britain. In the early 1970s, Badfinger were considered direct followers of The Beatles — both stylistically and because the band was patronized by Paul McCartney, who saved it from an early collapse and produced the main releases. Badfinger received a contract with Apple Records, released a series of memorable and successful singles ("Come and Get It", "No Matter What", "Day After Day", "Baby Blue"), but fell victim to both the dishonesty of music business representatives they were forced to deal with and a tragic set of circumstances. As a result, the band's two main songwriters committed suicide (Pete Ham — hanged himself in his garage in 1975, Tom Evans — hanged himself in his garden in 1983), and Badfinger went down in history as the "unluckiest band" of all time.