Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star was a 1990s dream pop/alternative band from Los Angeles. They formed in 1989, from the band Opal, a collaboration of guitarist David Roback and bassist Kendra Smith. Kendra Smith's friend Hope Sandoval became vocalist when Smith left the band. Mazzy Star is probably best known for the song Fade Into You which brought the band some success in the mid-1990s and was dream pop's biggest mainstream hit. Roback and Sandoval were the creative center of the band, with Sandoval writing most of the lyrics and Roback composing most of the music. Recently, Mazzy Star's song Into Dust featured on Virgin Media's - 'Powerfull Stuff' mobile phone commercial in 2009. Mazzy Star disbanded in 2000