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David Roback, a guitarist and songwriter best known for working alongside singer Hope Sandoval in the group Mazzy Star, has died. The news was confirmed to NPR in a press release from Roback's management sent on Tuesday evening. He was 61.
Roback was born in Los Angeles in 1958, the same city where, in his 20s, he would become a central figure of a scene that remains influential. What became known as the "Paisley Underground" was a confederation of musicians and bands - The Dream Syndicate, Green On Red and Roback's own group, Rain Parade, among others - that fused disparate forms of guitar-reliant pop into a sound particularly of its time.