I'm a Big Star fan, had a chance to see them play at all tommorow's parties festival in los angeles this past year but decided to watch the boredoms instead or was it the night mike watt played with the remaining Stooges hmmm.... Anyways Big Star are a great band though they aren't exactly a band someone could get into right away, the music is a bit different then most of the music made at that time, very 60's psych lush harmonies and such. I originally got into them because of Alex chilton's affilliation with the cramps(another of my favorite bands and alex has some good solo songs also). I read a very extensive article on Big Star in Mojo magazine a few years ago and they were one fucked up bunch to say the least lol. Alex chilton once pulled out a loaded gun at Lux Interior and pointed it at his head just so he could make him sing a line in the song like he wanted it to be sung. Cool band for those brave enough to open their minds a bit and listen to something different.
Also Bledynn if you really want find a better selection of music to download I suggest getting soulseek, it just owns kazaa straight out or any other peer to peer file program when it comes to music.
www.slsk.org
Enjoy