{"name":"Badfinger","title":"Badfinger","id":1116,"slug":"badfinger","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1116/?format=json","bio_short":"Badfinger were a rock/pop (or &quot;power pop&quot;) band formed in Swansea, Wales in 1965. During the early 1970s the band was touted as the heir apparent to <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Beatles\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Beatles</a> in part because of their close working relationship with the &quot;Fab Four.&quot; Badfinger's meteoric rise and demise became a cautionary tale for the rock music industry.  Badfinger originated with guitarist/keyboardist <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Pete+Ham\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Pete Ham</a> and a group called <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Panthers\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Panthers</a>. Ham, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Ron+Griffiths\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Ron Griffiths</a> (bass guitar) (b.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/Badfinger2.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":1194,"title":"Baby Blue","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/baby-blue/"},{"id":23835,"title":"No matter what","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/no-matter-what/"}]}