Todd rundgren wife and daughter

ByFrank F.

At the dawn of the 1970s, Todd Rundgren was establishing himself as a talented pop songwriter. After a short stint with his late-'60s psychedelic band Nazz, Rundgren began to taste commercial success with his early solo albums, including his hit 1972 album "Something/Anything?" Although his solo work saw airplay and comparisons to talented songwriters like Carole King, something was brewing inside Rundgren: a thirst to turn against pop songs that saw mainstream success and toward unorthodox sounds that would surprise the masses.

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As the years went on, Rundgren became a sonic innovator as a solo artist, a member of progressive rock band Utopia, and a pioneer of the power pop genre. He produced a handful of major albums of the '70s, including Badfinger's "Straight Up," Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell," and The New York Dolls' self-titled debut. But despite his prolific output, the man behind Mia tyler.