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A proud person in the energy pop underground bred from the development of the web, Atlanta-based singer/songwriter Kenny Howes released many D.I.Con. pop records prior to going the greater traditional route of forming a music group, the Yeah, and putting your signature on to an effective record label. Given birth …

The Los Angeles-based, self-described psychedelic pop band Maple Mars includes members Rick Hromadka (guitarist, singer/songwriter) and drummer Mike Fletcher. The root base of Maple Mars started in New Haven, CT, in 1993 when Hromadka made a decision to compose songs predicated on such traditional power pop clothes as Big Superstar, …

Formed in LA in 1991, the Wondermints slowly constructed a reputation being a cornerstone within the city’s pop underground. As the band’s position grew, several associates individually made brands for themselves as professional sidemen, ultimately elevating the Wondermints to sort of underground supergroup. Big brands on the market, such as …

Acquiring their name from the Syd Barrett song, the effervescent power-pop unit Gigolo Aunts first arrived together in 1981 in Potsdam, NY as Sniper. The group — made up of vocalist/guitarist Dave Gibbs, brothers Phil and Steve Hurley (on lead acoustic guitar and bass, respectively) and drummer Phil Brouwer — …

The Wannadies are among Sweden’s sweetest secrets, a music group that was fortunate to appear beyond the pop sensations of ABBA, Ace of Bottom, and Roxette to determine a profession inside contemporary rock. Hailing from Skelleftea, the Wannadies shaped in the past due ’80s and brought Sweden’s substitute rock scene …

The Los Angeles-based power pop band Chewy Marble was founded by keyboardist Brian Kassan, formerly from the Wondermints. Rounded out by vocalist/guitarist Stu Forman, bassist Derrick Anderson and drummer Tamera Glover, Chewy Marble debuted in the first Poptopia Event in 1996; their 1st LP, a self-titled work issued around the …

The neo-psychedelic quartet Baby Lemonade formed in LA, and debuted in 1994 using the six-song Wonderful EP, released within the Sympathy for the Record Industry label. Following a record’s launch, the music group — made up of vocalist/guitarist Rusty Squeezebox, guitarist Mike Randle, bassist Dave Chapple and drummer David “Daddy-O” …

Led by bassist/songwriter Derrick Anderson (also of Chewy Marble) and guitarist/singer Robbie Rist (of Martin Luther Lennon and Wonderboy), the Andersons focus on jangly, guitar-driven power pop. Their record Separated at Delivery premiered in early 2000.