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Sporting among the worst type of band titles in the annals of rock and roll & move, Techno-Squid Eats Parliament was a punk-tinged power-pop strap which was briefly authorized to the revived Ardent Documents within the mid-’90s. Though a small number of critics praised the music group, they were mainly …

New Jersey’s Stereosoul is really a four-piece power pop ensemble that focuses on sunny alternative rock and roll, AM precious metal, and Uk Invasion knowhow. Guitarist/vocalist Joon Quinn, drummer/vocalist Gene Pompilio, and John Moller (synth-bass, keyboards) originally emerged together beneath the name Cosmic Avenger in 1995. They toured locally and …

They had everything — music that were able to be both rocking yet melodic (think a merger of Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Kiss), a hunk of the frontman, a pyro-heavy stage show the featured plenty of shooting sparks, exactly the same management as Kiss — but also for whatever reason, …

A significant early figure over the LA power pop picture, Paul Collins was an integral person in two rings that anticipated the “skinny link music group” explosion from the later ’70s and early ’80s, the Nerves as well as the Defeat. Born in NEW YORK, Collins’ dad was a civilian …

The self-described “strum-and-drum” outfit Sex Clark Five formed in Huntsville, Alabama within the mid-’80s. Founded with the trio of vocalist/songwriter Adam Butler, guitarist Rick Storey and drummer Technique McKaha, the power-pop group released their debut one “Neita WAS RAISED YESTERDAY EVENING” in 1985 independently Information to Russia label before enlisting …

Pop underground music group Starbelly produced a splash in 1998 with Lemon New, its debut Compact disc from Not Lame. Indie critics welcomed the band’s audio and positioned the album one of the year’s greatest produces. The trio is usually made up of drummer Greg Schroeder, guitarist Bryan Ewald, and …

Citing as affects the ’80s New York/London punk and new influx scenes, along with the power pop of Cheap Technique and Big Star, Spike (Michael) Priggen makes a multitude of pop music, which runs from subtle chamber pop to loud, bombastic garage area rock and roll to forays into psychedelia. …

The seeds of power poppy punk duo Lost Balloons were sown in Japan during 2011 when Yusuke Okada from the music group Suspicious Beasts asked Jeff Burke from the Marked Males to greatly help him out with recording a song. The duo finished up working on several songs collectively and …

When Chumped continued indefinite hiatus by the end of 2015, founding users Anika Pyle and Dan Frelly formed the two-piece Katie Ellen. Called after Pyle’s grandmother — a prominent Denver, Colorado radio sponsor who was simply sued by her train station after using the name without their consent — the …

The Cheap Nasties were among Australia’s first punk rock rings, so when they split up in later 1977, they spawned two great rings that combined punk rock energy and classic pop melodies. One was the Researchers as led by Kim Salmon; the various other was the Manikins. Produced in 1978 …