Tag Archives: Power Pop

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 …

Vocalist Matt Terry rose to popularity as the champion from the 13th group of The X Element in the U.K. He was raised in the London borough of Bromley, and went to the D&B Academy of Performing Arts in Kent. Before he could make use of the abilities he discovered …

Borrowing the shiniest and crunchiest items of ’70s and ’80s force pop and steel, CRX feature vocalist/guitarist Nick Valensi, drummer Ralph Alexander, bassist Jon Safley, and guitarists/vocalists Richie Follin and Darian Zahedi. Valensi can be business lead guitarist for the Strokes, while Alexander can be a member from the Dosage, …

Bringing traditional, sunny-melodied power pop to 21st century indie pop, Au Set is normally a collaboration between Gary Louris of alt-country-rock’s the Jayhawks and Django Haskins of chamber pop mavens the Previous Wedding ceremony. The duo fulfilled in 2013 if they had been both getting involved in a huge Star’s …