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P76 formed following the demise of Melbourne-based Jerihco in Apr 1998, as singer Danny McDonald continued to generate power pop at its finest. Primarily including McDonald along with Costs Downie and Shane Samson (previously of the Parrot Tribe), the group became mainly McDonald’s band using a revolving lineup. After 90 …

Jesse Smith leads a dual lifestyle — when he isn’t using bass with Atlanta’s fast, noisy, and frantic punk music group the Carbonas, he’s the first choice of Gentleman Jesse & His Guys, a combo that revels in the shiny, energetic power pop sounds of the first new influx era. …

Power pop/fresh influx group the Yachts was formed in 1978 by Liverpool art-schoolmates Henry Priestman (vocals, keyboards), Martin Watson (electric guitar, vocals), Martin Dempsey (bass, vocals), Bob Bellis (drums, vocals), and J.J. Campbell (vocals). They agreed upon to Stiff Information after a helping place for Elvis Costello in 1977, launching …

Affectionate parodies of pop music and periodic humorous ethnic commentary gave the Dutch brand-new wave band Gruppo Sportivo a cult subsequent in the first 1980s, although a lot of their materials was available just through import sources. Authorized to the English department of Epic, the group debuted in 1978 with …

Bram Tchaikovsky (given birth to Peter Bramall) began using in neighborhood pub rock rings in Lincolnshire, Britain, in the past due ’60s. He became a member of the Motors in 1977 and was relegated to simple sideman status with the nucleus from the music group, songwriters Andy McMaster and Nick …

The Resonars began in 1992 as the brainchild of guitarist and chief songwriter Matt Rendon of Tucson, Az. Rendon, actually, got followed the “group” name being a tribute to a ’60s Tucson music group from the same name, which got featured his old sibling, John Rendon. Rendon’s four-track recordings — …

Jude Cole joined up with the Uk power pop music group the Information in 1980, after their initial record premiered, and remained using the group for just one record. Over time, Cole after that re-emerged along with his very own single record, 1987’s self-titled Jude Cole, that was a very …

Alabama-based power pop/bubblegum combo the Lolas shaped in 1998 around vocalist/guitarist Tim Boykin (ex-Shame Idols), drummer Mark Reynolds, and bassist Walon Smith. They debuted using the Ballerina Breakout LP a season later, and implemented it with Sterling silver Dollar Weekend in 2001. Both albums had been released through the indie …

Australian music writer Andy Bradley once called Youthful Modern “the very first power pop band from RIGHT HERE,” as well as the band’s shiny, dynamic sound and ear-catching melodies were a definite precursor towards the skinny-tie pop sounds that could begin having a significant effect on the charts by the …

Produced in 2003 by Pittsburgh natives and friends Anthony Badamo and Ian Glinka, Dark Tie Revue acquired a number of lineup shifts (especially in the drumming department, where they noticed a minimum of five different players before they released their initial EP), although core lineup — singer/guitarist Badamo, bassist Matthew …