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Dallas-born singer/guitarist/songwriter Gary Myrick combined rootsy rock & roll using the energy and sensibility of fresh wave on many ’80s albums and later on made a amazing comeback in the past due ’90s. Myrick was experimenting the Dallas/Fort Well worth area along with his personal bands right out of senior …

Dubbed “The Nick Lowe of Canada,” singer/songwriter Bob Segarini was a cult hero of the fantastic White colored North’s power pop underground. A Western Coast indigenous, Segarini in the beginning fronted the short-lived Ratz, which also included potential Quicksilver Messenger Support creator Gary Duncan. He 1st earned widespread see as …

Tommy Tutone were an early-’80s power pop music group led by vocalist Tommy Heath and guitarist Jim Keller. The group’s initial one, 1980’s “Angel State No,” scraped underneath from the American Best 40, yet it had been 1981’s “867-5309/Jenny” that delivered the group to the very best from the graphs. …

Led by singer Franke Previte, the brand new Brunswick, NJ, group Franke & the Knockouts have scored several pop strikes in the first ’80s. Previte, who got played in regional rings since his teenagers, shaped the group with guitarist Billy Elworthy in 1981 plus they had been quickly agreed upon …

Dirty Looks (never to be baffled with the later-’80s metal music group from the same name) were formed in the later ’70s in Staten Isle, NY. Made up of Patrick Barnes (electric guitar/vocals), Peter Parker (drums/vocals), and Marco Sin (bass/vocals), the trio started playing their hard-rocking power pop at Max’s …

Tommy & the Large Pilots formed in Santa Barbara, California in early 2008 when songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Tommy Cantillon’s previous music group, Holden, which have been collectively for five years, abruptly split up. Cantillon made a decision to begin anew and remaining California for NEW YORK, spending a yr …