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Together only four years,
Big Star's shiny, jangly
guitar pop illuminated the
way to Power Pop paradise
for generations. Bands su...
Big crunchy guitar riffs and
catchy melodies helped
draw Cheap Trick's highly
influential blueprint for
Power Pop. "This band ha...
An unsung hero of Power
Pop, Twilley's trademark is
his high-pitched, echoing
vocals and sharp,
Beatles-esque hooks.
Like Cheap Trick and Shoes
before them, Material Issue
hailed from Illinois and
worshipped
British-inflected power p...
Schooled in the Beatles and
Big Star, Matthew Sweet's
sugar-coated Power Pop
found success on
alternative radio in the '90...
The Shoes' New
Wave-esque Power Pop
never caught on in the '70s,
but passing years have
made them cult heroes of...
From distorted, noise pop to
jangly, country-kissed pop,
the Fanclub prove they are
masters of melody. In 1993,
the group recorded a son...
The critics may have
panned them, but the
Knack influenced hundreds
of skinny tie-wearing bands
from coast to coast. The K...
The driving, British
Invasion-styled "A Million
Miles Away" was the
Plimsouls' rite of passage to
the mainstream. Before fo...
Raised on Big Star and the
Hollies, '90s Power Pop
revivalists layer razor-sharp
harmonies over fuzzy,
jangling guitars.
The Raspberries' chunky,
harmony-riddled pop and
addictive choruses made
for short but sweet success
in the early '70s. Mildly su...
Boston's Real Kids blurred
the line between Punk and
Power Pop with their Eddie
Cochran-inspired rock 'n'
roll. Frontman John Felic...
Keeping it loud and loose,
the Romantics' rockin'
Power Pop spawned the
'80s classic, "What I Like
About You."
This skinny tie band's
infectious,
Bubblegum-tinged music
ignited the hearts of pop
lovers, but didn't ignite th...
The Smithereens hail from
New Jersey, home of Bruce
Springsteen and Bon Jovi.
This power-pop band was
an alternative-rock radio...
One-hit New Wave wonders
best known for the mildly
naughty "Turning
Japanese."
Jangly guitars and tight
melodies led Keene to
Geffen records, but as the
saying goes, "You can lead a
horse to waterÂ…"
Since coming together in
Los Angeles in 1992, the
members of Weezer have
lived an especially
capricious existence: In t...
Lovably sloppy, slightly
punky Power Pop. Released
some brilliant singles on Stiff
Records at the end of the
1970s.
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