Recently I discovered Exploding Hearts and the Cute Lepers, and this thread gave me some real nice similar bands.

I tried looking up similar bands through last.fm, but found mostly 77 punk of the less poppy kind, and when I searched for powerpop I mostly found over produced emo/poppunk.

The suggestions from this thread are great!

Redd-Kross, yes yes yes desperate Teenage Love Dolls, like ametuer Russian Porn!!!!

Robert Cravens said:

Hell yeah, your like, totally  into this shit... right!

Johnny Bean said:

A few favourites

The Stems

The Pleasers

The Prisoners

Records

Barracudas

The Knack :)

Arrows

20/20

The Beat

what is included here? Real Kids, Hoodoo Gurus a million billion others?

power pop is a sucky genre title it makes me think of Dwight Twilley,Paley Brothers and Sean Cassidy and other no song acts who got major lable deals and then bombed in the late seventies. The real kings of power pop are probably Cheap Trick or Redd Kross :)

You should make a cheasy Pod-cast and submit it, I'll rather listen to that than search bOOB-TUBE.

Robert Cravens said:

Hell yeah, your like, totally  into this shit... right!

Johnny Bean said:

A few favourites

The Stems

The Pleasers

The Prisoners

Records

Barracudas

The Knack :)

Arrows

20/20

The Beat

what is included here? Real Kids, Hoodoo Gurus a million billion others?

power pop is a sucky genre title it makes me think of Dwight Twilley,Paley Brothers and Sean Cassidy and other no song acts who got major lable deals and then bombed in the late seventies. The real kings of power pop are probably Cheap Trick or Redd Kross :)

Hell yeah, your like, totally  into this shit... right!

Johnny Bean said:

A few favourites

The Stems

The Pleasers

The Prisoners

Records

Barracudas

The Knack :)

Arrows

20/20

The Beat

what is included here? Real Kids, Hoodoo Gurus a million billion others?

power pop is a sucky genre title it makes me think of Dwight Twilley,Paley Brothers and Sean Cassidy and other no song acts who got major lable deals and then bombed in the late seventies. The real kings of power pop are probably Cheap Trick or Redd Kross :)

none of the bands here are fun and still raw, they are old, and if you like power pop you should just listen to the first Saints Album and practice it in the mirror till you realize your... and in fact, I did, it sounds good I went into the garage and forgot how to record and such, still it aint about that, it's about having fun!!! here here, cheers. Play the same song without a symbol or something, and then wait, you'll be waiting for long. But waiting is the game, aint it!!!

Ass-piss !!! guess what I have the same amp as nick-X, except mine is a fender and it has one big hole it's orange cause the guy that sold it to me spray painted it with the word fuck, and had a shot-gun... hmm ex-military, I hate myself, but I looked up all these bands and I liked the scientists, then I bought the movie the last pogo, the wretching Red, whore-house of rep is from here, guess what I'm DRUNK, I like the trailer boys.

I gotta get outta here immediately 

1.) scared of chakka 

2.) Grimple 

3.) burrito electric dude has some kind of man-love for Tim Pop.

4. Alcohol

5.) teh Suicidal Supermarket Trollies. 

666.) Joel at suburban White Trash records.

777.) Blah, Blah,Blah. 

A few favourites

The Stems

The Pleasers

The Prisoners

Records

Barracudas

The Knack :)

Arrows

20/20

The Beat

what is included here? Real Kids, Hoodoo Gurus a million billion others?

power pop is a sucky genre title it makes me think of Dwight Twilley,Paley Brothers and Sean Cassidy and other no song acts who got major lable deals and then bombed in the late seventies. The real kings of power pop are probably Cheap Trick or Redd Kross :)

Has anyone seen the movie the last pogo?

I've been into Miss Chain and the Broken Heels from Italy and Crusaders of Love from France lately.

YAY!! :D

This is rad. Can't wait til the release. I'd love to get on the next comp.

indianagun.bandcamp.com

punk? ok we can't agree on definition. anti-establishment; d-i-y; anger; energy; youth. in my opinion you couldn't get more punk rock than lightning hopkins, hasil adkins, link wray or big youth! it's not limited to skinny white boys with loud guitars you know! (i think it was patti smith who said that?) i have this conversation almost daily with my drummer who is franco-african, and to the mainland europeans, punk means a whole different can of worms(thrash/metal/hardcore,etc.) television, for example are not considered punk-rock, whilst to me they are the quintessence of the punk spirit....., it's complicated, but better than worrying about that radio-active leak in japan! now gentlemen(and ladies) please stop having such titillating confabulations. it's way past my bed-time!

1st album is punk and its the only one i like.  live at that time they were even more punk, i think the shitty production of the first album neutered some great punk songs.

It all depends. I think you can still consider yourself a Garage Band once you've gone mainstream but if you achieved that success by watering down your music, then you've probably lost all credibility with the underground crowd. But then, does any band want to stay underground forever anyway? Playing to 30 people in a dingy bar in the ass end of any shitty town that can afford you? If you want pussy and cash then mainstream is where it's at.

I can't really think of any Garage Bands that have achieved mainstream success. Not any good ones, anyway.

They used The Shag's Stop And Listen (from the 60's) for Puma ads. Now the song is all cool and whatnot...I posted the song on my youtube channel and it's my highest viewed video by far.

Andyuzz said:

Old School Hero -"Good Point. And now to open up a whole new can of worms...This also makes me wonder...are you still a Garage Band if you enter the mainstream?"

Mmmm - would I have actually liked Jerk It Out by The Caesars if it were not used for an ipod ad?

Good Point. And now to open up a whole new can of worms...This also makes me wonder...are you still a Garage Band if you enter the mainstream?

Mike Humsgreen said:

What do you think of the whole 'sell out' thing, when a band gets too big for DIY to still be possible? For me Clash, the Ramones, Sex Pistols were all punk but at some point whatever 'punk' was has gotten badly lost that you can now (for years) buy Tshirts with these bands on at Top Man.

What do you think of the whole 'sell out' thing, when a band gets too big for DIY to still be possible? For me Clash, the Ramones, Sex Pistols were all punk but at some point whatever 'punk' was has gotten badly lost that you can now (for years) buy Tshirts with these bands on at Top Man.

John Paul Jackson said:

I think of punk more as a DIY attitude, not a musical style.  And there's nothing wrong with ELO and Queen!

Andyuzz said:

I've always considered them punk - maybe not 'musically' later on but the lyrics and attitude were always anti-establishment and uncompromising, which surely is the epitome of punk.

I think of punk more as a DIY attitude, not a musical style.  And there's nothing wrong with ELO and Queen!

amen!

Old School Hero said:

I've always felt the way you do, Ixnayray. I believe the term punk can be used to define an attitude of anti establishment and being yourself.. and even of certain musical styles that aren't Punk. Many people associate 60's Garage music with Punk these days in my experience...it's not true Punk but it's got the attitude and wickedness. Some people consider the early Rolling Stones Punk -shrug-. Some people even consider Country / Rockabilly Music to have a Punky-ness about it (And I agree.) Anyway, to consider The Clash as Punk strictly based on the sound of their music would be wrong (except the first album which you noted)...but the attitude of the music and the way they carry themselves..sure. I also feel that at least early Punk and pure Rock 'n Roll go hand in hand..I'd consider early Punk simply a term for a new era for pure Rock 'n Roll. It's got a lot of similarities..most notably it's simplicity..which is a key proponent of pure Rock 'n Roll in my eyes.

Agreed. No question about it, ixnayray.

I've always felt the way you do, Ixnayray. I believe the term punk can be used to define an attitude of anti establishment and being yourself.. and even of certain musical styles that aren't Punk. Many people associate 60's Garage music with Punk these days in my experience...it's not true Punk but it's got the attitude and wickedness. Some people consider the early Rolling Stones Punk -shrug-. Some people even consider Country / Rockabilly Music to have a Punky-ness about it (And I agree.) Anyway, to consider The Clash as Punk strictly based on the sound of their music would be wrong (except the first album which you noted)...but the attitude of the music and the way they carry themselves..sure. I also feel that at least early Punk and pure Rock 'n Roll go hand in hand..I'd consider early Punk simply a term for a new era for pure Rock 'n Roll. It's got a lot of similarities..most notably it's simplicity..which is a key proponent of pure Rock 'n Roll in my eyes.

I played some "vintage" 12 strings recently; a Vox teardrop (it was...ok but at $1500 it should have been godlike in perfection) and a Greco (pretty and nice tone but half the pickups didn't work, the neck was warped and the neck was a little too narrow for my pudgy fingers).

I hear that Dean makes one that is moderately ok and dirt cheap but is a little top heavy (but what do you want for $300?).  My brother has a Dano that's pretty good and a green Burns that makes me green with envy.

Neko Case has wondered about this. But I posted that article I've linked to on Facebook and some musicians I know refuted that there is a male groupie shortage.