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The Pleasers
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The Band With their smart suits and ability to actually play their instruments The Pleasers, Nick Powell, Steve McNerney, Bo Benham & … read moreThe Band With their smart suits and ability to actually play their instruments The Pleasers, Nick Powell, Steve McNerney, Bo Benham & Dave Rotchelle) were at the forefront of the new wave of guitar-based groups that swept through th… read moreThe Band With their smart suits and ability to actually play their instruments The Pleasers, Nick Powell, Steve McNerney, Bo Benham & Dave Rotchelle) were at the forefront of the new wave of guitar-based groups that swept through the Britain’s music industry in the late 70’s. They wrote an… read more
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4 Out of 5 Doctors
1,142 listeners
4 Out of 5 Doctors was a Washington D.C. based powerpop band. They released an eponymous LP in 1980 produced by Alan Winstanley, and a seco… read more4 Out of 5 Doctors was a Washington D.C. based powerpop band. They released an eponymous LP in 1980 produced by Alan Winstanley, and a second LP in 1982 ("Second Opinion", produced by Jeff Glixman, producer for Kansas.)1] The D… read more4 Out of 5 Doctors was a Washington D.C. based powerpop band. They released an eponymous LP in 1980 produced by Alan Winstanley, and a second LP in 1982 ("Second Opinion", produced by Jeff Glixman, producer for Kansas.)1] The Doctors toured the United States extensively opening up for t… read more
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Bram Tchaikovsky
9,758 listeners
Bram Tchaikovsky (born Peter Bramall on 10 November 1950 in Lincolnshire, England) is the lead singer and guitar player of an eponymous new… read moreBram Tchaikovsky (born Peter Bramall on 10 November 1950 in Lincolnshire, England) is the lead singer and guitar player of an eponymous new wave / power pop band that has recorded three albums. A former member of rockers The Motors, Bram… read moreBram Tchaikovsky (born Peter Bramall on 10 November 1950 in Lincolnshire, England) is the lead singer and guitar player of an eponymous new wave / power pop band that has recorded three albums. A former member of rockers The Motors, Bram's group scored a U.S. Top 40 hit in the Billboard Hot … read more
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The Laughing Dogs
1,919 listeners
The Laughing Dogs first became popular in the CBGBs Punk/New Wave scene. This energetic group has two albums on Columbia Records, "The… read moreThe Laughing Dogs first became popular in the CBGBs Punk/New Wave scene. This energetic group has two albums on Columbia Records, "The Laughing Dogs" and "The Laughing Dogs Meet Their Makers", songs on Atlantic Record… read moreThe Laughing Dogs first became popular in the CBGBs Punk/New Wave scene. This energetic group has two albums on Columbia Records, "The Laughing Dogs" and "The Laughing Dogs Meet Their Makers", songs on Atlantic Records' "Live at CBGB's: The Home of Underground R… read more
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Marshall Crenshaw
69,162 listeners
Marshall Crenshaw (born November 11, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He grew up in the suburb o… read moreMarshall Crenshaw (born November 11, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He grew up in the suburb of Berkley. Crenshaw began playing guitar at age 10 and got his first break playing John Lennon in … read moreMarshall Crenshaw (born November 11, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He grew up in the suburb of Berkley. Crenshaw began playing guitar at age 10 and got his first break playing John Lennon in the off-Broadway company of a musical, Beatlemania. While in… read more
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Richard Lloyd
7,316 listeners
Richard Lloyd is an American guitarist, best known as a member of Television. Despite Television's position in the foreground of the N… read moreRichard Lloyd is an American guitarist, best known as a member of Television. Despite Television's position in the foreground of the New York punk scene of the late 70s, Lloyd (and Television guitarist/vocalist Tom Verlaine) was tec… read moreRichard Lloyd is an American guitarist, best known as a member of Television. Despite Television's position in the foreground of the New York punk scene of the late 70s, Lloyd (and Television guitarist/vocalist Tom Verlaine) was technically quite proficient, and the band's sound was def… read more
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The Bongos
10,572 listeners
There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) The Bongos was an American pop band active in the 1980s. 2) The Bongos was a N… read moreThere is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) The Bongos was an American pop band active in the 1980s. 2) The Bongos was a New Zealand rock band formed in Auckland in October 1981. 1) The Bongos was an American pop band a… read moreThere is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) The Bongos was an American pop band active in the 1980s. 2) The Bongos was a New Zealand rock band formed in Auckland in October 1981. 1) The Bongos was an American pop band active in the 1980s. They formed in Hoboken, New Jersey and w… read more
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The Quick
7,907 listeners
There are two bands known as The Quick 1) American power pop band 2) UK new wave pop duo 1) The Quick were a mid-1970s pre-new wave/power p… read moreThere are two bands known as The Quick 1) American power pop band 2) UK new wave pop duo 1) The Quick were a mid-1970s pre-new wave/power pop band based in Los Angeles. In their initial phase in late '74, The Quick proudly wore on t… read moreThere are two bands known as The Quick 1) American power pop band 2) UK new wave pop duo 1) The Quick were a mid-1970s pre-new wave/power pop band based in Los Angeles. In their initial phase in late '74, The Quick proudly wore on their musical sleeves inspirations drawn from 1960s British I… read more
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Pezband
4,489 listeners
Before the power-pop movement kicked into high-gear with the success of 1979’s Get The Knack and Cheap Trick’s Live at Budokan—pioneering C… read moreBefore the power-pop movement kicked into high-gear with the success of 1979’s Get The Knack and Cheap Trick’s Live at Budokan—pioneering Chicago-based group, Pezband, had already blazed a three-year trail of hard-edged, hook-laden and h… read moreBefore the power-pop movement kicked into high-gear with the success of 1979’s Get The Knack and Cheap Trick’s Live at Budokan—pioneering Chicago-based group, Pezband, had already blazed a three-year trail of hard-edged, hook-laden and harmony-drenched pop-rock on three critically-acclaimed album… read more
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The Scruffs
6,284 listeners
The Scruffs were Memphis' other great power pop group, lead by singer/guitarist Stephen Burns. Their debut album Wanna Meet The Scruff… read moreThe Scruffs were Memphis' other great power pop group, lead by singer/guitarist Stephen Burns. Their debut album Wanna Meet The Scruffs? was released in 1977. A second album, Teenage Gurls, was not released until some twenty years l… read moreThe Scruffs were Memphis' other great power pop group, lead by singer/guitarist Stephen Burns. Their debut album Wanna Meet The Scruffs? was released in 1977. A second album, Teenage Gurls, was not released until some twenty years later though it had been recorded in the late seventies. Step… read more