WHERE ARE MY POWER POP NIGGERS?!

Never quite thought of Cheap Trick as power pop.

I WANT YOU TO WANT ME

>>68821941
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRGnHCGbkg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgdgptaBma8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b4uMZgptSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQivoSbYq3Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV7MNczxjwM

>>68821941
>tfw Heaven Tonight blows its wad so soon on Surrender and it's all downhill after it

>>68821941
Best rock subgenre

Cheap Trick, Shoes, The Kind, The Nerves, Big Star, The Knack, Plimsouls, Badfinger, Raspberries, The Exploding Hearts, Weezer, Fountains of Wayne, Ben Kweller, Matthew Sweet, The Beat, The Pink Spiders, Transmitors, The Rentals

Expanded to The Cars, The Vapors, and Blondie too if they arent too new wave.

>>68822585
>what is High Roller?
>what is Auf Wiedersehen?
>what is title track?
>what is Taking Me Back?

It's like youre not trying

>>68822673
>what is title track?
I could concede to the others but the title track sucks ASS

>>68822642
How about second-wave power pop?

>>68822695
Most of what I posted is 2nd wave (Cheap Trick, The Knack, Plimsouls, etc.) First wave is Raspberries, Badfinger, and the such. The Beatles and Who don't count.

>>68822727
He probably means the third-wave of stuff in the '90s to early '00s.

>>68822763
That shit is great shit too. Weezer, Fountains of Wayne, The Rentals, and Harvey Danger kind of stole the show.

>>68822763
Yeah yeah exactly

>>68822781
>Harvey Danger
Fuck I wish they hadn't disbanded so quickly. Also New Pornographers and associated acts, I love Newman's work.

>>68822642
No love for Pezband or Off Broadway? You're probably not even from Illinois are you?

>>68822727
The Beatles and The Who ALWAYS count! (And so do The Kinks!)

>>68822833
I am from the 630, but I'm likely much younger than you. I only know stories when it comes to Haymakers of Wheeling. The Boyzz, The Kind, and Cheap Trick.

>>68822833
>>68822885
Either of you ever smoked a joint with Chip Z'Nuff?

>>68822922
No. Way too young and out of the loop. I just realized due to your post that Enuff Z Nuff is even from Illinois.

My dad was in a band that was supposed to open for Survivor but never did back in the early 80s.

>>68822885
You've heard of Haymakers and know who The Boyzz were. You're alright in my book.

>>68822922 (Nice dubs)
Haven't had the pleasure.

>>68822975
What was the name of the band?

>>68823026
Avatar

>>68822975
Oh yeah, I think one of their later albums was called "Welcome to Blue Island", too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKk_nJS_Mwo

What was your dad's band called? I'm a sucker for obscure old melodic hard rock and AOR.

>>68823033
Surprisingly it doesn't ring a bell.

>>68823065
They weren't very famous as far as I know. Played a lot of school dances.

>>68823111
They ever record anything?

>>68824032
Cassettes. They might be out there still.

>>68822727
Cheap Trick is first wave though

>>68824113
Nah, I'd say Badfinger, Raspberries, Big Star, Todd Rundgren, and Sweet are first wave. Cheap Trick, The Knack, and most 2nd wave bands get swept up in late 70s Punk and New Wave which is why The Cars usually get brought up along side.

when rick nielsen is a god and has a 5 neck guitar