List of power pop musicians

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This is a list of notable bands and musicians that have been described as playing power pop music, or as contributing to the power pop genre.

Contents

Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] 0-9

• 10cc
• 20/20
• 4 Out of 5 Doctors

[edit] A

• Admiral Twin
• The All-American Rejects
• American Hi-Fi
• Any Trouble
• The Apples in Stereo
• Artful Dodger
• Ash

[edit] B

• Tal Bachman
• Badfinger
• The Bangles
• Barenaked Ladies
• The Barracudas
• Stiv Bators
• The Beat
• Beatnik Termites
• Chris Bell
• Rene Berg
• Better Than Ezra
• Big Star
• Blondie
• Blue
• Blue Ash
• Bleu
• The Bongos
• Bourgeois Tagg
• The Boys
• Bram Tchaikovsky
• The Breakaways
• The Breetles
• Brendan Benson
• The Broken West
• Busted

[edit] C

• The Candy Butchers
• The Cars
• Cheap Trick
• The Chords
• The Click Five
• The Connells
• The Contrast
• Elvis Costello
• Cotton Mather
• Marshall Crenshaw
• Cute Is What We Aim For^[1]

[edit] D

• Danielle Egnew
• Devin Davis
• The Dandy Warhols
• The dB's
• Del Amitri
• Don Dixon
• Dressy Bessy
• Duran Duran ^{[2] [3]}

[edit] E

• Eddie & the Hot Rods
• Enuff Z'nuff
• The Exploding Hearts

[edit] F

• Jason Falkner
• Farewell
• Farrah
• Michael Fennelly
• Firestarter
• The Flamin Groovies
• Ben Folds
• The Format
• Fountains of Wayne
• Frisbie

[edit] G

• Game Theory
• Gigolo Aunts
• Gin Blossoms
• Ginger Sling ^[4]
• The Grays
• The Greenberry Woods
• Guadalcanal Diary
• Guster
• Gwen Stefani

[edit] H

• Juliana Hatfield
• Head Automatica^[5]
• Hellogoodbye^[6][7]
• Holly and the Italians
• The Hudson Brothers
• Eric Hutchinson

[edit] J

• The Jags
• Jellyfish

[edit] K

• Tommy Keene
• The Knack

[edit] L

• The Lambrettas
• The La's
• Lazlo Bane
• The Lemonheads
• Let's Active
• Lightning Seeds
• Locksley
• Loverboy ^[8]
• Nick Lowe
• Ludo
• Luna Halo

[edit] M

• Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
• Material Issue
• The Merry-Go-Round
• Metro Station
• Mitch Allan
• R. Stevie Moore
• The Motors
• Mika^[9]
• Morningwood
• Motion City Soundtrack
• McFly

[edit] N

• The Nazz
• The Nerves
• The New Pornographers
• The Nice Boys

[edit] O

• The Odds
• OK Go
• The Only Ones
• The Orange Peels
• Owsley
• Orson
• Ozma

[edit] P

• Michel Pagliaro
• Papas Fritas
• Pandoras
• Paul Collins' Beat
• Michael Penn
• Pezband
• The Pink Spiders
• The Pettit Project
• The Pillbugs
• The Plimsouls
• Plain White T's
• Pointed Sticks
• Pooh Sticks
• The Posies
• Powerspace
• Private Jets
• The Pursuit of Happiness

[edit] R

• The Raspberries
• The Records
• The Red Buttonr
• Redd Kross
• The Rembrandts
• The Replacements
• Restless Soul
• Emitt Rhodes
• The Rocket Summer
• The Romantics
• Rooney
• The Rosenbergs
• The Rubinoos
• Rudi
• Todd Rundgren

[edit] S

• The Scruffs
• Secret Affair
• Bob Segarini
• Phil Seymour
• Shoes
• Silver Sun
• The Singles
• Sloan
• The Smithereens
• Splitsville
• Rick Springfield
• Spymob
• Squeeze
• The Stereo
• Sugarcult
• Superbus
• Superdrag
• Supergrass
• Super Furry Animals
• Matthew Sweet
• Swirl 360

[edit] T

• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
• Teenage Fanclub
• Third Eye Blind
• Glenn Tilbrook
• Tiny Dancers
• The Thermals
• Tonight
• Tsar
• Dwight Twilley
• t.A.T.u

[edit] U

• The Undertones
• Until June
• Utopia

[edit] V

• The Vapors
• The Vibrators
• Velvet Crush
• Veruca Salt

[edit] W

• Wannadies
• We Are Balboa
• We the Kings
• Weezer
• Wheatus
• The Wombats^[10]
• Wondermints

[edit] X

• XTC

[edit] Z

• Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer
• Zumpano

[edit] References

1. ^ Cute Is What We Aim For - There’s A Class For This (Atlantic) - Single reviews - Music - Entertainment - Manchester Evening News
2. ^ Duran Duran: Concerts and Music Events in Columbia, MD on washingtonpost.com's City Guide
3. ^ Red Carpet Massacre | Duran Duran | OutFirst Album Streams | Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Music | LOGOonline | Logo Online
4. ^ [1] Ginger Sling
5. ^ Punknews.org | Head Automatica - Popaganda
6. ^ Hello Goodbye - Here (In Your Arms) review about.com
7. ^ [http://media.www.iowastatedaily.com/media/storage/paper818/news/2006/03/10/Pulse/Hellogoodbye.Reveals.Band.Secret.Skin-1683109.shtml Hellogoodbye reveals band secret: skin]
8. ^ Loverboy : Just Getting Started - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
9. ^ Mika @ Somerset House, London | live music reviews | musicOMH.com
10. ^ Various Artists (1996). The Roots of Powerpop. Bomp Records. ASIN: B000003JGK.