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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: "garage rock"? "power pop"? |
| Date | Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:06:59 -0500 |
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While trying to avoid a definition of power pop battle --
Power pop is more bands that were following the steps of The Beatles, Beach
Boys, The Who, The Hollies, et al. with melodic punchy guitar pop.
Garage rock however involves bands reiterating the R & B fueled rock of The
Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Sonics, The Seeds, The Pretty Things and
others.
Somewhere between those two, is Freakbeat, which, to my ears is closer to
power pop.
While I think Little Steven primarily is touting garage rock, he certainly
finds anyone who can do crunchy hot and hooky three minute rock songs to be
part of his cause. Bless his bandanna-ed head.
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
Find out about Chicago shows:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/
>From: Andrew Lehmkuhl <andrew@vinylcandy.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: "garage rock"? "power pop"?
>Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 06:52:04 -0700
>
>
>I have had the same problem recently trying to distinguish the two myself.
>"Garage", or "Power Pop"
>Is there a master guru out there that can clarify for us?
>
>Andrew Lehmkuhl
>Vinyl Candy Army
>www.vinylcandy.com
>
>
>
>
>on 8/18/04 12:54 AM, Sager, Greg at greg.sager@bankofamerica.com wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 23:56:17 -0400
> > From: "Eytan Mirsky" <eytanmirsky@hotmail.com>
> > To: audities@smoe.org
> > Subject: Re: Mea Culpa/Garage Festival
> > Message-ID: <BAY16-F27pTl4EnAv1O00003b9a@hotmail.com>
> >
> > I have to say that, after reading this article and seeing Little Steven
>talk
> >
> > about the festival on VH1, I have even less of an idea of what "garage"
>is
> > than I ever did. It seems even more vague and confusing than "power
>pop."
> >
> >
> > Power pop consists of bands that're trying to sound like the Beatles
>circa
> > 1965. Garage rock consists of bands that're trying to sound like the
> > Knickerbockers trying to sound like the Beatles circa 1965.
> >
> >
> > Gregory Sager
>
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