Background: - "Power Pop" refers to straightforward, jangly, guitar-based pop
songs with little pretension or irony. The genre has its roots in the mid-60s
but was not defined as such until the early 70s.
Criteria: - Power Pop artists are ranked on Musical and Commercial Impact,
Influence & Importance of their Recorded Work.
List Begun: 01-06-10
Edited By: piper
1. Cheap Trick 2. Big Star 3. The Raspberries 4. Badfinger 5. Weezer 6. NRBQ 7. Squeeze 8. Todd Rundgren 9. Marshall Crenshaw 10. Nick Lowe 11. Gin Blossoms 12. Teenage Fanclub 13. The Smithereens 14. Buzzcocks 15. The dB's 16. The Bangles 17. The Flamin' Groovies 18. The Knack 19. Matthew Sweet 20. Shoes 21. Joe Jackson 22. The Lemonheads 23. Redd Kross 24. The Posies 25. Crowded House 26. Bram Tchaikovsky 27. Jellyfish 28. Fountains of Wayne 29. Hoodoo Gurus 30. The Records 31. The Apples in Stereo 32. Material Issue 33. Bay City Rollers 34. Pezband 35. Sloan 36. The Romantics 37. The La's 38. Supergrass 39. The Only Ones 40. Del Amitri 41. The Plimsouls 42. The Primitives 43. Rick Springfield 44. The Rembrandts 45. Velvet Crush 46. Enuff Z'Nuff 47. Sugar 48. The Exploding Hearts 49. Dramarama 50. The Vapors
51. The Innocents 52. The Paul Collins Beat 53. Klaatu 54. Game Theory 55. The Rubinoos 56. OK Go 57. The Mooney Suzuki 58. the pillows 59. Semisonic 60. Brendan Benson 61. Jason Falkner 62. 20/20 63. Fastball 64. Kenickie 65. Superdrag 66. Close Lobsters 67. The Nerves 68. Phantom Planet 69. Beulah 70. Dwight Twilley 71. The Spongetones 72. The Dentists 73. Ben Kweller 74. The Real Kids 75. Teenage Head 76. The Loud Family 77. Marvelous 3 78. The Last 79. Hot Hot Heat 80. Charlotte Hatherly 81. The Rentals 82. Sunnyboys 83. The Format 84. Head Automatica 85. Secret Affair 86. Blue Ash 87. The Motors 88. The Wannadies 89. Rooney 90. that dog. 91. Outrageous Cherry 92. Sahara Hotnights 93. The Early November 94. Jay Reatard 95. Matt & Kim 96. Tracey Ullman 97. fun. 98. The Jasmine Minks 99. Locksley 100. The Railway Children
10 Artists from the 60s that came close to the power pop
sound and had the biggest influence in the genre:
1. The Beatles 2. The Who 3. The Searchers 4. The Byrds 5. The Beach Boys 6. The Easybeats 7. The Small Faces 8. The Hollies 9. The Monkees 10. The Zombies
Disclaimer: There is nothing 'Official' about these lists. They are compiled by the 'editor' using the
stated criteria, and revised considering the competent suggestions of visitors to this website only.
