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Yuzz
09-21-2006, 06:58 PM
I love the Pop Group. Everything from their heavy funk rythms through to their wild guitar riffs and emotionally charged lyrics. They are one of the finest bands I have ever heard. Their album Y is fantastic from start to finish not a dull moment - 10 brilliant tracks.

Who else likes the Pop Group and why don't more people know about this glorious musical force?

How can a band thats SO good live in such obscurity?
B
09-21-2006, 07:25 PM
If they're so obscure, post links, or perhaps learn to make threads.

http://www.wedigdixon.com/public_html/pop_group/juke/index.php

They have no PV or Myspace as far as I can tell, this was the best I could find.
Yuzz
09-21-2006, 07:46 PM
If they're so obscure, post links, or perhaps learn to make threads.

http://www.wedigdixon.com/public_html/pop_group/juke/index.php

They have no PV or Myspace as far as I can tell, this was the best I could find.

Yeah of course they have no PV or Myspace - the band only existed from 1978-1981. The members of the group went on to form other bands including Pigbag, Maximum Joy, Head and Rip Rig & Panic.
Yuzz
09-21-2006, 07:48 PM
http://www.wedigdixon.com/public_html/pop_group/juke/index.php

...this was the best I could find.

Thanks heaps for the link - what a good site.
Eliminator
09-21-2006, 07:49 PM
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=THE|POP|GROUP&sql=11:9hdsa9tgb23a~T1
B
09-21-2006, 07:52 PM
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=THE|POP|GROUP&sql=11:9hdsa9tgb23a~T1

For anyone who is too dumb to get this link to work, take out the part you get when you click it that says "%20%20" in the url.
Bukowski
09-21-2006, 07:56 PM
why is this in pop-punk?
Eliminator
09-21-2006, 07:56 PM
That's what I was thinking.
Anxious
09-21-2006, 08:00 PM
why is this in pop-punk?

Irony.


They are probably in my top 15 favorite bands of all time.
Yuzz
09-21-2006, 08:01 PM
why is this in pop-punk?

I would call alot of what the Pop Group do Pop - as far as punk/no-wave goes.

I'd classify some Melt Banana as Pop (despite there noise/grind influence) too now that you mention it. I dont think musical genres are as set in stone as made out to be.

But i guess if your defining Blink 182 as pop-punk - the Pop group are completely different. But still pop mixed punk mixed funk mixed avant garde!
Bukowski
09-21-2006, 08:09 PM
They're about as pop as avant-funk post-punk gets, I suppose.

Whatever, they rule. We Are All Prostitutes is my favorite.
Anxious
09-21-2006, 08:18 PM
Mike Watt listened to them alot which influenced the Minutemen to do funk.
Bukowski
09-21-2006, 08:26 PM
Mike Watt listened to them alot which influenced the Minutemen to do funk.

I remember reading about their influence on the Minutemen, which is why I checked them out inthe first place. It was a good choice. And from what I read Mike Watt has generally awesome taste in music. Which i expected of course
Yuzz
09-21-2006, 08:29 PM
They're about as pop as avant-funk post-punk gets, I suppose.

Whatever, they rule. We Are All Prostitutes is my favorite.

Exactly!

They do rule!

Thief of fire is my favourite!
Excursions
09-22-2006, 07:59 PM
The Pop Group are great. Best thread in pop punk ever.
Yuzz
09-22-2006, 08:21 PM
The Pop Group are great. Best thread in pop punk ever.

Hell yeah!

I was also wondering if anyone has heard much Rip, Rig and Panic the band formed after the Pop Group broke up (compirsed of almost all the same members)- I've only heard one song they sound great - similar stuff but now with a femael vocals