I dont feel any grit in this tho, at least the Only Ones had, like I said, charm.
Real grit is in traditional punk this stuff to me is vacuous and harmless.

@menawati, who's your favorite prog band?

I'm trying to get into the genre and all I've really heard is Rush, Camel, King Crimson, and now Genesis.

What exactly are the "power pop" acts you are talking about?

Probably KC but for recs it depends, what do you like most from what you have heard ?

I dunno Only Ones were power pop i think, maybe early pop-punk or punk with a poppy edge. Whatever.

its a wispy genre but first one that springs to mind is My Sharona, i think even some elvis costello got called it

I don't know yet lol. I've liked Rush for a while but Camel/Genesis are pretty cool too. and KC i've only heard the album with 21st century schizoid man.

Power pop seems to at least have some more varied/intricate arrangements, if people like Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe count.

ok andcas that better than a lot of pop-punk ive heard but when you say grit what do you mean ? i mean to me this is grit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTO7nXw4StY&feature=related

I'll just look it up on wikipedia.

but what is gritty about it ?

atari from what ive heard you say about folky stuff you'd probably like jethro tull try them next listen to minstrel in the gallery,thick as a brick and heavy horses

But it seems forced doesnt it andcas ? i mean when u listen to real punk a lot of those guys really had something to say and it was a big reaction against the establishment (the establishment being the currently accepted overblown musical forms and the government at the time). The guys in that vid arent reacting much against anything.

cool never heard jethro tull thanks man

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=109604

Album Rating: 4.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjqj1bLDDOU



fuck

Album Rating: 2.0

what?

sorry andcas : (

Album Rating: 2.0

what's with so many pop punx bands breaking up?

what other pop punk bands broke up?