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I Wanna Be A Teen Again: North American Power Pop 1980-1989 (3CD)
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Price:
$30.00
Artist:
Various Artists
Manufacturer:
Cherry Red Records
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The Knack kicked open the
doors for a global power pop explosion, and a year or so later, almost as
quickly, the doors closed again, but not before a mass of their contemporaries
followed them through. Soon, a bunch of
others got caught up in the excitement and the record business relearned the
power of guitar-driven pop - the first few years of the 80’s were as exciting
for power pop as the last couple of the 70’ had been, and even when it returned
to the underground, the music continued to flow throughout the decade. The 3CD/77 track “I Wanna Be A Teen Again” (that
includes tracks by Kool Kat artists The Fad and The Mosquitos) follows the 80’s
power pop explosion from its hypocenter early in the decade to its enduring
late period gems, exploring both leading and lesser lights, the old hands and
new talents who made it such an exciting musical happening. By the middle of the decade, the term power
pop had been all but retired, but a handful of new bands found success by
avoiding it, whilst new movements, including the Paisley Underground and indie
pop, helped keep others alive under new brandings. All the while a small number of holdouts, the
pop equivalent of the soldiers lost in the jungle after the war had ended,
strove to keep the music and the name alive. Packed with classic cuts and
long-overlooked rough diamonds, it’s a timely examination and celebration of
this action-packed era. The rest: Stiv Bators, The Knack, The Know, The Romantics, Nikki & the
Corvettes, Zeros, M‘N'M's, The Flashcubes, Radio City, Screen Test, Moondogs, The
Pranks, NRBQ, Utopia, The Shivvers, Eric Carmen, Hilly Michaels, Promise, The
Late Show, The Heats, Off Broadway, Shoes, The Everythingers, Rick Springfield,
SVT, Tommy Hoehn, Phil Seymour, David Quinton, The Flamin' Groovies, The
Plimsouls, 20/20, Great Buildings, The Go-Gos, The Wigs, The Rubinoos, The Toms,
The Michael Guthrie Band, Eddy Best, The Decoys, Marshall Crenshaw, The Bongos,
The Floor Models, Paul Collins' Beat, Dwight Twilley, Cheap Trick, Bruce Moody,
The Bangles, The Spongetones, Club Wow, Jim Basnight & the Moberlys, Steve
Rosenbaum, Let's Active, Ramones, Fastbacks, Game Theory, The DB's, Katrina
and the Waves , Candy, Julian Leal, Riff Doctors, The Beat Rodeo, Gary Herrewig, Windbreakers,
Tommy Keene, The Smithereens, Sex Clark Five, The Patriots, Flying Color, Bill
Lloyd, The Long Ryders, Chris “Klondike” Masuak, The Infidels, Redd Kross, Material
Issue, The Pursuit of Happiness and Velvet
Crush! What a ready-made mix tape! GREAT!!
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