Five More Forgotten Power Pop Bands (That Are Actually GREAT!)

After counting down five awesome power pop bands that were forgotten by history, our community let us know the ones you missed, as well! Join Bijan while he highlights some of YOUR favorites and counts down five more forgotten power pop bands that are actually great!

For those of you who have never forgotten these bands, thank you! I am grateful to those of you who have brought them to my attention! I aim to spread the word to our little corner of the internet, as well.

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Some great reading on Power Pop:

00:00 Introduction
01:01 Number 5
01:55 Number 4
02:48 Number 3
03:47 Number 2
04:35 Number 1

[timringgenberg]

I loved the Producers and Off Broadway.. Worked with both bands and they were not only good, but a very nice bunch of guys. I still listen to there songs today 40 year later.

[brettlee-]

The Producers. You Make the Heat. Awesome.

[MrBashpop]

Great stuff, and thank you for the IPO shout out!

[johnmohl]

Great Video! Thank you for reminding me how old I am. 43 years ago I bought the Speedies Single '' Something on my mind'' I loved it! Played it all the time throughout the 80's also around the same time saw the Mosquitos and the Smithereens on the same bill at the Lonestar Cafe in nyc. Where did the time go? So many bands, so little time. Love Pop Rocks Radio, Let's all work to keep Power Pop alive.Thanks Bijan you have given us a platform to voice our love for all things Power Pop!

[MMMarvelous]

Todd Rundgren as a solo artist as well as his bands The Nazz & Utopia did a lot of excellent power pop that could easily fill up a whole segment. Songs like Love In Action, Open My Eyes, We Gotta Get You A Woman, Time Heals, Couldn't I Just Tell You, You Cried Wolf, and many more that are classic power pop songs.

[scotabot]

Producers were awesome. Most underrated band of the 1980's. Really talented guys who wrote great tunes!!

[Burps___]

What a great list! Thank you! If you ever do one on Boston bands, the ones that just missed the big time include #TheNeighborhoods (Prettiest Girl); #TheLyres (Don't Give It Up Now); #ModernLovers (Roadrunner); #NewEngland (Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya); Face-To_Face (10-9-8, Under The Gun); and #TheDelFuegos (Don't Run WIld; I Still Want You). I bet if you listen to a couple of those songs I mention, you'll be like "I know that one!" Thanks again, Bijan!

[Ted_James]

I saw the Producers around 1990 in my college town at a bar that doubled as a laundromat. They should've been bigger. I worked in college radio, and we all played them a lot on our shows.

[williamsnyder]

This brings a tear to my eye. It was true in the 80’s and in the 60’s and 70’s as well. There were HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of performers who produced great music and are long gone and almost forgotten, except by the precious few like us.

Today? I don’t think so.

[joniemccright]

I was in awe to see The Speedies on this video, as I went to the same high school with Greg Cruzen(probably misspelling the last name). He gave me a 45 of Let Me Take Your Foto. Great song, great group! I for the longest time have had a picture of him I randomly took at a party he was at. Lost touch after graduation, I hope he's doing well.

[pop-optic]

Great stuff. New sub here! 3 of my favorite examples from this era were New Jersey's Quincy and their self titled debut. The Fools from Massachusettes ( I was smitten with their album Sold Out). Also Philadelphia act The A's. Keep poppin!

[gtvchuck]

I have The Producers and You Make the Heat. Awesome power pop!

[CletisCarr]

thanks for the memory jog. sad to hear we've lost cliff johnson, he was a great guy. I got to open a few shows for them on the first US tour. great lists, keep 'em coming! cheers, cletis carr, sneakers (1978-82)

[victorhawkins]

"What's he got that I ain't got?" I STILL listen to The Producers! I tried and tried and tried to help them break through by playing the egg-suckin' grooves off that first elpee on the radio. I also played Off Broadway's debut on radio when it was first released. Ah, well...at least we tried.

[richalderson]

It's good to see some Aussie power pop in a list for a change (yes, I'm from the land down under). 🎸

[danieljohnston]

The Producers are an amazing band, one of my favorite all time. I grew up in Atlanta and saw them many times. Kyle Hendersons bass playing was a big influence on me. Check out their first 2 albums for sure. Amazing stuff.

[MMMarvelous]

Good job making Atlanta's The Producers #1. They were playing the same big rock bars in the South that my bands were in the early 80s. I met the band's lawyer through a guitarist I knew in Birmingham and heard a lot of their songs on a cassette he had before they were released. The bass player Kyle Henderson was also in an earlier band called Whiteface that was incredibly talented & did all sorts of styles, all 4 guys were lead singers. The Producers should have been big stars, but it was a record company political problem that prevented it; that happens a lot. Their first album was like a greatest hits album.

[e-handle]

Persons/Twenty Twenty/Gary Myrick(guitar talk.. great mtv vid -"cant stand the heat! "/Rockpile/Nick Lowe/Dave

[-sunstar]

The Plimsouls were a Hollywood mainstay at the Central and Starwood clubs in the early 80's. Great band that should have been hugh.

[StephenSchnee]

Man, I wish I could create quality vids like Pop Rocks Radio!!