Fun, bright, and playful, Power Pop is a sometimes adored, sometimes maligned, often misunderstood genre of music. From its heyday in the 70s and 80s to its resurgence in the 90s and 00s, Power Pop has meant many things to many people. In Go All The Way, today's best and brightest writers go deep on what certain Power Pop bands and songs mean and have meant to them. Whether they love or hate it, Go All The Way is a dive into the Beatles-inspired pop rock of the last five decades.
Featuring:
Heather Havrilesky on Blondie
Carrie Courogen on Liz Phair
Michael Chabon on Big Star
Jeff Rougvie on Cheap Trick
David Yaffe on XTC
Kate Sullivan on Jeff Lynne and ELO
Dylan Champion on Guided By Voices
Joe Clifford on The Hold Steady
David Bash on His So-Called (Power Pop) Life
Justin Fielding on The Road to Power Pop
Paul Myers on Sloan
Jeff Whalen on Power Pop as Beatles Obsession
S. W. Lauden on Fountains of Wayne
Ira Elliot on Putting the Pow! in Power Pop
Rex Weiner on September Gurls
Marko DeSantis on Surrender
Ken Sharp on The Secret Power Pop History of KISS's Paul Stanley
Tom Petty on The Strange Magic of Jeff Lynne (as told to Ken Sharp)
John M. Borack on The Women of Power Pop
Dave Holmes on Tommy Keene
Daniel Brummel on Weezer
Nancy Rommelmann on Analog Anthems
Allison Anders on Nick Lowe's Pub Rock Roots
Annie Zaleski on How Jelly Fish Changed the Game
Chris Holm on The Brainy Power Pop of Allan Carl Newman
Scott Miller excerpts from Music: What Happened?
Kurt Baker on Pop Punk to Power Pop
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Events in Los Angeles, New York, and the Bay Area Promotion by all writers to their networks Giveaways on radio stations that play power pop Paul Myers has 12k twitter followers and will promote to them Paul Myers is the brother of Mike Myers, and we're working on a possible event featuring Paul for the book
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They Got the Beat: The Women of Power Pop |
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Putting the Pow! in Power Pop |
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Power Pop as Beatles Obsession |
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Mr. Earl The Jesus Of Cool |
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September Gurls Had It Good |
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Wouldn't You Like To Know Me? Paul Stanley's Secret Power Pop History |
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Strange Magic: ELO and Power Pop |
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The Strange Magic of Jeff Lynne |
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Cheap Trick: Power Pop or Just Plain Weird? |
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Power Pop, Peaches, and Parallel Lines |
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Thanks for Dancing: Tommy Keene and Other Places that are Gone |
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Joining a Fan Club: How Power Pop Outsiders Jellyfish Changed the Game |
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You Can Only Be Free: The Unknowable Robert Pollards Unbreakable Bond with Power Pop |
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From Blown Speakers: The Brainy Power Pop of Allan Carl Newman |
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Excerpts from Scott Miller's Music: What Happened? |
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From Pop Punk to Power Pop |
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Never Got to Say Goodbye: The Power of Pop |
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My So-Called (Power Pop) Life |
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Paul Myers is a Canadian writer and musician living in Berkeley, California. His previous books include the critically acclaimed A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio; It Aint Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues; Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts, Private Stories; and The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy.
S. W. Lauden is the author of the Greg Salem punk rock P.I. series includingBad Citizen Corporation,Grizzly Season,andHang Time. His Tommy & Shayna novellas include Crosswise and Crossed Bones. A new novelette, Thatll Be The Day: A Power Pop Heist, was released in June 2019. S.W. Lauden is the pen name of Steve Coulter, drummer for Tsar and The Brothers Steve.
