http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=1052&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody OnlineClassic Power Popen720Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:13:28 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=1052&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4684&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:46 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4684 art.4684 Cheap Trick art.4684 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4684&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4684&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss At Budokan made them superstars around the end of the '70s. Legendary hits such as "Southern Girls" and "I Want You To Want Me" bounced, rocked and rolled with electrifying fervor, helping to jump-start an American Power Pop scene that had stalled in the mid-'70s with the demise of Big Star and the Raspberries. Cheap Trick took those bands' supreme sense of melody and cranked the amps up louder than they ever did: "Surrender" remains the loudest catchy song -- and the catchiest loud song -- this side of the Replacements. The band has continued in the decades since, enduring a fallow, big-haired period in the '80s and widespread reverence in the '90s from younger bands wishing to carry on the Power Pop flame. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.920&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Art & Progressive Rock Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:19 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.920 art.920 Todd Rundgren art.920 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.920&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.920&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Something/Anything. Here, he began to really take his blossoming love for power pop to new grounds, playing every instrument, singing every vocal part and producing the entire album by himself. His 1974 release Todd flirted with lengthy Prog instrumentals and paved the path for his new direction with Utopia. Even through his progressive stage, his diehard cult fans remained loyal. Today Todd Rundgren is still recording, and is an active supporter of music distribution through the internet; he's also working on an autobiography of his life. Most recently, he signed on to replace Ric Ocasek as lead singer of the New Cars.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5836&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:16 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5836 art.5836 Badfinger art.5836 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5836&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5836&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Let It Be-era Fab Four. Guitarist Pete Ham's bluesy tones underscored his vocal harmonies, sung in a passionately English timbre with bassist Tom Evans and guitarist Joey Molland. Paul McCartney discovered the band in 1968, and promptly signed them to the Beatles' Apple Records label. Their first hit came in 1969, the memorably catchy "Come And Get It." The two Badfinger hits featured here came from the band's third LP, Straight Up, produced by George Harrison and Todd Rundgren. Ham took his life in 1975, Evans took his in 1983. Molland continues to tour under the Badfinger name. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.156&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Pub Rock Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:06:23 -0700 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.156 art.156 Nick Lowe art.156 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.156&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.156&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Bowi in a convoluted take-off of that artist's Low), but it's more likely that a talent like Lowe's was doomed to cult-dom from the beginning. If you like your music smart, idiosyncratic and deceptively simple, give him a chance. - Tim Quirk]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61776&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:37:25 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61776 art.61776 The Romantics art.61776 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61776&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61776&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4966&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:49:23 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4966 art.4966 Big Star art.4966 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4966&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4966&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Third/Sister Lovers LP boasted a departure from the classic pop/rock formula into a much darker, drug-fueled realm of heartache and loss mixed with over-the-top studio innovation. Many musicians have said that Big Star were to the 1970s what the Velvet Underground were to the 1960s. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61274&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:53:22 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61274 art.61274 The Knack art.61274 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61274&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61274&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69076&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:37:25 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.69076 art.69076 The Raspberries art.69076 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69076&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69076&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5206&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:16:48 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5206 art.5206 The Plimsouls art.5206 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5206&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5206&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Kool Trash, featuring the impeccably catchy "Dangerous Book." - Charles Hodgkins]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5935&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:25 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5935 art.5935 The Rubinoos art.5935 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5935&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5935&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9406&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Pub Rock Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:56:06 -0700 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9406 art.9406 Eddie and the Hot Rods art.9406 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9406&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9406&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5159&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:15 -0800 Top Classic Power Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5159 art.5159 Shoes art.5159 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5159&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5159&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpower-pop%2Fclassic-power-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss