 | | In 1999, the Harrisburg, PA-based band the Stump Wizards asked Deniz Tek, former leader of the pioneering Australian punk band Radio Birdman, to produce their third album, to be entitled Contains Lead. |
 | | Pittsburgh's Cynics have matured a great deal, musically speaking, in the decades they have been around, and it's a tribute to guitarist Gregg Kostelich and singer Michael Kastelic that the group's '60s garage/punk/folk/psychedelic visions of tender love and hard breakups has endured. |
 | | Specializing in the early-'70s proto-punk sounds of the Stooges and the New York Dolls as well as select N. |
 | | Specializing in the early-'70s proto-punk sounds of the Stooges and the New York Dolls as well as select N. |
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 | | Portland's the Shaky Hands play a smart, slightly shambolic brand of indie pop informed by classic folk-rock and British Invasion pop that had made them a local favorite in their hometown and earned them a growing international following. |
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 | | Best known as the drummer for power-pop cult favorites Velvet Crush, Ric Menck also recorded an endless series of indie label singles under a variety of names including the Springfields and Choo Choo Train. |
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 | | Rock & roll chanteuse Fabienne Delsol had made a name for herself with music that combines one part French pop and two parts classic British Beat. |
 | | As both the frontman of the acclaimed Let's Active and as a producer, Mitch Easter long stood at the forefront of the American jangle pop movement. |
 | | The early history of the Trolleyvox began when the multitalented guitar pop maven Andrew Chalfen (Wishniaks, Gimme, Joey Sweeney) recorded demos in 1993-95 with guitarist-vocalist Dave Gray (Idlewilds, Vegas Nerve) and engineer Adam Lasus (Helium, Madder Rose). |
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 | | Biff Bang Pow! - a name derived from a song by 60s cult act the Creation - was formed as an outlet for the musical aspirations of Glaswegian Alan McGee, the motivating force behind Creation Records, one of the UK’s most inventive independent outlets of the 90s. |
 | | San Francisco-based power pop outfit Jellyfish only released two full-length albums during their early-'90s heydays, but the group's immaculately crafted pop/rock songs and unapologetic penchant for all things retro helped throw some much needed light on what was becoming at the time a very crowded pop underground. |
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 | | The Razorcuts were part of the legendary C-86 scene in the U.K. and went on to become one of the more influential indie pop groups of the 1980s. |
 | | Australian band Knievel received some attention in the mid-1990s with their guitar pop tunes. A three-piece, the band consisted of Wayne Connolly (vocals and guitar), Tracy Ellis (bass and vocals) and Nick Kennedy (drums). |
 | | Most known for being one of the first bands on Alan McGee's Creation label, the Jasmine Minks were formed in early-‘80s London. |
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 | | Constituting in San Francisco, CA, in the late '90s, the Chantigs bring forth some additional interpretations to the alternative pop scene. |
 | | Following the 1989 breakup of Scottish indie popsters the Vaselines, leader Eugene Kelly assembled a new band, Eugenius, and earned a major-label deal with the advocacy of Kurt Cobain. |
 | | From his tenures with the Sneakers and the dB's on through to his subsequent solo projects, singer/songwriter Chris Stamey remained a linchpin of the jangle pop renaissance. |
 | | Although the Dentists were arguably the first Brit-pop band, they never were able to capitalize when the style they'd perfected over the course of a decade suddenly became the Next Big Thing around 1994. |
 | | This London-based Anglo-American band, whose members include Jeremy Gluck (vocals), Robin Wills (guitar), David Buckley (bass), and Nick Turner (drums), was formed in 1979 and scored a U. |
 | | During their brief time together in the early '80s, the Bluebells (songwriter Robert "Bobby Bluebell" Hodgens [born on June 6, 1959] [guitar], Kenneth McClusky [born on February 8, 1962] [vocals/harmonica], Dave McCluskey [born on January 13, 1964] [drums], Russell Irvin [guitar] [replaced by Craig Gannon (born on July 30, 1966)], and Lawrence Donegan [bass] [replaced by Neil Baldwin]) made a small amount of music -- several singles, most of which showed up on one EP -- but that is not proportional to the quality of their music. |
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 | | Swedish natives Pontus Berggrensson(drums), Lasse Hindberg(guitar/vocals), and Göran Frennesson(bass) formed the Rhinos in spring of 2000. |
 | | A fact of life in the lower reaches of the rock & roll world is that it can be downright impossible to keep a band together for any length at all, as real-world commitments like the ability to pay the rent tend to interfere with the pursuit of the top of the pops. |
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 | | Myracle Brah is the solo power pop project of singer, guitarist, and songwriter Andy Bopp, who also fronts Interscope recording artists Love Nut. |
 | | The Loveninjas, a fun-loving, dancefloor-friendly indie pop ensemble hailing from Sweden, are the vehicle for the songs of Tor Helmstein, who masterminded the project in 2004. |
 | | Hungarian quintet the Moog were founded by Tonyo (vocals, keyboards), Gergo (drums, percussion), and Adi (guitar), three childhood friends who bonded over Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, and Placebo. |
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 | | A classic power-pop band in the tradition of the Raspberries and Big Star, Velvet Crush formed in Rhode Island in 1989, although their roots actually extended west to Champaign, Illinois, where vocalist/bassist Paul Chastain and drummer Ric Menck first met and began performing together. |
 | | Formed in 2010 around the talents of Alicia Gbur (the Nice Device, Von Bondies), Christian Doble (Kiddo, Child Bite), Matt Rickle (Thunderbirds Are Now!, the Javelins), and Mike Spence (Those Transatlantics), Detroit-based quartet FAWN boasts an impressive Great Lakes pedigree. |
