The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

[jamieanderson1968]

My band in high school used to cover Ballad of a Useless Man because we were punk and the title sounded great

 

[Nee Lewman]

I’ve always liked their music but their shtick was a bit much. The book calls them pop-punk which is… interesting.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I’ve always liked their music but their shtick was a bit much. The book calls them pop-punk which is… interesting.

They have often been lumped in with some of the other proto-punk bands like the Seeds, though I would definitely put them firmly on the pop side of pop-punk

 

[Nee Lewman]

They have often been lumped in with some of the other proto-punk bands like the Seeds, though I would definitely put them firmly on the pop side of pop-punk

I can see Porto-punk … just pop-punk seemed a little revisionist to me. They seem pretty firmly pop-psychedelia to me but what do I know? I mean Shake It Up wouldn’t be out of place in an Elvis movie with bikini clad women dancing at the clambake.