This week’s More Than Noise, we took a good look at some of the best power pop in punk history, the poppy bands that never broke big.
- The Fall – The Man Whose Head Expanded
- Hasil Adkins – Rockin’ Robin
- The Sonic Dawn – Down The Line
- The Creeps – Ain’t No Square
- The Red Krayola – Say Hello To Jamie Jones
- The Stooges – Dirt
- Metal Urbain – Sweet Marilyn
- The Sonics – I’m Going Home
- The Velvet Underground – Guess I’m Falling In Love
- Big Boys – Complete Control
- Gazoline – Sally
- Descendents – Hope
- Sex Pistols – E.M.I.
- Black Flag – My War
- The Fall – Cruiser’s Creek
- The dB’s – Tearjerkin’
- The dB’s – Big Brown Eyes
- Television Personalities – The Glittering Prizes
- Television Personalities – Diary Of A Young Man
- Big Star – O My Soul
- Big Star – You May Get What You Deserve
- The Real Kids – All Kindsa Girls
- The Modern Lovers – Walk Up The Street
- Swell Maps – The Helicopter Spies
- Alternative TV – Viva La Rock ‘N’ Roll
- Devo – Auto Modown
- Television – Little Johnny Jewel Part 1 & 2
- Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
- The Sonics – The Witch
- The Vaselines – Son Of A Gun