Tonight78
Power Pop edits
editRuss-- The edits are nothing personal about your band, believe me. As you no doubt know, and as the power pop article demonstrates, "power pop" didn't spring into life as a genre on some particular day during James Callaghan's tenure. Neither did the descriptive term; it was being used by labels like Bomp! and Berserkley. Three weeks after your Evening Standard citation, Sounds Magazine ran a full article entitled "Suddenly Everything is Power Pop"; concurrently, Trouser Press published "A Power Pop Primer." Both pieces indicated a preexisting musical trend. The term had certainly been applied to the Raspberries, who'd made no sales impact in the UK (hence, no NME/Melody Maker/etc). However, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Kursaal Flyers, and the Motors all had charting singles in the UK during 1976-77, prior to "Drummer Man." And more influential bands like Squeeze and the Buzzcocks debuted on the UK charts within weeks of Tonight. In any event, the article isn't an anthropological dig, OED-style, to focus on the first band to self-promote itself as being "power pop." Hope this answers some of your concerns.208.120.226.72 (talk) 06:57, 4 January 2008 (UTC)