Magnapop

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Magnapop

Country	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Years active	1989-1997, 2005-present
Genres	Power pop, pop rock
Labels	Play It Again Sam Records, Daemon Records
Members	Linda Hopper, Ruthie Morris, Scott Rowe, Chad Williams

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Magnapop are a rock band based in Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1990, the band has consistently included Linda Hopper as vocalist and Ruthie Morris on guitar. The lineup now comprises Hopper, Morris, bassist Scott Rowe and drummer Chad Williams.

The band originally played under the name "Homemade Sister", later "Swell", and then finally settling on the name Magnapop. The band's first single, "Merry", was played frequently on Atlanta college radio stations, WREK and WRAS during the early 1990's. The band played frequently in Atlanta at such music venues as The Masquerade, The Point, and Variety Playhouse.

Their self-titled first album was produced by Michael Stipe of R.E.M. as a demo. They followed it up with Hot Boxing (produced by Bob Mould) in 1994 and Rubbing Doesn't Help in 1996, before their record label folded.

On January 25, 2005, the re-formed group released Mouthfeel on the Indigo Girls' record label Daemon Records and, in Europe, on DevilDuck Records. Their biggest singles to date are "Slowly, Slowly" and "Open the Door." The latter has been covered by Eels, and their song "Favorite Writer" was covered by R.E.M. (on their Bad Day EP, 2003). Juliana Hatfield wrote "Ruthless" in honour of the band's fiercely charismatic guitarist ("We're all gushin', but I swear we really mean it, man/We're all sucking up to Ruthie").

In May 2006, Magnapop completed a successful tour of Belgium and the Netherlands, and has returned home to begin work on the followup to Mouthfeel.