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My name is Russ Strothard, bass player with 'Tonight' UK 1978 Power Pop band, I understand and sympathise that the listing of the lesser known artists, of the aforementioned music genre can't be all mentioned, but although we only had two top 40 entry's: Drummer Man no.14 Feb '78 & Money (That's Your Problem) no.34 April'78, we actually were the first UK band to be labelled 'Power Pop' (Jan'78), and the first to score a hit for the genre. The new 'Power Pop' term was branded by our promotion team at W.E.A in London, first mentioned in the press by Charles Catchpole 17/01/78 (Evening Standard). We all remember vividly at the time thinking what does this new phrase mean? and during the 70's I was an avid music fan, reading all the music papers i.e N.M.E, Melody Maker, Sounds, Record Mirror e.t.c. and I'm sure 'Power Pop' as a term was not used in the U.K until then, wether it was in the U.S is open to discussion, personally I don't think it was, correct me if I'm wrong. As documented in Wikipedia Pete Townshend did coin the phrase back in'67, but it was'nt used to describe a music genre until '78 in the U.K. Please take a look at our website for verification and info, we are currently in the process of releasing a true Power Pop album (unreleased at the time) for a 30th anniversary, so obviously we are quite keen to get our facts right! I feel the inclusion of our name is fully justified on the UK section of the power pop article, due to our unique place in the new-wave/power pop story, we would like our entry to stay on this page. Please reply and thanks for your time, from a true Essex power pop musician on behalf of my band TONIGHT, Russ Strothard.

Russ-- 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) 06:56, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Van Morrison article

I'm going to do some revising and additions on the article so it's not like I'm ignoring your point but I haven't had time to do any research. I'll try to rewrite it so you won't feel like you should have any concerns about accuracy even if referenced material. I've had a question before about some of the really preposterous claims on record sales figures for some of the artists myself. Especially Rod Stewart's article claiming 250 million sales. You'll note he didn't have a single album on the list you referred too. I'm sure he's sold a lot, I just think that's kind of far fetched. There's so many sources and figures to add that it's almost a losing battle. Anyway, Van's article has never been concerned with sales figures anymore than he has and I don't think that should change. So check back in a while and see if it's revised to your liking. Thanks Agadant (talk) 23:19, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Power Pop

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