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Permalink Reply by Bruce Brodeen on July 20, 2010 at 5:55pm

I know Swede pop pretty well and have many hundreds of different bands in my collection, but this one does not ring a bell off hand. Best place to locate, David is thru Luke Jackson, who is a great pop musician by the way, at this web site for Swedish pop - he's the foremost expert on SwedePop that I've ever come across:

http://www.indiespinzone.com/popsicle

Permalink Reply by David Bailey on July 20, 2010 at 7:07pm

Thank you!

Permalink Reply by Wally Trost on July 21, 2010 at 6:36am

This is probably The Fad you're looking for, From AMG:

Biography by Alex Henderson

Sporting a ‘60s-like mod look, the Fad are among the many bands that came out of New York City's neo-garage rock scene of the early 2000s--a scene that has also given us bands like the Blam and the well known Strokes. Many of those neo-garage outfits have come from Brooklyn, and that Big Apple borough is also the home of the Fad--a rockin' yet melodic and tuneful trio that brings a lot of ‘60s influences to the table, including the Who, the Beatles, the Kinks, the Animals and the Rolling Stones (especially their early recordings). None of the members of the Fad (who shouldn't be confused with the female pop-rap group JJ Fad) were alive in the ‘60s; John Laurence (lead vocals, guitar), Michael Pisano (bass, background vocals) and Anthony DeCarlo (drums) were all born in either the late ‘70s or early ‘80s, and the New Yorkers were all in their late teens or early 20s when the Fad was formed in the early 2000s. Nonetheless, their affection for ‘60s garage rock and power pop is evident, which isn't to say that all of their influences are from the ‘60s. The Fad have also claimed the Jam--a famous British punk/new wave band of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s--as an influence. And that affection for punk and new wave isn't atypical of New York's 21st Century neo-garage scene; typically, rockers in that scene are the sort of people who will listen to the Kinks or the Beatles one minute and the Jam or the Romantics the next. That scene has treasured melodic artists who make hooks a priority, which is why the Fad fit right in. In 2002, the Brooklyn residents recorded their self-titled debut EP, which New York's independent Lo-Fi Records released in early 2003.


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Permalink Reply by David Bailey on July 21, 2010 at 6:36am

That worked out pretty well. Luke didn't have any copies of the single but he did have an mp3 version and sent me that. Thanks again for the tip. Now for The Fad. So far I have found bands from...

1960s Austin (garage)
1980s Philadelphia (new wave) wore Star trek uniforms when onstage
2000s New York (power pop) Lo Fi records
2000s New York (ska/punk) Bankshot! Records

So far I haven't found which one if any did The Fad Theme

Permalink Reply by Kitty Kowalski on October 10, 2010 at 10:43am

I saw the Philly The Fad in college in 1983 or 1984. Roommate was from Philly. I even have flyers for them, which were very Jetsons-like. Mod for sure.

Permalink Reply by David Bailey on July 21, 2010 at 8:46am

Thanks for the response Wally! If this is The Fad I'm looking for they recorded The Fad Theme before signing with Lo Fi Records. I e-mailed the company and asked. I'm leaning toward the Philly group.

Permalink Reply by Patrick Walters on July 26, 2010 at 4:59pm

Thanks for starting this tread, I was about to start something similar. I'll throw in a couple that I've been looking for forever.

The 1996 "Candy Butcher's" album on Blue Thumb. Mike Vola's website says that this is available as an mp3 download from his MySpace page, but I can't find it. Btw, Mike Voila and Kelly Jones (if you don't have her album SheBANG! stop what you've doing and get it now) have a new EP available on mikeviola.com.

RF & the Radar Angels - Picture of Linda - #128 in John Borack's Top 200 Power Pop Albums list from Shake Some Action. In an obsessive mulit-year quest I've been able to collect 199 of 200. This is the only one I'm missing.

Permalink Reply by Wally Trost on July 27, 2010 at 1:40pm

Permalink Reply by Mr. In Between on July 27, 2010 at 4:54pm

You mean Candy Butchers "Live at La Bonbonniere [EP]" from 1996?

It has these songs:
1 Bells on a Leper
2 California Girl
3 Cupid Complained to Venus
4 Till You Die
5 Canned Hunt

I have that disc - I can rip it for you if you need it.

Let me know.

Patrick Walters said:

Thanks for starting this tread, I was about to start something similar. I'll throw in a couple that I've been looking for forever.

The 1996 "Candy Butcher's" album on Blue Thumb. Mike Vola's website says that this is available as an mp3 download from his MySpace page, but I can't find it. Btw, Mike Voila and Kelly Jones (if you don't have her album SheBANG! stop what you've doing and get it now) have a new EP available on mikeviola.com.

RF & the Radar Angels - Picture of Linda - #128 in John Borack's Top 200 Power Pop Albums list from Shake Some Action. In an obsessive mulit-year quest I've been able to collect 199 of 200. This is the only one I'm missing.

Permalink Reply by Patrick Walters on July 27, 2010 at 7:50pm

This is the one!

Wally Trost said:

Permalink Reply by Patrick Walters on July 27, 2010 at 7:53pm

Thanks Ming, but that's not the one. There was an album just called "The Candy Butchers" that came on Blue Thumb in 1996.
http://www.mikeviola.com/music/candybutchers.asp

Ming The Merciless said:

You mean Candy Butchers "Live at La Bonbonniere [EP]" from 1996?

It has these songs:
1 Bells on a Leper
2 California Girl
3 Cupid Complained to Venus
4 Till You Die
5 Canned Hunt

I have that disc - I can rip it for you if you need it.

Let me know.

Patrick Walters said:

Thanks for starting this tread, I was about to start something similar. I'll throw in a couple that I've been looking for forever.

The 1996 "Candy Butcher's" album on Blue Thumb. Mike Vola's website says that this is available as an mp3 download from his MySpace page, but I can't find it. Btw, Mike Voila and Kelly Jones (if you don't have her album SheBANG! stop what you've doing and get it now) have a new EP available on mikeviola.com.

RF & the Radar Angels - Picture of Linda - #128 in John Borack's Top 200 Power Pop Albums list from Shake Some Action. In an obsessive mulit-year quest I've been able to collect 199 of 200. This is the only one I'm missing.

Permalink Reply by Mark Haggard on August 10, 2010 at 6:42pm

Anyone out there have the album by Thrush, featuring Phil Solem of The Rembrandts fame?

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