List of power pop musicians

This is a list of notable bands and musicians that have been described as power pop, or contributing power pop music. For an explanation of the history and evolution of the genre, see the main article, which includes bands and musicians of historical significance. The list below includes not just significant bands and musicians, but offers readers a way to explore noteworthy power pop musicians of less importance, and expand personal discographies within the genre.

See also:

• Power pop albums
• Power pop groups

0-9

• 10cc
• 20/20
• 4 Out of 5 Doctors

A

• The Adams
• Admiral Twin
• The All-American Rejects
• American Hi-Fi
• The Apples in Stereo
• Artful Dodger
• Ash

B

• Tal Bachman
• Badfinger
• The Bangles
• Barenaked Ladies
• The Barracudas
• Stiv Bators
• The Beat
• Beatnik Termites
• Chris Bell
• Big Star
• Blondie
• Blue Ash
• Bleu
• The Bongos
• Bourgeois Tagg
• The Boys
• Bram Tchaikovsky
• The Breakaways
• The Breetles
• Brendan Benson
• The Broken West
• Buzzcocks

C

• The Candy Butchers
• The Cars
• Cheap Trick
• Cherry Twister
• The Chords
• The Click Five
• The Connells
• The conversation heart
• The Contrast
• Elvis Costello
• Cotton Mather
• Marshall Crenshaw

D

• Devin Davis
• The Dandy Warhols
• The dB's
• Del Amitri
• Don Dixon
• Dressy Bessy

E

• Eddie & the Hot Rods
• Einstein's Sister
• Enuff Z'nuff
• The Exploding Hearts

F

• Jason Falkner
• Farewell
• Farrah
• Firestarter
• The Flamin Groovies
• Ben Folds
• The Format
• Fountains of Wayne
• fred
• Frisbie

G

• Game Theory
• Gigolo Aunts
• Gin Blossoms
• The Greenberry Woods
• The Green Pajamas
• Guadalcanal Diary
• Guster
• Ginger Sling
• Gwen Stefani

H

• The HaLo Friendlies
• Juliana Hatfield
• Holly and the Italians
• Hüsker Dü
• Eric Hutchinson
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J

• The Jags
• The Jam
• Jellyfish
• Freedy Johnston
• The Jellybricks

K

• Tommy Keene
• The Kinks
• Klaatu
• The Knack

L

• The Lambrettas
• The La's
• Lazlo Bane
• The Lemonheads
• Let's Active
• Linus of Hollywood
• Locksley
• Nick Lowe
• Lillix
• Luna Halo

M

• The M&Ms
• Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
• The Martial Arts
• Material Issue
• The Merry-Go-Round
• R. Stevie Moore
• The Motels
• The Motors

N

• The Nazz
• The Nerves
• The New Pornographers
• The Nice Boys

O

• The Odds
• OK Go
• The Only Ones
• The Orange Peels
• Owsley
• Orange Hat
• Orson
• Ozma

P

• Pandoras
• Paul Collins' Beat
• Michael Penn
• Pezband
• The Pettit Project
• The Pillbugs
• The Plimsouls
• Plain White T's
• Pointed Sticks
• Pooh Sticks
• The Posies
• Private Jets
• The Pursuit of Happiness

Q

• Quinzy

R

• The Raspberries
• The Records
• The Red Buttonr
• Redd Kross
• Reggie and The Full Effect
• The Rembrandts
• The Replacements
• Restless Soul
• Emitt Rhodes
• The Rocket Summer
• The Romantics
• Rooney
• The Rosenbergs
• Rubber Clown Car
• The Rubinoos
• Rudi
• Todd Rundgren

S

• The Scruffs
• Secret Affair
• Phil Seymour
• Shoes
• Silver Sun
• The Singles
• Sloan
• Smith Bros.
• The Smithereens
• Snow Patrol
• Splitsville
• The Spongetones
• Rick Springfield
• Spymob
• Squeeze
• The Stereo
• Strangeways
• Sugarbomb
• Sugarcult
• Superdrag
• Supergrass
• Super Furry Animals
• Matthew Sweet
• Swirl 360

T

• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
• Teenage Fanclub
• Telephone Bruises
• Glenn Tilbrook
• Tiny Dancers
• The Thermals
• The Tories
• Tonight
• Tsar
• Dwight Twilley

U

• The Undertones
• Until June
• Utopia

V

• The Vapors
• The Vibrators
• Velvet Crush
• Veruca Salt
• Vodevil

W

• Wannadies
• The Waking Hours
• Steve Ward
• We Are Balboa
• Weezer
• The Wombats
• Wondermints

X

• XTC

Z

• The Zeros
• Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer
• Zumpano