Power Pop Crossword Puzzle:


THE CORRECT ANSWERS

Across:
1. I give soft commands (but I also might show my underwear to the audience) (3, 12)
Ken Stringfellow (his album is called Soft Commands)

8. My solo album is called Opening Night, but what was the name of my band (and 61 down) (6,7)
Cherry Twister (Steve Ward has an album called Opening Night and his band was Cherry Twister)

13. I'm a suburban kid from australia (3,5)
Bob Evans (He is australian and has an album called Suburban Kid)

14. We are swedish and our hearts collided with fat cat (8)
Amandine (Amandine is a swedish band whose album is called This is Where Our Hearts Collide and
it was released by Fat Cat Recods)

15. Let's go to yummy yummy express (4)
Ohio (a stupid clue, but Ohio Express has a bubblegum song called Yummy Yummy Yummy. I don't
even like it, but the word just fitted to puzzle, heh.)

17. Who is a junkie (5)
Julie (Eastern Dark song Julie is a Junkie)

18. We are british and we like violet hours (9)
Clientele (Clientele's album is violet hour, not power pop either)

19. …..brothers (5)
Paley (legendary Paley Brothers)

22. Blue… (3)
Ash (legendary power pop group Blue Ash)

23. I Think of rain on a Sunday morning, but you don't need to know my first name (6)
Guryan (Margo Guryan has written Think Of Rain and Sunday Morning)

24. Dogs D'amour frontman (4)
Tyla (I don't even know that much about them but the word tyla just fitted well)

25. …..Dice (2)
No (No Dice is Badfinger's album)

26. Which quartet knows that it only takes a flashlight to create a monster (4)
Bear (Beart Quartet's song)

27. (see 68 across) (3)

28. Well I'm not WEST ham or TOTTENham (4)
Pete (Badfinger's Pete Ham)

29. People don't call me eddy (5)
Dusty (these were hard. This is dusty because there's a girl called eddy and a girl called dusty is dusty's album)

31. The first word of wylie's ex-band (6)
Cosmic (Daniel Wylie's band was obviously Cosmic Rough Riders)

33. I'm a pop festival, but you need to write me backwards (3)
OPI (the festival IPO backwards)

35. We are Mike and Seth and we are ready to push the.. (3,6)
Red Button (Mike Ruekberg and Seth Swirsky form the band Red Button)

41. Swedish Polarbears dedicated a song for me, that's understandable because I'm one of the best songwriters ever (6,5)
Norman Blake (A pretty hard clue I guess)

45. ………& Britta (4)
Dean

46. I wrote a song for the girl of our dreams, just write my first name, because my last name is too difficult (4)
Bram (Bram Tchaikovsky has a song Girl of My Dreams)

47. My first name is Tommy (5)
Keene

50. Hey, I have an extra $100, why don't I buy Big Shot Cronicles by …………….from ebay (4, 6)
Game Theory

51. Pardon me, I used to live in a merry go round (5,6)
Emitt Rhodes (Pardon Me is his song, and Live is a song by his band Merry-Go-Round)

53. I'm a good songwriter and my first name is Frank (5)
Bango

54. We are not Splitsville (10,5)
Greenberry Woods (so the answer was their earlier band)

57. Mayflies…. (3)
USA (a name of a band)

59. Some loves this songwriter (6,6)
Darryl Mather (songwriter from the band called Someloves)

60. We made portable pop (4,4)
Late Show (they had album called Portable Pop)

63. Gene's album was two sides to ……. story (5)
Every

64. Just like ……, sings Mariani (5)
Nancy (Just Like Nancy is DM 3's songs)

66. I'm Lou and my album is called ….(4)
Emoh (Barlow's album)

67. I'm Michael Brown and I wrote lots of perfect songs. One of them is called….. (7)
Desiree

68. …. & …. starts Shake The Streets (see also 27 across) (2,3)
Me & Mia (first song of the album Shake the Streets by Ted Leo)

69. We are a band and if you do The Move you might quess our name (6)
Shazam (It's also the name of album by The Move)

73. We have something in common with Ramones and Pushtwangers and we have a new boxset (8)
Rubinoos (they all have a song called I wanna be your boyfriend and there's a new Rubinoos box out)

75. ………..buffalo (see 44 down) (5, 3)
Grant Lee

76. We are not Stems, We are not Someloves, We are .. (2,1)
DM 3 (Stems and Someloves are also Dom Mariani's bands)

79. I know I did the wrong thing but what do the other boys do. Write our name backwards (4)
SMOT (TOMS songs I Did The Wrong Thing and Other Boys Do were the clue)

80. I'm not called dusty (4)
Eddy (again idiotic clue and it was because there's a girl called eddy and an album called a girl called Dusty)

83. ……….of lily (8)
Pictures (Who's song Pictures of Lily)

85. My last name is Lloyd (4)
Bill (Bill Lloyd a power pop songwriter)

86. Mr. Algeri is huge in Finland, but what is his first name (3)
Joe

87. When you find out that we wrote one of the best pop songs ever (6)
Nerves (When You Find Out by Nerves is one of the best pop songs ever)

88. It's a city and a song by Norfolk & Western (4)
Oslo

89. Mr. Wylie's label is called… (4,5)
Neon Tetra (Daniel Wylie's label is Neon Tetra Records)

90. I'm a David and I'm a power pop guru (4)
Bash (IPO guru David Bash)

91. We are canadian heavy…… (8)
Blinkers (canadian band Heavy Blinkers)

92. What time is it. Maybe it's …….. time (5)
Lilac (A band called Lilac Time)


Down:
1. I've worked with Epic and I like gospel mornings (5, 6)
Kevin Junior (Has worked with Epic Soundtracks and his band Chamber Strings has an album called Gospel Mornings)

2. I'm a nice man, but what is the name of my label (9)
Shoeshine (Francis MacDonald has recorded albums under name Nice Man and his label is Shoeshine Records)

3. I played fight songs with my band and my last name is Miller (5)
Rhett

4. I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not Neil Jung. But if you like TFC you might guess my name too (4,5)
Gene Clark (coz TFC has songs called Neil Jung and Gene Clark)

5. It's a shame that we aren't outdoor type (10)
Lemonheads (album It's a Shame About Ray and song Outdoor Type)

6. You might not get a Prize just for knowing Scot Sax's band, but it will be the answer to this (10)
Wanderlust

7. ……..removed was an album by canadian group (5)
Twice (Sloan's album Twice Removed)

8. I know you know our name, I believe you believe it too. If that was too far-fetched I surrender to a dream cop (5,5)
Cheap Trick (the start was idiotic clue about the songs I want you to want me, but the song Surrender and album Dream Police were easy clues)

9. Did we make a world record (3)
ELO (ELO's album New World Record)

10. I used to be a big star, write my first name backwards (4)
YDOJ (okay, I suppose he still is. Jody Stephens is a member of Big Star)

11. Striped shirts are precious to me (4, 7)
Phil Seymour (my favourite ridicilous clue, Phil has a song called Precious to Me and you know the striped shirt part if you've seen his record covers)


12. The city is so freak that we wrote a soundtrack for it (8, 5)
Material Issue (album called freak city soundtrack)

16. I'm a wealthy guy (7)
Richman (Jonathan)

20. We are not called descendents, we are ….. but write it backwards (3)
LLA (ALL is basicly same band)

21. Hey there, I'm john and after a power trip, I formed a band called....(3)
IKE (John Faye's Power Trip and John's new band is IKE)


26. We don't have anything to do with Phil Collins (4)
Beat (I don't know was it easy or hard to guess that this was about Paul Collins and the answer was his band Beat)

30. Joanna's album (2)
Ys (Joanna Newsom's album)

32. Francis & Michael were……(6,6)
Cheeky Monkey (Francis MacDonald and Michael Shelley made a great album under the name Cheeky Monkey)

34. My last name is Mariani (3)
Dom

36. Let's get active now Mitch (6)
Easter (Mitch Easter's band Let's Active)

37. They wish you were here (9)
Badfinger (Badfinger album Wish You Were Her)

38. Jeremy's label, I guess it's a band too (3)
Jam (Jerymy Morris label is Jam Records)

39. Daryll-…. (3)
Ann (Daryll-Ann was a great dutch group)

40. Not Lame boss -n (6)
Brodee (notlame boss Bruce Brodeen -n )

42. We sang about Monday Morning 5:19 before fading into obscurity (6)
Rialto (I don't really know them, but the word just fit so well to the puzzle and I knew that song)

43. We were on Teenbeat Records and released an album called Black Cow (4)
Aden

44. (see 75 across)

48. Let go, hate will get you everytime (4,4)
Nada Surf (Let Go is their album and the last bit is lyrics from the song Always Love. I had that bit wrong at first though. So sorry about that)

49. Help me.. (6)
Rhonda (song by The Beach Boys)

52. He don't mind, just keep looking for the magic (7)
Twilley. (Twilley Don't Mind is an album and Looking For The Magic is Dwight Twilley's song)


53. His songs are far from meaningless (5)
Brion (Jon Brion has an album called Meaningless, but obviously his fabulous songwriter)

55. We visited Susan's House (4)
Eels (Eels song Susan's House)

56. If you don't call it third, you might call it …….. lovers (6)
Sister (Big Star's album Third/Sister Lovers)

58. It's not Montage, it's Left… (5)
Banke (Legandary band Left Banke, Montage is also Michael Brown's band)

59b. What kind of gurus are we (6)
Hoodoo (australian band Hoodoo Gurus)

61. (See 8 across)

62. Yeah, Skellefteå is our hometown, well actually I don't know if it is, but there are already enough clues (9)
Wannadies (album called Yeah, Compilation called Skellefteå and a song My Hometown)

64b. I'm not The King or am I (8)
Costello (so something like not Presley, but has an album King Of America)

65. Baby I'm.. (5)
Bored (Evan Dando album Baby I'm Bored)

66. Soundtracks (4)
Epic (Great late Epic Soundtracks)

68. All ….Cons (3)
Mod (Jam album)

70. She's not there, but you might find him from cell 44 (7)
Zombies (She's Not There and Care of Cell 44 are songs by The Zombies)

71. We envy angels and If I remember correctly we are from New Zealand. Our name is ……. Birds (6)
Mutton (Mutton Birds from NZ has an album Envy Of Angels)

72. Dear (2)
23 (Dear 23 is album by The Posies)

74. We make music for rainy days, but we also wrote an album called ….. (5)
Smile (Jayhawks has albums Rainy Day Music and Smile)

77. My name is Allison…. (6)
Moorer (not fitting so well to this puzzle, but I just wasn't able to come up with anything better)

78. Not that way anymore, you better make up your mind or this will be your last year, …. (4)
Stiv (Stupid clue, Stiv Bators perfect pop songs Not That Way Anymore, Make Up Your Mind and Last Year were the reason for this)

80. We are australian pop group (4)
Even (not so well-known though. At least for me. But I have one of their albums)

81. Forster-Mclennan thought that you should ….. For Your Memory (4)
Dive (Go-Betweens songs Dive For Your Memory)

82. Did that ballerina break out because of us (5)
Lolas (they have an album Ballerina Breakout)

84. They thought it was okay to try again tomorrow night (5)
Shoes (they have songs called Okay and Tomorrow Night)

87. Lee folds, but you should write it backwards (3)
NEB (Ben Lee and Ben Folds)

88. Ted …., but again backwards (3)
OEL (Ted Leo)

90. Camplight (1,1)
B.C (B.C Camplight is a good artist)