Power Pop part 1: Suddenly, Everything Is Power Pop!
Chas de Whalley, Sounds, 11 February 1978
A BRAND NEW YEAR and a brand new word for the media to fool about with, eh? What's it all about then, this Power Pop business? Is it going to give Punk the elbow? Is it a new movement with a new manifesto? Is it perhaps even another new music?
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