It's been almost 30 years since TubeTopMania took over the staff of NYCD.
Who is TubeTop?
TubeTop were a one and done power pop band out of Seattle that consisted of The Posies rhythm section, Mike Musberger and Dave Fox, along with songwriters Gavin Guss and Brian Naubert. Their only release, 1997's "Three Minute Hercules" features a couple of tracks produced by Peter Buck, as well as Posy Jon Auer adding some harmony on a track or two. We all loved this record so much, one staff member created an expanded deluxe CD version for in-house enjoyment, pulling all the stray tracks from various indie singles and power pop compilations, including fine covers of Dave Davies' "Susannah's Still Alive" and the Ace Frehley classic "Getaway."
We were, in a word, nuts...about this record!
I haven't thought about this album in ages, partly because I haven't had a working CD player in years. All of my listening is done either by playing vinyl or plugging in my iPod. So while I was uploading a few stacks of CDs into the pod, the TubeTop CD caught my eye. It's every bit as wonderful as I remembered it.
If you dig these tracks, treat yourself to the whole thing over at Bandcamp.
4 comments:
Delightful! Never heard of them, which strikes me as odd since I was going to NYCD a lot back then. 😎
It sounds quite Matthew Sweet and, errrr... Teenage Fanclub to me. And yes I know they pre-dated them.
I do have that cd - bought it back in '98 from Not Lame, when I first discovered powerpop. Don't 'spect I've heard it since around that time, either.
I better give it a spin, the songs you posted sounded pretty tasty.
Randy
I'm hearing Fountains of Wayne and The Records. Good stuff.
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