Some people remember where they were when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, or when the space shuttle blew up. Unsure when the song would appear, he and his wife had been videotaping each episode and sifting through them numbly. I don't know if I would consider us, technically, tattoo-parlor type of music. But if they think we're that kind of rock, sure. It makes no difference to Gradishar that the last major power-pop boom, when the Gin Blossoms and Oasis had smash albums, has subsided over the last two or three years.
Power pop is always there.
To me, Duran Duran was power pop. They may be wearing different clothes. It's always there, and creeps in at times you don't expect it. Knopper is a Chicago freelance writer.