CALIFORNIA vs ILLINOIS / THE INTERSTATE BATTLE Vol 1 (90's)
Back in the 60's, the most common question was : "are the beatles better than the stones", and if a battle of the songs had been settled up between the two bands, maybe there could have been a tie (i guess you all know "my" winner)...but on the length of time, while the fab four raised themselves to their legendary status of "greatest band of all time".
In the 70's, reading Bomp magazine, i remember Greg Shaw was featuring the bands according to the burgeoning local scenes. L.A, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland or New York, It's only a few years later that i remembered this while reading Yellow Pills and a small feature written by Jordan Oakes : "My city's better than yours: Pop Capitol of the Country".
Later again, there were some various compilations collecting bands from some famous "power pop areas", the "H2D" collection in the USA, "Pop Greetings" in Sweden and some less official releases.
So, all these elements lead me to try to expand this "Best City" feature, to an "Interstate Battle of the Power Pop Bands". And the first volume i decided to make is "California vs Illinois" (the 90's).
Special note: As i wanted a fair and gentle "battle", i asked Curt from PPO to take care of the Illinois State picks.
I sincerely hope you will enjoy all the fun about this and help us to settle more gentle battles of the same kind. Obviously, the artwork has been directly inspired by a 60's album called "The Battle of The Century".
In the 70's, reading Bomp magazine, i remember Greg Shaw was featuring the bands according to the burgeoning local scenes. L.A, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland or New York, It's only a few years later that i remembered this while reading Yellow Pills and a small feature written by Jordan Oakes : "My city's better than yours: Pop Capitol of the Country".
Later again, there were some various compilations collecting bands from some famous "power pop areas", the "H2D" collection in the USA, "Pop Greetings" in Sweden and some less official releases.
So, all these elements lead me to try to expand this "Best City" feature, to an "Interstate Battle of the Power Pop Bands". And the first volume i decided to make is "California vs Illinois" (the 90's).
Special note: As i wanted a fair and gentle "battle", i asked Curt from PPO to take care of the Illinois State picks.
I sincerely hope you will enjoy all the fun about this and help us to settle more gentle battles of the same kind. Obviously, the artwork has been directly inspired by a 60's album called "The Battle of The Century".
And remember : YOU BE THE JUDGE AND JURY!
California : compiled by angelo (ppc)
Illinois : compiled by curt (ppo)
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