Popsicle, The Posies, Cheap Trick, Big Star, Fountains of Wayne, Owsley, The Wildhearts, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Brad, Satchel, Sweet Chariots, Atomic Swing, The Beatles, Jellyfish, Supergrass, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Mike Viola, The Candy Butchers, Steve Earle, This Perfect Day, The Wannadies, Teenage Fanclub, Matthew Sweet, Beyoncé and so on and so forth...
Sounds Like
powerpop bliss!
REVIEWS
There’s a brand new band in town! Well not new, formed in late 2005 in Stockholm, The Genuine Fakes pack a Power Pop Punch and some cool mustaches too. Think "Todd Rundgren/Utopia meets Cheap Trick meets Jellyfish". Get the picture? Good! Now go and show your support and your mustache!
Proud members of the power-pop fraternity populated by Dwight Twilley, Big Star, Teenage Fanclub and the like, this Swedish trio convincingly transforms the steely Beyoncé ballad [Irreplaceable] into something that wouldn't sound out of place on a Fountains of Wayne album.
When people refer to pop music these days, they mean Britney Spears, Aaron Carter, Ashlee Simpleton, uh- I mean Simpson and all the teeny-twerps on MTV/TRL. Well, when we used to talk about about pop music, this song would have been the very definition. A solitary sweet but stinging electric guitar opens the tune, quickly followed by bass and drums, then finally the whole band. The song is reminiscent of Todd Rundgren/Utopia meets Cheap Trick meets Jellyfish. Great vocals, great melody, great musicianship and great production. The ending is relentless and makes you want to put your fist through the roof. Since I can't really do that, I'm just gonna yell- yee hah, and play the song again. Congratulations- we have a winner.
The Genuine Fakes is the new hope of powerpop in Sweden. Their songs are fueled by rock and catchy singalong melodies.
The band was formed in late 2005 in a basement in Sodermalm in Stockholm. Joey, Morty and Johnny, all of whom shared a love for stripes and moustaches, joined up and beautiful music came to be instantaneously. Influences from bands such as 90’s indie legends Popsicle from Sweden, The Posies (naturally), The Wildhearts, Fountains of Wayne, Weezer, Cheap Trick and Foo Fighters, to name a few, are forged in a way that creates a unique sound in this day and age. You’ve got beautiful harmonies layered on a powerful foundation of shimmering guitars, singing bass lines, noisy drums and distorted Hammond organ. The instrumentation is raw while the intricate vocal harmonies are sure to please the Beatle-junkies out there. The band delivers three and four part harmonies that is reminiscent of the theatrical quartets Jellyfish and Queen. A concertgoer perhaps described it best: “It’s Popsicle-rock with Beach Boys harmonies!”
Merely two months after the band’s first rehearsal there was already a whole album’s worth of material written. The live debut was in January of 2006 and since then the band has played most of the local Stockholm rock clubs. The year was topped off with a critically acclaimed performance at the Rookie Festival in Hultsfred. This festival is the most important showcase for up-and-coming bands in Sweden, to which they were handpicked as one of 30 bands amongst thousands of applicants. In conjunction with the Rookie Festival the band released its first single, entitled Star. It quickly sold out and has been downloaded persistently from their website ever since.
The trio got transformed into a quartet in early 2007, adding the organist Tommy to the permanent roster. Over these past couple of years The Genuine Fakes have evolved into a fierce live act. Add to that their recordings and you’ve got a force to be reckoned with.
.Dont haffi dread to be rasta! This is not a dreadlock thing...it's a matter of your heart!!!.. ..Forever loveing jah and the bueatyful music all around us, bless Yes notre famille s'aggrandit... "You haffi dread to be a lion" black uhuru "you don't haffi dread to be rasta" morgan heritage 1Love.. Drigo
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