Wackers hardly name biography examples

Just discovered your blog and am enjoying the archives very much. Here is a great tune from the early '70s that I think would be your style.

The Wackers discography and songs: Music profile for The Wackers, formed Genres: Pop Rock, Power Pop. Albums include Forever Changing: The Golden Age of .

Hi Dawn. Thanks for the comment. That Pebbles song is great, just the sort of thing I like. Hopefully I'll be able to track down a copy and put on on one of my mixes.

The Wackers were a British pop / beat group of the mids, hailing from Wales and initially known under two earlier names, Dino & The Wildfires and Terry & The Rhythm Rockers.

I guess I better look a little deeper in their back catalogue! Thanks again. So, continuing on with the Bob Segarini story, after the Family Tree 's 's popsike classic " Miss Butters " reviewed here came the less inspired and not so good Roxy LP in The plan this time was to go against the grain of the current trend of pretentious rock that was popular at the time and take music back to it's more innocent times of three minute songs with three harmonies and choruses you could sing along to.

The Raspberries, Big Star and The Flamin' Groovies were also thinking along the same lines around this time and were essentially laying down the foundations of what would come to be known as Powerpop. There are some great tracks on this record including a rousing version of Elvis Presley 's " Don't Be Cruel " which was most likely the inspiration behind Cheap Trick 's version of the song.

Some of the slower tunes have got a strong Crosby, Stills and Nash vibe, thanks to the vocal harmonies. Everything on here though is ultra melodic with plenty of Beatlesque touches in the song writing especially Segarini's Sun King inspired " Body Go Round ". The recording lasted just six days at Le Studio in Montreal , Quebec in Canada , a favourite spot for the Wackers and a place where Segarini would most of the decade recording.

Next up is " We Can Be ", the longest track on the album at four and a half minutes but grooves hypnotically away with some booming McCartney style bass lines and " She's So Heavy " guitar.