Dec 14

The Poppees

Under Appreciated

THE POPPEES
 
 

 

 

(Retrospective album by the UARB for December 2010, the Poppees, released on April 20, 2010 on Bomp! Records) 

 

(May 2013)

 

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The second song on Destination: Bomp! is by a past UARB, the Poppees; and there are also tracks from two other past UARB’s:  the Breakaways (credited as Paul Collins) and the Unknowns.  Who knows how many future UARB’s are represented as well.  

 

(September 2013)

 

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Much as past UARB the Poppees was the first band signed by Greg Shaw for his original Bomp! Records label, the Crawdaddys was the first band brought in by Shaw for his new 1960’s revival label Voxx Records.  The name Voxx is an adaptation of the Vox brand of musical instruments, known in the rock world for their electric organs, amplifiers, and (as Wikipedia says) “a series of innovative but commercially unsuccessful electric guitars and bass guitars”.  

 

(January 2015/2)

 

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Greg Shaw launched Bomp! Records in December 1974 with the release of the Bomp 101 single, “You Tore Me Down” b/w “Him or Me” by the Flamin’ Groovies, with the latter song being the Paul Revere and the Raiders song.  The first band signed by the new label was past UARB the Poppees, whose unabashed Beatlesque stylings were at odds with the established rock scene and the punk/new wave scene alike. 
 
In the early days, everything was in a 7-inch format; but it wasn’t all two-song singles, and it wasn’t all new music.  Apparently right after the first 45 by the Poppees was released, on Bomp 104-EP, Bomp! Records put together the first reissue of music by the Choir, a 1960’s Cleveland band that included several members of the Raspberries, which formed in 1970 and released several smart albums along with a million-selling hit single, “Go All the Way”. 
 
(December 2017)
 
Last edited: March 22, 2021