What is "power pop"

alt. A genre of popular music inspired by 1960s British and American pop and rock music, with strong melody, crisp vocal harmony, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. n. A genre of popular music inspired by 1960s British and American pop and rock music, with strong melody, crisp vocal harmony, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs.

Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, clear vocals and crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are usually kept to a minimum, and blues elements are largely downplayed.

In the 1980s and 1990s, power pop continued as a commercially modest genre but by the mid-1990s through the 2000s, power pop was mainly in the underground.

While its cultural impact has waxed and waned over the decades, power pop is among rock's most enduring subgenres.