Blog: Powerpopaholic: The Power Pop Music Review Site!

If you ever dreamed of finding that "unknown" pop nugget in the back of the record store's cut out bin, then Doug Derek & The Hoax will make you smile. Much like when Not Lame unearthed "The Toms" a few years ago, Doug Derek was a little known garage band from New Haven, CT during the same period (1980-81). The album is a snapshot in time of the skinny tie era of power pop similar to Paul Collins' Beat, The Plimsouls and even Peter Case a little bit. The big "hit" here is the opening two tracks "Bobby's Gotta Get [...]