Tag Archives: video

Powerpop-packed YouTube-clip with Cheap Trick

22 Mar

Browsing YouTube I found this fantastic clip with Cheap Trick and the cast from “That 70′s Show”.

The song In the Street was originally performed by 70′s band Big Star. A cover-version of the song was recorded by Cheap Trick in 1999 for use as the theme song for the television show That 70′s Show. Great TV-show, great music and a cool video. Definitely worth checking out!

Video clip from Jack Rocks

3 Mar

Check out this clip on YouTube from a documentary of the Jack Rocks finals.

Essential powerpop albums #1

3 Mar
OK, so there are a few albums that have really influenced me and my songwriting over the years, and shaped this band into what it is. As someone wise once said – we are all just a product of our influences.The first album I’m going to recommend you try to track down is the one album that The Grays released in 1994 entitled Ro Sham Bo. I just recently came over it myself and hadn’t heard it before last year. It’s the band that Jason Falkner formed after he left Jellyfish (which is another group I’ll be getting to in another issue), and it contains a number of great powerpop gems.

The opening track from the album, entitled “Very Best Years” is one of my favorite songs at the moment. A while ago I discovered that they’d made a music video for it, which you can check out here:

Do yourselves a favor and check it out!

There’s a brand new site in town…

22 Feb
A few days ago we launched a new and improved version of the official TGF website. The new website is more “blog-based” and you will be able to follow both official TGF-news and unofficial TGF-member-gossip!

Joey, Morty, Johnny and Tommy are all blogging on their personal MySpace-blogs and the content of those is assembled on The Genuine Fakes’ website at thegenuinefakes.com. In addition to that tour dates, new music, new videos and much more will be posted.

Welcome to read even more about The Genuine Fakes on thegenuinefakes.com.

Tommy Fake / The Genuine Fakes

Happy new year!

31 Dec

The Genuine Fakes wish you all a Happy New Year! 2009 will be a very productive year for the band. You have a lot of things to look forward to – video releases, CD releases, a new website and hopefully loads of live performances. Who knows, maybe this is the year it all will happen? Onwards and upwards fellow fakers!

The Genuine Fakes salutes YOU!

12 May

The band would like to extend their deepest gratitude to everyone who helped out in the making of their video this weekend. Everything went smoothly and everyone did their parts and more. The result will surely be something special. The video will be released later this summer – possibly September – and a big party will be thrown to celebrate the event.

Video shoot and ROQ

7 May

This Saturday The Genuine Fakes are making the video for “I Don’t Want It”. The band needs extras/audience so if you’re in town and you want to be in the video, check out the event on Facebook.

Furthermore, The Genuine Fakes joins Winston and The O-kult at ROQ in Stockholm later the same evening for a rawkin’ show. Check out the live calendar for more info.

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