Episode 2A of HOP ON POWER POP Podcast, talks to Boston-Seattle based musician David Thompson (The Pills, The Scheme, The Pop Cycle) about the hotly argued topic What Makes A Song Power Pop? It's a different podcast than Episode 1 because we have an in studio guest!

David shares his insights on the genre and we discuss everything from the Power Pop bands:

• The Raspberries
• Cheap Trick
• Matthew Sweet
• Big Star
• The Knack
• The Monkees
• The Posies
• and more

Episode 2 is broken into two parts: 2A & 2B
Episode 2A: Further discussion on What Is Power Pop? with David Thompson
Episode 2B: Focuses on the music of David Thompson (The Pills, The Scheme, The Pop Cycle)