Artist description A melodic mix of Mod, Punk and Power pop, with other influences thrown in as needed, in mostly 3 minute songs.

Music Style mod, punk, power pop

Musical Influences The Jam, The Who, The Small Faces, The Pretty Things, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Beatles,Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Happy The Man, Motorhead, Dio, Kiss, T-Rex, Slade, The Sweet, Syd Barrett, Starz, Angel, UFO, 999, Rezillos, Soft Boys,

Similar Artists The Jam,The Who,Beatles,Rezillos,Yardbirds,Small Faces,Elvis Costello,Joe Jackson,XTC,Squeeze,Stiff Little Fingers,X,Pretty Things,999,Kinks,Syd Barrett,Starz,Angel,UFO,Slade,T-Rex,Sweet,Soft Boys,

Artist History The "Action" CD was released in May 1998, and is completely self written , recorded, produced and arranged by Jim Rhoads. Jim Rhoads was a founding member of the band "The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns", and recorded 1 self titled CD with them, and played countless live dates sharing stages with artist's like Jewel, The Toasters, The Goo Goo Dolls among others.

Group Members Jim Rhoads-All instruments and voices.

Albums Action

Press Reviews Scootering Magazine (UK) in their Jan 99 issue, called the CD "absolutely brilliant", and said it "evokes memories of the MOD revival of '79", "a strong contender for album of the month". Bucketfull of Brains magazine (UK) said the CD was " a whole heap of good fun and well worth a listen". The Final Cut zine (USA) called the CD "action-packed and worth looking into". Mode magazine (USA) said "very refreshing".

Location Elizabethtown, PA - USA

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