Anybody remember The Smirks? (This website has a lot of broken images, but hey, nobody's perfect).
For some reason, listening to The Coral made me think of them and then reminisce about that 'Power Pop' thing that came after punk. Remember The Yachts? (Suffice to say you love me, I can't say that I blame you...) Don't tell these guys I like this kind of thing, though.
B-)
Hi Billy - Yes, you asked this over 3 years ago, yes I remember The Smirks - in fact I am the person who put together their website, but it doesn't have broken images any more, but it does have MP3s and pictures. And I remember The Yachts too.
Pity that there is so little about them that 3 year old blog posts are discoverable.
Ian