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{{Short description|American pop punk band formed in 1989}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Magnapop
| image = Magnapop 2010.jpg
| landscape = yes
| alt = Magnapop posing in a black-and-white photograph in front of a striped wall.
| caption = Magnapop in 2010, from left to right: Scott&nbsp;Rowe, Ruthie&nbsp;Morris, Linda&nbsp;Hopper, and Chad&nbsp;Williams
| alias = {{plainlist|
* Homemade Sister
* Swell
* Swell Dopa
* Linda & Ruthie
}}
| origin = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S.
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[power pop]]
* [[pop rock]]
* [[pop punk]]
}}
| years_active = {{flatlist|
* 1989–1997
* 2002–present
}}
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Caroline Records|Caroline]]
* [[Daemon Records|Daemon]]
* [[King Records (Japan)|King]]
* Never
* [[PIAS Recordings|PIAS]]
* [[Priority Records|Priority]], [[Safety Net Records|Safety Net]]
* [[SideOneDummy Records|SideOneDummy]]
* Solid
}}
| associated_acts = [[Oh-OK]]
| website = {{URL|magnapop.com}}
| current_members = {{plainlist|
* [[Linda Hopper]]
* [[Ruthie Morris]]
* David McNair
* Shannon Mulvaney
}}
| past_members = {{plainlist|
* Tim Lee
* Mark Posgay
* Greg Urbaitis
* Johnny Rozas
* Brian Fletcher
* Scott Rowe
* Chad Williams
}}
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'''[[List of Magnapop band members|List of members]]'''
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'''Magnapop''' is an American [[Rock music|rock]] band based in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |title=Magnapop Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/magnapop-mn0000231610 |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> Formed in 1989, the band has consistently included songwriting duo [[Linda Hopper]] as vocalist and [[Ruthie Morris]] on guitar. Magnapop first achieved recognition in the [[Benelux]] countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg through the festival circuit and have remained popular in Europe throughout their career. After modest success in the United States in the mid-1990s with the singles "[[Slowly, Slowly (Magnapop song)|Slowly, Slowly]]" and "[[Open the Door (Magnapop song)|Open the Door]]" and a series of albums produced by [[Michael Stipe]], [[Bob Mould]], and [[Geza X]], the band went on an extended hiatus due to the dissolution of their record label. They returned with a new rhythm section in 2005 on the [[Daemon Records]] release ''[[Mouthfeel (album)|Mouthfeel]]''. The band has continued to perform and record since this reunion and have self-released two more albums.<ref name=":0" /> Magnapop's musical style is noted for blending the pop vocals and melodies of Hopper with the aggressive, punk-influenced guitar-playing of Morris and her back-up vocal harmonies.

==History==

===Formation and self-titled debut (1989–1993)===
[[File:R.E.M. (56).JPG|alt=A middle-aged Caucasian man in a blue pin stripe suit with a shaved head sings into a microphone and smiles.|thumb|left|Linda Hopper's friendship with Michael Stipe would prove important for Magnapop's success. Stipe—depicted here performing with [[R.E.M.]] in 2008—produced Magnapop's demo which was later released as their first studio album and premiered the band at a showcase in New York.]]
Linda Hopper—a native of [[Marietta, Georgia]]<ref name="psf" />—was a member of the late 1970s/early 1980s [[Music of Athens, Georgia|music scene in Athens, Georgia]], where she befriended fellow [[University of Georgia]] student [[Michael Stipe]] in an art design class.<ref name="mojo" /> Stipe went on to form [[R.E.M.]] and Hopper joined him in the [[experimental music]] group [[Tanzplagen]] along with Stipe's sister, [[Lynda Stipe|Lynda]], and other local musicians. After the group folded, Lynda Stipe and Hopper formed [[Oh-OK]],<ref name="addicted2" /> whose line-up later included [[Matthew Sweet]] and David McNair.<ref name="spin" /> That project ended in 1984 and Hopper briefly belonged to a Washington, D.C. band named Holiday,<ref name="addicted2" /> who released their only EP in 1987.<ref name="psf" />

In 1989, Ruthie Morris had recently moved to Atlanta from [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]<ref name="vox" />—where she played a few shows as the guitarist for The Pockets. She attempted to play with local male musicians, but did not feel comfortable with any of them.<ref name="addicted2" /> Hopper and Morris were introduced by a mutual acquaintance and became fast friends; they wrote their first song together at Hopper's apartment<ref name="addicted2" /> the day they met.<ref name="psf" /> The duo had a difficult time finding collaborators to form a complete band (as Hopper described it, "We had to beg people to come and play with us.")<ref name="melodymaker" /> The duo eventually recruited bassist Tim Lee and McNair on drums in March 1990.<ref name="raygun" /> Lee left the band after a brief tenure and was replaced by Shannon Mulvaney, whom Morris met at a record store. The musicians named themselves Homemade Sister after a line from the film ''[[Baby Doll]]'' and released their first single—"Rip the Wreck"/"[[Merry (song)|Merry]]"—on Safety Net Records in 1990. Displeased with their name, the band was briefly renamed Swell,<ref name="crawled" /> before they found out [[Swell (band)|a San Francisco band]] had the same name and then billed themselves as Swell Dopa.

In 1990—while named Swell—they made their public debut at a show in Athens that Michael Stipe attended.<ref name="indie" /> He approached the band afterward and offered to [[Record producer|produce]] some demos for them in [[John Keane (record producer)|John Keane]]'s Athens studio in December.<ref name="nmeinterview" /> Their first high-profile show was at the July 1991 [[New York New Music Seminar]] along with three other bands that were introduced by Stipe.<ref name="crawled" /> At that event, Morris gave out two [[Demo (music)|demo tapes]]—one to American rock journalist James Sullivan<ref name="addicted1" /> and the other to Tom Engelshoven and John van Luyn of the Dutch music magazine ''[[Muziekkrant OOR]]''. The band proceeded to pass the tape to a promoter in The Netherlands who gave the band some club dates as well as a spot at the side stage of the 1991 [[Rotterdam]] festival ''Ein Abend in Wien''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aug 31, 1991: ein abend in wien festival 1991 at De Doelen Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands {{!}} Concert Archives |url=https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/ein-abend-in-wien-festival-1991 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=www.concertarchives.org}}</ref> After the positive response they received, they were promoted to the main stage the next day.<ref name="melodymaker" /> In The Netherlands, Magnapop was signed to [[PIAS Recordings|Play It Again Sam Records]], who released the ''[[Sugarland (EP)|Sugarland]]'' EP and ''[[Magnapop (album)|Magnapop]]'' [[demo album]] in 1992. Their self-titled first album included four of the 1990 Stipe demos, and was released on [[Caroline Records]] in the United States. A [[music video]] for the single "[[Merry (song)|Merry]]" was shot and aired in Europe.

Magnapop was featured on a variety of various artist compilations. Their first commercial recording other than their independent single was their 1992 [[cover version]] of "[[Pleasant Valley Sunday]]" for ''Here No Evil&nbsp;– A Tribute to [[The Monkees]]''. The band was also featured on other various artist [[tribute albums]], including "Ear" (a different recording from the one on ''Magnapop'') for ''Delicacy & Nourishment&nbsp;– Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings Vol. 3'' in 1992 and 1993's recording of "[[Every Grain of Sand]]" for ''Outlaws Blues Volume Two&nbsp;– A Tribute to [[Bob Dylan]]'' with [[violin]]ist Mamie Fike. The band also recorded the ''[[Kiss My Mouth]]'' EP with [[Ted Niceley]] and released it in Europe. Around this time, the band was so fraught from booking recording sessions, that they briefly considered breaking up.<ref name="rollingstone" />

Magnapop established their fan base in the early 1990s through touring and the [[Music festival|festival circuit]]—particularly in central Europe,<ref name="indie" /> where they first broke through to the mainstream.<ref name="pollstar" /> It was only after they had established a fan base in Europe<ref name="flagpole" /> and received positive press in the United Kingdom that the band first became recognized in the United States, including their native Atlanta.<ref name="loafing" /> By the end of 1992, they were getting positive write-ups in American press such as ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref name="nyt" /> and supported [[Juliana Hatfield]] on tour.<ref name="hatfieldtour" /> The group made appearances at Rocking Kolonia Festival in [[Maastricht]] in 1992,<ref name="nmeinterview" /> [[Pukkelpop]] in [[Pukkelpop#1992|1992]],<ref name="pukkelpop" /> [[Transmusicales]] in 1992, [[A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise]] in 1993, and the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading Festival]] in [[Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups#Melody Maker Stage 5|1993]]. They also recorded a [[John Peel]] session on [[List of Peel sessions#M|September 2, 1993]]<ref name="peel" /> and a [[Black Sessions|Black Session]] on February 25, 1994.

===Mainstream success (1994–1997)===
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|image1=Bob Mould.jpg
|alt1=Bob Mould—a middle-aged Caucasian man with a shaved head and short facial hair wearing a black t-shirt—plays a blue guitar and sings into a microphone
|image2=Magnapop in-store 1994.jpg
|alt2=Magnapop performing in a record store with flyers for their album tacked on the wall behind them
|caption2=Bob Mould (above, pictured performing in 2005) produced the band's breakthrough album ''Hot Boxing''; they can be seen promoting the album with an in-store performance from 1994 (below)
}}
[[Bob Mould]] of [[Hüsker Dü]] had seen the band at a show in [[New York City]]'s [[CBGB]] as well as in Rotterdam—he called the latter show their "turning point"—and invited the band to tour with his new group [[Sugar (American band)|Sugar]]<ref name="melodymaker" /> in Europe and the United States in 1992–1993. The band asked Sugar bassist and fellow Athens musician [[David Barbe]] produce their major label debut album. When he refused, Mould offered to record with the band, taking them to [[Pedernales Recording Studio]], in [[Austin, Texas]] in August 1993.<ref name="mouldbook" /> The sessions would result in the album ''[[Hot Boxing]]'', which was released by Play It Again Sam in Europe and [[Priority Records]] domestically on July 5, 1994. Releasing an album by Magnapop was a radical departure for Priority who had previously focused on [[rap music]].<ref name="priority" />

The album produced two singles: "[[Slowly, Slowly (Magnapop song)|Slowly, Slowly]]", which spent seven weeks on the charts,<ref name="charts" /> peaking on September 10, 1994, at 25 on the U.S. [[Modern Rock Tracks]],<ref name="Allmusic charts" /> and "[[Lay It Down (Magnapop song)|Lay It Down]]", which topped the 1993 [[De Afrekening]] poll. The band toured the United States supporting [[The Lemonheads]] in 1993 and played at the [[Phoenix Festival#1994|1994]] [[Phoenix Festival]] and [[Marktrock]] to promote the album and created music videos for "Lay It Down", "Slowly, Slowly", and "Texas". The promotional EP ''[[Big Bright Cherry]]'' was released in 1994 and included three tracks from the ''Hot Boxing'' recording sessions as well as three self-produced songs.

In 1995, the McNair and the band parted ways, with neither party giving a definitive rationale. Hopper explained "We had a hard time recording ''Hot Boxing'', because our drummer had a lot of things in the way ... Nobody wants to hurt anyone, or to cut them out, but it was just like four adults getting a divorce, and their child is the band."<ref name="huh" /> She has alternately explained that the split was due to the "alternative lifestyles" of McNair and the rest of the group<ref name="phoenix" /> and that McNair's musicianship was not as competent as the other members.<ref name="addicted3" /> The remaining trio recruited [[session musician|session]] drummer [[Josh Freese]] and [[Audio engineering|engineers]] Sandy Solomon and Bernie Zwass to record a cover of [[Tom Waits]]' "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" at Plus Four Recordings Studios, in [[Sherman Oaks, California]] in June 1995 for the compilation album ''[[Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits]]''. Freese joined the group in November–December of that year in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] to record ''[[Rubbing Doesn't Help]]''. Mould was unavailable, so the band relocated to Los Angeles<ref name="huh" /> and worked with producer [[Geza X]]<ref name="addicted4" /> at his home studio<ref name="ap" /> in attempt to make a more "eclectic" album that would represent the diversity of their songwriting.<ref name="school" /> After hearing some demos, the band decided to hire him to produce the actual album and moved to Los Angeles for recording.<ref name="addicted4" /> The album produced the singles "[[Open the Door (Magnapop song)|Open the Door]]" and "[[This Family]]" (the former also had a music video), as well as the EP ''[[Fire All Your Guns at Once]]''. The band immediately set out to tour in promotion.<ref name="adn" />

Los Angeles musician Mark Posgay auditioned for the band in 1995 and became the group's permanent drummer.<ref name="pollstar" /> In July of that year, Magnapop supported [[R.E.M.]] on their ''[[Monster (R.E.M. album)|Monster]]'' World Tour and continued playing in the United States and Europe, including an appearance at [[X-Fest]] in [[X-Fest#Dayton, Ohio|1996]]. They also played their first dates in Australia and Japan in 1996<ref name="pollstar" /> and hosted ''[[120 Minutes]]'' on July 7 of the same year.<ref name="120minutes" /> In late 1996, Mulvaney left the group, citing problems of distance—Hopper and Morris had relocated permanently to Los Angeles—as well as a desire to focus on his family.<ref name="psf" /> He continued playing bass guitar and [[stand-up bass]] with Atlanta groups The Hots, The Lugosis, and Anna Kramer & The Lost Cause. Boston native and former [[The Queers|Queers]] bassist Greg Urbaitis replaced him after replying to an ad in ''[[The Recycler]]'' and the band continued to play live shows through 1997, including supporting [[Throwing Muses]] on their farewell tour. Posgay quit that summer and he was replaced by former Lifter drummer Johnny Rozas and this line-up recorded six demos at a recording studio in Orange County. This version of the band was short-lived as Magnapop was informed while on tour that their record label's rock division ceased to exist<ref name="cmj" /> and they did not have any funding for future touring or recording.<ref name="psf" /> Compounding matters further, the band members were still under contract to their old record label and were legally disbarred from using the name "Magnapop" until their contract expired seven years later.<ref name="punkglobe" />

===Hiatus, reformation, and independent releases (since 1998)===
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|image1=Ruthie Morris guitar 2006.jpg
|alt1=A Caucasian female with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a white shirt and dark pants strums a yellow electric guitar.
|caption1=Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris re-formed Magnapop in 2002 to record and tour. Morris is pictured here performing with the band in Belgium on April 21, 2006.
|image2=Magnapop performing 2007.jpg
|alt2=Magnapop performing onstage
|caption2=The re-formed Magnapop performing in 2007. From left to right: Scott Rowe, Chad Williams, Linda Hopper, and Ruthie Morris
}}
Hopper and Morris continued to play a few acoustic live shows as a duo into 1999, occasionally with accompaniment (such as Philadelphia bassist Billy Warburton and drummer Lance Crow)<ref name="citypaper" /> and attempted to record an EP for record label Vital Cog with a [[drum machine]] as backing,<ref name="citypaper" /> but ended up putting Magnapop on an indefinite hiatus. During this time, Morris also moved to Seattle, where she recorded a 2002 single with drummer Curtis Hall as The New Candidates. Hopper, Morris, Hall, and a group of Seattle musicians also demoed some Hopper/Morris songs during this period.<ref name="punkglobe" /> Hall would also drum with Hopper, Morris, and Mulvaney for a few Magnapop shows in 2002–2003. The band officially re-formed in 2003 with bassist Scott Rowe and drummer Brian Fletcher to tour the European festival circuit and record an album. In The Netherlands, Hopper also performed vocals on [[R.E.M.]]'s cover of "Favorite Writer" at two of the group's concerts on June 21 and 22.<ref name="favorite" />

The following May, the band entered Zero Return Studios in Atlanta with drummer Curt Wells as producer for their first album in almost a decade. On January 25, 2005, Magnapop released ''[[Mouthfeel (album)|Mouthfeel]]'' on [[Amy Ray]]'s record label [[Daemon Records]] and supported it with a tour through the United States. By 2005, Fletcher had left the group, and drummer Chad Williams had been recruited to replace him on two weeks prior to the first show on the ''Mouthfeel'' tour that included an appearance at [[South by Southwest]].<ref name="popmatters" /> One of these performances was recorded for the band's first [[live album]]—''[[Magnapop Live at Maxwell's 03/09/2005]]''—which they released independently through online music distributors including [[eMusic]], the [[iTunes Store]], and [[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]]. In May 2006, the band completed a tour of Belgium and The Netherlands and returned to Atlanta to begin work on the followup to ''Mouthfeel''. They continued touring Europe in 2007 and completed writing and recording for a new album sometime prior to 2008, with the album initially slated to be released in summer 2009.<ref name="punkglobe" /> These sessions recorded with [[Brian Paulson]] were released as ''[[Chase Park]]'' on September 4, 2009, through digital distributors by the band's own, newly created label, The Kraft Records.
[[File:Magnapop reunion 2011.jpg|alt=Magnapop perform onstage in front of a blue backdrop and several stacks of Orange amplifiers|thumb|The original line-up of Magnapop reunited for a benefit concert for record store Criminal Records in 2011. From left to right: bassist Shannon Mulvaney, drummer David McNair, singer Linda Hopper, and guitarist Ruthie Morris.]]
The band has continued to intermittently tour since the release of ''Chase Park'' and on September 13, 2011, ''[[Creative Loafing]]'' announced that Mulvaney had attempted to re-form the original line-up of Magnapop to perform a benefit concert for local independent music store Criminal Records.<ref name="original" /> The benefit was later scheduled for October 15, and the band announced that they would be performing their self-titled debut album in its entirety,<ref name="paste" /> along with some songs from ''Hot Boxing''.<ref name="clreunion" /> Mulvaney was motivated to support Criminal due to the store carrying their early releases in the Atlanta area.<ref name="paste2" /> The original line-up became permanent after the 2011 reunion.<ref name="fpole" />

Between touring with Magnapop, bassist Scott Rowe also performed in Luigi from 2003 through 2008 with former Magnapop drummer Brian Fletcher<ref name="luigi" /> as well as Bad Magic Number with current drummer Williams.<ref name="badmagic" /> The former has released two albums—2003's ''Vamonos''<ref name="vamanos" /> and ''Found on the Forest Floor'' in 2005.<ref name="found" /> Williams began drumming for Dead Register in 2014.

In September 2016, Magnapop announced a February 2017 tour of Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK,<ref name="euro2017" /> accompanied by the album ''[[The Circle Is Round]]'', released in 2019.<ref name="tciramg" />

The band announced a tour of Belgium and the Netherlands in November 2021; these dates were rescheduled from 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions forced their postponement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riseagency.nl/rosters/magnapop/|title=MAGNAPOP – Rise Agency}}</ref>

==Musical style==
{{quote box
 |quote = Magnapop is kind of like [[Young Marble Giants]] backed by [[AC/DC]].
 |source =&nbsp;—Michael Stipe, 1992<ref name="crawled" />
}}

{{Listen
| filename = Magnapop - Slowly, Slowly.ogg
| title = Slowly, Slowly
| description = The chorus of "[[Slowly, Slowly (Magnapop song)|Slowly, Slowly]]" is illustrative of Ruthie Morris' aggressive guitar playing and the harmony of her backing vocals with lead vocalist Linda Hopper. This song became their first charting single—reaching 25 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'''s [[Modern Rock Tracks]].<ref name="Allmusic charts" />}}
Magnapop have been defined genre-wise as [[power pop]]<ref name="tuneful" /> by multiple<ref name="vox" /> rock critics,<ref name="laweekly" /> and their performances have drawn comparisons with [[Punk music|punk]],<ref name="melodykolonia" /> [[New wave music|new wave]],<ref name="ap" /> and [[surf rock]].<ref name="melody" /> Reviewers have commented on the band's [[Pop music|pop]]-influenced songwriting,<ref name="raygun" /> specifically their employment of [[Hook (music)|guitar hooks]]<ref name="chronicle" /> and simple [[Chord (music)|chord structure]].<ref name="cmjhook" /> To that end, they have been compared to Mould's previous work as a member of [[Sugar (American band)|Sugar]]<ref name="raygunreview" /> and [[Hüsker Dü]], as well as fellow Georgia-based rock acts such as [[Guadalcanal Diary (band)|Guadalcanal Diary]] and [[Let's Active]]<ref name="laweekly" /> and [[alternative rock]] pioneers [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]]<ref name="tuneful" /> and [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]].<ref name="addicted2" /> The album ''Rubbing Doesn't Help'' represented a stylistic shift for the band away from their more pop-inspired material toward more guitar-oriented rock,<ref name="raygun" /> but their comeback with ''Mouthfeel'' returned<ref name="loafingmouthfeel" /> to the more pop-inspired sound<ref name="allmusicmouthfeel" /> of ''Hot Boxing''.<ref name="wapo" />

Morris is known for her particularly aggressive guitar-playing<ref name="wapo" /> and its interaction with Linda Hopper's pop-influenced vocals.<ref name="pop" /> In addition, the vocal harmony between the two singers has defined the band's sound, especially on later releases<ref name="adn" /> such as ''Rubbing Doesn't Help''<ref name="addicted4" /> that feature more of Morris' vocals.<ref name="melody" /> Critics have compared Morris' guitar-playing to punk acts<ref name="phoenix" /> like [[Johnny Ramone]]<ref name="chronicle" /> of [[Ramones]]<ref name="nyt" /> as well as alternative rock musicians such as [[Johnny Marr]].<ref name="latimes" />

==Covers and tributes==
[[File:Juliana Hatfield.jpg|alt=A worm's eye-view of a Caucasian woman with medium-length brunette hair playing guitar|left|thumb|Juliana Hatfield—pictured here performing in 2006—toured with Magnapop and was inspired to write a song about Ruthie Morris' guitar playing.]]
"[[Open the Door (Magnapop song)|Open the Door]]" has been covered by [[Eels (band)|Eels]] as the [[B-side]] to "[[Flyswatter (song)|Flyswatter]]"—it would later be collected on ''[[Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006]]''. Eels performed the song several times on their [[Electro-Shock Blues Show]] tour in support of the album ''[[Electro-Shock Blues]]''. [[Karaoke]] versions of the song were released by [[Stingray Digital]] through the [[iTunes Store]] on January 15, 2008. "Favorite Writer" was covered by R.E.M. as a B-side to "[[Bad Day (R.E.M. song)|Bad Day]]" in 2003 and was played live during the 2003 tour to promote ''[[In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003]]''.

In 1993, [[Juliana Hatfield]] wrote "Ruthless" in honor of the band's guitarist<ref name="sassy" /> after the two had a conversation about [[Camille Paglia]]<ref name="sky" /> while touring in 1992 ("We're all gushin', but I swear we really mean it, man/We're all sucking up to Ruthie.") It appeared as a B-side on the Juliana Hatfield Three singles "[[Spin the Bottle (Juliana Hatfield song)|Spin the Bottle]]" and "[[My Sister (Juliana Hatfield song)|My Sister]]".<ref name="ruthless" />
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==Band members==
{{Main|List of Magnapop band members}}
*[[Linda Hopper]]&nbsp;– [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]]
*[[Ruthie Morris]]&nbsp;– [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]], guitar
*David McNair&nbsp;– drums
*Shannon Mulvaney&nbsp;– bass guitar

{| class="toccolours" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid #E2E2E2;"
|+Magnapop line-ups
|-
!scope="row"|Homemade Sister<br />(1989)
|
*[[Linda Hopper]]&nbsp;– [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Ruthie Morris]]&nbsp;– [[guitar]]
|-
!scope="row"|Homemade Sister<br />(1989–1990)
|
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*Tim Lee&nbsp;– [[bass guitar]]
*David McNair&nbsp;– [[Drum kit|drums]]
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
|-
!scope="row"|Homemade&nbsp;Sister/Swell/<br />Swell&nbsp;Dopa/Magnapop<br />(1990–1995)
|
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*David McNair&nbsp;– drums
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
*Shannon Mulvaney&nbsp;– bass guitar
|-
!scope="row"|Magnapop<br />(1995)
|
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*Shannon Mulvaney&nbsp;– bass guitar
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
with
*[[Josh Freese]]&nbsp;– [[Session musician|session]] drums
|-
!scope="row"|Magnapop<br />(1996–1997)
|
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
*Shannon Mulvaney&nbsp;– bass guitar
*Mark Posgay&nbsp;– drums
|-
!scope="row"|Magnapop<br />(1997)
|
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
*Mark Posgay&nbsp;– drums
*Greg Urbaitis&nbsp;– bass guitar
|-
!scope="row"|Magnapop<br />(1997)
|
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
*Johnny Rozas&nbsp;– drums
*Greg Urbaitis&nbsp;– bass guitar
|-
!scope="row"|Hiatus<br />(1997–2002)
|Linda and Ruthie make occasional performances together, and plan but cancel a tour and EP in 1999
|-
!scope="row"|Magnapop<br />(2002)
|
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
*Shannon Mulvaney&nbsp;– bass guitar
with
*Curtis Hall&nbsp;– drums
|-
!scope="row"|Magnapop<br />(2002–2004)
|
*Brian Fletcher&nbsp;– drums
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
*Shannon Mulvaney&nbsp;– bass guitar
|-
!scope="row"|Magnapop<br />(2004)
|
*Brian Fletcher&nbsp;– drums
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*Scott Rowe&nbsp;– bass guitar
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
|-
!scope="row"|Magnapop<br />(2004–mid 2010s)
|
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
*Scott Rowe&nbsp;– bass guitar
*Chad Williams&nbsp;– drums
|-
!scope="row"|Magnapop&nbsp;reunion<br />(2011, 2017–present)
|
*Linda Hopper&nbsp;– vocals
*David McNair&nbsp;– drums
*Ruthie Morris&nbsp;– guitar
*Shannon Mulvaney&nbsp;– bass guitar
|-
|}

==Discography==
{{Main|Magnapop discography}}
*''[[Magnapop (album)|Magnapop]]'' (1992)
*''[[Hot Boxing]]'' (1994)
*''[[Rubbing Doesn't Help]]'' (1996)
*''[[Mouthfeel (album)|Mouthfeel]]'' (2005)
*''[[Chase Park]]'' (2009)
*''[[The Circle Is Round]]'' (2019)

==See also==
{{Portal|Rock music}}
*[[Magnapop discography]]
*[[List of Magnapop band members]]
*[[List of songs recorded by Magnapop]]
*[[Oh-OK]]
* [[The Complete Recordings (Oh-OK album)|''The Complete Recordings'' (Oh-OK album)]]
*[[Music of Athens, Georgia]]
*[[Daemon Records]]
{{-}}

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