“Action Plus!” was a Philadelphia band active from 1998-1999. They were often aligned musically with Pavement in the press and described as an “angular indie pop band”. They were featured in the Philadelphia Weekly’s fashion makeover issue, and in this issue the band was compared to the male cast of “Dawson’s Creek” by a jealous music journalist who’s vindictive snarkiness in print was not uncommon in the local alternative music press of the time.
Their members, over the duration of the band’s existence, included Jeff Tanner (lead guitar) and Simon Nagle (drums) of the Photon Band, Mike Shellito (bass, drums) of Shellito, Chris Kubicek (bass)of Baby Flamehead and Gimme, and Robert Fanelli (vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriting) of Wunderband and The Beach Balls.
The band released one EP entitled “Cinco de Five-O” and played about a dozen live shows at venues such as The Khyber and The North Star Bar, usually opening for bigger local acts such as KeN and Latimer.
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