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We are a band. We write songs. And play shows. Slide down to find out more.
We got a No Good Merch Store!
Here at No Good HQ we've finally made No Good merch! Here’s your chance to support the band AND our questionable fashion careers. Pick your design, color, shirt style/quality - everything can be made into shirts but also hoodies, mugs, posters, magnets, hats, stickers, even a frickin' tote bag.
Eight designs in all (so far). Only available at the online store - launching with a "Hey We Have a Merch Store" SALE on now!
You got a record player? We got a 45…
Double A-Side supersonic 7-inch on Manic Pop Thrill
All Right Now and Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
ARN features Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie on piano, while Cat People is our take on the Bowie song, with guest duet vox by Emm Gryner, who used to sing in his band.
Shows
Hey - let’s hang out!
UPCOMING - First shows of 2026…
02.14.26 - Happy Valentine’s Day! We’ll be celebrating our love at King Fu Necktie with The Garden Roads and Neil Nathan - and you, our sweetest?
02.25.26 - First time playing in Wayne PA at 118 North supporting Chris Barron (The Spin Doctors). Who’s up for a group singalong to Two Princes? Early show midweek and everyday is a Caterday when Chris is around.
03.14.26 - Silk City here we come - playing with The Bret Tobias Set, and maybe, just maybe, Bitter Bitter Weeks?
Past shows…
01.17.26 - Dawson Street Pub with The Modbeats and The Spots. After one venue imploded and another had a July AC failure, will the third time be the charm and the show actually happen? Yes - it was and it rocked.
10.03.25 - Philadelphia Brewing Company - another Friday night hang with your pals TNGC
08.30.25 - Ardmore Music Hall - returning to rock Side Two of London Calling again - this time out joined by our pals John Faye, Phil Dunn of The Modbeats, and Cowmuddy.
08.22.25 - Fergie’s Final Free Friday Fracus - this time with The Michele Show
07.19.25 - Popadelphia - what? A PowerPop Festival at PhilaMOCA? Sign us up! Playing with Log Flume, The Jette Planes, John Faye, and Polaroid Fade - tix on sale HERE
06.27.25 - Fergie’s Pub - with amazing Philly singer-songwriter Brian McTear (aka Bitter Bitter Weeks)
05.30.25 - Fergie’s Pub - Fergie’s Free Friday Kicking off our Summer Happy Hour Series - every 4th Friday all summer upstairs at Fergie’s! This time with Jojo and the Grease (aka Joey Sweeney and his band)
05.20.25 - Ardmore Music Hall - New year, new Bob song to cover! Come see 40-artists tackle 40 songs for Bob’s bday!
05.03.25 - Dawson Street Pub - Back to Manayunk with our friends from New Hope, Reeder Station (Inc Steve Garvey of Buzzcocks!)
03.05.25 - Ortleibs - Philly - with The Tisburys and Minnesota band The Shackletons, who invited Jim up for a rousing cover of The Replacements Can’t Hardly Wait
02.28.25 - Silk City - Philadelphia - opening for Polish post-punks Trupa Trupa!
12.13.24 - Fergie’s Pub - Philadelphia - Back at Fergie’s with The Lazy Villains and The Michele Show
12.06.24 - Philadelphia Brewing Company - Friday Funtimes at one of the grooviest breweries around - John Faye and Michele Heron came up to sing with us.
10.11.24 - Dawson Street Pub - a show with the Philly Legend, Ken Kweeder! Neil on drums for both bands!
09.14.24- Jon and Peter’s - New Hope, PA - played legendary short ceiling venue with Reeder Station, featuring Steve Garvey (x-Buzzcocks)
09.01.24 - Ruba Club - London Calling Tribute - we did Side Two with special guests John Faye, Nigel Bennett, Cowmuddy, and Todd Z.
08.16.24 - Fergie’s Pub - Philadelphia - with The Wayward Wind and NotJustJake and guest vox by Rick Henderson
05.26.24 - Old Swedes Church - Philadelphia - Memorial Day fest in the rain with many bands
05.22.24 - Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore - One of 40 to play Bob Dylan Bday tribute
05.10.24 - Fergie’s Pub - Philadelphia - Happy Hour w/ Brian Seymour
03.10.24 - American Legion Hall - Willow Grove, PA - Denny’s Bday Bash - Pure Jerry and Noah Gibney Trio
01.12.24 - Dawson Street Pub - Manayunk (Philadelphia), PA - The 700 Level, The No Good Crowd, Emm Gryner
12.28.23 - Ortleibs - Philadelphia - w/ Joey Sweeney & The Neon Grease and Timesbold
09.03.23 - Ruba Club - Philadelphia - A Philly Tribute the The Clash's Finest Hour - The No Good Crowd played side 2 of London Calling
08.25.23 - Milkboy - Philadelphia - We Live On: A Benefit for Derek Dorsey - w/ Brian Seymour, The Good Problems, and Walt Lafty
07.27.23 - Ortleibs - Philadelphia - w/ Joey Sweeney & The Neon Grease Band. Hello world.
Our vid for Headlong is all us. No found footage of a 1967 French musical was used at all. Nope. Or was it?
All Right Now video
Filmed at one of our fave places to play - Fergie’s - in the heart of Philadelphia. Were you there? You might be in this video!
Video
Click the link to see our vid for Some Kinda Gold - an abstract look at Philadelphia circa late 2023
You know those nights when everything just clicks—the pints flowing, the stage humming, the music grinning at you like an old friend? That’s the spark behind The No Good Crowd. Even in an era of bedroom pop and chillwave, these four Philly lifers forged a genre-blending mix of garage, power pop, jangle, punk, and Americana from their very first shows together.
Guitarists Jamie Olson and Jim McGuinn go back to Philly’s semi-beloved Cordalene (2000–2005). After the split Jamie led the rootsy Midnight Singers with local legend Neil Simpkins on drums and later the Atlantic Coast Ramblers with bassist Brendan Skwire. McGuinn spent a decade in Minnesota with Saint Small and BNLX before returning to Philly in 2023 to reunite with Olson—and The No Good Crowd was born.
Their two 45s on Manic Pop Thrill Records deliver classic power pop driven by raw garage punch, with guests Adam Weiner (Low Cut Connie) and Emm Gryner (David Bowie) adding piano and vocals. As they sing, “It’s All Right Now / Searching for the Flutter and Wow” — and yeah, it’s only rock and roll, but it’s what brings people together.
With a full-length in the works and shows around town, they invite friends, neighbors and all to join the crowd. And that’s good, indeed.
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