The Semantics

The story

The Semantics was an American pop rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed by Jody Spence (drums), Millard Powers (bass) and Will Owsley. Zak Starkey later replaced Spence on drums. The band recorded one album, Powerbill, which was released in Japan. After being dropped by their record label shortly after recording the album, the band members at the time all went on to successful careers in the music industry. Powers has performed as a bassist with Ben Folds and Counting Crows and has worked as a record engineer and producer. Owsley had a successful solo career before his death in 2010. Starkey has served as the drummer for the bands Oasis and The Who.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

Records from MusicBrainz. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Members

• Owsley
• Millard Powers
• Jody Spence
• Zak Starkey
• William Owsley
• Jody Bobo Spence

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Semantics in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Semantics in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like The Semantics

• Roger Joseph Manning Jr.Last.fm listeners
• Imperial DragLast.fm listeners
• Candy ButchersLast.fm listeners
• The MerrymakersLast.fm listeners
• Linus of HollywoodLast.fm listeners
• L.E.O.Last.fm listeners
• The NinesLast.fm listeners
• The Major LabelsLast.fm listeners
• Green Daysame scene: power pop, US
• Weezersame scene: power pop, US
• R.E.M.same scene: power pop, US
• MILEYsame scene: power pop, US

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Semantics’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.