It was around the turn of the 21st century when pop punk music really started to hit the mainstream. Bands like Blink-182 and artists like Avril Lavigne really put the fun, energetic genre into the ...

It goes overlooked how the pop-punk genre can get dark sometimes. As is often the case with pop music, the catchiness of certain records can be so close to perfection that listeners overlook the dark ...

Here are the best cover songs from 11 big pop-punk bands. When it comes to pop-punk bands playing cover songs, things typically go one of two ways. They either stay too true to the original as they ...

Punk wasn’t supposed to be pop. But no one told the Ramones, who mined girl groups like The Ronettes and The Shangri-Las for catchy hooks to sit atop the loud and fast guitar riffs. Pop is short for ...

Maligned by the more serious areas of rock's fanbase, pop-punk has had to fight for respect over the years. Much like the nu metal movement, it's a scene that has produced hit bands, long careers, and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred More than two decades after their peak, the ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

Janelle has an extensive career as a writer, with over a decade of freelance experience, especially when it comes to pop culture. Although her first love was music, she also enjoys digging into ...

Toronto-based garage punk trio BBQ Pope have released a video for their new song “Pop Punk Song From 1994”. The video was directed and edited by Sean Hackl. The song is the first song off the band’s ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...