yeah maeve, they are, in my opinion, the origins of pop/punk. what's not pop/punk about them?

Well this whole debate springs from the fact that the word "pop-punk" has signficance as an insult. They were pop-punk but to classify them as that is considered a bad thing, by alot of people. I tried to say the same thing about New Metal, but i got shouted down!

[quote]Originally posted by llama
When I think of "pop" anything I think of MTV overplayed top 40 music.

bump

alot of people meaning people who are so young that they can't remember a time before green day or bink 182. Before those bands the term pop punk was not considered an insult, pop punk bands were those punk band who followed more of a pop formula to their song writting, more melody, more verse chorus verse, less agression, less serious lyrics, but in many cases still good music.

I think NU metal is different, it is a new style of music, the stuff that is being made today is NU metal, the stuff that is labled pop punk these days is only pop music with a manufactued punk image to make money from kids and teens who really don't have a clue about punk rock.

Great, thanks for bumping a thread 3 months old for no purpose whatsoever to piss me off. you didnt even provide anything to the conversation prior except the word "bump", so you know what that says to me? You're too goddamn fucking lazy to search, read, and post in the 50 OTHER POP/PUNK THREADS CIRCULATING AROUND THIS SECTION!!!!

yeah it becomes a bit boring after a while, I feel like a broken record.