Pop punk is a genre that blends the loud, fast-paced and sometimes sloppy sound of Punk Rock with the catchy hooks and upbeat nature of Pop music. Lyrically, most pop punk bands tend to deal with more lighthearted subjects, such as having fun, partying, love and sex, and pop culture, as opposed to the more serious and rebellious subject matter of their punk rock counterparts.
Ramones, Buzzcocks, and The Adicts were some of the earliest bands to find success in discarding the raw and aggressive nature of pure punk rock in favor of a more accessible sound. The genre exploded in the 1990s and early 2000s, with bands like The Offspring, Green Day, and Blink-182 gaining enormous mainstream success. Since its explosion, though, some bands have sought to expand the ground that the genre covers, with artists such as AFI, My Chemical Romance, and The Used moving pop punk into darker territories by adding heavy Post-Hardcore and Emo (usually Emo-Pop) influences into their sound. Because of the loud nature of the music and its influence from pop, some pop punk bands have a tendency to shift into Power Pop territory as well.
Ramones, Buzzcocks, and The Adicts were some of the earliest bands to find success in discarding the raw and aggressive nature of pure punk rock in favor of a more accessible sound. The genre exploded in the 1990s and early 2000s, with bands like The Offspring, Green Day, and Blink-182 gaining enormous mainstream success. Since its explosion, though, some bands have sought to expand the ground that the genre covers, with artists such as AFI, My Chemical Romance, and The Used moving pop punk into darker territories by adding heavy Post-Hardcore and Emo (usually Emo-Pop) influences into their sound. Because of the loud nature of the music and its influence from pop, some pop punk bands have a tendency to shift into Power Pop territory as well.
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