Pop punk
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Pop-Punk or Punk-Pop, is a form of popular music that blends punk rock with pop music and rock and roll. Pop-punk music has a lighter, happier sound than most punk rock and hardcore punk music. Most punk rock and hardcore punk music sounds angry and harsh, and has lyrics (words) about protest and anger.
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[edit] Late 1970s and 1980s pop-punk
There are several types of pop-punk. An early type of pop-punk was developed right after Punk rock became popular in the late 1970s. Most of this kind of music is very much like Punk rock, but it features things from other kinds of music like pop music and older rock and roll, and country music, so different people can enjoy it. Some people call the Ramones a pop-punk band. The Ramones were a band from the United States.
[edit] 1990s pop-punk
In the 1990s, pop-punk became very popular in North America. Bands such as Green Day and Blink-182 sold millions of recordings and did many tours.
[edit] Controversy
Some people who like 1970s punk rock or 1980s hardcore punk do not like pop-punk. The 1970s punk rock or 1980s hardcore punk was usually angry, rebellious protest music. In contrast, 1990s pop-punk songs are nicer and lighter. Some people think 1990s pop-punk is too commericalized and nothing like the older punk music from the 1970s and 1980s.
[edit] Artists
- Green Day
- Blink-182
- The Donnas
- Paul Collins' Beat
- Weezer
- The Nerves
- Supergrass
- Presidents of the United States
- The Offspring
- Fall out boy
