Off Topic Pop punk.

Dookie's their only good album, for me. Bit too radio friendly since.

 

Early Green Day was good imo.

 

Never really liked it personally.

Green Day are one band I can't really torelate anymore.

Dookie and Warning I liked (sort of like now).

I was into heavier music but liked some pop punk.

Offspring I liked (like).

I've enjoyed Blink 182 as an adult.

Capdown I used to love and still do like although they're more ska/punk and quite heavy.

Rancid I liked for a while - primarily as I'm as bassist and it has brilliant bass.

JB Conspiracy were and are good.

 

I'd say a lot different, British bands like McFly and Busted have more in common with American pop punk.

 

I liked that old 'Good Riddance, Time of Your Life' Tune back in the day.

Bearing in mind I was bang into my Jungle etc. back then and very single minded. Good tune that.

A new(ish) one I quite liked was "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Good tune that.

 

Agreed the Arctic monkeys are a completely different genre.

McFly and Busted were both dog **** and not as good as US pop punk.

I feel we do aggressive punk much better than pop punk.

 

Off to see Public Image Ltd in June. Bring it on.

 

This has got me frothing at the mouth already.

No time now. I'll post later

 

* Sorry for calling you a Spuds fan btw.

 

Who said Buzzcocks?

Buzzcocks were actual punk, not this pop punk stuff of which you speak.

 

Punk with a Pop sensibility.

 

Perhaps, but they formed in 76 during the punk era and I'd say are defined as punk rock myself.

 

I was spluttering my coffee at the comparison as well. They are most definitely punk in my book - and pretty bloody awesome to boot.

 

Absolutely brilliant.

 

They still play live now and again. They're always worth watching.

 

Don't get me wrong, i'm not comparing them to any of the lame Skate Punk and Emo Pop Punk bands of today, but Buzzcocks were definately forerunners of Pop Punk, as were The Undertones and Generation X.
It's all about semantics anyway, Punk had several different styles within it.

 

Going to see them again in July for the umpteenth time.

 

If pop punk exists then it was invented by the Ramones.
Catchy songs with melodies reminiscent of The Beach Boys, '60s girl groups and bubblegum pop played in a punk style with fast guitars and drums.
The Undertones and Buzzcocks (both influenced by the Ramones) were the best exponents here, but the likes of The Damned, S.L.F, Generation X had their pop punk moments too.
The Descendents carried on the style in the '80s, but were not too poppy.
There was then a real explosion of pop punk in the U.S in the '90s. MTV latched on to middle of the road, faux punk bands like Green Day and Blink 182. The real talents like The Queers, The Lillingtons, Huntingtons and others didn't get any exposure and therefore no commercial success.

This is real pop punk

@Saints_Alive

 

Have you ****s forgotten about probably the best punk band of the 70s / 80s?
The Stranglers?

****ing Green Day? I've farted better tunes than they've done. And don't get me started on **** like Good Charlotte and Bowing for ****ing Soup.