Pop punk

Pop punk (or punk-pop) is a form of pop music that blends punk rock with pop music and rock music. 

Overview
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 about protest and anger.

History
Late 1970s and 1980s
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 music, 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.

1990s
In the 1990s, pop-punk became very popular in North America. Bands such as Green Day, Blink-182 and Zebrahead sold millions of recordings and did many tours.

Today
In the 21st century, many bands have contributed to the pop punk genre. They include Fall Out Boy, Relient K, FM Static, Hawk Nelson, and Amber Pacific.

Controversies
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, 2000s pop-punk songs are nicer and lighter. Some people think 2000s pop-punk is too commercialized and nothing like the older punk music from the 1970s and 1980s.

Artists
 Green Day
 Blink-182
 Sum 41
 The Donnas
 FM Static
 Simple Plan
 Relient K
 MxPx
 Bowling for Soup
 Mayday Parade
 All Time Low
 Fall Out Boy
 Midtown
 Yellowcard
 New Found Glory
 The Undertones
 Pierce the Veil
 My Chemical Romance
 Panic! at the Disco (early)
 The Offspring
 Matchbook Romance
 Hawk Nelson
 Avril Lavigne
 The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
 Senses Fail
 Story of the Year
 Hawthorne Heights

References

Category:Punk rock