A kind of punk rock with poppy hooks. Often confused with pop.
Examples of pop punk:
Bad Religion
Unwritten Law
Rancid
Screeching Weasel
NOFX
The Queers
Ramones
Example of pop:
Good Charlotte
blink-182 (the only pop band with any talent whatsoever, but spawned a bunch of shitty bands such as the above)
Ryan Cabrera
Simple Plan
Examples of pop punk:
Bad Religion
Unwritten Law
Rancid
Screeching Weasel
NOFX
The Queers
Ramones
Example of pop:
Good Charlotte
blink-182 (the only pop band with any talent whatsoever, but spawned a bunch of shitty bands such as the above)
Ryan Cabrera
Simple Plan
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by DJ-BILLZ May 17, 2005
Pop/Punk or Pop-Punk music is a newer type of punk with a cleaner sound. Some twats, such as McFly, Busted and many other ROCK/POP bands have decided to call themselves Pop/Punk as it is also renound for have 3-5 chord riffs designed to get stuck in your head (Sum 41 - Fat Lip is a great example, first 20 seconds). But making a 3 to 5 chord riff that is catchy and playing two notes over and over which you didn't even write while you all moan about some hot girl not looking back at you, are different things. So this new interpretation of Pop/Punk is making the older (mostly late 90's like Sum 41, The Offspring) bands look like retards who can't play guitar as well. So it must be stopped! I dunno how so you can think of it yourselves, but it must be.
McFly Fan: Oh My God, McFlys new song is like totally a pop/punk peice of art!!!
REAL Pop/Punk Fan: McFlys new song is not only the same as their first 2 and all of Busteds, its Rock/Pop BULLSHIT and those CUNTS who can't admit they don't even know what punk is need to be shot through the balls.
McFly Fan: Oh My GOD, Your so opinionated, its not like music is about what it sounds like anyway, if the band members look like they paid someone to do their hair then the music has to be liked by all! OHMYGOD I SEE HIM.
REAL Pop/Punk Fan: You dumb shit *shoots McFly Fan in ear, whilst muttering, you next McFly*
REAL Pop/Punk Fan: McFlys new song is not only the same as their first 2 and all of Busteds, its Rock/Pop BULLSHIT and those CUNTS who can't admit they don't even know what punk is need to be shot through the balls.
McFly Fan: Oh My GOD, Your so opinionated, its not like music is about what it sounds like anyway, if the band members look like they paid someone to do their hair then the music has to be liked by all! OHMYGOD I SEE HIM.
REAL Pop/Punk Fan: You dumb shit *shoots McFly Fan in ear, whilst muttering, you next McFly*
by Mehhh... January 13, 2007
by trolololbitches July 27, 2012
Pop punk has been ruined by all american rejects, all time low, bowling for soup and Averil whatserface, Those bands dont even derve CAPS but Blink 182, Green Day, Box Car Racer, Rise Against, Jimmy Eat World, SR-71 and i guess the newer hawthorne heights are really good bands.
Guy 1: Hey, u wana go to an All Time Low concert? they are the most bad ass Pop Punk band ever!
Me: Hey, wana grow some testes and get a life?
Me: Hey, wana grow some testes and get a life?
by PERSON WHO LOVES POP PUNK March 24, 2010
Starting with bands such as propaghandi and the vandals, true pop punk today is much more accessible and centered around bands such as Fireworks, Transit, The Wonder Years, Polar Bear Club, and to a lesser extent Title Fight.
New Found Glory is considered to be the band which brought Pop Punk into the spotlight and influenced all of the bands above to some extent.
Fall out boy, Sum 41, Simple Plan, ect. are not pop punk. They are no different than mainstream top 40 artists like brittney spears or miley cirus. They use the same gimmicky pop hooks and overproduction except with guitars and awful fucking clothing.
New Found Glory is considered to be the band which brought Pop Punk into the spotlight and influenced all of the bands above to some extent.
Fall out boy, Sum 41, Simple Plan, ect. are not pop punk. They are no different than mainstream top 40 artists like brittney spears or miley cirus. They use the same gimmicky pop hooks and overproduction except with guitars and awful fucking clothing.
by happybirthdayy January 22, 2010
A more popular form of a Punkish type of Rock. It loses (most or all of) the additutde of Punk while keeping its 1 2 3 rhythm. Good Pop-Punk bands would be old Blink-182, Old Sum 41, American Hi-Fi, Zebrahead, and Motion City Soundtrack. Bad Pop-Punk bands would be new Sum 41, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
Pop-Punk was a style that was around in the 80's but made a bigger spring in the late 90's and early 21st century. Pushing away the horrible Madonna and Britney influenced techno which clouded up the 90's.
Characteristics of Pop-Punk include
A 1 2 3 Rhythm
Clean vocals
By the way to all you guys who say Punk was anti-mainstream it really wasn't. Because The Ramones and The Sex Pistols and The Clash were mainstream so how they be anti-mainstream?
Anyway more recently Pop-Punk has taken a turn to more emotional types of lyrics, usually from the point of view of a boy who is observing problems that a girl is having or problems he is having with a girl.
Pop-Punk was a style that was around in the 80's but made a bigger spring in the late 90's and early 21st century. Pushing away the horrible Madonna and Britney influenced techno which clouded up the 90's.
Characteristics of Pop-Punk include
A 1 2 3 Rhythm
Clean vocals
By the way to all you guys who say Punk was anti-mainstream it really wasn't. Because The Ramones and The Sex Pistols and The Clash were mainstream so how they be anti-mainstream?
Anyway more recently Pop-Punk has taken a turn to more emotional types of lyrics, usually from the point of view of a boy who is observing problems that a girl is having or problems he is having with a girl.
by joe725 October 13, 2007