Pop Punk History

Pop punk is a subgenre created through the merging of punk rock and pop music.

Typically, the music combines pop-esque melodies, lyrics and themes, with loud guitars, fast tempos, and chord changes. To be able to understand the foundation of pop punk music, one must first understand the history of the two genres from which it submerged.

Punk rock is a genre of music that was first developed in the United States,

United Kingdom, and Australia during the mid-70s. In the year that followed its conception, punk rock was spreading across the globe and became a new musical movement and a cultural phenomenon in the UK. For the most part, it took place in local scenes which rejected any association with mainstream popularity. This

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Its commencement was in the Ramones, with their love of Bubblegum Pop and the Beach Boys, they paved the way for many artists to come. In the mid to late

1980s it started to rise in popularity. However, pop punk was still not an excepted genre in many major record labels. The bands popular at that time greatly inspired bands like the Offspring and Green Day's formation. In 1993, Green Day was signed to a major record label and by the following year pop punk grew in

Green Day had massive commercial success from then on.

It helped many other North American bands of the same genre in the following decade to gain success. Warped Tour and Hot Topic only brought further popularity to punk in the US mainstream.

In the mid-2000s along with the record label Fueled By Ramen, platinum albums were released from bands including Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, and Fall Out Boy.

The All-American Rejects released Move Along in 2005, and that inspired three top 15 singles. Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy signed Panic! at the Disco to his record label and the hit single, "I Write Sins, Not Tradgedies" closely followed winning them a 2000 MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. Avril Lavigne released her single "Girlfriend" and was called the "pop punk princess" as it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the top selling song of 2007 and the most successful pop punk single of the entire decade. Addtionally, her platinum album sold about 7 million copies worldwide, making it the second most successful pop punk album since Green Day's American Idiot. The All American

Rejects returned with "Gives You Hell" in 2008, and that went four