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KharBevNor:
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Punk with a catchy melody.
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That can also be New Model Army, The UK Subs or Cock Sparrer.
Try again?
bucky_2300:
I've always defined pop-punk as punk with a more upbeat sound. It's a bit hard to define, looking at it side-by-side with the classic '77 bands like Menace, Slaughter and the Dogs, Cock Sparrer, and even some of the Defects' stuff, because they sport many of the characteristics I call pop-punk. Beside '80s-style hardcore and street/crust punk though, pop-punk is easy to find. And since, in my opinion, a large amount of the best pop punk bands came out of the same era as the hardcore bands, one can just let the '77 comparisons aside, because it in itself (again, in my opinion) was the base principle from which sprung hardcore,pop-punk, and all other branches. So, since I'm not judging pop-punk against '77 (which, as Khar pointed out, often had good melodies) I feel that basically, pop-punk would be punk, with an upbeat sound, actual singing more often than not, lighter lyrical topics than hardcore (and even most '77 - let's not forget "I Like Food," hard to get lighter than that) and some seriously hummable melodies to boot.
I also think that 80s pop-punk took a cue or two from hardcore.Whereas many '77 bands played a lot of open chords and Chuck-Berry inspired riffs and solos (essentially sped-up and ballsier 50s rock) pop-punk, as well as hardcore, stuck to power chords, and even faster tempos.
ImRonBurgundy?:
the Descendents' Milo Goes to College album is a classic example of the line between pop-punk and hardcore being blurred.
just my two cents.
regarding full-on pop-punk, though, Screeching Weasel is a must-hear.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid ---
Punk with a catchy melody.
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That can also be New Model Army, The UK Subs or Cock Sparrer.
Try again?
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I don't know who any of those bands are, and therefore don't know why that requires a patronising 'try again.' If these bands have catchy melodies, then they can be considered pop punk as far as I'm concerned.
Pssst. This is the part where you laugh at me for not knowing who these people are.
KharBevNor:
They're bands that really, really, really aren't pop punk.
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