Here's the best pop-punk album from very year of the 1980s. Genres don’t appear overnight. They are the result of a natural evolution, where musical styles collide to create something new and dynamic.

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Maligned by the more serious areas of rock's fanbase, pop-punk has had to fight for respect over the years. Much like the nu metal movement, it's a scene that has produced hit bands, long careers, and ...

Here are the best cover songs from 11 big pop-punk bands. When it comes to pop-punk bands playing cover songs, things typically go one of two ways. They either stay too true to the original as they ...

The iconic pop-punk trio blink-182 helped define the genre with its hit album Enema of the State. The album, which included ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

Janelle has an extensive career as a writer, with over a decade of freelance experience, especially when it comes to pop culture. Although her first love was music, she also enjoys digging into ...

They were mainstays at CBGB in the '70s, but many consider them pop, not punk.

Few bands took the 80s by storm like Duran Duran. The band formed in Birmingham, England in 1978 and by 1980 had settled on ...

Pop-punk's princess is back. After exploding onto the scene nearly 20 years ago with her debut album, Let Go, Avril Lavigne is returning to the genre that launched her career—only now she's a little ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...