Genre: Pop Punk
Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names) is a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. It is known as a strand of alternative rock that combines pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars.
It is not clear when the term pop punk was first used, but pop-influenced punk rock had been around since the mid- to late-1970s; performed by bands such as the Ramones, Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Undertones, and Descendents. Bad Religion, who started in 1980, were another band that helped lay the groundwork for contemporary pop punk. In the mid-1990s, the Northern California-based pop punk bands Green Day and as well as the Southern California-based pop punk band Blink-182, achieved worldwide commercial success.
From the mid-1990s onwards, some bands associated with the genre have been described as "happy punk," "faux-punk," "mall punk," "pseudo-punk," "bubblegum punk," or "surf punk."
