Why everyone HATED pop-punk (sad but true...)

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I’m going to listen to Pop Punk even harder now.

This mindset is exactly why i don't hate any genre of music personally. I'm not into every genre but i can still see the inherent value of the art itself whether it's for me or not. This was actually a really good breakdown

Whining about so-called "conformists" not conforming to a specific punk formula isn't very punk.

A friend of mine said something that made quite a bit of sense, "Green Day had to happen so Rancid could get TV time."

I almost got into a fan on Venice beach because I had a blink tat and some dude kept yelling at me “ that’s not real punk ! That’s not real punk!”

The older I get the more I lean into writing simple songs. You have to abandon your ego to recognize that sometimes you're not writing to impress your peers, you're making something for somebody else. Three chords and the truth baby.

To be fair, people only started to hate Blink when they got super big. It wasn't until after Enema of the State that the elitists would start hating. I personally always thought Blink was better than Green Day. They wrote catchier faster shit that was always more in the vein of NOFX, and Lagwagon, which I grew up loving. And when they would experiment with the 80's new wave style, I hated it initially when I was a teenager, but as I got older I realize how good it was now that I'm a major 80s head (New Order, Gang of Four, Depeche Mode, The Cure, etc)

Pop punk, especially Sum41 brings me down to earth. It's a genre that I ended up associating it with reality. Put on some less known sum 41 songs get on my board and ride, it keeps me grounded.

"why everyone hated pop punk" and yet millions of people bought those albums between 1994 and 2005.

Those were the best times when pop punk bands were mainstream and played on TV/radio all day.

Well, without Pop Punk (especially Green Day and Simple Plan), I would have never known The Offsprings, Dead Kennedys, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Bad Religion, Black Flag, Misfits, and my personal favorite, Social Distortion. Green Day and Simple Plan encourage me to explore what classic punk songs would sound like, I heard the roots, and I was very impressed. The influence is similar to Metal for me from Linkin Park, where I learned about one of my all-time favorite bands, Iron Maiden. The lesson here folks is: don't be a butthurt, love every piece of music you come across and discover. Sure, the PopPunk scene is a cash grab, but the fans ain't posers to an extent. Music in general is what makes everyone closer. if it divides you, that's your problem for being too selfish about what other people want with their life.

Thank God I was a kid in pop punks hayday. There was no criticism just kids enjoying music

pop punk was the first rock genre i ever listened. I don't care what anybody thinks, it will always have a special place in my 💜

“The unstated assumption that complexity has inherent value in art” Thank you! You put this into words that I’ve been having trouble articulating! I am really into modern art like Dadaism and I appreciate it for reasons other than its complexity. Same with pop punk!

I was in high school when dookie and The offspring album came out. And I do recall the football players and all the girls started following Punk rock. It was almost overnight.

My most embarrassing secret is that I once went to a Good Charlotte gig with a girl I was dating, just to "seal the deal" ... and it was the most excruciatingly embarrassing concert I've ever been to and seeing how much into it she was made me lose all interest in her.

I'm a metal head, but I have a soft spot for Blink-182. Maybe it's nostalgia since I was in college when they exploded in popularity. Maybe it's just cause they're catchy bite sized songs. I don't know and can't explain it. LOL

I grew up in southwest Washington, Green Day named their biggest song after our town. I remember as a freshman in high school weight training class all the jocks would put Green Day on the stereo. That and Chixdiggit. Even the local jocks formed punk bands, and it was all super melodic, catchy punk. It’s what I grew up with. Things got watered down later with the MTV explosion. I always found it weird being ostracized by fellow “punks” for liking bands like blink and MXPX, while they listened to bands that sounded like the Ramones. Was softer music really more punk?? What a time to be alive.

Your traps look progressively better in every video.