This hub covers Pop Punk in its many catchy, slightly scuffed forms, from skate punk and melodic punk to emo-pop, easycore and bright, hook-heavy bands that know their way around a chorus.
Pop Punk has always worked best when it keeps one foot in punk and the other somewhere near a massive chorus. It can be scruffy, polished, fast, sentimental, sarcastic, ridiculously catchy, or all of those things in the same three minutes.
Browse official merch, vinyl and CDs from classic pop punk names, skate punk staples, emo-pop favourites, easycore crossovers and newer bands carrying the sound forward without tidying it up too much.
This A-Z list takes a wide discovery view of Pop Punk. It includes core pop punk, skate punk, melodic punk, emo-pop, easycore, power-pop and a few adjacent artists that make sense for the same crowd.
A Day To Remember, Alkaline Trio, All-American Rejects, All Time Low, Angels & Airwaves, As December Falls, As It Is, Avril Lavigne
Bad Religion, Billy Talent, Blink-182, Boston Manor, Broadside
Dashboard Confessional, Descendents
Fall Out Boy, Feeder, Free Throw, The Front Bottoms
Good Charlotte, Green Day, Groovie Ghoulies
Hayley Williams, Holding Absence, Hot Milk, Hot Mulligan, Hot Water Music
Neck Deep, New Found Glory, NOFX
Senses Fail, Stand Atlantic, Story Of The Year, Sum 41
The Offspring, The Wonder Years
Waterparks, Weezer, The Wildhearts
If you want to keep browsing, head back to the wider Punk Music Hub, or move across to Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative Rock and the broader Rock Music Hub. Pop Punk has always been a bit too melodic for the crusties and a bit too scruffy for the pop charts, which is exactly where it works best.
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