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97-602: The Manges are an Italian pop punk band that formed in La Spezia in 1993. The band's first release was a 2000 split with the McRackins titled Amp Records Battle Royale! In 2001 the Manges recorded their debut album The Manges 'R' Good Enough for Stardumb Records . The album drew comparisons to the Ramones and included a cover of Cyndi Lauper 's " Goonies 'R' Good Enough ". The band

194-411: A Deux (2008), both of which created fan confusion and backlash. Folie a Deux sold worse than their preceding albums, a representation of the backlash from their fanbase as the group experimented with a musical style differing from their established pop-punk sound. The late-2000s also saw the pioneering of neon pop-punk, a style of pop-punk that embraced more elements of pop and electronic music than

291-650: A bit more with it." Green Day were accused of selling out since the release of Dookie for signing to a major label and becoming mainstream. John Lydon of the 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols criticized Green Day and said that Green Day are not a punk band. Lydon said: "Don't try and tell me Green Day are punk. They're not, they're plonk and they're bandwagoning on something they didn't come up with themselves. I think they are phony." Green Day guitarist and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong said: "Sometimes I think we've become redundant because we're this big band now; we've made

388-424: A cultural movement than a genre." Other critics and publications noticed that because of Lavigne's punk-driven-pop anthems, she has earned the reputation as the genre's " queen ". For her part, Lavigne preferred to describe her music as "heavy pop rock", rather than punk. Other pop-punk bands that achieved popularity include Good Charlotte , Simple Plan and MxPx . Good Charlotte's 2002 album The Young and

485-399: A dead genre, and just because there isn't a song on the radio to clarify that shouldn't matter. ... Pop-punk means something to a lot of people and to me, having success as a band in our genre is about longevity, touring a lot and staying true to your fans." By the 2010s, many pop-punk bands had folded; "once essentially child stars, their members are now adult musicians hoping to move beyond

582-549: A group of other entrepreneurs in New York City . The original goal was to maintain 1,800 topic areas, but after five years of operation, this number was reduced to around 700. In May 1999, the company changed its name to "About Inc." and the website name from "miningco.com" to "about.com". The company was acquired by Primedia, Inc. , in 2000 through a deal valued at US$ 690 million, whereby Primedia swapped 45.2 million shares for About, Inc.'s 18.1 million shares. At

679-562: A lot of money—we're not punk rock anymore. But then I think about it and just say, 'You can take us out of a punk rock environment, but you can't take the punk rock out of us. ' " Blink-182 also received a lot of criticism from punk rock fans, being accused of selling out for their pop-music-inspired style of pop-punk. Lydon called Blink-182 "bunch of silly boys ... an imitation of a comedy act." Blink-182 guitarist and singer Tom DeLonge responded to criticism, saying: "I love all those criticisms, because fuck all those magazines! I hate with

776-439: A new wave of pop-punk groups like Stand Atlantic , Doll Skin , Waterparks and rapper Vic Mensa 's band 93PUNX . Alternative Press also cited English bands Trash Boat , Boston Manor and As It Is as making "significant contributions to the latest revival era". In September 2020, Machine Gun Kelly released his fifth studio album Tickets to My Downfall , his first entirely pop-punk album. The album debuted at number 1 on

873-556: A number of media outlets began crediting him with leading a pop-punk revival. An article by Kerrang! credited Machine Gun Kelly as well as Yungblud as bringing the genre back to mainstream attention. In addition to this, the publication cited the app TikTok as one of the key factors, as videos tagged #poppunk had received 400 million views by January 21, 2021. On the app, viral trends took place using tracks from pop-punk bands like All Time Low, Simple Plan and Paramore. Some popular TikTok content creators even began releasing music in

970-483: A parallel genre on the rise at the time. But power pop began earlier, and it was a more American phenomenon". Among the influential pop-punk bands of the late 1970s were the Buzzcocks . An LA Weekly writer later referred to the band's 1979 compilation album Singles Going Steady as "the blueprint for punk rock bands preferring tuneful tales of lost love and longing to rage against the machine." Cooper similarly cited

1067-687: A passion Maximumrocknroll and all those zines that think they know what punk is supposed to be. I think it's so much more punk to piss people off than to conform to all those veganistic views." In a November 2004 interview, Sum 41 rhythm guitarist and lead singer Deryck Whibley said: "We don't even consider ourselves punk. We're just a rock band. We want to do something different. We want to do our own thing. That's how music has always been to us." Sum 41's lead guitarist Dave Baksh reiterated Whibley's claims, stating "We just call ourselves rock... It's easier to say than punk, especially around all these fuckin' kids that think they know what punk is. Something that

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1164-647: A pop-punk-influenced style dubbed emo pop . By the 2010s, pop-punk's mainstream popularity had waned, with rock bands and guitar-centric music becoming rare on dance-focused pop radio. During this period, however, a wave of underground artists defined a rawer and more emotional take on the genre, namely the Story so Far , the Wonder Years and Neck Deep . In the early 2020s, a new crop of pop-punk music began experiencing mainstream resurgence with various new acts such as Machine Gun Kelly , KennyHoopla and Yungblud . Pop-punk

1261-456: A popular symbol of the scene, to the extent that a number of publication have posthumously described this period as the "Defend Pop Punk Era". I think pop-punk is a zombie. ... It hushed down for a bit but then it got brought back to life in an almost undead fashion. ... Back then it was mainstream, you would see it on MTV and things like that. Now, it's different, it's got a fighting chance and it's crawling its way back up. It started out with

1358-543: A pretty selective crowd but now it's opening up to more and more people. Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer 's 2014 self titled album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and in many other countries, and received what the Guardian journalist Harriet Gibsone described as "the kind of mania only ever granted to a massive boyband". However, the band's status as pop-punk was controversial. Alternative Press described

1455-552: A property of IAC , owner of Ask.com and numerous other online brands, and its revenue is generated by advertising. In addition to its Manhattan headquarters, Dotdash Meredith maintains offices elsewhere in the New York metropolitan area , as well as in Des Moines, Iowa , and Birmingham, Alabama . Founded in 1996 as The Mining Company, the site was launched on April 21, 1997, by Scott Kurnit , owner of General Internet, Bill Day, and

1552-706: A redesigned About.com homepage, a doubling of the number of "how-to" and do-it-yourself videos on About.com's 24 channels, and new outlets on About.com for advertisers. The significant impact of the global financial crisis upon online advertising was experienced shortly after Irvine's appointment and she was removed from the CEO role after three years and three consecutive quarters in which revenue decreased. Martin Nisenholtz, SVP of digital operations, temporarily replaced Irvine following her departure in May 2011. In July 2011, Darline Jean

1649-736: A summary of About's revenue model as part of his discussion of the future with Bloomberg : [We make money] one way, in general: we're advertising-supported. And that's monetized two ways: we do a lot of display advertising, and we do a lot of people clicking on links that we get paid for from Google and others ... If we have all this traffic, and we have all this content, if we can make people engage content more, and spend more time here [About.com], and do more things, we're going to have more page views and much more of an opportunity to monetize About. Vogel further explained that IAC has been able to create "compelling" content that manages to successfully engage Internet users, while About's content, in particular,

1746-544: A system that punk was created to challenge. In 1997, Blink-182 released their breakthrough album, Dude Ranch , and the band performed at the Vans Warped Tour that year. " Dammit ", the album's second single, received frequent airplay on modern rock stations, and the album was certified gold by 1998. By 1999, Blink achieved further mainstream success with Enema of the State . In the description of journalist Matt Crane,

1843-789: Is a natural fit with pop's core values." Vice ' s Jason Heller described "an open respect for the tradition and craft of pop songwriting" as a key characteristic of pop-punk. Bill Lamb, also from About.com, writes that pop-punk is a variant of punk music that features "a hard and fast guitar and drums base but powered by pop melodies like much of '70s punk rock." Alter the Press! defines pop-punk as "a genre that originates from mixing punk rock with pop sensibility". Lyrically, pop-punk often addresses adolescent themes of lust, romantic relationships, heartbreak, drugs, suburbia , and rebellion. Some pop-punk lyrics make an emphasis on jokes and humor. The New Yorker ' s Amanda Petrush summarized that

1940-540: Is about the early 1990s underground punk rock scene in California, mentioning pop-punk bands like Screeching Weasel and Green Day. Screeching Weasel's 1991 album My Brain Hurts influenced many subsequent pop-punk bands, with bands like Blink-182 , Allister and Alkaline Trio citing them as an influence. Social Distortion , known for playing genres like traditional punk and cowpunk , achieved moderate success starting in

2037-452: Is closely associated with The Queers , having gone on a European tour with the band; in 2003 the two bands recorded the split album Acid Beaters together. Former Queers bassist Phillip Hill produced the Manges second album Go Down . American punk band Screeching Weasel covered the Manges song "I Will Always Do" on their album Teen Punks in Heat . Pop punk Pop-punk emerged in

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2134-589: Is favored by the Google search engine. Furthermore, Vogel stated that native advertising is a marketing initiative that he would like to explore with caution, as "it's a really big opportunity to let marketers talk to our audience in the voice that they're already comfortable with." In April 2014, Vogel revealed to the media that the About.com team had grown from 100 employees to 176, and the number of site contributors had increased by 20 percent. The company's developers updated

2231-692: Is pop. The Ramones? Pop. The Clash? Pop. And The Buzzcocks? Damn right they're pop." About.com Dotdash Meredith (formerly The Mining Company , About.com and Dotdash ) is an American digital media company based in New York City . The company publishes online articles and videos about various subjects across categories including health, home, food, finance, tech, beauty, lifestyle, travel, and education. It operates brands including Verywell , Investopedia , People , The Balance , Byrdie, MyDomaine, Brides , The Spruce, Simply Recipes , Serious Eats , Liquor.com, Lifewire , TripSavvy, TreeHugger , and ThoughtCo. In August 2012, About.com became

2328-402: Is simple—melodic songs packaged with a punk slant." In Brian Cogan's The Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture (2006) pop-punk is characterized as "a catchy, faster version of power pop." AllMusic defines "punk-pop" as "a post-grunge strand of alternative rock " that combines the textures and fast tempos of punk rock with the "melodies and chord changes" of power pop. In the 1990s, there

2425-447: Is variously described as a punk subgenre, a variation of punk, a form of pop music , and a genre antithetical to punk in a similar manner as post-punk . It has evolved stylistically throughout its history, absorbing elements from new wave , college rock , ska , rap , emo , and boy bands . Writers at The A.V. Club described pop-punk as a punk subgenre that has "essentially been around as long as punk itself" with roots in

2522-625: The Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart. On 18 October 2024, Bruno Mars and K-pop singer Rosé released the pop-punk single " Apt. ", which became one of the biggest streaming successes in both the United States and the world upon release, topping Spotify 's global and US daily streaming charts. Emo pop became popular in the mid-2000s, with record labels such as Fueled by Ramen releasing platinum albums from bands including My Chemical Romance , Fall Out Boy , Panic! at

2619-533: The Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first rock album to top the chart since Tool's Fear Inoculum in September 2019. The Evening Standard credited the album as "bridg[ing] the gap" between the modern pop punk scene and the mainstream interest that developed from the emo rap scene. " My Ex's Best Friend ", a song from Tickets to My Downfall , has since peaked at number 21 on Billboard Hot 100 . Because of this,

2716-500: The Ramones crafted a blueprint for pop-punk with their 1976 debut album, but 1978 was the year that the genre "came into its own". He noted that some bands "were unmistakably pop punk bands by today's definition of the term, but in 1978, the distinction wasn't so clear. Plenty of punk groups of the era threw a token pop tune or two into their set—sometimes for ironic effect, other times earnestly." Heller also acknowledged that many "burgeoning pop punk groups in 1978 bordered on power pop,

2813-503: The Warped Tour played a crucial role in launching up-and-coming pop-punk artists. Pop-punk's mainstream popularity continued in the mid-to-late 2000s, with artists such as Fall Out Boy , My Chemical Romance , and Paramore achieving high levels of commercial success. By this point, pop-punk acts were largely indistinguishable from artists tagged as "emo", to the extent that emo crossover acts such as Fall Out Boy and Paramore popularized

2910-589: The localization process, the China initiative—led by Matt Roberts, who became the CEO of Abang.com, and Wen-Wei Wang, the vice president of technology for the launch—was named "Abang" because the Chinese character "bang" refers to the concept of a group or community. The About Group generated US$ 102.7 million in 2007, which represented a 135-percent increase from the time of the Times Co. acquisition. Meyer stepped down from

3007-656: The "classic pop of the Beatles , the Kinks , and the Beach Boys , often pitting sweet harmonies against bratty, rowdy riffs." According to Ryan Cooper of About.com , "pop-punk is a style that owes more to The Beatles and '60s pop than other sub-genres of punk". There is considerable overlap between power pop and pop-punk, and the two styles are often conflated. Web publication Revolver acknowledged that, while pop-punk and power pop are often presented interchangeably, "the core concept

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3104-562: The "rawness" of pop-punk "lies not in the music" but by conveying the "spectrum of human experience, all that longing and self-doubt." The term pop punk was first used by John Rockwell in a New York Times in March 1977 article to describe Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . Punk rock has long shared sensibilities with pop music, especially since the late 1970s. In his book Rock and Roll: A Social History (2018), author Paul Friedlander lists

3201-492: The 2012 tour attracted 556,000 festival-goers, its third-best attendance. Bobby Olivier of The Star-Ledger wrote: "The genre ... continues to reinvent itself and Warped is pop punk's prom." In 2016, Rolling Stone reported that pop-punk was "still one of the most predominant and popular rock genres". The magazine conducted a reader's poll for the "10 Best Pop-Punk Albums of All Time" that ultimately included Green Day ( Dookie , American Idiot , Nimrod ), Blink-182 ( Enema of

3298-461: The About.com brand was retired, despite its profitability, to make way for a new business model. The company refocused on vertical markets through its niche websites: The Balance (personal finance), Lifewire (tech), The Spruce (home and food), VeryWell (health), TripSavvy (travel), and ThoughtCo (education). On March 29, 2018, Dotdash won Digiday's Publisher of the Year. In July of

3395-596: The Altar , Yours Truly , Noah Finnce and Jxdn as "reinventing pop-punk for 2021". In 2023, Cassadee Pope (from the defunct band Hey Monday ) announced that she was stepping away from country music and going back to her roots in pop-punk, with the release of the singles "People That I Love Leave", "Almost There", and "Coma" (featuring Taylor Acorn). In August 2023, Rodrigo released the song " Bad Idea Right? ", which features pop-punk and indie rock influences, from her second studio album Guts . The song peaked at number-one on

3492-531: The California punk scene of the late 1980s, and several of those bands, especially Green Day and the Offspring , helped revive interest in punk rock in the 1990s. Green Day arose from the 924 Gilman Street punk scene in Berkeley, California . After building an underground following, the band signed to Reprise Records and released their major-label debut album, Dookie , in 1994. Dookie sold four million copies by

3589-699: The Clash and things, but it comes from a different well. When we started, punk to me was the Clash, the [Sex] Pistols, and the Buzzcocks over here [the United Kingdom], and in the [United] States it was the Dolls , Iggy , and the Ramones. We invented our style, just like the Clash did and the Ramones did. But the bands that have come later, some of them you see tend to just ape what went on before, where I'd rather them do their own thing

3686-787: The Disco , Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Paramore . Maloney wrote: "While many pop punk fans adamantly deny any association between their favorite acts and those labeled "emo," crossover bands who melded the two have gradually put both genres in the same scene-boat." Easycore (less commonly known as popcore , dudecore , softcore , happy hardcore , and EZ ) is a genre that merges pop-punk with elements of metalcore . It often makes use of breakdowns , screamed vocals , major key progressions and riffs and synthesizers . The genre's roots come from early 2000s pop-punk groups Sum 41 and New Found Glory . New Found Glory's self-titled and Stick and Stones albums and Sum 41's song " Fat Lip " were some of

3783-557: The Hopeless went triple platinum. Simple Plan's 2002 debut album No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls was certified double platinum and its 2004 follow-up Still Not Getting Any... went platinum. In the United Kingdom, Busted and McFly gained notability through merging pop-punk musicality with boy band aesthetics. Busted's 2002 self-titled debut album was certified 4× platinum and their second album A Present for Everyone

3880-507: The Queers , and the Mr. T Experience . In the mid-1990s, the genre saw a widespread popularity increase and entered the mainstream with bands like Green Day and the Offspring . The genre experienced another wave popularized during the late 1990s and early 2000s led by Blink-182 , and in their wake followed contemporary acts such as Sum 41 , New Found Glory , Good Charlotte , and Avril Lavigne , while

3977-654: The RIAA. MTV and radio stations such as Los Angeles' KROQ-FM played a major role in the genre's mainstream success. The Warped Tour , started in 1995, brought punk even further into the United States mainstream. With punk rock's renewed visibility came concerns among some in the punk subculture that the music was being co-opted by the mainstream. Some punk rock fans criticized Green Day for "selling out" and rejected their music as too soft, pop-oriented and not legitimate punk rock. They argued that by signing to major labels and appearing on MTV, bands like Green Day were buying into

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4074-472: The Starting Line's song " Best of Me " was cited by Alternative Press as one of the most influential songs in the genre. Avril Lavigne 's 2002 album Let Go set a precedent for the success of female-fronted pop-punk acts. Journalist Nick Laugher wrote that it was "undeniable" that the record launched pop-punk into the mainstream, "blurring the lines with it and straight-up pop music, and making it more of

4171-609: The State was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA and its song " All the Small Things " peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 . Sum 41's debut album All Killer No Filler was certified triple platinum in their home country of Canada. Its song " Fat Lip " peaked at number one on the US Billboard alternative airplay chart and number eight on the UK singles chart. Around this time

4268-578: The State , Take Off Your Pants and Jacket , Dude Ranch ), the Ramones ( Ramones ), the Offspring ( Smash ), Jimmy Eat World ( Bleed American ), and Generation X ( Valley of the Dolls ). In the late 2010s, the genre was influential in the development of emo rap . Many emo rappers gained mainstream attention during this period. In particular, Lil Peep , Lil Uzi Vert , Juice WRLD and XXXTentacion were all vocal about their love for and influence from pop-punk. Emo rapper Wicca Phase Springs Eternal

4365-543: The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 music charts. Plain White T's was another Illinois emo pop band that received major mainstream success. Their album Every Second Counts (2006) went number 10 on the Billboard 200 charts and featured their number one single " Hey There Delilah ". New Jersey band My Chemical Romance was one of the faces of emo pop during the 2000s. MCR's albums Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) and The Black Parade (2006) each sold more than 3 million copies in

4462-564: The US alone. The latter of the albums debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 charts. The album's lead single " Welcome to the Black Parade " topped the US Alternative Songs chart and reached number 9 on the Billboard hot 100. Taking Back Sunday 's third album Louder Now (2006) debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 charts. According to Brooklyn Vegan ' s Andrew Sacher, after

4559-525: The United States, and their 2009 album Nothing Personal peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart. The Maine's 2008 debut album Can't Stop Won't Stop peaked at number 9 on the Billboard digital albums chart. Cobra Starship's 2009 album Hot Mess reached number 4 on the Billboard 200. Boys Like Girls' 2009 second album Love Drunk peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart. Pop-punk lost its mainstream popularity in

4656-653: The [return] of the genre", and Kerrang! called him the "leader of pop punk's new generation". Olivia Rodrigo 's 2021 pop-punk song " Good 4 U " peaked at number one on the Billboard singles chart, which according to Slate magazine, made it "rock's first hot 100 number 1 in years". Publications such as the Face , the Independent and USA Today cited this wave as having an increased diversity of sexuality, race and gender when compared to prior eras. A February 2021 article by Louder Sound cited artists like Meet Me at

4753-489: The acquisition of Meredith 's magazine and other non-broadcast assets (including the former Time Inc. assets) for $ 2.7 billion, forming a new entity called Dotdash Meredith. The transaction was finalized on December 1. On February 9, 2022, Dotdash CEO Neil Vogel issued a memo revealing that six former Meredith Corporation magazines ( Entertainment Weekly , InStyle , EatingWell , Health , Parents , and People en Español ) would cease print circulation and switch to

4850-513: The acquisition of Liquor.com. On February 4, 2020, Dotdash announced the acquisition of TreeHugger and Mother Nature Network. In June, Dotdash was named Digiday's Publisher of the Year in Digiday's Media Awards 2020. The Spruce won for Best User Experience and CEO Neil Vogel won Executive of the Year. On September 22, Dotdash announced that it acquired Simply Recipes and Serious Eats from Fexy Media. On October 6, 2021, Dotdash announced

4947-463: The album as one of punk's most influential and added that Buzzcocks' "pop overtones [led] them to be a primary influence on today's pop punk bands.". Heller referred to the Undertones as "the most subversive band" of the genre during this period, particularly their 1978 single " Teenage Kicks ", "one of the most striking and definitive pop punk classics." Bad Religion , formed in 1979, helped to lay

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5044-464: The band as important to the marketing of the pop-punk scene, whereas in a Clash magazine interview with Terry Bezer, he described them as "not pop-punk... [but] a valuable gateway for young kids to begin taking their first steps towards bands of... more substance." Around this time, a number of other pop-punk-influenced pop artists gained mainstream attention, including Charli XCX and Halsey . Several pop-punk bands embarked on anniversary tours in

5141-425: The chief executive role in March 2008 and was replaced by Cella Irvine, who previously worked for Hearst Corp. and Microsoft Corp. In April 2011, Irvine launched the About en Español website, which was About's first Spanish-language channel and initially featured nine topics, including movies and makeup, that were to be expanded by around 100 by the start of 2012. The launch was part of an overall strategy that included

5238-440: The earliest and most influential released in the genre. The style's name originates from the 2008 "Easycore tour", which featured A Day to Remember , Four Year Strong and headliners New Found Glory, which itself was a pun based on the name of "hardcore punk". Neon pop-punk (also known as simply neon pop ) is a form of pop-punk that emphasizes synthesizers . Alternative Press writer Tyler Sharp wrote that while this wasn't

5335-542: The early 1990s prior to the 1994 mainstream explosion of pop punk. The band's self-titled album (1990) and Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992) both eventually were certified gold in the United States. In the wake of Nirvana and grunge breaking through in the early 1990s, California's Green Day and Bad Religion were both signed to major labels in 1993, and by 1994, pop-punk was quickly growing in mainstream popularity, soon before grunge's popularity began to decline. Many punk rock and pop-punk bands originated from

5432-414: The early 2010s, with rock bands and guitar-centric music becoming rare on dance-focused pop radio. Some acts, such as New Found Glory , have seen concert attendance numbers decrease steadily. Devon Maloney of MTV wrote that "Pop punk and emo bands don't headline Coachella or Bonnaroo ; they rarely, if ever, are even billed on mainstream festival stages," and notes that it has similarly disappeared from

5529-408: The early to mid-2010s, playing some of their most popular albums in full. While some members of these bands have had mixed feelings about these performances, quite often these tours sell as well as or better than the first time around. Club promoters in the UK have created nights based around lasting appreciation of the genre. The Warped Tour still attracts hundreds of thousands of attendees each year;

5626-494: The first instance that "a band decided to put fuzzy keys over their chord progressions, but it was a time when that formula was perfected." Kika Chatterjee of Alternative Press added that the late 2000s "brought in glowing synths and poppy melodies that shifted the entire definition of [pop punk]", giving it the "neon" moniker. Sharp cited Forever the Sickest Kids ' debut album Underdog Alma Mater (2008) as "a big moment" for

5723-835: The following English artists as representative of the "new wave of pop punk synthesis" that occurred in the late 1970s: Elvis Costello and the Attractions , the Police , the Jam , Billy Idol , Joe Jackson , the Pretenders , UB40 , Madness , the Specials , the English Beat . Likewise, among American acts, Friedlander references Talking Heads , Blondie , the B-52s , the Motels , and Pere Ubu . Heller said that

5820-454: The genre around this time. Notably, TikToker Jxdn began releasing pop-punk music in February 2020, while LilHuddy did the same the following year. This led Polygon to term this new wave of artists "TikTokcore". Spin writer Al Shipley described pop-punk and its new association with hip hop as 2020's "commercial juggernaut". Our Culture Mag cited KennyHoopla as a "key player in

5917-627: The genre saw the rise of the "Drive-Thru Records Era", where a number of bands that were signed to independent record labels gained mainstream attention, namely those on Drive-Thru Records . This included bands such as New Found Glory , Allister , Fenix TX , the Early November , Something Corporate , the Starting Line , Midtown , Hellogoodbye , Rx Bandits and the Movielife . A 2017 article by Upset Magazine called New Found Glory "pop punk's most consistent and influential bands for 20 years" and

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6014-562: The genre's best year for a decade." Kerrang! said the album "ripped up the pop punk blueprint" pushing the genre to "new peaks of invention, both lyrically and musically." The Story So Far 's What You Don't See (2013) "cemented their place at the top table of nu pop punk". In early 2014, Welsh band Neck Deep released their debut album Wishful Thinking , which Rock Sound later called it "the greatest UK pop punk record of all time ." During this period, Man Overboard 's "Defend Pop Punk" shirt design, which featured an AK-47 , became

6111-442: The genre, the song was nominated at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards , and was certified platinum within a year. On July 12, 2019, Cold Hart and Yawns of the influential emo rap collective GothBoiClique , released the pop-punk album Good Morning Cruel World, and on September 18, 2019, emo rapper Lil Tracy released the pop-punk song "Beautiful Nightmare". An October 2019 article by Mic cited emo rap as bringing an interest to

6208-465: The genre. The punk rock music community often perceived pop-punk to be, according to Iain Ellis of PopMatters , "too soft, too fake, too derivative, and too corporate". In a 2003 interview, Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle would suggest that punk had become a "huge umbrella", stating, "And fair play to bands like Green Day and stuff, you know, they've been inspired when they were really young by us and

6305-656: The groundwork for the pop-punk style that emerged in the 1990s. They and some of the other leading bands in Southern California's hardcore punk scene emphasized a more melodic approach than was typical of their peers. According to Myers, Bad Religion "layered their pissed off, politicized sound with the smoothest of harmonies". Myers added that another band, the Descendents , "wrote almost surfy, Beach Boys-inspired songs about girls and food and being young(ish)". Their positive yet sarcastic approach began to separate them from

6402-572: The influence from hardcore punk as being prominent during this period. On the Wonder Years' The Upsides (2010), vocalist Dan Campbell sung about "His early twenties soul-searching and tales of strife" which "resonated with a [new] generation, inspiring countless imitators in the process." This pushed Campbell to "the forefront of a new wave", and the album influenced a new wave of pop-punk bands. Rock Sound included The Wonder Years' The Greatest Generation on their best albums of 2013 list, calling it "the defining album of what may well have been

6499-683: The interest of their fanbase while gaining the appeal of the newer generations that may not like their traditional sound or relate as much to the punk themes of the 1970s. Their popularity provoked conversations about the state of the genre; Maloney opined that these records could not be viewed as pop-punk. In the early 2010s, a new wave of pop-punk groups emerged, fronted by the Wonder Years , State Champs , Neck Deep , Real Friends and Knuckle Puck . Dave Beech of Clash noted that these groups were "[d]arker and more mature" than those previously, taking influence "and occasional indifference" from 1990s emo . Music commentator Finn McKenty also cited

6596-453: The late 1970s with groups such as the Ramones , the Undertones , and the Buzzcocks setting the genre's groundwork. 1980s punk bands like Bad Religion , Descendents and the Misfits , while not necessarily pop-punk in and of themselves, were influential to pop-punk, and it expanded in the late 1980s and early 1990s by a host of bands signed to Lookout! Records , including Screeching Weasel ,

6693-421: The late 1980s and early 1990s, pop-punk bands such as Green Day, the Queers , The Mr. T Experience and Screeching Weasel emerged from the record label Lookout! Records with a sound indebted to Buzzcocks, the Ramones, and the Undertones. In August 1992, early 1990s California punk rock and pop-punk was noticed by the magazine Spin when the magazine published a story called "California Screamin ' ", which

6790-551: The marketing and media company Alloy Inc., a role that he left to cofound the Recognition Media marketing business that is responsible for producing the annual Webby Awards event, as well as the Internet Week NY and Europe events. Vogel was selected by Business Insider for its 2012 "The Coolest People In New York Tech This Year" list, for his work as a venture partner of FirstMark Capital. As of May 2013 , About.com

6887-578: The more serious hardcore scene. The Descendents' 1982 debut LP Milo Goes to College provided the template for the United States' take on the more melodic strains of first wave punk. Many pop-punk bands, including Blink-182 , cite the Descendents as a major influence. Descendents paved the way for future pop-punk bands with themes of hating parents, struggling to find a romantic partner, and social alienation. Horror punk band The Misfits also influenced pop-punk with their 1982 album Walk Among Us , which

6984-488: The needs of both users and advertisers, the redesign sought to create an improved user experience and facilitate social sharing, including the addition of social media buttons that were not featured at the time of Vogel's appointment. On May 2, 2017, IAC announced the completed rebranding of About.com to Dotdash, after about a year of transition. CEO Neil Vogel said that the company had lost mind share and needed to change their marketing strategy. According to WIRED ,

7081-502: The pop-punk song " 11 Minutes " featuring Travis Barker . The song was certified gold in the United States, peaked at number one on the Billboard Bubbling under Top 100 chart and was performed at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards . On June 7, 2019, Machine Gun Kelly , who had been established as a rapper for over a decade, released the pop-punk song " I Think I'm Okay " featuring Yungblud and Travis Barker. His first release in

7178-503: The pop-punk term was an oxymoron : "You're either punk or you're not." Writing in Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Guide to Power Pop (2007), actor Robbie Rist felt that much of the genre merely consisted of pop bands who "add the 'punk' moniker so the kids will think they are pissing off their parents." Even during its formative phase in 1978, pop-punk wasn't simply a lighter, more palatable version of punk. It

7275-745: The preceding eight-month period: UCompareHealthCare.com and Calorie-Count.com. Initially conceived of in January 2007, About.com's first fully owned foreign venture, the China-based Abang.com, debuted in December 2007. At the time of the launch, the company had a Japan-based online entity, Allabout.co.jp, but it functioned under a licensing agreement. By January 2008, the China site consisted of around 25 employees, as well as 80 guides who were responsible for article production within seven categories: Fashion, Food, Health, Hobbies, Pets, Digital, and Travel. As part of

7372-467: The press. The only magazines that featured pop-punk bands were niche publications such as Alternative Press and the occasional teen magazine, while influential pop-punk magazine AMP ceased publication in 2013. The decline in mainstream popularity for the genre, coupled with the closure of many mid-size venues associated with it, resulted in many venues and labels returning to the DIY ethic that helped spawn

7469-409: The punk movement. By 2012, pop-punk bands that had achieved minimal mainstream success had seen a return to grassroots form, considered "the micro-operation style that yielded the results that caught the mainstream's attention in the first place." Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory wrote in an op-ed for Alternative Press entitled "Why Pop-Punk's Not Dead—And Why It Still Matters Today": "This isn't

7566-454: The record initiated "a new wave of pop punk". He added, "At any given time in the late '90s/early 2000s, it was not uncommon to see Blink-182 and Sum 41 on MTV. You couldn't escape it. Pop punk was in , and it became the undisputed mainstream choice." Lamb described second-wave pop-punk bands, led by Blink-182, as having "a radio friendly sheen to their music, but still maintaining much of the speed and attitude of classic punk rock". Enema of

7663-467: The sale was finalized. At the time of the IAC acquisition, which was signed on August 26, 2012, About.com consisted of nearly 1,000 topic sites and over three million unique articles, while, in traffic terms, Alexa Internet ranked the site as number 37 in the U.S. and 80 in the global context. On April 2, 2013, Neil Vogel became the new CEO of About.com. Up until March 2003, Vogel was a key executive member of

7760-608: The same year, Dotdash acquired Investopedia . On October 15, TripSavvy launched the Editors' Choice Awards. On January 8, 2019, Dotdash announced the acquisition of Byrdie (beauty) and MyDomaine (women's lifestyle) from Clique Brands. On May 15, Dotdash announced the acquisition of Brides from Conde Nast . In the spring of 2019, Dotdash's home site, The Spruce , announced the launch of their first-ever paint collection, The Spruce Best Home, in partnership with KILZ and sold exclusively on Amazon . On October 1, Dotdash announced

7857-488: The success of "hugely popular" 2000s bands such as Fall Out Boy, Paramore , and My Chemical Romance, "the line between pop punk and emo look[ed] close to nonexistent." Several pop-punk bands took different musical directions in the late 2000s, with Panic! at the Disco crafting the Beatles-inspired, baroque-styled record Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Fall Out Boy experimenting with glam rock, blues rock and R&B on Folie

7954-468: The teen trappings that gave them careers." Fall Out Boy and Paramore, two groups that achieved mainstream success within the genre, had two number one albums— Save Rock and Roll and Paramore —side by side on the Billboard 200 . Fall Out Boy along with other pop-punk bands that peaked during the mid-2000s began experimenting with the more pop side of pop punk, in order to maintain their relevancy and keep

8051-470: The time of the acquisition announcement, About Inc. was measured at US$ 133 million in cash and no debt (Sept. 30, 2000), while the Media Metrix company tallied 21 million unique monthly visitors—making it the seventh-most-visited "network of sites" at the time—a network of over 700 topic sites, sorted into 36 areas and 50,000 subjects, and approximately 4,000 advertisers. Following the purchase, which

8148-467: The website's backend to be capable of handling a greater degree of interactivity at the front end, while a major emphasis was placed on responsive web design, as the traffic from mobile devices and tablets was measured at nearly 40 percent. The About.com website was relaunched in September 2014, following a significant redesign that expanded upon the new homepage that debuted in July 2014. Based on an analysis of

8245-623: The year's end and spawned several radio singles that received extensive MTV rotation, three of which peaked at number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Green Day's enormous commercial success paved the way for other North American pop-punk bands in the following decade. In 1999, Dookie was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Offspring also achieved mainstream success in 1994 with their album Smash being certified 6× platinum by

8342-424: Was a forerunner to later pop-punk music with the album's vocal harmonies and pop-inspired melodies. The Misfits' gothic image inspired later pop-punk bands like Alkaline Trio and My Chemical Romance . Marginal Man was a Washington D.C. hardcore punk band who mixed hardcore punk with melodic chord progressions and clean, melodic singing, being influenced by power pop, jangle pop and new wave music . During

8439-420: Was appointed as About Inc.'s president and CEO, but he was soon replaced by Scott Meyer in May 2005. In March 2007, About.com's patronage was measured at 33.5 million unique visitors. On May 7, 2007, About Inc. acquired ConsumerSearch.com—a site that generated 3 million unique monthly visitors during the first quarter of 2007—for US$ 33 million in cash following two other purchases that were made in

8536-399: Was based on not having any rules has probably been one of the strictest fucking rule books in the world." Music critic for Treblezine Jeff Terich argued that the debate regarded the ethics of "pop-punk" is redundant, saying that there is "no discussion of the genre that doesn't eventually devolve into the black-mold-like growth of Disney-approved mallrats, but the irony of it is that all punk

8633-533: Was certified 3× platinum. McFly's 2004 debut album Room on the 3rd Floor peaked at number one on the UK albums chart and was certified 2× platinum. As emo pop 's merger of pop-punk emo coalesced, the record label Fueled by Ramen became a center of the movement, releasing platinum selling albums from bands like Fall Out Boy , Panic! at the Disco and Paramore . Fall Out Boy's 2005 song " Sugar, We're Goin Down " received heavy airplay, climbing to number eight on

8730-423: Was even a member of the influential 2010s pop-punk band Tigers Jaw . This brought about a revived interest in the genre in popular culture, leading to a number notable artists beginning to release po- punk songs towards the end of the decade. Emo rapper Lil Aaron and pop singer Kim Petras released the pop-punk song "Anymore" on September 5, 2018. On 13 February 2019, Yungblud and pop singer Halsey released

8827-440: Was finalized in the first quarter of 2001, the combined company was called "Primedia" and Kurnit remained chief executive officer (CEO). In February 2005, The New York Times Company (Times Co.) announced it was buying About.com, a purchase that was completed in the first half of the year for US$ 410 million. Google and Yahoo! were reportedly among the other bidders. Following the Times Co. acquisition, Peter C. Horan

8924-507: Was just as rebellious, only it rebelled against punk itself: its nihilism, its bad-boy pose, its mockery of melody, it's belittling of sentimentality, and above all, its self-seriousness. In a way, pop punk became its own kind of post-punk ... Rolling Stone , in an article about pop-punk, wrote that the term was a retroactive label for punk bands who had "always championed great songwriting alongside their anti-authoritarian stance. And punk's focus on speed, concision and three-chord simplicity

9021-667: Was named CEO of the About Group, after the company's second-quarter revenues totaled US$ 27.8 million. Jean previously served as About's chief financial officer (CFO) and was promoted on September 1, 2011. A media report published in August 2012 indicated that Answers.com had reached a preliminary agreement to acquire About.com for US$ 270 million. However, on August 26, Barry Diller 's IAC announced that it would acquire About.com instead for US$ 300 million in cash. A source for TechCrunch later confirmed that Answers.com's offer

9118-444: Was overlap between pop-punk and skate punk . Music journalist Ben Myers wrote that the two terms were synonymous. Rock writer Greg Shaw , who wrote extensively about power pop and took credit for codifying the genre in the 1970s, originally defined power pop itself as a hybrid style of punk and pop. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong , who described power pop as "the greatest music on Earth that no one likes", opined that

9215-415: Was receiving about 84 million unique monthly visitors. Following his appointment, Vogel's overall plan for About focused on social, mobile, and user experience, with an emphasis on increasing the amount of time that users remain on the site, rather than attracting people in the first instance. Vogel also stressed the importance of monetization in his numerous post-appointment interviews and he included

9312-515: Was reportedly valued at US$ 270 million, but consisted of debt and equity in Answers.com. In the corresponding press release, IAC explained that the acquisition would help bolster and accompany its existing properties, such as the Ask.com web search engine . Jean fulfilled her role as chief executive during the transition period, while ownership was transferred to IAC, and then left About.com shortly after

9409-629: Was traditional in the genre. Popular groups in the style at the time included All Time Low , the Maine , the Cab , Metro Station , Boys Like Girls , Cobra Starship and Forever the Sickest Kids . Metro Station's 2007 single " Shake It " peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. All Time Low's 2008 single " Dear Maria, Count Me In " is certified double platinum in

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