Let's get these teen hearts beating, faster, faster!

[Nath®]

I think most would agree that Pop-Punk is becoming a monotonous genre of music. Power chords, strained singing and "catchy" hooks are becoming so common that bands are becoming nothing but indistinguishable white noise.

So, In this thread, I propose we embark on a search for bands that have something new, something special, a spark to light the flame and a melody to rekindle the warmth of our love of Pop-Punk.

ITT: Post bands that are different, yet still fit under the umbrella of the term 'Pop-Punk'. Do not confuse this with the Official Recommendations Thread", this isn't a thread to recommend what it is you're currently listening too, this is a thread to expand on the one sound genre.

Let the journey begin.

[Kif]

Nice P!ATD reference

Gatsby's American Dream (http://www.purevolume.com/gatsbysamericandream) deserve a mention in this thread. They blend other styles into their music so well, and actually don't always stick to the 4/4 time signature.

I suggest listening to "Shhhhh! I'm Listening To Reason", "A Mind Of Metal And Wheels" and "The Dragon Of Pendor" on their Purevolume, since they all demonstrate their style so well

[backwords]

i dont have anything to offer except that i agree with the thread starter. and i hate the term pop punk, thought it does serve a purpose i guess. isn't punk the opposite of pop. i think mainstream punk may be a better genre name.

though it may be considered emo or rock i'd recommending checking out "last days of april." it was one of the bands that i started getting into when i was bored of blink, jimmy, etc. best songs: "aspirins and alcohol" and "days i recall being wonderful" the whole album "angel youth" sounds very organically progressive to me.

[Gnarmageddon]

Maybe Sparta and Thursday. The Kinison too. It's hard to think of bands that are totally unique.

[albert_bass]

Bad Astronaut, Choke, Epoxies, Bigwig, Satanic Surfers, Craig's Brother, Inspection 12, Strung Out.

[Oz Rembrandt]

I wish it was still 1994...

[poprocks&coke]

When pop-punk was just becoming popular? And wasn't popular with little emo kids?

True, we are living in a low, low age for pop-punk.

[cobert]

Maybe Sparta and Thursday. The Kinison too. It's hard to think of bands that are totally unique.

Ack, sparta's booooooooooring. And i dont think either of those are pop-punk (or really closely related).

Everything ive heard so far from scary kids scaring kids has been really good.

[Gnarmageddon]

Ack, sparta's booooooooooring. And i dont think either of those are pop-punk (or really closely related).

Everything ive heard so far from scary kids scaring kids has been really good.
I like Sparta. And I know they're not totally pop punk, but to me they sound influenced by it.

And you're right about SKSK. They are good.

[Oz Rembrandt]

When pop-punk was just becoming popular? And wasn't popular with little emo kids?

True, we are living in a low, low age for pop-punk.

Exactamundo

[Untitled]

This thread reminds me why ive started to listen to indie agian, because im plane bored with pop-punk, and indie is better.

[cobert]

This thread reminds me why ive started to listen to indie agian, because im plane bored with pop-punk, and indie is better.

What indie are we talking about here? Better not be any of that indiepop crap, where every bands singer sounds the same and the same synth track loops in the background.

Spence: I dont see any pop-punk in sparta, maybe its just me.

[Untitled]

What indie are we talking about here? Better not be any of that indiepop crap, where every bands singer sounds the same and the same synth track loops in the background.

Spence: I dont see any pop-punk in sparta, maybe its just me.
BRITISH INDIE, you could say some bands are brit pop

Ive been listening to the smiths, nine black alps, maximo park, arcade fire, 'phonics etc etc.

There the main bands ive been listening to recently.

[Oz Rembrandt]

This thread reminds me why ive started to listen to indie agian, because im plane bored with pop-punk, and indie is better.

This thread reminds me of why I started listening to Nirvana again.

[cobert]

Well allright then, go on listening to them.

I switched over to post-hardcore/hardcore a while ago. I still have a warm spot in my heart for co/ca (still my favorite band), TBS (Still have my favorite CD), and saves the day (still just overall really, really good), though.

[Untitled]

Well allright then, go on listening to them.

I switched over to post-hardcore/hardcore a while ago. I still have a warm spot in my heart for co/ca (still my favorite band), TBS (Still have my favorite CD), and saves the day (still just overall really, really good), though.
I realy do not like most hardcore, i like some, but most of it i dont.

You know what is the worst genre ever i think, imo, metalcore :evil:

Oh well.

/puts on kaiser cheifs.

[Permanent Solution]

Noise Ratchet, The Kinison (Eh, pushy, but someone else mentioned them), Strung Out, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, A Wilhelm Scream (eh again)

That's pushing Pop-Punk, but they're some of my favorite bands with recent material in this general vein.

[cobert]

I realy do not like most hardcore, i like some, but most of it i dont.

You know what is the worst genre ever i think, imo, metalcore :evil:

Oh well.

/puts on kaiser cheifs.

Im not big on metalcore either, but i wont go as far as to call it the worst genre ever. That honor clearly goes to Techno (and not interesting, unique techno, im talking about techno with just a 'mm tss mm tss' beat and nothing else).

Actually, some metalcore is pretty good. Listen to more, maye youll find something you like.

Permanent solution: What was your old account (if you had one)?

[Permanent Solution]

Permanent solution: What was your old account (if you had one)?
You can look at my joindate/postcount and not figure it out?

(just a name change, I'm Vince :))

[cobert]

No, actually. Those narrow it down and give me a few ideas, but nothing immediately comes to mind.

[Permanent Solution]

Quoting posts solves so many problems! :(

(Quote my first response to you)

[Kif]

Someone called him Vince, so I'd safely assume it's zeppelinfan

[cobert]

You can look at my joindate/postcount and not figure it out?

(just a name change, I'm Vince :))


haha, yeah, i shouldve quoted. Yeah, its vince.

Septemer of 04? Thats it?

n00b. :p

[billiejoe84]

To be honest, I've not had many problems with pop-punk fo late. Sure, it can get pretty samey, but I've heard a lot of new stuff I've really liked of late. I'm not just gonna pretend I'm not happy with every band sounding something other than totally different. Save the thread from being a chorus of agreement if nothing else.


I am tempted to have another sly dig at Butler's steadily worsening fondness for rubbish indie, but I'll resist this time :p

[BridgeToSolace]

Uniqueness really can't be found in pop-punk any more. Everyone does something that someone else does. A lot of genres work this way, and few bands can really manage to be 'out there' and different. Horse The Band and Genghis Tron come to mind.

As for as pop-punk goes, uniqueness comes from just being especially good at what you do. Like WILHELM MOTHER****ING SCREAM!

[billiejoe84]

As for as pop-punk goes, uniqueness comes from just being especially good at what you do.

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While innovation is good, at the end of the day, I'm a lover of the pop-punk style and sound, so if a band plays that in a generic but extremely good way, I'm far more likely to enjoy them than a band that tries to be different for the sake of originality. See Allister as a prime example.

[cobert]

I need to check out a wilhelm scream, everyone says theyre great.

[BridgeToSolace]

I need to check out a wilhelm scream, everyone says theyre great.

http://www.purevolume.com/awilhelmscream

-

Maybe a band I'd consider unique: The Tokyo Smash (http://www.purevolume.com/thetokyosmash). I can't name any other pop-punk band that incorporates breakdowns and a really agressive screamer to the extent that they do.

[Permanent Solution]

Jon: Listen to The Kinison. You might not like it, but it's unique.

[billiejoe84]

http://www.purevolume.com/awilhelmscream

They are pretty damn good, dude. I like.

[Gnarmageddon]

Jon: Listen to The Kinison. You might not like it, but it's unique.
I instantly liked The Kinison the first time I heard them. They're an excellent band.

[Permanent Solution]

I instantly liked The Kinison the first time I heard them. They're an excellent band.
I got into them after seeing them live with DEP. Good band live, obviously.

[BridgeToSolace]

They are pretty damn good, dude. I like.
Ridiculously good.

The kind of band that just makes you feel inferior.

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

Kane Hodder

[skankin'sophr]

i like these indie/pop-punk bands with keyboard lines that are starting to gain popularity. Like P!ATD, The AKAs, Hellogoodbye... Does anyone know other bands like them?

[Kif]

Motion City Soundtrack, Housten Calls, although Housten Calls are what I would call "turd".

[hotcod32]

try the maple state for sysnth based stuff... very diffrent to P!ATD but just as good in its own way, other bands i can think of are Valencia (http://www.purevolume.com/valencia) who are being hailed as the best new poppunk band around, the album is stunning from what i've heard, i need to get my hands on it and give it a real lission... also, bands like, over it, there a little over looked i think there first album is far better than the new one but still awsome... also take a look at some of the ealiar punchline stuff, espicaly the rewind ep which is nothing but simply stunning...

i've actaly found that its not so much that there are not any good bands doing intresting stuff but it dose seem very much like there first "major" albums all end up being over prouducsed and over worked and written so they ended up bland and all sounding samey

[Kif]

I always found Valencia quite boring, but I might have to listen to the album again. TMS are a great band as well, I have their EP and it's fun to listen to.

[DJ Ducksauce]

I thought you started a P!atD thread when I first saw the thread title. :(

P!atD and TAI are two great pop-punk bands that I have discovered this year.

Oh, I have A Wilhelm Scream-Ruiner. Does anyone want it?

(http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2GDXPTAI6W5WL3LCGW8TF2U1NV)

[Jena]

Witroy

Listen to music here:
witroy (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=3240544&Mytoken=FAF89F0F-142C-153B-64C114B2072E1A2E17103004)

The end.

[billiejoe84]

I thought you started a P!atD thread when I first saw the thread title. :(

P!atD and TAI are two great pop-punk bands that I have discovered this year.

Oh, I have A Wilhelm Scream-Ruiner. Does anyone want it?

(http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2GDXPTAI6W5WL3LCGW8TF2U1NV)

Yes. Yes I do.



:chug:

[billiejoe84]

Witroy

Listen to music here:
witroy (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=3240544&Mytoken=FAF89F0F-142C-153B-64C114B2072E1A2E17103004)

The end.


Random first post++

[jasonresno]

My suggestions for sort of "different music:

Motion City Soundtrack, Panic! At the Disco, 504 Plan, Men, Women, Children and Animals.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Yes. Yes I do.



:chug:
Is that an affirmative? (Did you get it?)

[billiejoe84]

Indeed.


Thankyou, sir... I must permit you a request sometime, in the absence of rep++

[Kif]

Men, Women And Children are awesome from what I've heard of them.

[jasonresno]

Men, Women And Children are awesome from what I've heard of them.
I was pretty impressed when I first heard them. But their music is hard to get to.

[Jena]

Random first post++
Meh... You gotta start somewhere and Newbie introductions are surprisingly humiliating. So I just dive right in.

[Drop The Baby]

Toy Dolls

[hotcod32]

I always found Valencia quite boring, but I might have to listen to the album again. TMS are a great band as well, I have their EP and it's fun to listen to.

well i got my hands on the album i've not given it a full lission to yet... its not as amazeing as a lot of people seem to be makeing out... but it is very very good

[Axelthesot]

The Receiving End of Sirens, period.

The most musically talented band I've heard in a LONG time. Extremely well thought out lyrics and a concept album (their only album thusfar) release that will blow your mind if you give it a chance.

I've seen them live 4 times now, and each time it's the best show I've ever seen and I've seen alot of shows. They WILL melt your face live. Just don't sue them.

[Firecracker]

Catchy hooks, isn't that what it's all about?
Darn, all these years....



That's the whole point i listen to the music, i don't see why people have to stick up for a genre.

[AlkoholikMouse]

Toy Dolls

Me Agrees!

[Kif]

Sydney (http://www.purevolume.com/sydney)

I wrote these guys off after listening to them on their Purevolume about 4 months ago, but I just got their album, and it's a nice blend of pop-punk melodies and post-hardcore riffs. It feels like it's inbetween Armor For Sleep and Saosin. Anyway, check out "Jubert's Path Of Destruction" and "Got Some Purple Stuff... Hey, Sunny D!" on their PV.

[hotcod32]

The Maple State (http://www.purevolume.com/themaplestate) desiver a link really may as well put a link to Fastlane (http://www.purevolume.com/fastlane) another good UK band... oh and something else i'm enjoying at the moment The Academy Is... (http://www.purevolume.com/TheAcademyIs) also my old favrout Punchline (http://www.purevolume.com/punchline) i highly recomend trying to get there older stuff and the rewind EP is simply amazing... the new album is soild but not fantast but basicly i rate it much higher than say huston calls but then again i'm not a huge fan of HC... while i'm linking i may as way recomend Bottom Line (http://www.purevolume.com/bottomline) there not fantastic but theres some real promise there

[JephasPineapple]

Panic! At the Disco pretty much is awesome.

[vote me]

Im gone of the whole Pop Punk thing im listen to more hardcore punk now
like Dead Kennedys,Circle Jerks,Black Flag,Minor Threat Ect...
i just bought a dead kennedys album and i was hooked

[hey, you're not cory!]

Kane Hodder
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!

:)

[Untitled]

I instantly liked The Kinison the first time I heard them. They're an excellent band.
Im sure about 13,000 kids around these parts. I quite like though.

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!

:)
You're welcome :thumb: Kane Hodder is really a breathe of fresh air.

[Gnarmageddon]

Im sure about 13,000 kids around these parts. I quite like though.
Your first sentence makes no sense at all.

[Untitled]

Your first sentence makes no sense at all.
Yeah, stick disagree in there some where.

They pretty much got boo'd off supporting Blink182 this time last year.

[fenderstratboy2]

Now that they are no longer together, i doubt we will be hearing much of them on the boards. but in the meantime, i'd have to say to listen to the kinison

[Ross]

Yeah, stick disagree in there some where.

They pretty much got boo'd off supporting Blink182 this time last year.

Ahhh so that was what they were called! When I saw blink in newcastle (this time last year) I remembered Blink, Sugarcult and one other band that no-one really liked.. Kinison it is.

They were ok, nothin' special.

If you check the pic of me in the pics thread, you'll see my red blink t-shirt...

Yeah dude, seen em live. Just rubbing it in for anyone who hasn't. So ner.

[Oz Rembrandt]

I have, Infact, it was the same gig.

[Ross]

Did I say you could post here?

[Untitled]

Ahhh so that was what they were called! When I saw blink in newcastle (this time last year) I remembered Blink, Sugarcult and one other band that no-one really liked.. Kinison it is.

They were ok, nothin' special.

If you check the pic of me in the pics thread, you'll see my red blink t-shirt...

Yeah dude, seen em live. Just rubbing it in for anyone who hasn't. So ner.
Ive seen blink 2 times, they are like my favorite band, nothing would stop me from going to them gigs.

[Oz Rembrandt]

Did I say you could post here?


....Yes... :thumb:

[Get Fighted]

Im gone of the whole Pop Punk thing im listen to more hardcore punk now
like Dead Kennedys,Circle Jerks,Black Flag,Minor Threat Ect...
i just bought a dead kennedys album and i was hooked

do you still like blink? cos youve stopped posting in there as much

[Ross]

^vote me, I'm feelin ya^

I had a period of more hardcore end punk, but its great to return to pop-punk once in a while. The music is a lil more fun and generally not so serious, plus its way easier to listen to :)

[Independent_CA]

I wish it was still 1994...
Ahh 1994...

[Oz Rembrandt]

Ahh 1994...

Now, theres absolutley no bands about that I'm particulally pasionate about...

[Independent_CA]

Now, theres absolutley no bands about that I'm particulally pasionate about...
I still love a lot of the older ones, and there's a few newer ones that give me hope, but I know what you mean.

[Ross]

Now, theres absolutley no bands about that I'm particulally pasionate about...

Hmm. How do you define passion?

I'd agree though that there is a distinct lack of new music that is truly awesome. Oh how I'd've loved to be a teen in the late 70s... Punk, two-tone... yeaaahh.

[vote me]

do you still like blink? cos youve stopped posting in there as much
blink were my favorite band for years
i went to to of there conserts in a week in two differnt countrys

but in the last 6 months i got minor threat,dead kennedys ect... album which at the start i would admit i didnt like to much at the start but grew on me and now its like a breath of fresh air

and i find it hard to go back to blink its so differnt to stuff i listen to now
but all the same i love what blink did for me geting me into the whole area of punk, i would never say "hy manz i h8te blink loz!!! im Zo HaRdCoRe"

[Permanent Solution]

Ahhh so that was what they were called! When I saw blink in newcastle (this time last year) I remembered Blink, Sugarcult and one other band that no-one really liked.. Kinison it is.

That's too bad. The Kinison>>>Sugarcult

[Mute Print]

<3 Sugarcult.

I haven't listened to The Kinison much, even though I do have one of their albums.

[Permanent Solution]

<3 Sugarcult.

I haven't listened to The Kinison much, even though I do have one of their albums.
That would be their only album then :p

[Mute Print]

Haha, right. I knew that.

<_<

>_>

[B]

The Kinison rule :D

[Kif]

Foxy Shazam! (http://www.purevolume.com/foxyshazam)
Foxy Shazam!'s music has a maniacal, carnival-like dynamic that keeps you on
your toes throughout the entire album. They combine pummeling, heavy riffing and rhythms with more spacious fare, pulling in elements from the entire history of Rock music (from Metal and '50s to Punk and Surf).

Trust me, just listen to it - it's AWESOME! Off the top of my head it, this band reminds me a mix between Fall Out Boy, Blood Brothers, and The Cure (Sounds crazy? It is oh so incredibely crazy). You can stream their entire album, The Flamingo Trigger, on their Purevolume, and trust me, it's like nothing you've ever heard.

[Cripple]

Hard-Fi (http://www.purevolume.com/hardfi)

These guys are awesome. Although they're not necessarily pure pop-punk, they have a definite unique sound that is amazing.

[Untitled]

Hard-Fi (http://www.purevolume.com/hardfi)

These guys are awesome. Although they're not necessarily pure pop-punk, they have a definite unique sound that is amazing.
Hard-Fi is awesome. They're Indie though.

[BridgeToSolace]

Jon: Listen to The Kinison. You might not like it, but it's unique.

I don't see how it's unique.

It's not bad, though.

[thisis sceneSUICIDE]

Foxy Shazam! (http://www.purevolume.com/foxyshazam)
Foxy Shazam!'s music has a maniacal, carnival-like dynamic that keeps you on
your toes throughout the entire album. They combine pummeling, heavy riffing and rhythms with more spacious fare, pulling in elements from the entire history of Rock music (from Metal and '50s to Punk and Surf).

Trust me, just listen to it - it's AWESOME! Off the top of my head it, this band reminds me a mix between Fall Out Boy, Blood Brothers, and The Cure (Sounds crazy? It is oh so incredibely crazy). You can stream their entire album, The Flamingo Trigger, on their Purevolume, and trust me, it's like nothing you've ever heard.

Kif, you still never, ever cease to amaze me.

I am in love with this band now.

Baumer.

www.purevolume.com/baumer

I don't know how many of you actually listen to these guys, but I'm more or less obsessed with their album "Come On, Feel It."

They're on Astromagnetics, the record label Geoff Rickly co-owns. I don't know if you'd nessecarily call them pop-punk, but they're definitely something worth checking out.

They're very...Dancey. Almost Head Automatica-ish. Without the Daryl Palumbo spastic element.

[clearvision]

ATTN Kif!

I can't find any of that sydney bands stuff anywhere. OD you have the album, anychance you can send it my way?

robertchapman88@gmail.com

if you get a chance..cheers

[hotcod32]

ewww hard-fi yet another reasion birtish music sucks... sorry i just don't like them... boreing and annoing, whats depresing is there at the better end of the indy kind of crap were geting at the moment

[Ross]

ewww hard-fi yet another reasion birtish music sucks... sorry i just don't like them... boreing and annoing, whats depresing is there at the better end of the indy kind of crap were geting at the moment

Delete double post. And British music doesn't completely suck if you delve under the surface. Deep under the surface...

[BatteriesNotIncluded]

PANIC! are really awesome. Saw them on the nintendo fusion and the blew my mind. AWESOME......also Chiodos (not really pop-punk) and tokyo rose and race the sun and panic division.

[hotcod32]

Delete double post. And British music doesn't completely suck if you delve under the surface. Deep under the surface...

heh well there ARE lots of british bands i like, the maple state and fastlane for example... i just mean all these annoing stupid indy bands that are turning up that are just extreamly boreing and yet some how amazeginly loved and hailed as fantastic brithish music, while theres far better bands playing crap clubs to a few people

[billiejoe84]

heh well there ARE lots of british bands i like, the maple state and fastlane for example... i just mean all these annoing stupid indy bands that are turning up that are just extreamly boreing and yet some how amazeginly loved and hailed as fantastic brithish music, while theres far better bands playing crap clubs to a few people

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[Fire Away]

I think this may fit in...

http://www.myspace.com/thevalley

Keyword: MAY. I know nothing.

[Ross]

heh well there ARE lots of british bands i like, the maple state and fastlane for example... i just mean all these annoing stupid indy bands that are turning up that are just extreamly boreing and yet some how amazeginly loved and hailed as fantastic brithish music, while theres far better bands playing crap clubs to a few people

Agreed. All this kaiser chiefs etc crap should be stamped out, or at least the people hailing them as being any good should be.

*offers to be the one doing the stamping*

[Untitled]

ewww hard-fi yet another reasion birtish music sucks... sorry i just don't like them... boreing and annoing, whats depresing is there at the better end of the indy kind of crap were geting at the moment
British music is the best its been in a while IMO.

Most of the music ive been listening to in recent weeks is british

[Angry Balled Fists!]

I listen to about no british music.

[Untitled]

I listen to about no british music.
thats because your rubbish :thumb:

[Angry Balled Fists!]

I know that.

[Sep]

I can't stand any of those bands like Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, Interpol, Killers, Franz Ferdinand, etc.

[Ross]

I can't stand any of those bands like Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, Interpol, Killers, Franz Ferdinand, etc.

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*wishes he had more time to say something properly*

[clown_phobia]

listen to Millencolin

[Untitled]

I can't stand any of those bands like Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, Interpol, Killers, Franz Ferdinand, etc.
I love all of them, well i havnt neard much of the editors but whatever.:thumb:

[16 Nipples]

I can't stand any of those bands like Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, Interpol, Killers, Franz Ferdinand, etc.

Killers are American.

[Solar]

I thought this thread died weeks ago.

[plaidbassbilly]

I can't stand any of those bands like Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, Interpol, Killers, Franz Ferdinand, etc.

Ooh I like these kind of bands, I haven't heard much of The Editors though. I've had "Na Na Na Na Naa" in my head all week.

[cobert]

Killers are American.

That doesnt make them un-bad.

I cant stand any of those bands either.

[BridgeToSolace]

heh well there ARE lots of british bands i like, the maple state and fastlane for example... i just mean all these annoing stupid indy bands that are turning up that are just extreamly boreing and yet some how amazeginly loved and hailed as fantastic brithish music, while theres far better bands playing crap clubs to a few people

That pretty much applies anywhere the world though.

The truly good song writers never get the recognition they deserve, while the people who simply re-hash formulatic music makes millions.

It's a giant shame. Oh well.

[Kif]

http://www.myspace.com/menwomenandchildren

A mixture of aggressive pop-punk and disco. Seriously, imagine Head Automatica, with more funk. Very dancable music, and their debut CD is about to hit next year, and I think it will do very well in the pop-punk scene, given their catchiness and musicianship. Check out "Dance In My Blood" if you only want to listen to one of their songs,and then check out the other 2 anyway.

[Ostrich Man]

^vote me, I'm feelin ya^

I had a period of more hardcore end punk, but its great to return to pop-punk once in a while. The music is a lil more fun and generally not so serious, plus its way easier to listen to :)

I agree with this.

Pop-punk serves as my form of easy listening music. After a long session of Black Flag and Minor Threat, I agree it's great to revert back to the Offspring and the Explosion.

I also agree with the threadstarter that pop-punk is going downhill. My advice: listen to older punk bands and forget most of the new stuff. There are of course exceptions to this, and most of the suggested bands in this thread are as good as '90s pop punk bands IMO.

[cobert]

pop-punk isn't going downhill, it's just dispersing into alot of subgenres. Not every band is going to sound like mid 90-s green day.

[Kif]

Pop-punk is definately going downhill. It's sad that sites like Purevolume and Myspace have spawned literally thousands of bands that sound exactly the same with no real spark that gives them their own identity. The same chord structures, lyrical themes, even vocal stylings.

I've become very bored with the genre for a while now, and tend to listen to older albums more because of it. There are a few hopeful bands that have emerged over the past 2 or so years, but as a whole pop-punk is a dying breed.

[Oz Rembrandt]

Tragic to know. I find myslef listening to alot of old albums thesedays myself, because nothing excites me anymore.

I've tried to keep some of pop-punk alive in my own band, becuase we reallt do try and stick to our own thing...

[cobert]

To correct my last post, i dont mean sub genres are forming, i mean that pop-punk is a very broad genre anymore.

But ive turned over to more hardcore anyways.

[Drop The Baby]

I agree with this.

Pop-punk serves as my form of easy listening music. After a long session of Black Flag and Minor Threat, I agree it's great to revert back to the Offspring and the Explosion.

I also agree with the threadstarter that pop-punk is going downhill. My advice: listen to older punk bands and forget most of the new stuff. There are of course exceptions to this, and most of the suggested bands in this thread are as good as '90s pop punk bands IMO.

Here we go.

[Ross]

Tragic to know. I find myslef listening to alot of old albums thesedays myself, because nothing excites me anymore.

I've tried to keep some of pop-punk alive in my own band, becuase we reallt do try and stick to our own thing...

Haven't heard your band... You got a demo you could show me?

[Sound Boy]

Pop-punk is definately going downhill. It's sad that sites like Purevolume and Myspace have spawned literally thousands of bands that sound exactly the same with no real spark that gives them their own identity. The same chord structures, lyrical themes, even vocal stylings.

I've become very bored with the genre for a while now, and tend to listen to older albums more because of it. There are a few hopeful bands that have emerged over the past 2 or so years, but as a whole pop-punk is a dying breed.

i totally agree. i think its bands like The Used and Finch and Senses Fail that brought screamo to the mainstream so now everyone is doing that. and now poppunk bands are adding the screaming to their music(i.e. NFG), or going the route of Brand New and Fall Out Boy with tounge in cheek lyrics. so the genre is fading and now poppunk seems to be more of a pop thing than punk (i.e. click five). i think Blink 182 set the bar on what new poppunk should be with their last album. its original. and noone else sounds like that. but i'd like to also hear the old kind of stuff Ataris and Nothing to Lose put out years ago

[cobert]

i totally agree. i think its bands like The Used and Finch and Senses Fail that brought screamo to the mainstream so now everyone is doing that. and now poppunk bands are adding the screaming to their music(i.e. NFG), or going the route of Brand New and Fall Out Boy with tounge in cheek lyrics. so the genre is fading and now poppunk seems to be more of a pop thing than punk (i.e. click five). i think Blink 182 set the bar on what new poppunk should be with their last album. its original. and noone else sounds like that. but i'd like to also hear the old kind of stuff Ataris and Nothing to Lose put out years ago

lolz

I know what you mean though, they basically made it cool for a band to scream. Honestly, this might sound bad to everyone....but hawthorne heights wouldnt be half as bad as they are f they took out the totally unnecessary screaming. They'd still be bad, but they might just be
semi-tolerable if they took that part out.

[B]

Blink 182's album really wasn't that original. In fact, if they had screaming it'd be just like all the generic "screamo" bands out there.

(Note quotations.)

[cobert]

Quotations noted.

I actually think the last blink album might have been their best. They tried something different, but it still sounded like blink.

[B]

It was definately their most creative. Which isn't saying too much considering they are the stereotype that is pop-punk. But for them, it was definately creative.

[Sound Boy]

yeah but they kept the poppunk lyrics and some of the songs have poppunk guitar riffs. but with those uh 3 songs aside the rest of the album, instrumental wise, sounds phuckin fantastic. and thats what im sayin if more bands took a que from that and go from there it'd sound pretty cool.
stop screaming. go back to writing songs about the chick that you want, or grow balls and start singin about the chick your gonna get. not songs about dying or "losing the light" or whatever cheap metaphors there are. and dont get me wrong theres quite a few bands out there that sound good screaming. but keep it original dont do the same thing each song, each album. like i like when people can pull of the scream as a harmony. but if you cant pull off the scream live DONT overproduce them to sound good cause that just messes with peoples expectations and if they're smart they'll know your full of it. i saw the Used when they first came out and i was like WTF? this is the same damn band? it sounded like garbage...and i dont mean the shirley manson garbage, im talkin crap crap crap. it let me down cause i thought the album was tops

sorry about the rant but you can kinda see where im going.

[cobert]

Too many bands scream because its the cool thing to do and ahs to be in every song anymore. I say, screaming is acceptable when it comes from emotion instead of purely planned for a certain part in the song.

[Kif]

You know what? Screaming is slowly becoming a less cool thing to do. Funeral For A Friend, Story Of The Year, Boys Night Out, Hawthorne Heights. All these bands use less or even no screaming on their latest albums, and focus more on melodies and harmonies.

[ThisUserIsAPipebomb]

Schoolyard Heroes- Girl vocals, songs about b-movies, the occasional screaming thing.

http://www.schoolyardheroes.com
http://www.myspace.com/schoolyardheroes

[Sound Boy]

You know what? Screaming is slowly becoming a less cool thing to do. Funeral For A Friend, Story Of The Year, Boys Night Out, Hawthorne Heights. All these bands use less or even no screaming on their latest albums, and focus more on melodies and harmonies.


yeah even thrice is calming down with theirs. and i love thier new album

[Kif]

Exactly. I think more bands are realized that screaming is such a poor effect to put in songs now, since you hear it everywhere. I kind of feel bad for bands like Bleeding Through, Aiden and Atreyu who obviously still use it, but they have their fanbases, so whatever.

[Sound Boy]

bands that can keep on screaming:

Atreyu
it dies today
underoath
From First to Last

and Anthony Green can do what he wants. he's the man.

ps i know theres more screamo bands that are good but those came from the top of my head

[Ross]

SLAYOR!!!!111ONEONE!!111!! *Roars and wakes some dead people*

I'm not fond of too much screaming. A bit of shouting, now there's something I love :)

[Firecracker]

Screaming is in the past for me, i cannot stand bands that consistently scream, if there's screaming in one line in one song or something, i can hack it, but not constantly.

[cobert]

bands that can keep on screaming:

Atreyu
it dies today
underoath
From First to Last

and Anthony Green can do what he wants. he's the man.

ps i know theres more screamo bands that are good but those came from the top of my head

I guess you didnt pick up that you arent using the term screamo correctly. And i dont really think any of those bands are good.

[Angry Balled Fists!]

I listen to laods of badns that scream through most of their songs.

[Sound Boy]

I guess you didnt pick up that you arent using the term screamo correctly. And i dont really think any of those bands are good.

nah i was on the subject of mainstream screamo bands. thats all.

and to the person who said Slayer...thats Metal...
have you heard the "Raining Blood" cover by REggie and the Full Effect...that **** is good

[Ross]

Yes I know full well slayer are metal. The misspelling and piss-rip of stereotypical slayer fans was a joke.

[cobert]

nah i was on the subject of mainstream screamo bands. thats all.

and to the person who said Slayer...thats Metal...
have you heard the "Raining Blood" cover by REggie and the Full Effect...that **** is good

Those bands arent screamo, you should call bands that sound like that popcore.

[nag*with*a*gun]

screaming is alright if they have it in the right place.

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[DepthsOfDreams555]

Useless bump....

[Firecracker]

So They Say are good.

[DepthsOfDreams555]

I love So They Say!

[B]

STS are indeed good.

[Firecracker]

Wooo! I lurve them at the moment.
I don't like screaming unless it's Brand New and Cursive kind of screaming.

[spoon_of_grimbo]

strung out definitely, get the live in a dive album or twisted by design especially and hear how it should be done...

[B]

Wooo! I lurve them at the moment.
I don't like screaming unless it's Brand New and Cursive kind of screaming.
Cursive is sexy.

[Concubine]

Set Your Goals

They blend pop-punk and hardcore so well, i love them.