Pop Punk Articles

1. Pop Punk 2 Page article history
Poppunkthe mixture of popmusicandrock whichemergedduringyour
1970’s. Thisbrought upbands suchas Ramones(1974), The Clash(1976),
Blondie (1974), Misfits(1977) andmany more. You will findthatthey
combinedthe fasttemposwithloudanddistortedguitarswiththe poptype
melodiesandlyrics. Butthis startedtochange more towardsthe mid 1980s
whenyouhad bandsstartingto turn more into hard-core punkbutstill with
your little bitof popthrownin themto create a fasterpop punkstyle. This
includedbandssuchasThe Cure, Aerosmith,BonJovi,GreenDay andPoison.
By the 1990s-pop punkfinallycame more mainstreamandstartedtogrow in
popularityasthey startedto sell millionsof records. Thisthen carriedonup
to the 2000s withsome bandsstill beingable tohitthe charts.But towards
the endof the 2000s that poppunktook a turn towardsa fusionbetween
emoand poppunk.Thishas made bands suchas Fall out Boy, PVRIS,
Paramore,Panic!at the Discoand TonightAlive.
It was recordlabelssuchas FueledbyRamenthatmajorityof poppunkbands
todayare signedtoowhichhasbeenable to release platinumalbums.This
includesbandssuchasFall out Boy who were able togainmainstream
successin2005 withtheiralbumFromUnder the Cork Tree.Whichendedup
beinga 2x platinum.Theythenendedupwith3 songsinthe BillBoardHot
100 inthe late 2000s. You thenhadPanic!At the Disco whomanagedto get
to number7 on BillBoardHot100 withtheirsingle IWrite Sins,NotTragedies
and alsowonthe MTV VideoMusicAwardin2006.
Paramore alsomanagedto getsome of theirsongsonthe BillBoard Hot100
in2008. MiseryBusinesswasat 26 inJanuaryand you alsohad
Crushcrushcrushthatgot to number54 inthe same month.TheninAugust
theirsongThat’s What You Getgot to number66. Evenafterthisinto2009
theymanagedto still getintothe Hot100.
Afterthisitwas towards2009 and to thisdaythat the popularityof poppunk
musichas startedto decline.Asthe bands,have startedtoexperimentinto
new musicstyleswhilestill keepingapoppunkpeople have turnedmore
towardsmainstreammusicinstead. Youwill findthateventhough thistype
of musicgenre isn’tinthe Uk top 40 or thingslike thistheydohave theirown
musicchart that you can findwith Kerrang!Whichhasgenresrangingfrom
rock to emopunk. Theyalsohave tours suchas WarpedTour inAmerica

2. where these bandsare able toall performlive togetherasyouwill neverfind
these bandsat thingslike Coachella.Butinthe Uk theywill sometimesplayat
Leedsfestival since thisisafestival formultiple genresof music.
Needending
"I think the interesting thing is that we are all hardcore kids that are writing
pop music...It gives us a different style because at our core we are always
hardcore. That aspect is always going to be evident in the music. We are
hardcore kids that couldn't quite cut it as hardcore kids."
Fall out BoyPete Wentzquote
Factflie
Top 10 Songs
1) Panic!At the Disco- Say Amen(SaturdayNight)
2) Fall out Boy- Church
3) JimmyEat World- The Middle
4) Panic!At the Disco- I Write SinsNotTragedies
5) All Time Low- DearMaria, Count Me In
6) NeckDeep- InBloom
7) The All- AmericanRejects- GivesYouHell
8) Paramore- MiseryBusiness
9) We the Kings- CheckYesJuliet
10) PVRIS- Holy

3. Fall out Boy band articles.
Since the bandstartedin 2001 theyhave gone throughnumeroushurdlesto
getwhere theyare today butstill face backlashfortheirnewestalbums. The
bandhas alsobeenlabelledasnumerousgenresyouhave poppunk,emo
punk,hard-core punkandscene.Whichyouare able to getfrom theirmusic
dependingonthe songasyou will findtheirearlystuff hasyourdrumsand
base that youwill associate withrock,punk. ButtheirnewestalbumMania
they’ve startedtolookintodifferentmusicstyleswhile keepingahintof their
emopunkwithin.
Duringtheirtime, theydidhave abreak during 2010 thatlastedup until
2012. Since thentheyhave released3albumswhichhasdividedsome fans
as theyfeel thatFall outBoy have changedtheirmusicstyle andtheymuch
preferthe oldmusicthat itis theymade. Thenneverdidbreakupthroughout
the 2 yearsapart theyfelttheyneededtimeapartfocusingonthemselves
and theirownprojectsawayfromeach other. Thiswaspracticallygoodfor
the guitaristPete Wentzaswhenthe bandfirststartedto go mainstreamhe
had personal difficultieshe facedbutduringthe hiatushe wasable to focus
on himself more. Atthe start,theyall expresseddepressingthoughtsabout
the breakas for a while theircalendrersseemedemptyandtheyhadno
projectsto be doing. But theysoongot outof thisand startedtheirown
projectsforexample Patrickwentoutto recordhis soloalbum (Soul Punk)
where notonlydidhe do the singingforthe albumhe alsoplayedall the
instruments.He thenwentonto tour for hisnew albumduringthistime.But
ticketsdidn’tsell toowellanditendedupwithhimgoingthroughthe darkest
time of hislife where he wrote ablogcalled We LikedYouBetterFat:
Confessionsof aPariah.AfterthisPatrick,didn’tdomuchmore projectshe
justfocusedonsong writing. YouthenhadPete Wentzthatdid whathe does
bestduringthistime whichwas froma bandbut more specificallyan
electronicduo. Whichonlyendeduplastingayearso afterthishe focusedon
completinganovel thathe had beenwritingforthe last6 years. It was these
twoband membersthatendedupgettingintouchagainand Pete telling
Patrickthat what he neededwashisbandtobe able toget out of thisdark
stage of hislife.
Due to thistheychangedtheirstyle of musicto fitthemmore some people
wouldsaythat theyhave changeditbe more popthenit isrock, punk. With
each album, youare able to see the change intheirmusicthroughout.

4. Fall out boyarticle 2
Fall out Boyhave togethersince 2001, duringthisjourneytheyhave been
throughnumeroushurdlesprovingtothe worldwhyitis theybecame a
successful band.Aseventothisdaytheysee backlashfromthe newest
albumto be releasedasthey’ve startedtoexperimentintodifferentmusic
types. Fall outBoy have neverbeenable tosticktobeinglabeledasone kind
of genre;Poppunk,Emopunk,Hard-core punkand scene.Buttheyhated
label forthe bandyet hasto be Emo.
Thiscame aboutwhentheytook a hiatusin 2010 whichlastedtill 2012. This
was due to the fact theyfelttheyneededabreakand tobe able to focuson
theirownprojects. Whenthe hiatusfirststartedthey,all expressedsome
depressingthoughtsastheircalendarswereemptyandat firsttheydidn’t
have any projectstobe doing.However,duringthistime the bandsbassist
foundthisespeciallyhelpful aswhenthe banddidstartto become more
mainstreamhe startedto face personal problemswhichhe wasable to get
focuson duringthe hiatus.Due to the fact that Pete hasput hisall into this
bandbut out of all of themhe was the one the mediaseemedtofocuson
more.Duringthe hiatus,he wentaboutfocusingondifferentbandsand
havinghisownrecord label.The singerof the bandPatrick wentonto record
hisownsoloalbumduringthistime (Soul Punk) where notonlydidhe just
sing,he alsoplayedall the instruments. He thendecidedtogoon tourfor his
new albumbutticketsdidn’tendupsellingtoowell andhe endedupgoing
throughone of the darkesttimesinhislife where he endedupwritingablog
expressinghisthoughtscalledWe LikedYouBetterFat:Confessionsof a
Pariah. Afterthishe didn’tdoany more major projectsashe juststucktoo
writinglyrics.
In 2012 itwas Pete andPatrickthat decideditwastime to getthe band back
togetherthrougha phone call as Pete feltlikePatrickwasina dark place and
so washe still.So,Pete thoughtthe bestwayforthemto getout of it wasto
finallyreconnectthe band backtogether.
Since thistheyhave released3albumsandcurrentlyontour fortheirnewest.
But these albumshave managedtodivide fans,asoverthe yearslike any
bandtheirmusichas startedto change and fanshave made it knownthey
preferthe old Fall outBoy. EspeciallytheirnewestreleasedalbumMania
where theydecidedtoexperimentalotintodifferentstyles.Butitstill did
make numberone onthe Billboard200.

5. PopPunkArticle 2
Poppunkis yourmixture betweenpopmusicandrock.This emergedduring
the 1970’s withsuchas Ramones,The Clash,Blondie andMisfits.Asthey
combinedthe fasttemposof loudanddistortedguitars withthe pop
melodiesandlyrics.Thentowardsmid1980’s itstartedto change yet again
whenbandstried goingmore hard-core punkbutwiththe twistof a little pop
as well. Asthiscreatedafasterpop punkstyle withbandssuchas The Cure,
Aerosmith,BonJovi,GreenDayandPoisontakingthison. By the time itgot
to the 1990’s poppunkstartedto gain mainstreamattention andgrow in
popularity.The genre startedtosell millionsof recordsfromdifferentbands.
It thencarriedon till the 2000’s withsome of these bandsstill beingable to
hitthe charts butthisquicklychanged bythe endof the 2000’s whenpop
punkstartedto alsoturn into emo punkthisthenmade bandssuch as Fall
Out Boy,PVRIS,Paramore,Panic!Atthe Discoand TonightAlive.
Recordlabel FueledbyRameniswhere the majorityof poppunkbandsare
signedtooand have beenable torelease platinumalbums. Fall outBoywho
are signedthistolabel were able togaintheirmainstreamsuccessin2005
withtheiralbumFromunderthe Cork Tree whichendedupbeinga2x
platinumaswell.Itwasalsoin the late 2000’s theygot 3 of theirsongsin the
BillBoardhot100. ThenPanic! At the Disco managedtoget theirsingle I
Write SinsNotTragediestonumber7 inthe BillBoard100 and wonthe MTV
VideoMusicAwardin2006. Movingon to 2008 Paramore got some of their
songson the BillBoard100 youhad Miserybusinessgotto26 and
Crushcrushcrushthatgot to number54 inJanuary.Thenin Augusttheirsong
That’s What YouGet got to number66. Thenmovingto2009 theystill
managedto getsome of theirsongsintothe Billboard100.
But in2009 thisall came to a halt whenthe popularityof poppunkhad
startedto decline. Whichyouare evenable tosee whenlookingatYouTube
Videosof theiroldandlatestmusic.Astake Fall outBoy for example one of
theiroldsongsSugar We’re Goin Downhas 64,035,823 viewswhere when
lookingatone of theirnewestsongsChurchhas4,545,466 views.Whichisa
difference of 59,490,357. Thiscan be fordecline thatthe genre hasseenas
the oldsong wasfrom June 2009 aroundthe time that the popularitythis
genre startedto decline.Butalsosince thenlikeanymusicandgenre itstarts

6. to change overtime whichmakesfansdividedassome love the changes
where asothersmuch preferthe original soundthatbandsproduce.
As thisbandshave triedto keepup withmainstreammusicbychangingtheir
soundssothat it fitswiththe time.They’ve alsostartedtoexperimentinto
new musicstylesbutstill keepingclose tothatpoppunkgenre of musicas
youstill have the fasttempoand guitarsthat isyour punkandthenyour pop
lyrics.Buteventhoughthisbandsdo holda little bitof popinthemyouwill
neversee theminthe UK top 40 charts. Unlessitisyour bandslike Twenty-
One Pilotswhohave beenable tobreakthroughintomainstreammusic.
Otherbandsin thisgenre of musichave theirowncharts whichhave been
made by mainstreammusicmediaslike Kerrang!Whichshow case of genres
all includingpunk,rock,metal andpoppunk.Whichhas thenmanagedto
produce theirowntoursas well suchas Vans WarpedTour whichis an
Americanbasedtour.Ithas beenaroundsince 1995 andwill sadlybe
stoppingin2018 forone last tour. The onlyothertype of festival inaway
that bandsinthis genre will playatinthe UK is Leedsfestival.Whichthisyear
youhave both Fall outBoy and Panic!Atthe Discoheadliningforone of the
daysof thisfestival.WhichFall outBoy firstmanagedtoplayat LeedsFestival
in2009 whenpeople where onlyjustlearningaboutthem. WhereasPanic!At
the Disco firstperformed atthe festival in2011.
Throughoutthe yearsthisgenre has come a longway fromslowlybecoming
aboutin the 1970’s tofinallyhittingmainstreammediainthe 2000’s and for
thisto thendecline by2009. But theyare bandsstill producingmusicand
changingtheirmusicto fitin withmainstreamalittle whilekeepingtheir
punktwist.

7. Panicat the Discoarticle
Panic!At the Discostartedtheirjourneyinfame in2004. Whenthe bandfirst
startedout itconsistedof RyanRoss,SpencerSmith,BrentWilsonandlastly
BrendonUrie whonow 14years lateristhe onlyoriginal memberleftinthe
band. Whenrecordingtheirfirstalbumthe bandmembers were still infactin
HighSchool still butafterwardsmanagedtorecordand release theirfirst
albumA FeverYouCan’tSweatOut whichbecame populardue tothe hit
songI Write SinsNot Tragedies. Whichtothisday isproperlytheirmost
famousandlistenedto song.
By 2006 theyhad one of the firstmemberstoleave the group(BrentWilson)
whowas firedduringtheirworldtourwhothengotreplacedbyJonWalker.
Theythenhad the nextmemberstoleave beingRossandWalkerthis
happenedafterthe releaseof theirsecondalbumNineinthe Afternoon
(2008) that wasinfluencedby1960’s rock bands. Where as bothUrie and
Smithwantedtocarry onchangingthe soundof Panic!At the Disco.So,they
endedupbeingleftaduo. Continuingbeingaduotheystill wentonto
release musicwiththe singleNew Perspectiveandrecruitedtwonew
memberstohelpwiththeirlive shows(DallonWeekesandIanCrawford).It
was laterannouncedthat Dallonwouldbecome afull-timememberin2010.
As a three piece, theystillcarriedonto release new musicandevena album,
Weirdto Live,TooRare to Die!In2013. It was afterthisalbumthat Smith
decidedtoleave the bandaswell due toa healthanddrugissue. In2016 was
whenthe band made theirsixthalbumDeathof a Bachelor. Whichby 2017
Dallonannouncedhe wasleavingthe bandleavingBrendonurie the only
membertohave stayedfromthe start to current.

8. Panicat the discoarticle 2.
Panic!At the Discostartedin 2004, consistingof RyanRoss,SpencerSmith,
BrentWilsonandlastlyBrendonUrie,whoisthe onlyoriginal memberleftin
the band.When the bandfirststartedto record theirfirstalbumsome of the
bandmemberswere still inHighschool.Butstill managedtorecordand
release the firstalbumA FeverYouCan’tSweatOut. Which became popular
due to theirhitsongI Write SinsNotTragedies.Which14 yearslateris one of
theirmostlistenedtosong.
In 2006 theyhadtheirfirstmembertoleave the band (BrentWilson) whogot
firedduringtheirfirstworldwartourand was replacedbyJonWalker. Then
afterreleasingtheirsecondalbumin2008, Nine inthe Afternoontwomore
membersendingupleaving,RossandWalker.Thiswasdue to the fact that
bothBrendonand Smithwantingtocarry on changingPanicsstyle of music.
Beingleftasa due theywenton to release asingle calledNew Perspective
and recruitingtwonew memberstohelpthemwithliveshows (Dallon
WeekesandIanCrawford).Itwas thento be laterannouncedby2010 that
Dallonwouldbecome afull-time member.Now athree piece,theycarriedon
to release musicandtheirfourthalbumWeirdtoLive,TooRare to Die in
2013. Afterthisalbum Smithdecidedtoleave the band due tohealthand
drug issues.In2016 the band made theirsixthalbumDeathof a Bachelor
whicha few monthlaterand by2017 Dallonalsoannouncedhisdeparture
fromthe band.Theyare now waitingfortheirsixthalbumtobe released
(June 22 2018) Pray forthe Wicked.

9. PvrisArticle
PVRISwhichispronouncedasParisisan Americanpoppunkbandfrom
Lowell. Withonly3membersinit,LynnGunn, Alex Babinski andBrian
MacDonald. The bandhad originallystartedunderthe name Parisbutayear
latertheywere askedtochange due to legal reasons. Theythenwentonto
release aself-titledEPuntil gettingsignedbyRise andVelocityRecordsand
releasingtheirsingle St.Patrickin2014. Theythena few monthslaterwent
on to releasingtheirfirstalbumWhite Noise inNovemberandeventhe
deluxe versionin2016. Thenreleasedtheirsecond albumin2017, All We
Know of Heaven,All we Needof Hell.
WhenPvrisfirststartedin2012 underthe name of OperationGuillotine,
whichwhenstartingtheywere ametal core band. Theyhadfirststartedwith
5 membersbutsince thenhave turnedintoa trio consistingof LynnGunn,
Alex Babinski andBrianMacDonald.Theyhadlostthe membersBradGriffin
whoplayeddrumsandKyle Anthonywhohadthe time wasthe leadvocals,
whichisnow Lynn. InMarch 2013 PVRISwenton to release aself-titledEP
whichpeople describedasposthardcore.Duringthe summerof 2013 the
bandevenmanagedtoperformat WarpedTour after winningacontestand
it wasalsojust before thisthatthe bandhad changedtheirname fromParis
to PVRISdue to citinglegal reasons.By 2014 the band wasfinallysignedby
Rise andVelocityRecordswhere theywentontomakingtheirfirstalbum
White Noise.Thisiswhere the band’ssoundstartedtochange as theyadded
that popsoundintotheirmusic. The band evenwentonto performat
WarpedTour again as part of the battle of bandswhere HuffingtonPost
releasedanarticle aboutthe bandmentioningasone of the 18 bandspeople
needtoknow off in 2014. By 2016 the bandreleasedtheirsecondalbumAll
We Know of Heaven,All We Needof Hell.

10. Paramore
Paramore startedin2004 and since thenhas hadmultiple people inthe band
but the onlyconsistentmemberandtobe onall 5 albumsisleadsinger
HayleyWilliamswhoisnow joinedbyZacFarro andTaylor York,who isa high
school friendandjoinedthe bandin2007. In 2005 Paramore wentonto
release theirfirstalbumAll We Know IsFallingwhichreachednumber8in
the UK RockChart and number30 on the BillBoardchart.Theirnextalbum
whichtheyreleasedin2007 (Riot) became more of a mainstreamhit. Due to
the successof theirsinglesMiseryBusiness,CrushcrushcurshandThat’s
What You Get.It was so popularthatin Americanthe albumwascertifiedas
Platinumandevenreceivedthe BestNew Artistatthe 2008 Grammy Awards.
Afterthissuccess,they still managedtoachieve evenmore withtheirsecond
albumBrand New Eyesreleasedin2009 afterlandingnumbertwoonthe
BillBoard200 with175,000 salesinthe firstweek.