The document provides background information on the pop punk band The Wonder Years and their album "Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing". It summarizes that the album was produced by Steve Evetts, released in 2011 by Hopeless Records and No Sleep Records, and features a music video for the song "Came Out Swinging". It then discusses common costume conventions in pop punk music including ripped jeans, piercings and converse shoes. Finally, it describes elements of the music video including the garage setting, American flag decorations, and how music videos demonstrate characteristics of their genre.

2. ‘’I CAME OUT SWINGING’’ BACKGROUND
KNOWLEDGE
• THE ALBUM ‘’ SUBURBIA I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL AND NOW I'M NOTHING” WAS PRODUCEDBY STEVE EVETTS.
• THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON JUNE 14, 2011, BY HOPELESS RECORDS. THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON VINYL THROUGH NO SLEEP RECORDS. A VIDEO
WAS ALSO PRODUCED FOR THE SONG "CAME OUT SWINGING". THE ALBUM COVER FEATURES THE BAND'S MASCOT, HANK THE PIGEON.
• DAN "SOUPY" CAMPBELL- LEAD VOCALS
• MATTHEW BRASCH - GUITAR, VOCALS
• JOSH MARTIN - BASS, VOCALS
• CASEY CAVALIERE - GUITAR
• NICK STEINBORN - KEYBOARDS, GUITAR, VOCALS
• MIKE KENNEDY - DRUMS, PERCUSSION

3. COSTUME CONVENTIONS
• POP PUNK ENCOMPASSES ELEMENTS OF BOTH THE POP AND THE PUNK GENRES MEANING THE
COSTUME HOLDS SIMILARITIES TO BOTH KINDS OF MUSIC. DISTINCTIVE ASPECTS OF THE PUNK
ROCK STYLE REMAIN IN POP PUNK CLOTHING STYLE RESULTING OFTENLY IN A DIS-SHEVELLED
APPEARANCE; INCLUDING RIPPED JEANS, EAR GAUGES, FACIAL PIERCINGS PERHAPS SIGNIFYING THE
CAREFREE YOUTHFUL ATTITUDE THE YOUTHS AND THE ARTISTS HAVE THEMSELVES. THE MAIN
CHARACTER OF THE NARRATIVE ASPECT OF THE VIDEO IS A TEENAGE GIRL AND SHE IS SEEN WEARING
CONVERSE AND BLACK PAINTED NAILS, THE CONVERSE TYPE SKATE SHOES ARE FASHIONABLE IN THE
POP-PUNK SCENE AND IS RELATED TO THE GENRE AS WELL AS THE BLACK NAILS OFTEN ASSOCIATED
WITH TOM DELONGE(BLINK 182) AND FRANK IERO(MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE), BOTH THE MEMBERS
AND BANDS INFLUENCING MANY POP-PUNK ARTISTS AND STYLE. THE PURPLE COLOUR IS ALSO BIG
AMONG THE 2000’S STYLE ‘DARKER’ POP PUNK SUCH AS PANIC! AT THE DISCO AND MY CHEMICAL
ROMANCE.
• THE DRUMMER IS SEEN WEARING A BAND T-SHIRT OF A MELODIC HARD-CORE BAND “DEFEATER”, THIS
IS DONE FIRSTLY AS FASHION AS WELL AS A WAY OF ADVERTISING OTHER ‘SMALL’ BANDS

4. LOCATION• THE PERFORMANCE ASPECT OF THE VIDEO IS BASED INSIDE A
GARAGE/BASEMENT TYPE ROOM IN SUPPOSEDLY PHILADELPHIA, THIS
LOCATION TIES IN WITH THE LYRICS “I CAME OUT SWINGING FROM A
SOUTH PHILLY BASEMENT” AND THEIR HISTORY OF ACTUALLY STARTING
UP IN A BASEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA.
• THERE IS AN AMERICAN FLAG ON THE WALL CORRESPONDING TO THE
AMERICANISED THEME OF POP-PUNK AND ITS ROOTS, AND THE IDEOLOGY
OF THE ‘CASUAL’ PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO THAT GENRE. THE AMERICAN
FLAG IS ALSO HUNG AND PRESENTED IN A MANNER OF WAYS THAT BREAK
THE ‘FLAG ETIQUETTE’ RULES, SHOWING THE BAND AND THE GENRE TO BE
CARELESS AND FREE, A KIND OF ‘WHO NEEDS RULES’ WAY OF THINKING.

5. LIGHTING

6. NARRATIVE/PERFORMANCE

7. MUSIC VIDEOS DEMONSTRATE GENRE
CHARACTERISTICS