07-11-2015, 09:07 PM
(07-11-2015, 07:43 PM)CharvelPlaya Wrote: I am not trying to be a dick, but Blink-182 is not punk. I actually enjoy them, but they are not punk. Neither is Green Day, The Offspring, Sum 41, and all of those other mall rock bands from the 90s.
There are multiple sub-genres of punk, and one of them is pop-punk. Green Day and Blink 182 fit into that. Green day in the Dookie time frame and Blink from Cheshire and Dude ranch are definitely more in the "traditional" punk vein, but they were always pop-punk. Hell, The Ramones were pop-punk, really. I used to be one of those punk rock snobs that would say they weren't punk. If it was on the radio or on MTV, then it could not be punk in my eyes. Those of us saying that were just the hipsters of our day. Now I enjoy every music genre for what it is.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go back to my Viking metal.
