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Punk rock origins (1974-1980s)
Main article Punk Rock
The pop punk style emerged at the onset of punk rock around 1975, with bands like the Ramones, however it was not considered a separate genre until later. The Ramones were fans of The Beatles, 1960s bubblegum pop and garage rock. In 1975, their loud and fast melodic minimalism differentiated them from other groups in New York City's budding art-rock scene. Additionally, protopunk bands along with power pop bands like Cheap Trick, The Knack, The Romantics, The Raspberries, Pezband, The Records and The Nerves helped lay the groundwork for pop punk.
By 1977 in the UK, punk had already become a much more active and concentrated movement than in New York City. The Undertones, Buzzcocks, The Jam and Generation X (featuring a young Billy Idol) featured catchy hooks and lyrics that sometimes dealt with teenage romantic issues. The Rezillos, The Boys, The Shapes and The Only Ones are other examples of early punk bands with pop inclinations. On the somewhat harder-edged side of pop-influenced punk, there were bands like; 999, The Vibrators, The Adicts, and The Lurkers. Many Mod Revival bands also displayed pop punk leanings, particularly The Chords and The Purple Hearts. The popularity of the Sex Pistols and The Clash, which had surpassed that of The Ramones, demonstrated that punk rock bands could write hit songs.
By 1981, the original punk movement was largely supplanted by hardcore punk, with louder, faster music and more politically motivated lyrics. Vocal harmony, melodic instrumentation and 4/4 drumming was replaced with screaming, discordant instrumentation, and experimental rhythms. A few bands began to combine hardcore with pop music to create a new, faster "pop punk" sound. The Descendents, The Vandals, NOFX, Hüsker Dü, Bad Religion and The Replacements exemplify this shift. In California, the Surf Punks emerged, a fairly mellow group sometimes called "The Beach Boys of punk.
[edit] Formation (early 1980s-1993)
Writers have used "pop punk" to describe bands playing rudimentary punk rock and hardcore punk fused with pop for some years. An early occurrence appears in a 1977 New York Times article, "Cabaret: Tom Petty's Pop Punk Rock Evokes Sounds of 60's".[2] The term "pop punk" was originally used by the punk community in the 1980s, in publications such as Maximum RocknRoll, to describe bands similar to Social Distortion and TSOL.[3]
Early in the 1980s, bands such as; Descendents (possibly the first pop punk band), The Vandals, The Dickies, Hard-Ons, Fastbacks, The Queers, and Shonen Knife, diverged from hardcore and sought a middle ground between the sound of the original punks and the brutality of hardcore. Their positive, yet sarcastic approach began to separate them from the more serious hardcore scene. This continued through the middle to late 1980s with the formation of new bands like: ALL, Crimpshrine, The Doughboys, Sweet Baby, The Mr. T Experience, Screeching Weasel, and Jawbreaker.
The music remained in relative obscurity until 1991, when Nirvana released the album Nevermind. This album helped define grunge music, popularized alternative rock, and set the stage for pop punk's mainstream acceptance.
[edit] Popular acceptance (1994-1997)
Pop punk
Today's pop punk fans often wear items such as band T-shirts with a necklace, tie or scarf; blazers; Dickies pants, ripped pants or jeans; studded belts; stretchy gloves with the fingers cut off; Converse All-Stars or skateboarder shoes; and Trilbies or similar hats. Popular patterns include check and arms. Hair is usually long and up for women and short and spiky for men — and is often dyed black, platinum blonde, or natural hair colors with unnatural streaks. This fashion is influenced by artists such as My Chemical Romance, blink-182, The Offspring, and Green Day.
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