How I described
pop punk kids in recent e-mail:
"The
pop punk kids are so funny. It's like an identity crisis...am I a
trendy prep, or a
rebel punk? clean? dirty? They just end up looking stupid."
Pop punk is
punk forking mainstream. Some pop punk is really good, but most of it sounds like
watered down punk rock. Not to mention most startup pop punk bands
suck, and are completely unoriginal. They're all about trying to look cool and act punk, rather than startup
punk bands who tend to be in it for the music and the
scene.
Fun Size is the only pop punk band that comes to mind who I respect, I'm sure there are a few others though...