WeHuntKings wrote:I feel like I may be one of the last human beings alive that despises pop punk with an unholy fury.
A) That's cool, people are different, and music is subjective...
B) I do however feel like you might be painting a lot of music with the same brush... "pop-punk" might mean New Found Glory and Blink 182, but it could also mean Tigers Jaw and Title Fight... or, like lordgalvar pointed out, Stiff Little Fingers, etc. ... the label pop-punk refers to the sound now, not their commercial leanings, and a lot of pop-punk bands go really hard live
ANYWAY
Hah, I should have kept that to myself. Sorry to be a grump in this thread. I feel like if I were to say this out loud where I'm from most people I know would jump down my throat.
Pop punk has always just sounded like boy bands with loud guitars to me.
Oh God, I'm not jumping down your throat! Promise! Like I said... it's cool. We're different people. Different things sound good to our ears. High five. There are DEFINITELY pop-punk bands that sound "like boy bands with guitars." DEFINITELY. Total shit. Some of the worst bands ever wrought upon humanity were and are pop-punk bands. Five Seconds of Summer would be the current flavour of that milieu, I suppose.
I do not listen to that stuff, I promise. Pinkie swear.
More_Divebombs wrote:
Great post. Love all of this. I'd heard Minority Blues Band and Lovemen before, but not the others. The 'Turncoat' song is fantastic.
I had a split 7" with The Dauntless Elite and The Because, but I never did listen to The Because side. I don't think I even own that 7" anymore. Doh. All that old Snuffy Smile/Waterslide stuff is so hard to find these days.
These guys are my favourite punk band from Japan. I Excuse totally shred. There's just not enough pinch harmonics in pop punk:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dAMnGZdgtM[/youtube]
I fucking love I Excuse! Both albums are killer stuff.
Damn, every single song that The Because did was gold. They played a different style of pop-punk than everyone else.
WeHuntKings wrote:I feel like I may be one of the last human beings alive that despises pop punk with an unholy fury.
A) That's cool, people are different, and music is subjective...
B) I do however feel like you might be painting a lot of music with the same brush... "pop-punk" might mean New Found Glory and Blink 182, but it could also mean Tigers Jaw and Title Fight... or, like lordgalvar pointed out, Stiff Little Fingers, etc. ... the label pop-punk refers to the sound now, not their commercial leanings, and a lot of pop-punk bands go really hard live
ANYWAY
Hah, I should have kept that to myself. Sorry to be a grump in this thread. I feel like if I were to say this out loud where I'm from most people I know would jump down my throat.
Pop punk has always just sounded like boy bands with loud guitars to me.
Oh God, I'm not jumping down your throat! Promise! Like I said... it's cool. We're different people. Different things sound good to our ears. High five. There are DEFINITELY pop-punk bands that sound "like boy bands with guitars." DEFINITELY. Total shit. Some of the worst bands ever wrought upon humanity were and are pop-punk bands. Five Seconds of Summer would be the current flavour of that milieu, I suppose.
I do not listen to that stuff, I promise. Pinkie swear.
Don't worry, I wasn't accusing you of such. It's the IRL folks I'm speaking of.
