When did Pop-Punk go from being Skater to being Emo/Goth?
Apr 17, 2018 9:10:13 GMT 10
Post by RockyMountainExtreme on Apr 17, 2018 9:10:13 GMT 10
Inspired by a thread from inthe00s;
One of the most defining music genres of the 00s is pop-punk, which derives from a skater counter culture. It first became popular in the mid-late '90s as part of the alt rock movement, with groups such as Green Day, Weezer, The Offspring, and Blink 182 at the forefront, and it was especially becoming popular in the Y2K Era with the success of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games.
Emo started out in the mid '80s with hardcore punks in the Washington DC area wanting to expand the emotional range of their sound, and it had underground popularity in the '90s thanks large in part to Sunny Day Real Estate, but the emo sound didn't become mainstream until the summer of 2002, when Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American" went platinum. But even then, that album was also a pop-punk album, and the sound of that album felt more skater than emo. In 2002-2004, pop-punk blew up in popularity after "Bleed American" went platinum, with bands such as Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, Fountains of Wayne, Yellowcard, and Bowling For Soup, but even these bands all still felt more "skater" than "emo.
By around late 2004 or 2005 though is when the pop-punk sound really started to sound more goth, with bands such as Hawthorne Heights, My Chemical Romance, and Fall Out Boy becoming popular, and 2006 was easily the most goth year of the 00s for music, not only for emo, but also for alt rock acts like 30 Seconds to Mars, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, and Evanescence.
What's your input on this?
One of the most defining music genres of the 00s is pop-punk, which derives from a skater counter culture. It first became popular in the mid-late '90s as part of the alt rock movement, with groups such as Green Day, Weezer, The Offspring, and Blink 182 at the forefront, and it was especially becoming popular in the Y2K Era with the success of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games.
Emo started out in the mid '80s with hardcore punks in the Washington DC area wanting to expand the emotional range of their sound, and it had underground popularity in the '90s thanks large in part to Sunny Day Real Estate, but the emo sound didn't become mainstream until the summer of 2002, when Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American" went platinum. But even then, that album was also a pop-punk album, and the sound of that album felt more skater than emo. In 2002-2004, pop-punk blew up in popularity after "Bleed American" went platinum, with bands such as Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, Fountains of Wayne, Yellowcard, and Bowling For Soup, but even these bands all still felt more "skater" than "emo.
By around late 2004 or 2005 though is when the pop-punk sound really started to sound more goth, with bands such as Hawthorne Heights, My Chemical Romance, and Fall Out Boy becoming popular, and 2006 was easily the most goth year of the 00s for music, not only for emo, but also for alt rock acts like 30 Seconds to Mars, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, and Evanescence.
What's your input on this?
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