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Post by Captain Nemo on Oct 5, 2020 18:10:07 GMT 10
"Mall pop" isn't an official name for a genre, but it's a fitting term to use for the cooker cutter pop-rock that became popular around the 2001-2002 school year before fading out around the 2004-2005 school year, basically this era was a bridge between the Y2K Era of the Late '90s Early '00s and the Emo Era of the Mid-Late '00s.
Bands and musicians that fit this term include but are not limited to, Avril Lavigne, Michelle Branch, Liz Phair, Amy Studt, Ashlee Simpson, Jimmy Eat World, Simple Plan, The Ataris, Fountains of Wayne, Yellowcard, and Bowling For Soup, all of which still presented a preppy suburban vibe carried over from the Y2K Era, but with a twist of edge and more serious lyrical tone to set the stage for the Emo Era which came after it.
This is also the first musical era I really remember, as my memories from the Y2K Era are more scattered, while from this era they're more consistent. I was in preschool to first grade during this era, so this era is quite nostalgic for me.
Here's a few songs from this era which present this vibe I'm talking about;
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Post by slashpop on Oct 5, 2020 18:19:29 GMT 10
I think it’s an accurate categorization of that music, even though I’m not a fan of it, it was an era of its own that doesn’t fit with the mid 00s.
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Post by #Infinity on Oct 5, 2020 18:39:24 GMT 10
The mall pop era is just the latter part of the Minivan Rock era, which started around 1997 with bands like Matchbox 20 and Third Eye Blind.
astropoug and 10slover like this
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Post by slashpop on Oct 5, 2020 21:31:56 GMT 10
There were a few other adjacent labels, that are superficially related, such as mall punk, mall goth and mallcore. Sometimes they were used in a derogatory way to describe newbie, bubblegumish and tackily dressed teens that would frequent malls and frequent parks that were listen to the more commerical spectrum of punk, goth and nu metal from roughly 1994-1995 to 2003-2004, before mainstream 00s emo took over.
Some people use the term in positive way, I think there was a mini revival of the style at least in terms a fashion.
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Post by John Titor on Oct 6, 2020 2:29:39 GMT 10
"Mall pop" isn't an official name for a genre, but it's a fitting term to use for the cooker cutter pop-rock that became popular around the 2001-2002 school year before fading out around the 2004-2005 school year, basically this era was a bridge between the Y2K Era of the Late '90s Early '00s and the Emo Era of the Mid-Late '00s.
Bands and musicians that fit this term include but are not limited to, Avril Lavigne, Michelle Branch, Liz Phair, Amy Studt, Ashlee Simpson, Jimmy Eat World, Simple Plan, The Ataris, Fountains of Wayne, Yellowcard, and Bowling For Soup, all of which still presented a preppy suburban vibe carried over from the Y2K Era, but with a twist of edge and more serious lyrical tone to set the stage for the Emo Era which came after it.
This is also the first musical era I really remember, as my memories from the Y2K Era are more scattered, while from this era they're more consistent. I was in preschool to first grade during this era, so this era is quite nostalgic for me.
Here's a few songs from this era which present this vibe I'm talking about;
it didn't go away when Emo hit there was still female pop rock disney sounding songs in commercials etc
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Post by y2kbaby on Oct 6, 2020 4:29:20 GMT 10
I remember that particular style of music. This along with Murder Inc/Crunk Era holds a special place in my heart. My earliest musical memories was during this time. Hey Campchebay, do you consider this song part of the mall pop era? The song came out during the 2005-06 School Year but it would not sound out of place in the early 00s(2001-2004).
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Post by John Titor on Oct 6, 2020 8:00:13 GMT 10
I remember that particular style of music. This along with Murder Inc/Crunk Era holds a special place in my heart. My earliest musical memories was during this time. Hey Campchebay, do you consider this song part of the mall pop era? The song came out during the 2005-06 School Year but it would not sound out of place in the early 00s(2001-2004). its more pop punk//pop rock
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Post by SharksFan99 on Oct 7, 2020 22:02:04 GMT 10
Even before I fully became aware of pop culture trends and their different terminologies, I always remembered 2004 and 2005 as being different from the other years of my childhood. I immediately think of things like Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Bam Margera. etc. when I think back to what was popular when I was 5 and 6. It's something that makes me quite nostalgic too, because I received my first skateboard back in 2004 and I even got a toy skateboard-ramp for Christmas a year later. Me and my 1997-born cousin took an interest in this stuff, although I wasn't into it as much as him.
I do agree that the pop-punk/rock that was popular from about 2002 to 2005 is something of its own era. To me, emo defined the Late 2000s more than it did the Mid 2000s, and I actually don't associate it much with the latter at all.
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Post by John Titor on Oct 8, 2020 2:35:16 GMT 10
Even before I fully became aware of pop culture trends and their different terminologies, I always remembered 2004 and 2005 as being different from the other years of my childhood. I immediately think of things like Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Bam Margera. etc. when I think back to what was popular when I was 5 and 6. It's something that makes me quite nostalgic too, because I received my first skateboard back in 2004 and I even got a toy skateboard-ramp for Christmas a year later. Me and my 1997-born cousin took an interest in this stuff, although I wasn't into it as much as him. I do agree that the pop-punk/rock that was popular from about 2002 to 2005 is something of its own era. To me, emo defined the Late 2000s more than it did the Mid 2000s, and I actually don't associate it much with the latter at all. why do you associate it more with the late 2000s, for me Emo is 2004 - 2006 (with scene starting to replace it around 2007/2008)
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Post by mediaguy93 on Jul 30, 2023 19:59:47 GMT 10
It should really be 2001-2003. 2001 and 2002 are not separate eras.
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