Pop-punk tends to make use of energy-pop melodies and chord modifications with speedy punk tempos and loud guitars. Punk music supplied the inspiration for some California-based bands on unbiased labels within the early Nineties, together with Rancid, Pennywise, Weezer and Green Day.

Those bands following the much less commercial contours of the scene have been more and more referred to by the label indie. They characteristically attempted to retain control of their careers by releasing albums on their very own or small unbiased labels, while relying on touring, word-of-mouth, and airplay on independent or faculty radio stations for promotion.

This first wave of pop punk reached its business peak with Green Day’s Nimrod and The Offspring’s Americana . The term alternative rock was coined within the early Eighties to explain rock artists who didn’t match into the mainstream genres of the time. Bands dubbed “alternative” had no unified fashion, however … Read More