Bad Pop Punk songs, in our opinion, are probably one of the most throwaway and interchangeable kinds of music ever. How many bands emerged during the bigger boom of the genre during the mid-aughts and since and just delivered paint-by-numbers Pop Punk? Lots! Not naming names because we ain’t got time to negativify (Not a word) the already aggrieved parties but in terms of meaningful and memorable it’s rare that stadium-ready Rawkers like Green day, blink 182 or even Turnstile to an extent are even a thing much less thrive to this day.
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I dig blink 182, okay? And I’m not ashamed to admit it. When the tour announcement/album news hit recently I was genuinely excited and probably would’ve gotten tickets to next year’s Garden show had the tix not been at insane prices (Thanks, Ticketmaster!) I mentioned this to my best friend and they were all “C’mon, do you actually regularly listen to them?” to which I responded that “Yes, yes I do.” And I had previously that day, in fact, because Enema Of The State, despite the overplayed singles, is filled with bangers (“Dumpweed” and “Anthem” are my forever jams!)
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