Punk originated in the 70's as a offensive, guerilla uprising against common current of music charted by the number or sales. Rock ensambles alike Sex Pistols, the Offspring, and Pere Ubu helped bring punk back in the 90's . This time the blend of lively, simple rock with smooth popular melodies hang around on the TV. Today, soi-disant punk pop is the main element in the world of mainstream pop music. These ten record albums are fine place to start from to learn punk pop.

1. blink-182 - Enema of the State

In blink-182's never-ending struggle to offend all grown ups in the locality, that album shed light upon a lady dressed as an enema au pair girl on the cover. The music on the record is teenage and never-to-be-forgotten including the massive hit song “What's My Age Again.”

2. The Donnas - Spend the Night

Girls can play punk rock, too, and this album is a profuse evidence of the fact. The group modeled after the American rock band Ramones in New York City with each singer taking the name Donna. Download Pressure to compare.

3. Good Charlotte - Young and the Hopeless

A band from Waldorf Good Charlotte blasted into the top 10 of the popular music album chart. It is full with tales of college and problem parents. The big #1 song is “The Anthem.”

4. Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia

Later fading from their mid-90's peak of popularity, Green Day declined from live performances to put together punk's first opera. Although the popular band was anxious about their fan's attitude to American Idiot, it turned out to be an American punk rock classic topping the album chart and winning a Grammy award for Best Rock Album of 2004.

5. The Lemonheads - Ceiling Fan in My Spoon

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