Pop punk (also known as punk-pop) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music to varying degrees. The music typically combines fast punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars with pop-influenced melodies and lyrical themes.[1]
Pop-influenced punk rock emerged in the mid 1970s with a music style that was stylistically similar to power pop. By the mid 1980s, several bands merged hardcore punk
with pop music to create a new, faster pop punk sound. Pop punk in the
United States began to grow in popularity locally in California in the
mid to late 1980s with the formation of new bands such as Green Day and The
