Yeah, I guess for me punk vs pop punk is the style of the music itself, not just how the band rebels or goes against the mainstream. I mean, to me, there is a "punk sound" for sure. I'm just old school I guess. There is nothing like some good, polictical, aggressive punk to get your blood pumping.

I think I once read an interview with Green Day about how they never considered themselves "punk". It was a label they just somehow acquired. Its funny, I love stories like that. Its just like The Sisters of Mercy. I read somewhere once that they never intended to be a "goth band". But as it turns out, they are like one of the most notable goth bands in history.

Funny how genre labels really mean nothing.

Bart

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My opinion on JC is slightly skewd but that is only becuase I heard one of his cd's over and over and over while driving to vacation one time in my past. I think its purely annoying.

...Yeah alot do not like ska and I only like the bands that hint on the punk side (Less than Jake mainly). Punk in my terms is doing what you will at anytime with no restrictions (going against the flow). If a band plays punk themed chords but comes across as on a pop note they are doing what they want. My mind changed a couple years back about pop-punk when I read an article debating calling it punk at all. If I can locate it im sure it will show the light at the of the tunnel a little clearer.