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3 No-Skip Pop-Punk Albums Turning 15 This Year

These no-skip pop-punk albums are turning 15 this year. Let’s look back on how they redefined the genre in the 2010s.

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By 2011, pop-punk had evolved, with bands incorporating the leftovers of 2000s emo into their sound. As much as people associate pop-punk’s dominance with the 2000s, these bands proved pop-punk was very much alive well into the 2010s. To do that, some of pop-punk’s biggest names teamed up for the Pop-Punk’s Not Dead Tour in 2011, solidifying the genre’s place in the decade. These three no-skip pop-punk albums are turning 15 this year, though that hurts to admit.

‘Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing’ by The Wonder Years

No other band merged emo and pop-punk more effectively than The Wonder Years. Dan “Soupy” Campbell‘s wordsmanship began to peak with more mature lyrical content than the band’s previous efforts. He built the album around a 1956 poem by iconic beat poet Allen Ginsberg titled “America”. The album’s title comes directly........

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