Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994 created a pop-culture vacuum. Soon, the vacuum was filled by blockbuster debuts by Weezer and Oasis. Both bands, along with Nirvana, had roots in punk rock. But the success ...

This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks at 20 bands from the mainstream pop punk era paying tribute to the comparatively underground legends who influenced them, through the lens of cover songs ...

U2 are masters of their rock and roll craft, and they found it to be their duty to reignite a 1978 punk classic for a new ...

In the late 1970s, punk rock seemed to decline as quickly as it had risen in popularity. And as the scene waned nearly as quickly as the breakneck tempos that defined it, a new sound emerged. With ...

They were mainstays at CBGB in the '70s, but many consider them pop, not punk.

I first heard Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers in my boyfriend’s kitchen just before high school graduation (I guess I was a late musical bloomer). I'd listened to the Ramones and the Clash and a ...

Maligned by the more serious areas of rock's fanbase, pop-punk has had to fight for respect over the years. Much like the nu metal movement, it's a scene that has produced hit bands, long careers, and ...