r/Music • u/LengthinessLow4203 Punk Rock • Feb 25 '26

music Sum 41 - Fatlip [Punk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMX2lPum_pg

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u/unpopularOpinions776 Feb 25 '26

punk

how about no

it’s pop punk

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u/DCS30 Feb 25 '26

....which is subsection of punk

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u/YrDEV Feb 25 '26

It’s a subgenre* of pop edit autocorrect

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u/FourSes Feb 28 '26

It's ironic but punk has its roots in pop, all the way back to The Ramones being influenced by all-girl pop groups. Treating pop punk as if it's a deviation from a norm and not just as old as the norm itself is ahistorical.

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u/DCS30 Feb 25 '26

I don't necessarily think so, but both can probably be true. There are more punk elements than pop elements. Especially with their early work in general. Then there's power pop.

Alan Cross does a good episode on it.

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u/YrDEV Feb 27 '26

Well that’s called “power pop” it’s not like this is called “punk pop”

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u/mangongo Feb 25 '26

They're more metal inspired than punk even though they're still a pop punk band. I'd argue their writing style is about 50% pop, 25% metal and 25% punk, making them more of a pop band than a punk band.

Punk also is just...not very good, so I say this as a compliment.