Punk started in the 70's as a dissonant, underground rebellion against common current of popular culture music. Bands alike Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, and Rancid helped bring punk music back in the mid-1990's. This time the blend of fast, simple as soap rock with rhytmic pop melodies stayed on the TV. Today, so-called pop punk is the main element in the world of chart music. These 10 record albums are fine place to start from to learn punk pop.

1. blink-182 - Enema of the State

In blink-182's endless attempt to offend any grown ups in the vicinity, this album featured a person clothed as an enema au pair girl on the cover. The music inside is youthful and catchy including the monumental hit song “Aliens Exist.”

2. The Donnas - Spend the Night

Girls can perform punk, too, and this record album is a profuse evidence of that. The group modeled after the rock band Ramones with each singer taking the name Donna. Misery Business Download to listen to it.

3. Good Charlotte - Young and the Hopeless

Good Charlotte got into the top ten of the popular music album chart with this set. It's filled with tales of college and problem mothers. The smashing hit track is “The Anthem.”

4. Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia

After retreating from their nineties peak of popularity, Green Day faded to the studio to put together punk rock's first rock opera. Though the punk band was nervous about their fan's reaction to Letterbomb, it turned out to be an American punk rock classic topping the album chart and gaining a Grammy award for Best Punk Album of 2004.

5. The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray

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