It was around the turn of the 21st century when pop punk music really started to hit the mainstream. Bands like Blink-182 and artists like Avril Lavigne really put the fun, energetic genre into the ...

Just like every decade before it — and since — the ‘90s sounded completely different from all other musical eras. It was an incredibly raw time in the music industry, with new genres popping up and ...

Bands like Nine Inch Nails, Sublime and Deftones have dipped back into the past to give a hit from the '80s a second life.

The March roundup of our punk column ‘In Defense of the Genre’ includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list ...

Billie Joe Armstrong’s voice has cut through decades of punk, turning angst and defiance into unforgettable anthems. His most defining songs trace the journey of Green Day from basement stages to ...

Phoenix, Arizona, isn't always immediately associated with its punk rock history, but the city has supported loud, scrappy underground music and counterculture scenes since the 1980s and '90s. While ...

How well do you know the opening lyrics from these hit 1990s rock radio songs? You've heard the songs in this quiz likely hundreds of times and probably subconsciously hummed or sung along to them.

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...