Those wonderful 90s

Who doesn´t remember those American teenagers obsessed with losing their virginity before the prom?Those parties at the "Rich boy" house, with tables full of red plastic glasses and punch bowls? What about those drunk girls turning on the poor nerds of the highschool? What about the practical jokes to the Dean? And the American football players with their busty blond cheerleaders? Where are those bands that played at the Spring Break?

Those moments have an original soundtrack: 90s Punk-pop
Punk-pop came out from the fussion between Punk-rock and Pop music. When a group of californian youngs called "The Descendents" started talking on their letters about highschool,proms,girls,friends...to sum up, they started to talk about what really matters to a teenager at the U.S.A . Los Angeles time wrote about them when their first Cd (Milo goes to college) came out at 1982 that it was "perfect for the kid who was always the loser who never got the girl". Maybe you haven´t heard much about this group, we´ll that may be because they started at the 80s, but if you want to know more about them, they´ve got a great webpage: http://www.descendentsonline.com/

Although The Descendents started what seemed to be a new music style (and lifestyle too) who actually settled it was Blink 182. This californian(what a surprise) band was formed by Tom Delonge,Mark Hoppus and Scott Raynor (this last one was fired from the group for his problem with drink) at the end the battery was played by Travis Baker. Their influences? Bad Religion´s punk, and Green Day´s and Offspring´s punk-rock.

But what does Blink 182 make that differences them from their predecessors?: they didn´t talk about politics on their letters, their songs were made for brats and they were completely original. Their success came from the fact that their music reflected the experiences of teens, and conected with the life of skaters and surfers that just wanted to have fun. Have a look at their website http://www.blink182.com/,because they are coming back with a tour on 2009 and 2010.

Blink though, wasn´t the only band that made it.Sum41,Good Charlotte,New found glory, Ataris,Yellowcard,Bowling for soup or Zebrahead, composed the tendency.You can listen all their songs for free at http://www.garageband.com/genre/poppunk. And in this atmosphere, not only the music changed, movies did too. And the industry noticed that this film genre had it´s place. So, American pie appears and becames a complete success. And its plot its not the 8th wonder,but its hilarious. And another series that turned out being a complete success asociated with pop-punk was Malcolm in the Middle. But after this boom, there was a weakening, around 2005, this groups have a more alternative style, and new groups such as Fall out boy have taken over.

The strength of Pop-punk is gone, but we will always remember those wonderful 90s, and the hope that this genre never dies completely. Life seemed so easy...