It's 1994 and there's a new band on the radio. Green Day's underground record, "Kerplunk" was a huge success and they left their old label Lookout! (on friendly terms) and went over to Reprise records. In 1994 the album "Dookie" is released containing hit songs like "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around." This change in labels resulted in many punk fans regarding Green Day as "sellouts." However, this also gave them a larger fan base! This wasn't the end of punk rock bands being heard in the popular music scene...
Take a listen to these two examples of Green Day's Music:
Kerplunk (1993):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYU2ZPTJnh4
Dookie (1994):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rPkiaJrRNo&feature=fvst
What do you think? Did they sell out? Did they stop being punk rock because they signed to a major label? Did their music even change? Why do you think the underground punk rock community took their switch to a major label so hard?
Now for a contrast!
American Idiot (2004):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkH4TL_8fk&feature=related
How is THIS song different from the first two? How did Green Day change as the years went by? Do you think they've sold out by this point? If their music still punk rock at this point? Please give reasons!!
Take a look around Wikipedia and search for pop punk. See what comes up and answer the following questions:
1.) Name a few examples of Ska Punk.
2.) What can you tell me about Napster, and how did it affect the music industry and the ability of fans to get music they wanted? What punk rock album was released on Napster?
3.) Did bands like Good Charlotte and Sum 41 copy Green Day's style? Why do you, or don't you think so?
4.) Can you name some current punk rock bands in the pop world?
Here are some examples of "pop-punk"
"Fat Lip," Sum 41
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMX2lPum_pg
"Girls & Boys," Good Charlotte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FTS2tdmyYM
"My Friends Over You," New Found Glory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUoELWdJx4c
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