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120-492: Charles Robert Simpson (born 7 June 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Suffolk. He is a member of the BRIT Award winning pop-punk band Busted and he is also lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the post-hardcore band Fightstar . AllMusic has noted that Simpson is "perhaps the only pop star to make the convincing transition from fresh-faced boy bander to authentic hard rock frontman". Simpson

240-414: A B-sides compilation album titled Alternate Endings (2008). The four-piece then funded and co-produced their third album, Be Human (2009). Fightstar released their fourth full length album Behind The Devils Back (2015), which would be their most critically acclaimed album, making Rock Sound magazine's Top 50 Albums list for 2015. On 6 November 2023, Fightstar announced they would be returning for

360-689: A " Battle of The Bands " competition at the Emergenza festival at the West One Four venue in West Kensington during May 2004. Their 'Safe Hands' demo gained the quartet significant interest in rock circles and in support, the quartet have been constantly touring the UK to build up a strong fanbase. Brigade released their debut EP , " Made to Wreck ", on 12 September 2005. To support the release of this EP, they toured with many bands; one of which

480-411: A Deux (2008), both of which created fan confusion and backlash. Folie a Deux sold worse than their preceding albums, a representation of the backlash from their fanbase as the group experimented with a musical style differing from their established pop-punk sound. The late-2000s also saw the pioneering of neon pop-punk, a style of pop-punk that embraced more elements of pop and electronic music than

600-462: A Director of Music between 1908 and 1945. Simpson first gained fame with pop rock/pop punk act Busted as a result of responding to an advertisement placed by Matt Willis and James Bourne in NME magazine in 2001. Busted consisted of Simpson on lead guitar and occasionally drums, Willis on bass guitar and Bourne on rhythm guitar and piano; all three members provided vocals. Over a period of two years,

720-656: A bit more with it." Green Day were accused of selling out since the release of Dookie for signing to a major label and becoming mainstream. John Lydon of the 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols criticized Green Day and said that Green Day are not a punk band. Lydon said: "Don't try and tell me Green Day are punk. They're not, they're plonk and they're bandwagoning on something they didn't come up with themselves. I think they are phony." Green Day guitarist and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong said: "Sometimes I think we've become redundant because we're this big band now; we've made

840-424: A cultural movement than a genre." Other critics and publications noticed that because of Lavigne's punk-driven-pop anthems, she has earned the reputation as the genre's " queen ". For her part, Lavigne preferred to describe her music as "heavy pop rock", rather than punk. Other pop-punk bands that achieved popularity include Good Charlotte , Simple Plan and MxPx . Good Charlotte's 2002 album The Young and

960-399: A dead genre, and just because there isn't a song on the radio to clarify that shouldn't matter. ... Pop-punk means something to a lot of people and to me, having success as a band in our genre is about longevity, touring a lot and staying true to your fans." By the 2010s, many pop-punk bands had folded; "once essentially child stars, their members are now adult musicians hoping to move beyond

1080-414: A headline show at Wembley Arena to mark the band's twenty year anniversary. On 29 July 2009, he made a Myspace page for his acoustic solo work. There were three songs on the page, "Dead Man Walking", 'Empty Guns (Demo)', and 'Carry Her'. 'Carry Her' was previously available on The Suffolk Explosion . Fightstar announced a hiatus at the beginning of 2010, stating that they were "taking some time off" for

1200-562: A lot of money—we're not punk rock anymore. But then I think about it and just say, 'You can take us out of a punk rock environment, but you can't take the punk rock out of us. ' " Blink-182 also received a lot of criticism from punk rock fans, being accused of selling out for their pop-music-inspired style of pop-punk. Lydon called Blink-182 "bunch of silly boys ... an imitation of a comedy act." Blink-182 guitarist and singer Tom DeLonge responded to criticism, saying: "I love all those criticisms, because fuck all those magazines! I hate with

1320-439: A new wave of pop-punk groups like Stand Atlantic , Doll Skin , Waterparks and rapper Vic Mensa 's band 93PUNX . Alternative Press also cited English bands Trash Boat , Boston Manor and As It Is as making "significant contributions to the latest revival era". In September 2020, Machine Gun Kelly released his fifth studio album Tickets to My Downfall , his first entirely pop-punk album. The album debuted at number 1 on

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1440-556: A number of media outlets began crediting him with leading a pop-punk revival. An article by Kerrang! credited Machine Gun Kelly as well as Yungblud as bringing the genre back to mainstream attention. In addition to this, the publication cited the app TikTok as one of the key factors, as videos tagged #poppunk had received 400 million views by January 21, 2021. On the app, viral trends took place using tracks from pop-punk bands like All Time Low, Simple Plan and Paramore. Some popular TikTok content creators even began releasing music in

1560-488: A parallel genre on the rise at the time. But power pop began earlier, and it was a more American phenomenon". Among the influential pop-punk bands of the late 1970s were the Buzzcocks . An LA Weekly writer later referred to the band's 1979 compilation album Singles Going Steady as "the blueprint for punk rock bands preferring tuneful tales of lost love and longing to rage against the machine." Cooper similarly cited

1680-687: A passion Maximumrocknroll and all those zines that think they know what punk is supposed to be. I think it's so much more punk to piss people off than to conform to all those veganistic views." In a November 2004 interview, Sum 41 rhythm guitarist and lead singer Deryck Whibley said: "We don't even consider ourselves punk. We're just a rock band. We want to do something different. We want to do our own thing. That's how music has always been to us." Sum 41's lead guitarist Dave Baksh reiterated Whibley's claims, stating "We just call ourselves rock... It's easier to say than punk, especially around all these fuckin' kids that think they know what punk is. Something that

1800-456: A popular symbol of the scene, to the extent that a number of publication have posthumously described this period as the "Defend Pop Punk Era". I think pop-punk is a zombie. ... It hushed down for a bit but then it got brought back to life in an almost undead fashion. ... Back then it was mainstream, you would see it on MTV and things like that. Now, it's different, it's got a fighting chance and it's crawling its way back up. It started out with

1920-522: A pretty selective crowd but now it's opening up to more and more people. – Kelen Capener of The Story So Far, 2012 Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer 's 2014 self titled album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and in many other countries, and received what the Guardian journalist Harriet Gibsone described as "the kind of mania only ever granted to a massive boyband". However,

2040-592: A punk subgenre that has "essentially been around as long as punk itself" with roots in the "classic pop of the Beatles , the Kinks , and the Beach Boys , often pitting sweet harmonies against bratty, rowdy riffs." According to Ryan Cooper of About.com , "pop-punk is a style that owes more to The Beatles and '60s pop than other sub-genres of punk". There is considerable overlap between power pop and pop-punk, and

2160-604: A side project called Once Upon a Dead Man alongside his two brothers Will and Edd Simpson, and friend Simon Britcliff. Outside of his main musical activities, Simpson also has frequently collaborated with other musicians, which include This Is Menace , Gunship (the side project of his Fightstar bandmates, Alex Westaway and Dan Haigh) as well as indie band, The Travis Waltons. With Gunship, he co-wrote and lent his voice for their highly critical acclaimed single, "Tech Noir", of Gunship's debut album. In 2018, he contributed to Bullet for My Valentine 's sixth album Gravity , receiving

2280-636: A songwriting credit on the track "Breathe Underwater". He also co-wrote the song Can't Escape The Waves on Bullet For My Valentine's 2022 self titled album. Charlie has also been involved in film scoring, stating in an interview that this was something he was keen to pursue later in his career. He wrote the score for an independent British film ' Everyone's Going To Die ', which debuted at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2013. In 2023, Simpson won

2400-556: A system that punk was created to challenge. In 1997, Blink-182 released their breakthrough album, Dude Ranch , and the band performed at the Vans Warped Tour that year. " Dammit ", the album's second single, received frequent airplay on modern rock stations, and the album was certified gold by 1998. By 1999, Blink achieved further mainstream success with Enema of the State . In the description of journalist Matt Crane,

2520-411: A tour of the UK supporting rock band, Deaf Havana . He previewed two new tracks from the forthcoming album "Winter Hymns" and "Ten More Days". In 2014, he undertook a small run of solo shows in the UK in the lead up to the release of his second solo album. Simpson announced on 28 April 2014 that his second solo album is to be called Long Road Home and will be released later that year, since revealing

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2640-593: A year he would lead a secret "double life": by night he would attend rehearsal sessions with his new band after completing obligated media work and concert performances with Busted. During 2004, he and Westaway wrote Fightstar's debut EP , They Liked You Better When You Were Dead . The EP showcased a heavier post-hardcore influenced sound that differed greatly to Busted's material. The EP was recorded during November with Mark Williams in London. During this time, speculation began to grow about Busted's future. He announced he

2760-497: Is a Duel", "Adieu", "Coat in Bruise", "200 Scratches", "It's a mess, if it ain't it'll do till a mess gets here", "Little Perisher", and "Press The Six". On 4 October 2010 the band announced they were to record their third album in conjunction with PledgeMusic, and in so doing allowing the fans to help fund the recording of the album, and offering diverse packages from signed T-shirts and CDs to signed guitars. Having met their target,

2880-560: Is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, keyboard, piano and drums. Simpson has achieved eleven UK Albums Chart top-40 releases across his musical career, six of which entered the UK top 10. He has also had four number-one singles with Busted and a number-one album, as well as two top-20 singles with Fightstar and two UK top-10 solo albums. Between Busted, Fightstar and his solo projects, he has sold over five million records worldwide, winning two Brit Awards and being nominated for two Kerrang! Awards. The youngest of three boys, Simpson

3000-793: Is a natural fit with pop's core values." Vice ' s Jason Heller described "an open respect for the tradition and craft of pop songwriting" as a key characteristic of pop-punk. Bill Lamb, also from About.com, writes that pop-punk is a variant of punk music that features "a hard and fast guitar and drums base but powered by pop melodies like much of '70s punk rock." Alter the Press! defines pop-punk as "a genre that originates from mixing punk rock with pop sensibility". Lyrically, pop-punk often addresses adolescent themes of lust, romantic relationships, heartbreak, drugs, suburbia , and rebellion. Some pop-punk lyrics make an emphasis on jokes and humor. The New Yorker ' s Amanda Petrush summarized that

3120-550: Is about the early 1990s underground punk rock scene in California, mentioning pop-punk bands like Screeching Weasel and Green Day. Screeching Weasel's 1991 album My Brain Hurts influenced many subsequent pop-punk bands, with bands like Blink-182 , Allister and Alkaline Trio citing them as an influence. Social Distortion , known for playing genres like traditional punk and cowpunk , achieved moderate success starting in

3240-766: Is pop. The Ramones? Pop. The Clash? Pop. And The Buzzcocks? Damn right they're pop." Brigade (UK Band) Brigade are a British alternative rock band from London, England , formed in 2003. The four-piece consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Will Simpson, lead guitarist and backing vocalist James Plant, bassist Naoto Hori, and drummer Andrew Kearton. To date Brigade have released two extended plays and four studio albums . The band have toured with such UK bands as Biffy Clyro , Fightstar , InMe , Hell Is For Heroes and Busted , and US bands including Hidden in Plain View , Aiden and Kill Hannah . Brigade came together in 2003. Early gigs saw them win

3360-640: The Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart. On 18 October 2024, Bruno Mars and K-pop singer Rosé released the pop-punk single " Apt. ", which became one of the biggest streaming successes in both the United States and the world upon release, topping Spotify 's global and US daily streaming charts. Emo pop became popular in the mid-2000s, with record labels such as Fueled by Ramen releasing platinum albums from bands including My Chemical Romance , Fall Out Boy , Panic! at

3480-543: The Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first rock album to top the chart since Tool's Fear Inoculum in September 2019. The Evening Standard credited the album as "bridg[ing] the gap" between the modern pop punk scene and the mainstream interest that developed from the emo rap scene. " My Ex's Best Friend ", a song from Tickets to My Downfall , has since peaked at number 21 on Billboard Hot 100 . Because of this,

3600-523: The Kerrang! Awards for "Best British Newcomer" and "Best British Band". After leaving Island Records due to a disagreement over the band's artistic direction, the band signed to an independent label called Institute Records which was a division of Gut Records to release their second album. One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours (2007), peaked at No. 27 on the UK Album Chart , before releasing

3720-554: The Ramones crafted a blueprint for pop-punk with their 1976 debut album, but 1978 was the year that the genre "came into its own". He noted that some bands "were unmistakably pop punk bands by today's definition of the term, but in 1978, the distinction wasn't so clear. Plenty of punk groups of the era threw a token pop tune or two into their set—sometimes for ironic effect, other times earnestly." Heller also acknowledged that many "burgeoning pop punk groups in 1978 bordered on power pop,

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3840-492: The fourth series of The Masked Singer as "Rhino", making him the first male winner in the UK. After his victory, he released the EP Kifaru containing songs he performed on The Masked Singer . In 2023, Simpson appeared on Gunship's third album "Unicorn", lending his voice to "Tech Noir 2", the sequel to "Tech Noir" from the first album. with film director John Carpenter and Tim Cappello from Tina Turner (1939–2023) and

3960-521: The "rawness" of pop-punk "lies not in the music" but by conveying the "spectrum of human experience, all that longing and self-doubt." The term pop punk was first used by John Rockwell in a New York Times in March 1977 article to describe Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . Punk rock has long shared sensibilities with pop music, especially since the late 1970s. In his book Rock and Roll: A Social History (2018), author Paul Friedlander lists

4080-492: The 2012 tour attracted 556,000 festival-goers, its third-best attendance. Bobby Olivier of The Star-Ledger wrote: "The genre ... continues to reinvent itself and Warped is pop punk's prom." In 2016, Rolling Stone reported that pop-punk was "still one of the most predominant and popular rock genres". The magazine conducted a reader's poll for the "10 Best Pop-Punk Albums of All Time" that ultimately included Green Day ( Dookie , American Idiot , Nimrod ), Blink-182 ( Enema of

4200-600: The Altar , Yours Truly , Noah Finnce and Jxdn as "reinventing pop-punk for 2021". In 2023, Cassadee Pope (from the defunct band Hey Monday ) announced that she was stepping away from country music and going back to her roots in pop-punk, with the release of the singles "People That I Love Leave", "Almost There", and "Coma" (featuring Taylor Acorn). In August 2023, Rodrigo released the song " Bad Idea Right? ", which features pop-punk and indie rock influences, from her second studio album Guts . The song peaked at number-one on

4320-541: The California punk scene of the late 1980s, and several of those bands, especially Green Day and the Offspring , helped revive interest in punk rock in the 1990s. Green Day arose from the 924 Gilman Street punk scene in Berkeley, California . After building an underground following, the band signed to Reprise Records and released their major-label debut album, Dookie , in 1994. Dookie sold four million copies by

4440-724: The Clash and things, but it comes from a different well. When we started, punk to me was the Clash, the [Sex] Pistols, and the Buzzcocks over here [the United Kingdom], and in the [United] States it was the Dolls , Iggy , and the Ramones. We invented our style, just like the Clash did and the Ramones did. But the bands that have come later, some of them you see tend to just ape what went on before, where I'd rather them do their own thing

4560-791: The Disco , Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Paramore . Maloney wrote: "While many pop punk fans adamantly deny any association between their favorite acts and those labeled "emo," crossover bands who melded the two have gradually put both genres in the same scene-boat." Easycore (less commonly known as popcore , dudecore , softcore , happy hardcore , and EZ ) is a genre that merges pop-punk with elements of metalcore . It often makes use of breakdowns , screamed vocals , major key progressions and riffs and synthesizers . The genre's roots come from early 2000s pop-punk groups Sum 41 and New Found Glory . New Found Glory's self-titled and Stick and Stones albums and Sum 41's song " Fat Lip " were some of

4680-569: The Hopeless went triple platinum. Simple Plan's 2002 debut album No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls was certified double platinum and its 2004 follow-up Still Not Getting Any... went platinum. In the United Kingdom, Busted and McFly gained notability through merging pop-punk musicality with boy band aesthetics. Busted's 2002 self-titled debut album was certified 4× platinum and their second album A Present for Everyone

4800-619: The Misfits , while not necessarily pop-punk in and of themselves, were influential to pop-punk, and it expanded in the late 1980s and early 1990s by a host of bands signed to Lookout! Records , including Screeching Weasel , the Queers , and the Mr. T Experience . In the mid-1990s, the genre saw a widespread popularity increase and entered the mainstream with bands like Green Day and the Offspring . The genre experienced another wave popularized during

4920-476: The Producing and Mixing duties. The band finished recording two songs in the first full week of recording and hoped to get the album out early 2008. Video diaries and photos from the studio were made available on the band's MySpace page. On 16 January 2008, through their MySpace site, Brigade announced the title of their second album to be Come Morning We Fight . Although an exact release date wasn't given,

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5040-658: The RIAA. MTV and radio stations such as Los Angeles' KROQ-FM played a major role in the genre's mainstream success. The Warped Tour , started in 1995, brought punk even further into the United States mainstream. With punk rock's renewed visibility came concerns among some in the punk subculture that the music was being co-opted by the mainstream. Some punk rock fans criticized Green Day for "selling out" and rejected their music as too soft, pop-oriented and not legitimate punk rock. They argued that by signing to major labels and appearing on MTV, bands like Green Day were buying into

5160-584: The Rainforest , "Walking With the San", which first aired in 2015. The song was recorded as part of the show in which Charlie travelled to Namibia to spend time living and playing music with the San people . After the show aired, an edit was made to act as a music video for the song and was uploaded to Facebook, the track has since gone viral and has been viewed over 14,000,000 times. On 23 October 2020, Simpson released

5280-531: The Ride The Deathcar tour during May to promote the release of their second album. Brigade also supported Aiden on their UK tour alongside Kill Hannah and Serpico . During early June 2008, it was announced that the band was to embark on a headlining tour of the UK, supported by Slaves to Gravity . During late June, the band announced the release of a double A-side single of "Sink Sink Swim/Stunning", to be released on 4 August 2008. The release

5400-479: The Starting Line's song " Best of Me " was cited by Alternative Press as one of the most influential songs in the genre. Avril Lavigne 's 2002 album Let Go set a precedent for the success of female-fronted pop-punk acts. Journalist Nick Laugher wrote that it was "undeniable" that the record launched pop-punk into the mainstream, "blurring the lines with it and straight-up pop music, and making it more of

5520-583: The State was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA and its song " All the Small Things " peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 . Sum 41's debut album All Killer No Filler was certified triple platinum in their home country of Canada. Its song " Fat Lip " peaked at number one on the US Billboard alternative airplay chart and number eight on the UK singles chart. Around this time

5640-582: The State , Take Off Your Pants and Jacket , Dude Ranch ), the Ramones ( Ramones ), the Offspring ( Smash ), Jimmy Eat World ( Bleed American ), and Generation X ( Valley of the Dolls ). In the late 2010s, the genre was influential in the development of emo rap . Many emo rappers gained mainstream attention during this period. In particular, Lil Peep , Lil Uzi Vert , Juice WRLD and XXXTentacion were all vocal about their love for and influence from pop-punk. Emo rapper Wicca Phase Springs Eternal

5760-547: The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 music charts. Plain White T's was another Illinois emo pop band that received major mainstream success. Their album Every Second Counts (2006) went number 10 on the Billboard 200 charts and featured their number one single " Hey There Delilah ". New Jersey band My Chemical Romance was one of the faces of emo pop during the 2000s. MCR's albums Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) and The Black Parade (2006) each sold more than 3 million copies in

5880-653: The UK. It charted at number 134 in the UK top 200, number 9 in the Indie Chart and reached No.3 in the Rock Chart. It was released in support of and 2 weeks before "Lights". The band embarked on a tour of Ireland in July 2006. Their second single, " Meet Me at My Funeral " was released on 21 August 2006, achieving No. 4 in the UK rock chart. The music video for which had been shot in Canvey Island. Following

6000-582: The US alone. The latter of the albums debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 charts. The album's lead single " Welcome to the Black Parade " topped the US Alternative Songs chart and reached number 9 on the Billboard hot 100. Taking Back Sunday 's third album Louder Now (2006) debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 charts. According to Brooklyn Vegan ' s Andrew Sacher, after

6120-535: The United States, and their 2009 album Nothing Personal peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart. The Maine's 2008 debut album Can't Stop Won't Stop peaked at number 9 on the Billboard digital albums chart. Cobra Starship's 2009 album Hot Mess reached number 4 on the Billboard 200. Boys Like Girls' 2009 second album Love Drunk peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart. Pop-punk lost its mainstream popularity in

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6240-611: The Week. The single was officially released on 16 May, though it was made available to buy on iTunes straight away. The album, titled Young Pilgrim was released on 15 August 2011. It went straight into the UK album chart at number 6, having been at number 5 in the midweeks. Simpson signed to PIAS Records in Germany and the album was released in Europe in August 2012. On 2 February 2013, it

6360-637: The Wonder Years and Neck Deep . In the early 2020s, a new crop of pop-punk music began experiencing mainstream resurgence with various new acts such as Machine Gun Kelly , KennyHoopla and Yungblud . Pop-punk is variously described as a punk subgenre, a variation of punk, a form of pop music , and a genre antithetical to punk in a similar manner as post-punk . It has evolved stylistically throughout its history, absorbing elements from new wave , college rock , ska , rap , emo , and boy bands . Writers at The A.V. Club described pop-punk as

6480-663: The [return] of the genre", and Kerrang! called him the "leader of pop punk's new generation". Olivia Rodrigo 's 2021 pop-punk song " Good 4 U " peaked at number one on the Billboard singles chart, which according to Slate magazine, made it "rock's first hot 100 number 1 in years". Publications such as the Face , the Independent and USA Today cited this wave as having an increased diversity of sexuality, race and gender when compared to prior eras. A February 2021 article by Louder Sound cited artists like Meet Me at

6600-469: The album as one of punk's most influential and added that Buzzcocks' "pop overtones [led] them to be a primary influence on today's pop punk bands.". Heller referred to the Undertones as "the most subversive band" of the genre during this period, particularly their 1978 single " Teenage Kicks ", "one of the most striking and definitive pop punk classics." Bad Religion , formed in 1979, helped to lay

6720-425: The band did announce the album would be released in the spring. They also announced that they would be releasing a download only single on 25 February 2008 called "Shortcuts". On 5 February 2008, the band put up in a MySpace blog, pictures from the latest music video they had been shooting. The band announced the video was for the first single from "Come Morning, We Fight", called "Pilot". On 25 February "Shortcuts"

6840-469: The band embarked on a UK Tour throughout April and May 2006, the April dates co-headlining with Northern Irish band Fighting With Wire . Brigade released their debut album " Lights " on 29 May 2006 in the UK. "Lights" received impressive reviews from the press receiving 8/10 from NME , 4/5 from Kerrang! and 8/10 from Rock Sound . The band's first single, " Magneto " was released on 5 May 2006 in

6960-495: The band recorded their third album in early 2011. Before this, the band released a new EP, Love Is A Duel , which was released free with Rocksound magazine on 10 November 2010. On 10 November 2010 a music video for first single from the new EP, "Camouflet" was released through the Rocksound website. The band announced through Pledgemusic on 9 May 2011 that their third album was to be called " Will Be Will Be ". The album itself

7080-585: The band toured with Hell is For Heroes on their UK Tour. The band planned to perform new material at the Camden Purple Turtle, in April 2007. On 21 May 2007 Fim announced he was leaving the band and was replaced by June by Andrew Kearton (ex- Bassknives). On 2 December 2007 it was confirmed that Brigade had set up camp and were recording the second album at Monnow Valley Studios in Wales. Chris Sheldon ( Reuben , Oceansize , Biffy Clyro ) took on

7200-543: The band's status as pop-punk was controversial. Alternative Press described the band as important to the marketing of the pop-punk scene, whereas in a Clash magazine interview with Terry Bezer, he described them as "not pop-punk... [but] a valuable gateway for young kids to begin taking their first steps towards bands of... more substance." Around this time, a number of other pop-punk-influenced pop artists gained mainstream attention, including Charli XCX and Halsey . Several pop-punk bands embarked on anniversary tours in

7320-466: The biggest selling UK arena tour of 2023. They also released a Greatest Hits album which went to number 1 in the UK album charts. Despite the huge success of Busted, Simpson began to grow increasingly discontented with the pop star lifestyle and the music he was performing. As an avid fan of rock music, he felt unfulfilled by the commercial pop songs of Busted. He met Alex Westaway in late 2003, forming what became Fightstar shortly afterwards. For over

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7440-946: The club closed its doors for the last time. On 2 March 2009 the band announced that it had signed a record deal with Roadrunner Records in Japan to release their 2nd album, Come Morning We Fight on 13 May 2009. The band made an appearance at the Hinterland Festival in Glasgow, Scotland through 30 April - 1 May 2009. In August 2009, the band announced plans for a 6th Anniversary show at The Bull & Gate in London on 29 September 2009. The band continued to write for their third album, penning 11 new songs. They started demoing and pre-production once bass player Naoto Hori had returned from Japan, after having an operation on his back following an injury from doing removal work. Working titles for new songs include "Tiny Pieces", "Eden", "Love

7560-427: The complete p--s, and it was on the front cover of a newspaper. He was like laughing when he said it. Matt's Labour ! He said something like, 'Now I've got loads of money I'm a f--king Tory boy ,' laughing." Pop-punk Pop-punk emerged in the late 1970s with groups such as the Ramones , the Undertones , and the Buzzcocks setting the genre's groundwork. 1980s punk bands like Bad Religion , Descendents and

7680-440: The earliest and most influential released in the genre. The style's name originates from the 2008 "Easycore tour", which featured A Day to Remember , Four Year Strong and headliners New Found Glory, which itself was a pun based on the name of "hardcore punk". Neon pop-punk (also known as simply neon pop ) is a form of pop-punk that emphasizes synthesizers . Alternative Press writer Tyler Sharp wrote that while this wasn't

7800-542: The early 1990s prior to the 1994 mainstream explosion of pop punk. The band's self-titled album (1990) and Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992) both eventually were certified gold in the United States. In the wake of Nirvana and grunge breaking through in the early 1990s, California's Green Day and Bad Religion were both signed to major labels in 1993, and by 1994, pop-punk was quickly growing in mainstream popularity, soon before grunge's popularity began to decline. Many punk rock and pop-punk bands originated from

7920-414: The early 2010s, with rock bands and guitar-centric music becoming rare on dance-focused pop radio. Some acts, such as New Found Glory , have seen concert attendance numbers decrease steadily. Devon Maloney of MTV wrote that "Pop punk and emo bands don't headline Coachella or Bonnaroo ; they rarely, if ever, are even billed on mainstream festival stages," and notes that it has similarly disappeared from

8040-408: The early to mid-2010s, playing some of their most popular albums in full. While some members of these bands have had mixed feelings about these performances, quite often these tours sell as well as or better than the first time around. Club promoters in the UK have created nights based around lasting appreciation of the genre. The Warped Tour still attracts hundreds of thousands of attendees each year;

8160-459: The extent that emo crossover acts such as Fall Out Boy and Paramore popularized a pop-punk-influenced style dubbed emo pop . By the 2010s, pop-punk's mainstream popularity had waned, with rock bands and guitar-centric music becoming rare on dance-focused pop radio. During this period, however, a wave of underground artists defined a rawer and more emotional take on the genre, namely the Story so Far ,

8280-509: The film The Lost Boys (1987) on Saxophone. Simpson married his long-time girlfriend Anna Barnard in June 2014, following the announcement of their engagement the week earlier. During a show on his 2015 UK Tour at London's Islington Assembly Hall, Simpson announced that he and his wife were expecting their first child together. On 21 July that year, Simpson's wife gave birth to their first son, Arlo Simpson. In February 2018, their second son, Jago

8400-531: The first hour of the tour going on sale. Busted's third studio album Night Driver was released in November 2016. In 2018, Busted announced their fourth album Half Way There , along with arena tour dates in March 2019. After another four year hiatus, whilst the band focused on other projects, in May 2023 Busted announced they would be returning for a 20 Year Anniversary Greatest Hits tour, which went on to become

8520-500: The first instance that "a band decided to put fuzzy keys over their chord progressions, but it was a time when that formula was perfected." Kika Chatterjee of Alternative Press added that the late 2000s "brought in glowing synths and poppy melodies that shifted the entire definition of [pop punk]", giving it the "neon" moniker. Sharp cited Forever the Sickest Kids ' debut album Underdog Alma Mater (2008) as "a big moment" for

8640-460: The first track from his upcoming album I See You , which peaked at 39 on the iTunes chart in its first week. In late 2021, Simpson announced his fourth album Hope Is A Drug would be released in March 2022. He announced a planned Hope Is A Drug tour. The tour was later postponed citing delays to album supply chains and shipping caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2015, Simpson released an EP with

8760-873: The following English artists as representative of the "new wave of pop punk synthesis" that occurred in the late 1970s: Elvis Costello and the Attractions , the Police , the Jam , Billy Idol , Joe Jackson , the Pretenders , UB40 , Madness , the Specials , the English Beat . Likewise, among American acts, Friedlander references Talking Heads , Blondie , the B-52s , the Motels , and Pere Ubu . Heller said that

8880-459: The genre around this time. Notably, TikToker Jxdn began releasing pop-punk music in February 2020, while LilHuddy did the same the following year. This led Polygon to term this new wave of artists "TikTokcore". Spin writer Al Shipley described pop-punk and its new association with hip hop as 2020's "commercial juggernaut". Our Culture Mag cited KennyHoopla as a "key player in

9000-639: The genre saw the rise of the "Drive-Thru Records Era", where a number of bands that were signed to independent record labels gained mainstream attention, namely those on Drive-Thru Records . This included bands such as New Found Glory , Allister , Fenix TX , the Early November , Something Corporate , the Starting Line , Midtown , Hellogoodbye , Rx Bandits and the Movielife . A 2017 article by Upset Magazine called New Found Glory "pop punk's most consistent and influential bands for 20 years" and

9120-562: The genre's best year for a decade." Kerrang! said the album "ripped up the pop punk blueprint" pushing the genre to "new peaks of invention, both lyrically and musically." The Story So Far 's What You Don't See (2013) "cemented their place at the top table of nu pop punk". In early 2014, Welsh band Neck Deep released their debut album Wishful Thinking , which Rock Sound later called it "the greatest UK pop punk record of all time ." During this period, Man Overboard 's "Defend Pop Punk" shirt design, which featured an AK-47 , became

9240-442: The genre, the song was nominated at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards , and was certified platinum within a year. On July 12, 2019, Cold Hart and Yawns of the influential emo rap collective GothBoiClique , released the pop-punk album Good Morning Cruel World, and on September 18, 2019, emo rapper Lil Tracy released the pop-punk song "Beautiful Nightmare". An October 2019 article by Mic cited emo rap as bringing an interest to

9360-469: The genre. The punk rock music community often perceived pop-punk to be, according to Iain Ellis of PopMatters , "too soft, too fake, too derivative, and too corporate". In a 2003 interview, Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle would suggest that punk had become a "huge umbrella", stating, "And fair play to bands like Green Day and stuff, you know, they've been inspired when they were really young by us and

9480-671: The groundwork for the pop-punk style that emerged in the 1990s. They and some of the other leading bands in Southern California's hardcore punk scene emphasized a more melodic approach than was typical of their peers. According to Myers, Bad Religion "layered their pissed off, politicized sound with the smoothest of harmonies". Myers added that another band, the Descendents , "wrote almost surfy, Beach Boys-inspired songs about girls and food and being young(ish)". Their positive yet sarcastic approach began to separate them from

9600-572: The influence from hardcore punk as being prominent during this period. On the Wonder Years' The Upsides (2010), vocalist Dan Campbell sung about "His early twenties soul-searching and tales of strife" which "resonated with a [new] generation, inspiring countless imitators in the process." This pushed Campbell to "the forefront of a new wave", and the album influenced a new wave of pop-punk bands. Rock Sound included The Wonder Years' The Greatest Generation on their best albums of 2013 list, calling it "the defining album of what may well have been

9720-683: The interest of their fanbase while gaining the appeal of the newer generations that may not like their traditional sound or relate as much to the punk themes of the 1970s. Their popularity provoked conversations about the state of the genre; Maloney opined that these records could not be viewed as pop-punk. In the early 2010s, a new wave of pop-punk groups emerged, fronted by the Wonder Years , State Champs , Neck Deep , Real Friends and Knuckle Puck . Dave Beech of Clash noted that these groups were "[d]arker and more mature" than those previously, taking influence "and occasional indifference" from 1990s emo . Music commentator Finn McKenty also cited

9840-421: The late 1980s and early 1990s, pop-punk bands such as Green Day, the Queers , The Mr. T Experience and Screeching Weasel emerged from the record label Lookout! Records with a sound indebted to Buzzcocks, the Ramones, and the Undertones. In August 1992, early 1990s California punk rock and pop-punk was noticed by the magazine Spin when the magazine published a story called "California Screamin ' ", which

9960-606: The late 1990s and early 2000s led by Blink-182 , and in their wake followed contemporary acts such as Sum 41 , New Found Glory , Good Charlotte , and Avril Lavigne , while the Warped Tour played a crucial role in launching up-and-coming pop-punk artists. Pop-punk's mainstream popularity continued in the mid-to-late 2000s, with artists such as Fall Out Boy , My Chemical Romance , and Paramore achieving high levels of commercial success. By this point, pop-punk acts were largely indistinguishable from artists tagged as "emo", to

10080-584: The more serious hardcore scene. The Descendents' 1982 debut LP Milo Goes to College provided the template for the United States' take on the more melodic strains of first wave punk. Many pop-punk bands, including Blink-182 , cite the Descendents as a major influence. Descendents paved the way for future pop-punk bands with themes of hating parents, struggling to find a romantic partner, and social alienation. Horror punk band The Misfits also influenced pop-punk with their 1982 album Walk Among Us , which

10200-513: The original lineup would be reuniting for a one-off show, to celebrate 10 years since the release of Lights . In December 2017, the band posted in their social media pages that they are playing a co-headline show at the O2 Academy Islington with Slaves to Gravity to celebrate 10 years since the release of Come Morning We Fight . In January 2018, the band announced they are also playing Camden Rocks in June. In February 2018,

10320-510: The pop-punk song " 11 Minutes " featuring Travis Barker . The song was certified gold in the United States, peaked at number one on the Billboard Bubbling under Top 100 chart and was performed at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards . On June 7, 2019, Machine Gun Kelly , who had been established as a rapper for over a decade, released the pop-punk song " I Think I'm Okay " featuring Yungblud and Travis Barker. His first release in

10440-518: The pop-punk term was an oxymoron : "You're either punk or you're not." Writing in Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Guide to Power Pop (2007), actor Robbie Rist felt that much of the genre merely consisted of pop bands who "add the 'punk' moniker so the kids will think they are pissing off their parents." Even during its formative phase in 1978, pop-punk wasn't simply a lighter, more palatable version of punk. It

10560-470: The press. The only magazines that featured pop-punk bands were niche publications such as Alternative Press and the occasional teen magazine, while influential pop-punk magazine AMP ceased publication in 2013. The decline in mainstream popularity for the genre, coupled with the closure of many mid-size venues associated with it, resulted in many venues and labels returning to the DIY ethic that helped spawn

10680-409: The punk movement. By 2012, pop-punk bands that had achieved minimal mainstream success had seen a return to grassroots form, considered "the micro-operation style that yielded the results that caught the mainstream's attention in the first place." Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory wrote in an op-ed for Alternative Press entitled "Why Pop-Punk's Not Dead—And Why It Still Matters Today": "This isn't

10800-464: The readers of Rock Sound . During late 2008 the band announced they were gathering together ideas for their third album. In early 2009, the band found that their song "Together Apart", from Come Morning We Fight had been used in a Portuguese Beer advert. This followed an opportunity the band had to play a gig during the last gigs to be held at the London Astoria on 14 January before

10920-454: The record initiated "a new wave of pop punk". He added, "At any given time in the late '90s/early 2000s, it was not uncommon to see Blink-182 and Sum 41 on MTV. You couldn't escape it. Pop punk was in , and it became the undisputed mainstream choice." Lamb described second-wave pop-punk bands, led by Blink-182, as having "a radio friendly sheen to their music, but still maintaining much of the speed and attitude of classic punk rock". Enema of

11040-556: The release date would be 4 August 2014. In October 2014, Simpson announced that he would play a 13 date UK solo acoustic tour in January/February of the following year. On 5 May 2016, Simpson released his third solo album, Little Hands , a compilation of rare tracks from 2010 though 2016. The first single was a stripped-down version of "Emily". The album also included the track from the Watch UKTV series Singing In

11160-547: The release of their second single, Brigade went on a co-headlining tour with Disco Ensemble as well as supporting Hawthorne Heights at their London show. Kerrang announced in October 2006 that they were to include the Brigade song "Queenie" on their "New Breed" CD for 2006. Brigade embarked on a tour of the UK with InMe in October 2006. The tour diary was available on Brigade's Blog on their Myspace site. In support of

11280-462: The remainder of 2010–11 to work on separate projects before regrouping in 2012 to begin working a new record. Simpson has started working on a solo acoustic album, while Westaway and Haigh will be completing post-production on the bands film and working on some music videos . Simpson went into the studio in June 2010 to start recording his full-length debut album with producer Danton Supple, whose previous work includes Coldplay and The Cure. The album

11400-496: The success of "hugely popular" 2000s bands such as Fall Out Boy, Paramore , and My Chemical Romance, "the line between pop punk and emo look[ed] close to nonexistent." Several pop-punk bands took different musical directions in the late 2000s, with Panic! at the Disco crafting the Beatles-inspired, baroque-styled record Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Fall Out Boy experimenting with glam rock, blues rock and R&B on Folie

11520-473: The teen trappings that gave them careers." Fall Out Boy and Paramore, two groups that achieved mainstream success within the genre, had two number one albums— Save Rock and Roll and Paramore —side by side on the Billboard 200 . Fall Out Boy along with other pop-punk bands that peaked during the mid-2000s began experimenting with the more pop side of pop punk, in order to maintain their relevancy and keep

11640-559: The textures and fast tempos of punk rock with the "melodies and chord changes" of power pop. In the 1990s, there was overlap between pop-punk and skate punk . Music journalist Ben Myers wrote that the two terms were synonymous. Rock writer Greg Shaw , who wrote extensively about power pop and took credit for codifying the genre in the 1970s, originally defined power pop itself as a hybrid style of punk and pop. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong , who described power pop as "the greatest music on Earth that no one likes", opined that

11760-405: The tour booked for 2011 would be their last nationwide, headlining tour for the foreseeable future, the main reason being the difficulty in balancing full-time jobs with managing the band and booking the tours themselves. It was stressed that Brigade are not breaking up, will continue to do occasional live shows and record, but large-scale touring was not on the agenda. In 2016 the band announced that

11880-474: The tour, Brigade released a video for their third single from " Lights ". The video was for the song "Guillotine" and was available to see on the Sky music channel Scuzz . The video for "Guillotine" was shot at a pub near London Bridge with ex-Hollyoaks star Elise Du Toit, Andrew Howard and Matt Berry (Mighty Boosh, Garth Marenghi). All 3 music videos are still available to stream on Mighty Atom's website. " Lights "

12000-410: The trio had major success and sold over 5 million records, won two BRIT Awards , and also won Record of The Year in 2004. Simpson left Busted in 2005 to concentrate on post-hardcore band Fightstar. On 10 November 2015 Busted announced they would be reforming with Simpson back in the original line-up and would embark on an 18 date arena tour around the UK and Ireland. The band sold 100,000 tickets in

12120-454: The two styles are often conflated. Web publication Revolver acknowledged that, while pop-punk and power pop are often presented interchangeably, "the core concept is simple—melodic songs packaged with a punk slant." In Brian Cogan's The Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture (2006) pop-punk is characterized as "a catchy, faster version of power pop." AllMusic defines "punk-pop" as "a post-grunge strand of alternative rock " that combines

12240-643: The year's end and spawned several radio singles that received extensive MTV rotation, three of which peaked at number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Green Day's enormous commercial success paved the way for other North American pop-punk bands in the following decade. In 1999, Dookie was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Offspring also achieved mainstream success in 1994 with their album Smash being certified 6× platinum by

12360-468: Was Fightstar , whose frontman ( Charlie Simpson ) is Will's younger brother. Brigade went back into the studio during early November 2005 to put the finishing touches on their debut album. It was subsequently produced and mixed by Joe Gibb and co-produced by Gethin Woolcock. The band finished their debut album by November 2005. Brigade began 2006 with a UK tour supporting Fightstar . Following this,

12480-424: Was a forerunner to later pop-punk music with the album's vocal harmonies and pop-inspired melodies. The Misfits' gothic image inspired later pop-punk bands like Alkaline Trio and My Chemical Romance . Marginal Man was a Washington D.C. hardcore punk band who mixed hardcore punk with melodic chord progressions and clean, melodic singing, being influenced by power pop, jangle pop and new wave music . During

12600-579: Was also re-released on 30 October 2006. The re-release included a second CD including promo videos for the songs " Magneto ", " Meet Me at My Funeral " and "Go Slow" as well as having some live videos of the band. During December 2006, Brigade supported Minus The Bear at the Islington Academy. In 2006, Brigade were nominated for Best British Newcomer at the Kerrang! Awards but ultimately lost out to Bring Me The Horizon. In early 2007, "Lights"

12720-399: Was based on not having any rules has probably been one of the strictest fucking rule books in the world." Music critic for Treblezine Jeff Terich argued that the debate regarded the ethics of "pop-punk" is redundant, saying that there is "no discussion of the genre that doesn't eventually devolve into the black-mold-like growth of Disney-approved mallrats, but the irony of it is that all punk

12840-724: Was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk . He has 2 brothers, Will (born 1980) and Edd (born 1981). Will is the vocalist and guitarist in Brigade , and Edd is the lead singer and guitarist in an alternative band called Union Sound Set. Simpson's musical maternal heritage dates back to Sir William Sterndale Bennett , who was a notable 19th century English pianist, conductor, and composer. Simpson was educated at Brandeston Hall Prep School in Suffolk and then at Uppingham School , where his great grandfather, Robert Sterndale Bennett (1880–1963), had been

12960-639: Was born. In 2004, Simpson was quoted in Tatler magazine as saying he supported the Conservative Party , stating that he'd "grown up with their views" and "way of doing things". According to The Guardian , Simpson "was pilloried just like Phil Collins and Geri Halliwell before him". He later denied a political allegiance to the Conservatives, saying, "The Tory thing is complete bulls--t! It came out of Matt's mouth in an interview taking

13080-537: Was certified 3× platinum. McFly's 2004 debut album Room on the 3rd Floor peaked at number one on the UK albums chart and was certified 2× platinum. As emo pop 's merger of pop-punk emo coalesced, the record label Fueled by Ramen became a center of the movement, releasing platinum selling albums from bands like Fall Out Boy , Panic! at the Disco and Paramore . Fall Out Boy's 2005 song " Sugar, We're Goin Down " received heavy airplay, climbing to number eight on

13200-423: Was even a member of the influential 2010s pop-punk band Tigers Jaw . This brought about a revived interest in the genre in popular culture, leading to a number notable artists beginning to release po- punk songs towards the end of the decade. Emo rapper Lil Aaron and pop singer Kim Petras released the pop-punk song "Anymore" on September 5, 2018. On 13 February 2019, Yungblud and pop singer Halsey released

13320-439: Was funded through PledgeMusic and as one of the main incentives for the campaign, fans received an EP called When We Were Lions on Christmas Day 2010. The full-length album was finally finished in February 2011 and was mastered by John Davis at Metropolis Studios in London. The first single to be taken from the album was called "Down Down Down" and it had its first radio airplay on 11 April, as Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton's Record of

13440-542: Was just as rebellious, only it rebelled against punk itself: its nihilism, its bad-boy pose, its mockery of melody, it's belittling of sentimentality, and above all, its self-seriousness. In a way, pop punk became its own kind of post-punk ... — Vice writer Jason Heller Rolling Stone , in an article about pop-punk, wrote that the term was a retroactive label for punk bands who had "always championed great songwriting alongside their anti-authoritarian stance. And punk's focus on speed, concision and three-chord simplicity

13560-660: Was leaving Busted to pursue his career full-time with Fightstar in January 2005. Simpson then funded and put together a compilation album called The Suffolk Explosion , which was released through his own label Sandwich Leg Records. It showcased a number of unsigned bands from Charlie's home county of Suffolk, including Brigade and Prego, as well as a solo acoustic track written by him called "Carry Her". Fightstar went on to record their debut full-length studio album with rock producer Colin Richardson . Grand Unification

13680-478: Was limited to 500 CDs. Music Videos for the 2 songs were shot during June 2008. Beforehand the band played several warm up shows with Kill Hannah in preparation for their appearance at the 2008 Download Festival , of which they performed on the Gibson Stage. In late 2008, the band announced they were to complete a mini tour of Japan. Brigade ended the year by being voted the "Most Underrated Band of 2008" by

13800-469: Was made available to download for free from the band's website. It was also put on the band's MySpace site, along with clips of new songs "Pilot" and "Slow Dives And Alibis". The video for "Pilot" debuted on MTV2 in the UK Rock Chart during April, with the single release on 5 May and the album "Come Morning We Fight" followed on 12 May. The band embarked with Fightstar and We Are The Ocean on

13920-427: Was released on 13 March 2006, and further proved the initial cynics wrong by receiving widespread positive reviews. In particular, Paul Brannigan of Kerrang! magazine stated the album was "one of the best British rock albums of the past decade". Scottish music publication The Fly also lauded the album as "one of the 21st Century's ultimate rock debuts". Shortly afterwards, the band went on to receive nominations at

14040-531: Was reported that Simpson had finished writing the follow-up to his 2011 solo debut 'Young Pilgrim' and he would be heading into the studio with producer Steve Osbourne ( U2 / Placebo ) to start recording in early March. Simpson spent the summer of 2013 playing on the Vans Warped Tour in the US, which was the first time he has played live as a solo artist in America. During October 2013, Charlie went on

14160-403: Was subsequently finished and released for download through Pledgemusic on 31 May 2011 and received a wider release in the autumn of 2011. In mid-October 2011, through a video posting on the band's Facebook page, it was announced that Naoto Hori had quit the band at the end of the summer of 2011. For the tour at the end of 2011, a musician called Alex Baker covered on bass. The band also announced

14280-651: Was traditional in the genre. Popular groups in the style at the time included All Time Low , the Maine , the Cab , Metro Station , Boys Like Girls , Cobra Starship and Forever the Sickest Kids . Metro Station's 2007 single " Shake It " peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. All Time Low's 2008 single " Dear Maria, Count Me In " is certified double platinum in

14400-504: Was voted into the "Top 10 Albums of 2006" in the Rock Sound Readers' Poll. The Band prepared to record their second album during early 2007. A new demo of a song called "Yes It Is" was made available to listen to on their website. Throughout early 2007, the band also put up two more demos, "Res Head" (premiered live on one of their previous tours) and "Asinine" (also premiered as Untitled No. 3). Throughout February 2007,

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