A look back to the 2000s, the Punk Rock Era of Music

Punk rock music was the genre of the years 2000-2010. Many record labels looked to sign punk rock bands during that era, and those years produced many legendary bands making infectious pop-punk music. Among those bands are Sum41, Boys Like Girls, We The Kings and many more. This era was the era of making rock music radio friendly and mainstream, and those that hopped on that genre made it big during those years in the 2000s and enjoyed plenty of commercial success during that time period. In this post, we take a look at two of my favourite bands of the 2000s which I'm sure many of you would resonate with. Here are the bands : 

Simple Plan

Photo taken from Simple Plan website

This pop-punk outfit rose to fame with their debut album, No Pads, No Helmets…. Just Balls in 2002 with hit singles “Addicted” and most popular anthem of our generation called “Perfect”. The band consists of Pierre Bouvier, Jeff Stink, Sebastien Lefebvre, David Desrosiers and Church Comeau. They are basically a French-Candian band, which gives them an interesting cultural heritage having made it big in the United States of America before breaking out into mainstream international radio. They followed up their debut album with Still Not Getting Any in 2004, a self-titled Simple Plan Album in 2008, and recently Taking The One For the Team this year. Started in 1999, Simple Plan doesn’t seem like slowing down, as they have slowly evolved from a pop-punk teen angst band to a mature punk rock band singing about life and its adversaries. 

Yellowcard

Lights and Sounds (2005)

This band was one of the biggest bands in the 2000s. I’m pretty sure every person who was born in the 90s will be familiar with the song “Only One” by this band as the song we would listen to when our world fell apart (at that teenage years it was most probably a break-up) and the song would hit right home every time. The band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida in the United States in 1997. They have then went on to produce 10 records to date, with albums Ocean Avenue in 2003, Lights and Sounds in 2005 being the peak of their success, being signed to Capitol Records in 2002. The band slowly faded into obscurity after their album Paper Walls in (2007) and made a comeback in 2010 with a new line-up. Their signature sound was alway a pop-punk sound with a distinct violin playing most of the hooks of the songs, which made their pop-punk sound even more emotional with the added strings. Sadly, Yellowcard has announce that they will be producing a final album and go on a farewell tour to close a chapter of a brilliant run of music in the music scene. They will be missed. Farewell, Yellowcard.

Now, the world of music is dominated by EDM music and Hip Hop, coupled with the commercial pop music. Do you think there is hope for the pop-punk scene? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!