Worst Pop Punk Bands

OK the band classifies itself as pop punk but they just don't know what's its about. Their lyrics are generic I mean it's a band made up of "attractive" young males, who sing about girls and whose lyrics have no greater meaning so why aren't they number one. Little kids like them and this style of music isn't even for little kids its for teenagers. The little kids think there oh so emo and alternative but people who are teenagers not understanding the difference between alternative and pop punk and 5sos. Those people who don't understand the difference should go listen to Fall out boy, Green Day, Paramore, Blink 182, my chemical romance and panic at the disco aka real pop punk/ alternate bands who unlike 5sos don't use auto tune and shouldn't be on this list. Don't compare them to those bands unless your pointing out the obvious difference between them and although they say they are influenced by bands like Green Day they are nothing like Green Day.

They sound like a watered down version of pop punk, which itself is a watered down version of punk rock. They are just like the average boy band; their music quality is that of a boy band but they play instruments. The band sucks. Many girls at my school obsess over this band and one direction and it's extremely annoying. I've heard them having an argument with each other on whether they are a rock band or not. Well, a boy band is a pop group that usually has attractive members and appeals to teenage girls. That being said, five seconds of summer is just another lame boy band like one direction.

5SOS ain't a boy band. They started from the bottom, doing covers on YouTube and catching the attention of people who gave them the chance to tour and become famous. They are all very young (18-20) but write most of their songs by themselves and play their own songs, unlike many other bands. They deserve a lot of respect for all these things they've accomplished and shouldn't be judged because of all the hysterical groupies and fake fans; I'm not talking about the 5sos family, because these ones are the real fans, and the best ones.

Yay. A boy band. So original. Their music is TOTALLY original. Ah, screw it. Five Seconds of Summer SUCKS. Don't even get me started on their fanbase. Their fanbase makes it harder to like them. They also waste the best singer in the band having him ONLY play an instrument and sing a couple lines every once in a while. Everyone says they're punk rock, but they aren't. I've even heard someone compare them to Green Day. Where their brain went, I have no idea. I could keep going on and on but I'm going to stop here.

Geez, there is a girl in my class who thinks she's all "punk rawk" fangirling this soft-lovey-dovey-pop-rock band, gr, I hate posers so much due to the fact they haven't even heard of Sex Pistols, Guns'n'Roses, etc. And never acknowledge the fact punk was originally a protest against the Veitnemese war, and some of the protesters have DIED getting there opinion out, now, I may be aggravating it with this crazy rant but seriously, 6th graders these days, pff, I can't wait to go to grade 7 next year...

I notice that a lot of the comments against this band are getting tons of dislikes. Honestly, they're just like Good Charlotte and other mediocre pop punk bands of the early 2000s. Still don't agree with me? Go on YouTube and watch Rocked's Regretting The Past on Simple Plan and you'll understand what I mean.

Simple Plan isn't anything special or unique, and a little too whiny. On a higher note Paramore shouldn't be in first place, Fall Out Boy deserves a lower rank, blink-182 shouldn't be on here and We Are The In Crowd is a little too pop not sure if they're pop punk

You know the whole pop punk stereotype? Always talking about their friends, whiny voice, regrettable tattoos, badly placed piercings, pizza, kinda 15-year old boy vibe? That's not as much of a stereotype, but more a sad truth with these guys.

For starters, nothing says daddy issues like the lyrics to "The Anthem". Besides that, their instrumentation is tight, yet very simple and while their vocalist technically hits all the notes he's supposed to hit, his voice still sounds awful.

I can't even believe they are compared to Blink-182. That is like comparing The Beatles and One Direction. This band should not be compared to a masterpiece band like Blink-182, they are obviously better than Good Charlotte.

Not only one of the worst pop-punk bands, one of the worst bands period. This is the musical equivalent of belly button lint, you know it exists but you're not sure why.

Yeah good charlotte are not very good, but there are some really good talent on this list man, like simple plan, AAR, PARAMORE, FOB, NFG, and I can't believe the Sex Pistols are on here -. -

Hayley treats the band as her solo project, the rest of the band doesn't get any credit. Ask anyone who likes Paramore, they probably just thing "Paramore" is Hayley's artist name. That's why the members of the band are changing all the time. Haley just uses them and replaces them when she feels like it.

Paramore at first place really? They're badass, they come on strong which is why most people either love or hate them. But unlike most other pop punk bands they're not so generic and actually have creativity.

This why this site isn't credible. Ranked #1 on worst pop-punk bands (unfairly, up until the self-titled album, they were simply amazing) and then #7 on best pop-punk bands.

How I feel about Paramore being on this list is complicated.
If you're saying Riot! -era Paramore is bad, what? you deaf?
If you're saying Hard Times era Paramore is bad, I wholeheartedly agree.

It really sucks to see such a great band get so crappy over time. This band is one where you can see the progression from good to crap, almost like a backward evolution chart, where their first album was like the human in all of its complexities, and their latest one is so dumbed down that only literal primates could possibly enjoy that shlock. In addition to this, I would like to hear some real instruments every once in a while. Even Iglooghost (an electonic artist) does that. In short, I want this band to go back to their roots and just rock out like they should.

Hey, why is Fall Out Boy on this list? They're awesome and talented! There's more to them than just a couple songs you heard on the radio, like "Centuries" or "Uma Thurman". In fact, most of their fans don't even like those songs! For the true FOB, listen to songs like "Sugar, We're Going Down", "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", "Save Rock and Roll", "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark", and a lot more. Also, I hate it when people call them posers! They're not even emo, morons. Leave them alone!

Why are they on here? They don't belong here at all! I love them so much and I hate the fact that people call them sellouts and unoriginal... Not. True. Leave them alone and don't say anything about my muffin babies!

They are not sell-outs. Everyone is bound to change after 15 years. They are still really good and are no less talented or anything. Their old albums are amazing anyway, you have to admit.

Well, they can't be Paramore rip-offs if they formed first, just saying. Paramore formed in 2005, All Time Low formed in 2003. They sound nothing like Fall Out Boy, or any others. They're unique. They don't write the same song over and over and over. I Feel Like Dancin' and Time-Bomb. Same? Not at all. Very different. A Love Like War and Remembering Sunday. Same? No. Not at all. Every song is about partying, growing up, girls? SO what? They're young. That's what they think about. Make you feel low? Just because they're name is All Time LOW doesn't mean they make sad music. Most of it is very upbeat and happy. ATL actually has quite a large male following, too. Simple Plan sucks. They're very unique and brilliant. No sense of experimentation? I Feel Like Dancin'. Have fun proving that it's just the same as all their other songs. I think they're one of the greatest bands of all time.

Joke of a list. Paramore, Good Charlotte, Fall Out Boy and Simple Plan are brilliant bands. This band is a rip off of all before them. Incredibly overrated by tweens who know nothing about pop punk, their fan base is practically made up of hot topic girls who want to bang Alex Gaskarth.

These guys and the countless other bands that have singers that sound just like this are god awful. So whiney, no inflection, terrible. They started apearing like a decade ago and they keep multiplying like damn rodents.

All time low just keep writing the same song over and over again, they have no sense of experimentation. Just three chords and every song is about girls, partying, or growing up.

Tom and mark are both terrible live musicians, (Travis to be fair is awesome) and neither of them can sing. while I do enjoy some of there songs majority of them are diabolical. respect there success but they are a crap overrated band.
- toms vocals on 'I miss you' actually make me want to rip out my ear drums and any live performance where tom is actually playing is terrible

In all honesty, blink 182 has awful vocals, bland songs that are slightly changed to make new ones, etc. These guys try to be funny, but they fail miserably and resort by running naked through the streets...

Remember the days of the Stooges and the Sex Pistols, when punk was a rebellion against the machine? Well guess what, now punk's being produced BY the machine, and Blink-182 is at the front of the line.

Little known Biblical fact: In order to pay for the sins of the world, God let Jesus choose between crucifixion and listening to Blink-182's entire discography. The rest is history.

Panic! is a really good band that gets a lot of unwarranted hate for just being a little bit on the emo side. If you are one of those people who hates Panic! for that reason, you should really just listen to a few of their songs like "The Emperor's New Clothes", or some of their older stuff like "I Write Sins Not Tragedies". You will probably end up looking into their lyrics to find a quite a bit of intellect behind them.

Panic! at one point actually had good background music, but now all they care about is vocals so all of their new stuff is awful. I seriously cannot name any of the instruments in the background just by hearing one of their songs.

They're amazing. They're pop punk. They change their sound with every album. If you want an example, listen to A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.

I don't like emo. I'm sorry, but I thought this was pop-punk.

Are you kidding me? Zebrahead are quality, and are a million times more original than ALL of the bands on this list. They can play play anything from funk, to hip-hop, to straight up punk and hard rock. Their progression on each record is astounding, and their sound is completely original. No way do they deserve to be higher up on the list than Panic, or even on the list at all.

Zebrahead is more intense than most pop-punk bands, which may drive some people away, but popularity should NEVER be used to judge a band. In fact, this band is an underrated diamond in the rough in my humble opinion.

Why would anyone even THINK to put Zebrahead anywhere on here? Seriously! Zebrahead is personally one of my favorite bands of all time. Plus, they aren't even a pop punk band. They are Rap-Rock and Punk Rock.

What about His World? From Sonic 06? It's amazing! If there was a remake, Gerard Way could cover it.

The lyrics are so bad that they make me laugh. Regardless, I still listen to them so...

WHAT they don't even deserve to be on this list they are so non pop punk!

But

1D isn't even pop punk
Like I'm not a fan nor do I hate him
But that's like
What?

1D isn't even punk

Green day gets a lot of hate for posers who "are so punk," but what people don't realize is that they have made many songs that should be counted as punk. Their older albums were full of the punk elements that made them so well known. If you don't believe me, listen to 39/Smooth, Kerplunk, Dookie, and Insomniac. I don't know about Nimrod or Warning though. It was only after American Idiot that the posers came in, and those songs were not even supposed to be punk.

Y'know, I actually like Green Day, but Green Day on this website is really annoying. You can't go on one list without Green Day being number one. People say "Green Day is the best punk band evarrr! 1! 1! " But they're not even punk. Even if they were, they wouldn't be the best. Also, Green Day didn't invent pop-punk. I'd recommend doing some research. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I like Green Day, but not their fanbase.

Green Day wouldn't bother me so much if their fans werent annoying. They always say that they are the best punk band ever when in reality, they have more of a pop-punk/alternative sound to them.

Green Day fans face it, they will never be worthy of comparison to The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, The Clash, etc.

Green Day are just corporate business man's answer to "punk rock" the fact that punk was about doing you own thing makes all punk bands posers because they took something that was true and made it mean nothing. Pop punk is going to kill punk. even the word pop punk is an oxymoron

First of all, Pierce the Veil is NOT pop-punk. Whoever made this list could stand to learn a bit more about the genre before they start grouping bands in it.

Second of all, I don't understand how PTV could be included on a list of 'worst' bands considering how unique and amazing their music is. Their lyrics are surprisingly deep and intelligent, their guitars heavy and carrying a raw rock sound that'll start a mosh pit faster than lead singer of A Day To Remember shouting "DISRESPECT YOUR SURROUNDINGS."

Being one of the most popular bands among whats considered the 'emo' genre, they get a lot of hate. Although they deserve very little if any of it, as most any educated music critic listening to them would appreciate their sound and lyrics that I could never call 'generic' in the least. Or do most rock bands sing about having stained glass eyes and colorful tears and I'm just an overly sensitive emo trying to protect their favorite smol beans? Why PTV is on this list, I ...more

Dear imbeciles,

Pierce The Veil is not pop punk, much less a bad band. Have a good day.

This is post hardcore not pop punk! They ain't Evan pop. Why are they in the list?

No matter what they say Pierce the veil is a pop punk band disguised.

I don't get why they are on this list. My Chemical Romance is one of the best bands of all times. Their songs and lyrics are amazing. Whoever says they're bad is completely wrong, they've let their marks in music history. Their memory will carry on, we'll carry on. Proud killjoy.

First of all, My Chemical Romance was actually a great band and I'm proud to listen to them. Obviously this list is a total joke because The Offspring is known as one of the BEST PUNK ROCK bands in history and so are Sex Pistols.

The people who put Ramones and Sex Pistols on here must be joking. These guys aren't pop-punk, they're the greatest bands in punk history. They made punk what it is.

I personally wasn't interested when I heard them, but they have great lyrics and voices. I don't know why they're on this list.

When they made "pop-punk" music, they dropped "punk" and couldn't find it again.

Falling in Reverse is definitely one of my all time favorite bands. Their music is incredible and so catchy and I sold my soul to this band.

Whoever put this up here is truly an idiot. Not only were the Sex Pistols not part of the ironic perversion that is pop punk, they were also one of the groups, including the Ramones and the Stooges, that pioneered punk made it great for a little while. All I have to say to the person who put this here, shut up go listen to your Blink-182 records, maybe you'll eventually have so little brain power that you won't be able to annoy anyone with your obnoxious taste in music anymore.

I voted for the Sex Pistols because A. Sid Vicious is a murderer and B. All those people that say "pop-punk sucks! Green Day sucks! " Are just sorry to see that punk rock has developed decent talent and vocals. (they don't call him johnny rotten for nothing! ) But yes, FSOS sucks, they are one direction for 13 year old girls that say they are into "punk-rock"

While they are punk, unlike the most of this list. They're not good punk. Pretty much a boy band in a sense but supported by a different group of teen girls. Want real punk? Try bad brains or black flag. If your mom knows about them they're not all that punk. (My opinion though I found them to be pretty damn annoying)

What!? The pistols are pioneers of punk, they are not pop punk. They weren't afraid of anyone, they even influenced Joe Strummer