From Blink-182 to to Wavves, which are the best punk-pop bands ever? Here's NME's run-down.
11. Motion City Soundtrack
When Motion City Soundtrack split in 2016 we lost one of the most thoughtful and idiosyncratic members of the pop punk family. They had a touch of Death Cab For Cutie’s sensitive emo rock about them, Jesse Johnson’s squealing Moog melodies brought a new wave-y fizz to the scene and singer Justin Pierre had a tender way with emo’s standard-issue heartbreak, singing about his relationship failings from the perspective of lovers and family members.
10. Alkaline Trio
Before he replaced Tom DeLonge in Blink-182, Matt Skiba fronted Alkaline Trio, a band that proved the ‘pop’ part of punk-pop didn’t have to mean comedy videos, skate fashions and hair better suited to a puffa fish. There was real art behind videos for ‘Help Me’ and ‘Mercy Me’ and dark themes at play on albums such as ‘Good Mourning’ and ‘Agony & Irony’. The thinking fan’s sk8erboys.
