7. Paramore

Though they’ve developed a harsher crunch as the years have gone by and the line-up has dropped away – singer Hayley Williams is the only remaining original member – Williams’ slick vocals and radio-have always kept Tennessee’s Paramore on the poppiest end of the punk-pop spectrum. It’s also helped them scale heights that most Vans Warped alumni can only dream of – Paramore co-headlined Reading & Leeds in 2014 and boasts one of the most dedicated fanbases in rock.

6. Wavves

Injecting some indie rock cool into a scene notorious for playing the jerk, San Diego’s Wavves brought a Strokes-like momentum, Neutral Milk Hotel fuzz, a psych-garage slant and an insane love for the letter ‘v’ to the punk-pop party, threatening to launch a new crossover wave to rescue the genre from its snotty thirty-year furrow.