Blink-182: Pop-Punk Superheroes

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                         The musical genre known as Pop Punk is a relatively recent innovation in the music industry, with the majority of its most definitive development taking place within the past 40 years, and the pinnacle of its mainstream success occurring within the last couple of decades. The introduction of the mixture of catchy pop lyrics alongside blaring punk rock-style guitars and drums resulted in the revolutionary creation of an energetic, intoxicatingly catchy musical genre that has caught fire nationwide, with much of the credit deservingly being given to the exploding commercial success of Pop Punk poster-boy Blink-182. The band’s multiple chart-topping albums, in addition to countless radio replays of insanely popular hit singles such as “All The Small Things” and “Dammit”, have catapulted the Pop-punk trio into the international spotlight, effectively giving the Pop-punk genre its largest mainstream success to date. The astounding popularity and commercial success of Pop Punk powerhouse Blink-182 has revolutionized the nationwide perception and mainstream popularization of their musical genre, with much credit deservingly given to the astounding success of various breakthrough albums such as the explosive, angsty “Enema Of The State” and their self-titled masterpiece “Blink-182.”