Noun
pop punk (uncountable)
(music) A genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music.
pop-punk (uncountable)
Alternative form of pop punk.
pop-punk
In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework. Patrick Stump
By the mid-1990s, as elements of the movement began to attract mainstream interest, particularly grunge and then Britpop, post-grunge and pop-punk, the term alternative began to lose its meaning. Source: Internet
Because I grew up listening to pop-punk and he showed me all these incredible bands: Talking Heads, LCD Sound System, and New Order. Source: Internet
And so on to the next one, a row of identical pop-punk cookie-cutter houses lined off into the horizon, until you’re totally burned out. Source: Internet
By infusing upbeat, anthemic pop-punk with the burbling fuzz of the Moog synthesizer, Motion City Soundtrack fuse two musically and generationally distinct strains of retro. Source: Internet
Fifteen years ago, a mysterious top-hatted figure and a parade of circus performers interrupted a wedding in a music video with an unconventional soundtrack: an energetic pop-punk song with a bouncy, carnivalesque cello opening. Source: Internet