Putting the ‘punk’ back into pop-punk
Analysing presentations of deviance in pop-punk music
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21873345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justus Grebe (0000-0002-5218-2630, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), Robert A Winkler (0000-0002-3775-0652, University of Salzburg) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-27 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Punk & Post Punk (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2044-1983 • E-ISSN: 2044-3706 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/punk_00032_1 |
| OpenAlex | W3029343131 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
Writing on pop-punk, the melodic branch of punk that rose to fame in the mid-to-late-1990s, usually centres on the pop aspect of the genre: its popularity, polished sound and commercialization. Defining punk as a culture of deviance, this article in contrast examines the punk aspect of pop-punk by analysing the ways deviance is presented in the music videos ‘All the Small Things’ by blink-182, ‘In Too Deep’ by Sum 41, and ‘Original Prankster’ by the Offspring, all released at the turn of the millennium. Understanding music videos as media advertising a song, an album and an artist and analysing the interplay of visuals, music and lyrics therein, we argue that blink-182 and Sum 41 present themselves as deviant by staging a notion of authenticity, ridiculing mainstream pop and appropriating the ‘prankster’ stereotype, while the Offspring take a more nuanced stance on the matter of pranking. Concluding, we attribute this difference to the generational gap between the bands and briefly identify the different waves of pop-punk
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Blues · Literature · Lyrics · Mainstream · Political science · Popular music · Popularity · Punk · Visual arts · Computer Science · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Music History and Culture · Psychology · Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |