5SOS BOYBAND OR POP PUNK BAND?

The problem with 5SOS is that they toe the line between punk band and boy band so well that everybody from Alternative Press to the Guardian is arguing about which they actually are. 

http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/is-there-really-a-difference-between-pop-punk-bands-and-boybands

POP PUNK HISTORY //

Much of punk rock mutated in the 1980's into hardcore, a harder, faster, and less melodic form of punk.
Other punk musicians headed in the opposite direction toward the synth-heavy, danceable pop that dominated the pop music world in the early 1980's.
By the late 1980's, a new form of punk began to emerge with a hard and fast guitar and drums base but powered by pop melodies like much of 70's punk rock.
California-based independent record label Lookout! helped spearhead this development.

A group of California-based bands, often referred to as the first wave of punk pop, began to succeed commercially in the wake of the mass success of grunge rock in the early 1990's.
Among these bands were Green Day, who originally recorded for Lookout! Records, and Rancid.
Green Day moved to major record label Reprise in 1994 and gained such commercial success with the album Dookie they were accused of being sell-outs.

A second wave of punk pop bands emerged in the late 1990's. They were led by another California-based band, blink-182. The sound of second wave bands is marked by a radio-friendly sheen to their music, but it still maintains much of the speed and attitude of classic punk rock. Other punk pop bands from around the U.S. and Canada were soon signed by major labels. These included Good Charlotte, Bowling for Soup, and Sum 41.



http://top40.about.com/od/popmusic101/p/punkpop.htm

POP PUNK BANDS

This article talks about big pop punk bands covering other band.

ALL TIME LOW COVERING BLINK 182'S DAMMIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu_BhELORIw&safe=active

http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/13_pop_punk_bands_covering_other_pop_punk_bands

Biggest eras of pop punk music //

http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_5_great_eras_of_pop_punk_from_the_70s_to_today

Mainstream peak of pop punk music was in the late 90s with Blink 182
This article talks about the biggest eras of pop punk music from the 70s

5 Seconds Of Summer are important to pop punk music genre

http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/why_5_seconds_of_summer_are_more_important_to_pop_punk_than_you_think

POP PUNK STRING THEORY

Top 10 punk bands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCQsJ_Z3-E

Bad Religion is a band that combined their love with the ramones, the sex pistols and the clash with their interest in black flag.
The sex pistols they kick started the genre and made the genre mainstream. Main influence of pop punk bands.
The Ramones: original, artistic vision and minimalist fashion sense.