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From Blink-182 to to Wavves, which are the best punk-pop bands ever? Here's NME's run-down.

So you like gnarly buzzsaw rock rooted in the 70s punk rebellion, plus all the ruined neon fashions, DIY attitudes and fuck the system politics that went with it. You also like shiny, chantable pop hooks about getting dumped. But which is best? The ensuing Harry Hill fight between the two has raged for decades, throwing up some of the most vibrant, savage and fun-to-get-drunk-with bands in rock history. Here’s the cream of the US punk-pop crop.

 

16. New Found Glory

A pretty, polite teen metal band with a token chunky one and comedy videos galore, Florida’s New Found Glory seemed the epitome of the kind of punked-up boyband that thrived during the early 00s boom. But having originally emerged alongside Blink-182 in the late 90s, they’d actually helped set the blueprint for the emo decade, and seemed to have 24-hour access to a bottomless well of cracking chorus hooks.

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