Most Influential Pop Punk and Emo Bands

Their first album in 18 years came out in early 2026

Their singer went on to replace Tom DeLonge in Blink-182

This Stillwater, Oklahoma band broke into the mainstream with "Move Along"

Formed in Maryland back in 2003 while the members were in high school

Their singer was a drummer for both Veruca Salt and Miley Cyrus

They have a famous cover of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer"

The "Pop Punk Queen" who dropped out of high school at 16 to sign a deal with Arista Records

Travis Barker replaced the original drummer Scott Raynor in 1998

Their most famous song, "1985", is a SR-71 cover

They had a famous duet with Taylor Swift called "Two Is Better Than One"

Formed by Jesse Lacey, a former member of Taking Back Sunday

Wrote their self-titled sophomore album in a bubble in New York

One of the biggest easycore band of all time, with hits like "If It Means a Lot to You" and "The Downfall of Us All"

Created out of hardcore punk bands in the Chicago area

All six members came together from three local Texas bands

They have a famous cover of Nena's "99 Luftballons"

Formed by twin brothers Joel and Benji Madden in Waldorf, Maryland

Their 2004 concept album "American Idiot" criticized the Bush administration

Their 2014 album "Home, Like Noplace Is There" helped kick off the emo revival

This band is known for absurd song titles like “Featuring Mark Hoppus”

Their name comes from a drawing by a guitarists' younger brother

This band is named after the apartment complex where its members lived in Torrance, California

Named after a move from the hockey movie The Mighty Ducks

This Orange County band scored a massive hit with “My Own Worst Enemy"

This band "defended pop punk" in the early 2010s

This band formed in Tallahassee after the breakup of Kid Named Chicago and Defining Moment

They wrote "Your Graduation" and have been on hiatus since 2017

This Berkeley, California band became known for self-deprecating lyrics and humorous song names

They have a keyboardist who uses a Moog synthesizer

Vocalist Gerard Way witnessed 9/11 on the way to an internship at Cartoon Network

This Welsh pop-punk band took its name from a lyric in “Boom, Roasted” by Crucial Dudes

Their 2002 song "Head On Collision" inspired the name of another band on this quiz

Their 1994 album "Smash" is the best-selling independent-label album of all time

This band didn't have the same lineup on any of their first five albums

They won two Grammys in 2024 for their album "This Is Why"

Their singer of ten years Dan Lambton parted ways with the band in 2020

This Christian Rock band had hits like "Be My Escape" and "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been"

This band had a crass and humorous tone on the album "…Is a Real Boy"

This band from Quebec, Canada have hits like "I'm Just a Kid" and "Welcome to My Life"

Vocalist Andrew MacMahon went on to form Jack's Mannequin

They had a 18 year gap in between their third and fourth albums

Their 2013 debut "The Finer Things" was produced by Steve Klein of New Found Glory

Their singer literally kicked a girl off stage in Canada in 2016

The band formed 41 days into summer vacation, hence the name

Members of this band went on to form Brand New, Starlight Run, and the Color Fred

This band has both male and female vocalists

They transitioned to Shoegaze on their 2015 album "Hyperview"

This Houston, Texas band has its releases in alphabetical order

This band named itself after Kings Road where the members grew up in Bradenton, Florida

Named after a TV show from the 80s by vocalist Dan "Soupy" Campbell

Their 2004 hit "Ocean Avenue" reached #37 on the Hot 100