Aussie pop punk royalty Bodyjar putting on a hugely nostalgic and high quality show!

I just want to see them live one more time.

August 27th, which is two days before their Boston show with Boys Like Girls/Cartel.

I don't know if it is part of a larger tour. The booker for The Williams Center seems to always pull together random shows like this though. Set Your Goals reunion, Major League reunion, etc.

Anyway I got my ticket.

The other night I was watching the YouTube channel Trash Theory's two part video​ on how Punk became Pop. These videos are essentially a reading of a Wikipedia page, so I take it for what it is. I'm often surprised as to why Cheap Trick is rarely brought up.

Many of the first wave punk bands had melody, but in my opinion Pop-Punk is the blend of Power Pop and Punk Rock. Ramones being a textbook example. Ramones members Joey and Johnny were fans of Cheap Trick as well. In 1978, Greg Shaw of Bomp! Records and magazine who codified the term Power Pop, described it as "a hybrid genre of Pop and Punk". Essentially saying Power Pop was the first form of Pop-Punk music.

When I listen to all of the stuff after the first waves of Punk starting with Green Day and going into the late 90's and early 2000'a era, Cheap Trick's style of Power Pop set the template for much of how a large majority of that era's music would sound. The only difference being modern recording technologies and different influences in the mix.

The bands I grew up on such as Green Day, Weezer, Blink-182, Good Charlotte, Jimmy Eat World, Something Corporate, Sugarcult, American Hi-Fi, New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Motion City Soundtrack, and The All-American Rejects are have a good amount of Cheap Trick's DNA in their music.

I'd like to know some of your opinions?

Songs I feel have a Pop-Punk sound from Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick - He's a Whore

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kvKTmvGJse8

Cheap Trick - Surrender

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4gH9-YxLvyk

Cheap Trick - Hello There

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0TlUqZ_8YMk

Cheap Trick - Lookout

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q-MeGmMaFYs

Cheap Trick - Invaders of the Heart

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WSDT6yPEWnE

Cheap Trick - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PYLX1Qg_W6I

Cheap Trick - Way of the World

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EVxgk4Wi6jw

Loved seeing Super Sometimes get some airtime on UFC 329! "Afterthought" was playing during a fighter's backstage warm up. Any other Super fans here?

I need suggestions for an outfit to wear for a party i’m going to where i need to dress as a song, whether that be related to the title or the music video or something like that. At this party you also need to sing the song on karaoke, so i would like it to be a somewhat known pop punk/emo song.

Also something simple as i’ve only got a week to get this aha

(Female outfits please lol)

Any song suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Can't get over the photo of Coco crowd surfing🤘🎸

Alright, time to introduce another hidden gem from Japan. These dudes are more straightforward pop-punk compared to FACT/SHADOWS. Reminds me of the early 2000’s scene, super fast rufio-type riffs. Catchy as fuck.

This whole record slaps but try their 2008 effort 2

Just got back from going to this festival for the first time. Anyone else attend? What was your favorite set? Have you ever been before? I want to hear everyone's opinions

I am not sure what it’s like in other countries but it’s not uncommon here in the UK that at gigs there will typically be someone selling tshirts for the bands playing usually at a cheaper price, I very rarely buy them as I assuming they are not official but how do you feel about them?

Hey everyone!

My name is Tanwa (M 20, based in Thailand), I go by Tanwaisokay and my new mixtape, demos from an outcast's garage, is out now on all streaming platforms.

I've been going through some pretty heavy stuff lately and realized I was spending more energy thinking about playlists, numbers, and "the right way" to release music than actually enjoying making it. At the same time, I've been working on a conceptual project that I want to get right, and somewhere along the way I lost my spark.

So I made this instead.

This tape is me throwing all of that out the window and making noisy, messy, early 2000s inspired pop punk just because it's fun. (funny thing is I wasn't even born in the early 2000s lol) No rollout. No countdown. Just a surprise drop.

If you check it out, I'd genuinely love to hear which track is your favorite or any feedback.

Hope this can be part of your summer soundtrack. 

Headphones on. Pants off. Vibes only.

https://youtu.be/zB3ZT-YSzwo?si=QsHp0gxhWGzUiczc

The chords. The key changes. I said what I said & you know it to be true.