Punk started in the 1970's as a offensive, underground rebellion against mainstream popular culture music. Rock ensambles like Green Day, Iggy Pop, and Pere Ubu boosted punk music back in 1990. This time the blend of lively, upfront rock with smooth pop melodies hang around on the MTV. These days, self-styled punk pop is a key element in the world of chart music. These ten albums are the best starting points to learn punk pop.

1. blink-182 - Enema of the State

In blink-182's endless struggle to offend all adults in the locality, this record album showed a person dressed as an enema nurse on the cover. The music on the record is adolescent and catchy with the massive hit single “Mutt.”

2. The Donnas - Spend the Night

Girls perform punk rock, as well, and this disc is an abundant evidence of the fact. The group formed themselves after the Ramones in New York City with every performer going by the name Donna. Misery Business Download to listen to it.

3. Good Charlotte - Young and the Hopeless

A band from Waldorf, Maryland Good Charlotte with Paul Thomas got into the top 10 of the pop album chart. It's filled with stories of high school and difficult mothers. The smashing hit track is “The Anthem.”

4. Green Day - American Idiot

Later retreating from their 90's fleeting surge of popularity, Green Day retreated to the studio to mix punk rock's first opera. Despite the fact that the band was anxious about their fan's reaction to Jesus of Suburbia, it turned out to be an American rock classic topping the charts and winning an award for Best Punk Album of 2004.

5. The Lemonheads - Ceiling Fan in My Spoon

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