And I'm writing this in the year 2006, where it seems as if the well had been tapped eons earlier. By stringing together elements and genres we've all heard before in a more original way, there is actually something original to be found in mixing pop punk and hardcore. The combination is deadly catchy and considering pop punk's youthfulness is more whimsical and wistful, and hardcore's has more conviction and dedication, that combination too feels incredibly fresh and enjoyable. From pop punk, they lift the catchy melodies, but these feel more like the ones of Rufio and Bodyjar, and a positive youthful attitude, and from hardcore they lifted the shouted vocals, energetic pace, and also the positive youthful attitude. Instead of taking the saccharine poppiness and sophomoricism of Good Charlotte and poor impersonations of Frodus' guitar work, why not lift better combinations from each genre? One example of such a different type of cross pollination is Set Your Goals. However, all crossovers of these two genres don't need to be so banal and expected. The result is really just pop/pop punk music with a slight edge from the screaming and non-power chord guitar work. However, when I say pop punk and hardcore, I really mean the pop punk that lies closer to pop, like Good Charlotte or Relient K, and really mean post-hardcore, which uses screaming instead of shouting and whole bunch of arpeggiated guitar chords.
I don't think I have to name names, but I will anyway, Victory Records. Pop Punk and hardcore get mixed around a lot these days.
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