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Originally Posted by Janszoon
There are a lot of terms that are applied retroactively to bands. For example, The Stooges are now referred to as protopunk but obviously nobody referred to anything as protopunk until after punk became a well known genre. Likewise, the Ramones may not have been called pop punk back in the 70s, but their sound was heavily influenced by early 60s pop such as The Beach Boys and they were a major influence on pop punk bands that came later. So they're arguably the original pop punk band.
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While the Ramones were undoubtedly highly influential on the genre, I would argue that Go Girl Crazy by the Dictators is the original pop punk album.
I'm surprised so many people are agreeing with me. I was certain calling those classic bands pop punk would be a controversial opinion. I was honestly expecting more insults and doubts about my credibility and knowledge thrown my way. Thanks guys!