Pop = Popular Music.
Rock = Popular Music.
Subgenres of Rock = Popular Music.
You could call the band Black Sabbath pop in the 1970s and be considered technically correct. As pop stands for popular music.
It's only in the last twenty years or so that "pop" and rock have become such mortal enemies, as with the rise of Dance Pop, Boy Bands and (increased) Bubblegum Pop, the punk scene of the early 90's (and late 80's), as well as Grunge and Alternative Music, seperated themselves from Hairmetal pop ballads and the above.
Thus, I don't really see punk rock as pop. But it has been at times considered "popular music".
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