Why do people call bands like Fall Out Boy and Good charlotte "Sellouts"? (punk, rock)

~~Gareth Brown~~ · 09-05-2008, 12:14 PM

Fall Out Boy, Blink 182 etc. Have never sold their music on some sort of punk rock image.

~~Gareth Brown~~ · 09-05-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

That's the thing - it isn't more commercialized. Everyone just seems to love pretending that Dookie wasn't poppy.

Uh..... no they don't. People just think that the music that they've been making of recent is ****(i don't actually mind American Idiot) most people who love that album- myself included, judge it as a pop album.

Grunge_Junkie · 09-05-2008, 12:38 PM

isn't fall out boy emo? there not even punk...

File 13 · 09-05-2008, 05:55 PM

LOL They are not emo. I would call them pop-punk if anything.

Alfred · 09-05-2008, 06:00 PM

They're not pop-punk either.

They're as punk as The Jonas Brothers.

File 13 · 09-05-2008, 06:02 PM

I would call their earlier work pop-punk (Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend & Take This to Your Grave). Their last 2 albums have definitely been pop music though.

Alfred · 09-05-2008, 10:38 PM

I wouldn't call any of it pop-punk. Pop-rock at absolute best.

FireInCairo · 09-06-2008, 06:14 AM

what have they got to do with punk???

FireInCairo · 09-06-2008, 06:14 AM

and real emo is utter ****
but im sure emo fans would be appalled that this commercialized mall-pop is considered emo

GreenStreet · 09-11-2008, 06:19 AM

perhaps cause they change styles, just to get famous, even though they made good music before they got commercial...

it's all about the money...

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09-05-2008, 05:55 PM	#154 (permalink)
File 13 Groupie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: California Posts: 20	LOL They are not emo. I would call them pop-punk if anything. __________________ No Music, No Life

09-05-2008, 06:00 PM	#155 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	They're not pop-punk either. They're as punk as The Jonas Brothers. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

09-05-2008, 06:02 PM	#156 (permalink)
File 13 Groupie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: California Posts: 20	I would call their earlier work pop-punk (Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend & Take This to Your Grave). Their last 2 albums have definitely been pop music though. __________________ No Music, No Life

09-05-2008, 10:38 PM	#157 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	I wouldn't call any of it pop-punk. Pop-rock at absolute best. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

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~~Gareth Brown~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 295	Fall Out Boy, Blink 182 etc. Have never sold their music on some sort of punk rock image.

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FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	what have they got to do with punk??? __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.

09-06-2008, 06:14 AM	#159 (permalink)
FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	and real emo is utter ** but im sure emo fans would be appalled that this commercialized mall-pop is considered emo __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.**

09-11-2008, 06:19 AM	#160 (permalink)
GreenStreet Groupie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 23	perhaps cause they change styles, just to get famous, even though they made good music before they got commercial... it's all about the money...