Screeching Weasel, they're so cute haha :)

The Thermals
Descendents
Ramones
Buzzcocks
The Queers
Rancid (used to like em a lot)

Descendents (Milo Goes to College era)
Ramones
Buzzcocks
Groovie Ghoulies
Green Day (pre 1997)
Bouncing Souls
NOFX

is that same as softcore punk? how about X? where do they fit in?

Rites of Spring, Jawbox

Niiceeee, you know Jawbox? They're great. So are Burning Airlines and his latest group, Channels. And Rites of Spring are also ace

Yea i like a great deal of the Dischord punk groups, Jawbox are awesome!

I would add Q and not U to the list of good pop punk bands too.

hmm i wonder why their guitarist/vocalist has a 2 humbucker jag...

Early GG has a power-pop/New York Dolls sound to it but with extremely vulgar lyrics. I find it enjoyable, much better than his later grunty hardcore shit.

Blondie.

I never tire of them. I even find stuff to like on their (crappier) somewhat recent releases.

The Ramones

Jawbox freakin' rules. They always seemed underrated to me. Saw em live a couple times.

To me they are the quintessential 'pop punk' band. Loved them for years.

Oh, and the Buzzcocks.

Novelty is a fantastic record.

That's a good 'un, but For Your Own Special Sweetheart is my fave. I remember seeing the Savory video on 120 minutes and being instantly blown away by that song.

do you know Black Lips? is that punk? I just call it good music(they put on killer show).

also anyone see Silversun Pickups on leno last night? great band.

i caught them.
i think that single of theirs sounds better when the singer is screaming, as he does near the end of the song, rather than the light, whispery singing.
sounds so much stronger and powerful that way. the whole song should've been like that.
when i went to their myspace page and heard how polished the song sounded it was a turn off.
great song though.

Depends what you're referring to as 'pop punk'. If you're referring to bands such as the Buzzcocks, The Ramones etc, then you're also referring to the Clash etc, and that was/is punk and I very much like it. But if you're referring to the 'so cal' stuff like NOFX, Blink 182, Lagwagon etc, then no, I'm not a fan of pop punk.

The Lost Patrol Band are awesome.

haha, I don't even know what to call them. Folk punk? Just acoustic? I have one of their albums, it's the one with just Lisa and Dennis