Skate Punk is a music genre and subculture that originated in the early 1980s, emerging from the hardcore punk scenes of Southern California. It is characterized by its deep and inseparable connection to skateboarding culture. Musically, the genre is characterized by the high-speed tempos of hardcore punk, combined with more melodic guitar riffs, solos, and catchy, often harmonized, vocal hooks. While early skate punk was a raw form of hardcore, the genre evolved in the 1990s as many bands, such as NOFX, Bad Religion, and Pennywise, incorporated the more accessible melodies of pop-punk, bringing the sound to a wider audience.

The associated subculture, whose members are often called skatepunks, is defined by a raw, unpolished version of the general Skater aesthetic. The fashion is based on practicality and a DIY ethos , featuring worn-out skate shoes, band t-shirts, and a generally unkempt appearance that stands in contrast to the more brand-conscious styles that later developed within mainstream skateboarding.

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Pop-Punk would be an evolution from the Skatepunk look, with blink-182, Unwritten Law and New Found Glory being former skatepunk bands before moving into a pop punk sound.

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