Pop punk had arrived — and the genre had gone bubblegum. For Adam Lazzara, frontman of 00s emo pop punk superstars Taking Back Sunday, punk was never about following a strict musical formula, anyway. “I think as teenagers, the first American punk bands that we started listening to were pop punk bands like Blink-182, Green Day and then even bands like Rancid,” vocalist Greg Barnett explains. Set It Off’s Cody Carson has an even more direct response to anyone who says pop punk isn’t “real” punk. Born in the teen bedroomNow, Set It Off are becoming the pop punk gateway band for a new generation.