Pop Punk Junk Vol. 7
We’ve had members of both New Found Glory and Good Luck crash on our floor/couch in the past. Funny how things like that work out, huh? The After School Special song and The Heartdrops song are two of my wife’s faves from way back in the day. I’ve gotta agree. MP3 from the 1999 album (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 6
Here’s the sixth in this series but first since the site’s been revamped and first is quite some time. The most obscure track here is probably Lounge’s “Danbury.” Makes me wonder what ever happened to these guys. MP3 from the 1995 album …And Out Come The Wolves from the 2008 album Take Control from the (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 5
Number 5 of the Pop Punk Junk series is awesome. Sicko, The Ergs!, my favorite Descendents song, and even the often overlooked Hagfish, how could you go wrong? I remember when Amy bought the Hagfish record on vinyl at Missing Link Records in Indianapolis back in ’98. That store (like so many other great record (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 4
Here’s the fourth installment of this silly mega compilation I’m putting together. For some reason whenever I listen to Cletus, I think of Andy Pishko. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. MP3 | Pennywise – Dying To Know from the 1993 album Unknown Road MP3 | The Unlovables – (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 3
More pop punk than you can shake a stick at. From the short-lived Sludgeworth to current stuff that borders on mall-punk, pop punk comes in many different flavors. Consider this a sampler platter. MP3 | MxPx – Punk Rawk Show from the 1995 album Teenage Politics MP3 | All Time Low – Dear Maria Count (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 2
So here’s round two of what might be a never ending stream of pop punk coming out of my speakers. I wasn’t going to include the China Drum song this early in the series, but a message from my guy Jeff (of the great Rocket Fuel podcast) the other day about the band prompted me (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 1
My new daughter, Teagan Reese, was born a week ago today and that day also happened to be exactly 4 years from my first post on this blog. During the 4 years that CYSTSFTS has been in existence, I’ve made my affinity for pop punk no secret. It’s the music I grew up listening to (Read more…)
