Been away for a while,here's my response to everything:
1.Avril Lavigne is simply pop.There is nothing punk about her(maybe the clothes)and anybody who likes her or thinks that she is punk should be banished form this thread by an administrator.
2.Simple Plan,Good Charlotte,and NFG are different from Hoobastank.The first 3 are poser bands whose purpose is no different from boy bands in that they are out to make money while trying to use punk clothing to act tough.It's sad.Hoobastank,on the other hand,is mainstream pop rock,which is basically on the same level.
Originally posted by slasherpunk18
Never heard of em,but if they are the least bit pop punk or posers(which is pretty much the same thing)I wouldn't like them.
The thing is that they aren't trying to be punk--they are really from the folk genre and they just decided to join a band with a punkish structure. They write very good pop songs to a punk structure, but they don't act punk--because they are trying to be a pop act, not a punk act.