In its third wave, emo blurred into the adjacent alternative rock genre, pop-punk. This playlist shows pop-punk’s evolution, starting with early blueprints, such as Ramones and Buzzcocks, and ultimately building to mainstream success and beyond.

Chain Saw / Ramones
What Do I Get? / Buzzcocks
Give You Nothing / Bad Religion
Suburban Home / Descendents
Teenagers From Mars / Misfits
My Brain Hurts / Screeching Weasel
She / Green Day
Come Out and Play / The Offspring
Damnit / blink-182
Fat Lip / Sum 41
My Friends Over You / New Found Glory
Punk Rock Princess / Something Corporate
Become What You Hate / Midtown
The Anthem / Good Charlotte
Sk8er Boi / Avril Lavigne
Helena / My Chemical Romance
Sugar, We’re Goin Down / Fall Out Boy
London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines / Panic! At The Disco
Dirty Little Secret / The All-American Rejects
MakeDamnSure / Taking Back Sunday
Misery Business / Paramore
Dear Maria, Count Me In / All Time Low
Into Your Arms / The Maine
Lights and Sounds / Yellowcard
About a Girl / The Academy Is…
There, There / The Wonder Years
Elevated / State Champs
I’ve Given Up on You / Real Friends
Candour / Neck Deep
Untitled / Knuckle Puck
Voldemort / With Confidence