Ten years ago pop-punk band Yellowcard released their well-known LP Ocean Avenue, and today the Florida natives are commemorating the occasion by releasing an acoustic version of the album that helped them gain mainstream success.
If you’re anything like us, the fact that Yellowcard’s Ocean Avenue just celebrated its 10th anniversary on July 22 is probably making you more than a little bit nostalgic for some other mainstream pop-punk bands that hit it big in the early ’00s, and if you are, Hypable’s got you covered!
So sit back, relax and let us light up your sky by highlighting Yellowcard plus five other awesome bands from the early ’00s that are worth revisiting!
Yellowcard
Considering this list was completely inspired by the 10th anniversary of Ocean Avenue, we figured it only appropriate to kick things off by talking about Yellowcard.
Littered with hits like “Breathing,” “Only One,” and “Empty Apartment,” Yellowcard’s 2003 album may not have been their first full length venture, but to many it’s probably the one they most associate with the band.
One listen to the album’s ever-popular titular single, “Ocean Avenue,” will probably have you swimming in nostalgic thoughts of days spent in the summer sun with good friends. And the fact that these Florida rockers have chosen to bestow us with a full acoustic rendition of the album that won many of us over and turned us into fans back in 2003 is a real treat!
Check out Yellowcard’s acoustic rendition of “Ocean Avenue” featured on their new album, out today!
New Found Glory
Hailing from Coral Springs, Florida, this five-piece band have been labeled by many music news outlets as the “godfathers of pop-punk.” Whether you agree with that statement or not, credit must be given where credit is due.
You’d be hard pressed to deny that these Florida rockers, who found themselves on the rise during the same time as Blink-182, definitely paved the way for other pop-punk/pop-rock acts like Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, and All Time Low to break into the mainstream. (Fun fact: All Time Low’s name was actually inspired by a line in New Found Glory’s single, “Head On Collision.”)
The band’s third studio album Sticks and Stones, released in June of 2002, peaked at the no. 4 spot on the Billboard 200 Chart and featured one of New Found Glory’s most popular singles to date, “My Friends Over You.”
Nostalgia aside, these punk-rockers continue to make music and tour the world today. In case you missed it, New Found Glory released their latest studio album, Radiosurgery back in 2011 and it’s definitely worth a listen if you were a fan of their earlier material!
Good Charlotte
This Maryland pop-punk group, comprised in part by their recognizable twin frontmen Benji and Joel Madden, burst onto the scene in 2002 with a hit single that complained about the irony of the famous and rich whining about the problems they face on the daily.
Good Charlotte’s “Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous,” topped both rock and pop charts worldwide but the success they garnered with additional hit singles over the years including “The Anthem,” “Dance Floor Anthem” and “Like It’s Her Birthday” is the true testament to the fact that these guys had staying power.
Though things have been pretty quiet on the Good Charlotte front since the band released their last full length album, Cardiology in 2010, fans of GC should note that it looks like they might be getting a comeback album from these guys sometime next year. Frontman Joel Madden recently tweeted that Good Charlotte is in fact working on a forthcoming studio album, and we know we can’t be the only ones who are at least a little bit curious as to what these guys come up with for their sixth studio album!
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