While the period between 1982’s Milo Goes to College and 1994’s Dookie saw punk music spread and evolve around the globe, the subgenre of pop-punk itself did not have many standout albums. In this episode of Genrefining, Cody and Connor pick their favorite pop-punk songs (sometimes applied very loosely) released between Milo and Dookie from each major music scene to fill in the gap.

Song time stamps:

Los Angeles

CO — Offspring, Jennifer Lost The War — 00:05:33

CW — Social Distortion, Telling Them — 00:08:26

New York City

CW — The Queers, I Met Her At The Rat — 00:11:57

CO — Gorilla Biscuits, New Direction — 00:14:25

United Kingdom

CO — Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cities in Dust — 00:17:46

CW — The Undertones, Thrill Me — 00:21:34

Bay Area

CW — Jawbreaker, Want — 00:24:01

CO — Screeching Weasel, Hey Suburbia — 00:29:11

Midwest

CO — Smoking Popes, Need You Around — 00:33:23

CW — Hüsker Dü, Makes No Sense At All — 00:36:46

Washington DC

CW — Rites of Spring, Spring — 00:41:02

CO — Fugazi, Waiting Room — 00:44:27

Grab bag!

CO — Pavement, Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17 — 00:48:13

CW — The Dickies, Banana Splits — 00:52:11

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