Two great Christian punk are Relient K and This Beautiful Republic. You might also enjoy Hawk Nelson.
Relient K, Hawk Nelson and This Beautiful Republic are all Christian punk rock bands. Some of TobyMac's songs are considered punk rock as well, but his stuff is mostly pop or hip hop.Some of Switchfoot's older songs like "Company Car" and "Turn Everything Over" might be considered punk rock, also there is a punk praise band called Stellar Kart and a christian pop group called the Afters which have a punk influence.
Punk music is a very popular music type, being very popular since the 1980s. Some of the best known and most successful punk bands are Green Day, Rise Against and Blink-182
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Skillet
Skrillex, Daft Punk, and other remix bands are included
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I don't know what you mean by 'following' but I will list some punk bands. The Sex Pistols is right for apex The Damned The Clash Sham 69
Punk was born because of a few reasons. 1- Punk was born out of the rebelion against the music scene of the time. Bands like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols hated the fact that bands like Simon and Garfunkel were considered rock n roll. 2- Punk bands also refused to dissconect themselves from their fans and sign with major record labels. That gave punk the raw sound that we have all come to know and love. 3- Alot of early punk was influenced by 60's garage bands. Also alot of punk bands grew up listening to bands like the stooges and the mc5 who were early forms of punk rock. 4- When the Ramones released their first album they influenced alot of punk bands. Many punk musicians taught themselves to play by listening to the Ramones, and that gave alot of punk bands their fast paced loud sound. Contributed by Punkrock Wrestling
Facedown Records is a christian label that signs both christian and secular bands. Some of their bands include War of Ages, Extol, and A Hope for Home.
Operation Ivy, Streetlight Manifesto, and Mustard Plug.
While there are many openly Christian bands on the label, it is not classified as a Christian label and there are many more bands that are far from being labeled a Christian band. Hope that helps answer your question.
The history of punk is longer than emo. Punk started in the 1970's The Ramones which influenced other bands like The Clash The Sex Pistols and The Casualites to name a few popular ones.Most emo bands like My Chemical Romance and From First to last were influenced by bands like The Misfits other goth,heavy metal bands and punk.