Skate punk

Skate punk was pioneered in the 1980s by bands such as the Big Boys, Suicidal Tendencies, JFA, T.S.O.L., Drunk Injuns and Love Canal.

Many skate punk bands' songs were featured in Tony Hawk's video games, a series that sold millions.

[3] Author Sharon M. Hannon noted skate punk is known for "its fast guitars, driving bass lines, and surf music–style drums".

[13] Mörizen "Mofo" Föche, vocalist of Drunk Injuns and former employee of the magazine Thrasher, is "often credited with first coining the term 'skate-punk'.

[2] During this time, some skate punk bands experienced mainstream success and were featured at events such as the Warped Tour, which started in 1995.

Prominent skate punk bands of the 1990s include Consumed,[16] Good Riddance,[17] Strung Out,[18][19] NOFX,[20][21] Goldfinger,[22] Lagwagon,[23][24] Guttermouth,[25] No Use for a Name,[26] Blink-182,[27][28] Face to Face,[29] Slick Shoes,[30] MxPx,[22] Unwritten Law,[31] Ten Foot Pole,[32] Screeching Weasel,[33] Bad Religion,[6][34] the Offspring,[35] and Pennywise.

[41] Unlike other 1990s punk rock bands, NOFX never signed to a major record label.

[42] Explaining this decision NOFX member Fat Mike said: "We made the 'Leave It Alone' video, and we decided not to send it to MTV.

Pennywise's 1993 album Unknown Road sold 100,000 copies within two years, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and helped bring the band underground popularity.

[45] Bad Religion's 1994 album Stranger Than Fiction was certified gold by the RIAA on March 4, 1998.

[52] Scott Heisel of Alternative Press described Dude Ranch as "a killer skate-punk record".

[57] MxPx began to receive underground attention in 1996 with the band's third album Life in General, which sold 89,000 copies within two years, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and helped the band's first two albums, Pokinatcha (1994) and Teenage Politics (1995), sell 50,000 combined.

[59] MxPx released its fourth album Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo, which was certified gold by the RIAA in January 2000.

[60] The skateboarding video game series Tony Hawk's featured music by many skate punk bands, including Lagwagon, Guttermouth, the Vandals, Suicidal Tendencies, Millencolin, Bad Religion, and Consumed.

[61] Tony Hawk's Pro Skater was one of the top-selling video games for PlayStation in November 1999.

[68] Many of these bands, including Trash Talk[69] and Cerebral Ballzy,[72] are influenced by hardcore punk and speed metal.

[68] and achieved underground and moderate success; their self-titled album debuted at number five on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.