Let’s be clear about one thing: no good really comes from snobbish musical gatekeepers. Whatever your tastes, don’t let any internet troll tell you how to feel about the bands you love. It wasn’t easy to be loved in the late-’00s, no matter how differently people may try to reframe history nowadays. People will always love to hate, and these bands sometimes got (or still get!) the worst of it. Whether they’ve found success across the globe, or they were crystallised in the era of MySpace, here are 15 pop-punk acts that just can’t get the recognition they deserve. But you know you love them, really. Whether you’re willing to admit it or not… Bowling For Soup Known for their earworm pop-rock track 1985, Bowling For Soup were regulars in the Warped Tour circuit for most of th...
Older, Fatter, Still the Greatest Ever: Live From Brixton
2018 live release. February 17th 2018 - the biggest night in Bowling for Soup's almost twenty five years together as a band. That evening, the band played to four and a half thousand people at London's Brixton Academy on the closing night of their most successful UK tour in their history - The Get Happy Tour 2018. Several months later, Bowling for Soup are delighted to confirm that the Brixton show was captured in all it's hilarious and entertaining glory. The Get Happy Tour 2018 saw Bowling for Soup play their iconic album Drunk Enough To Dance in full, with a selection of the band's other biggest hits like 'High School Never Ends', '1985' and 'Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day (Phineas and Ferb)'. The non Drunk Enough To Dance songs were mixed in throughout the set to keep the fans guessing at what surprises may come next - something which worked to great effect throughout the tour - and every twist and turn was captured at the Brixton Academy show for Bowling for Soup fans all around the world to enjoy.
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