Blink-182’s “California” went No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and people are wondering (yet again) if pop-punk and emo are on their way back. But did they ever leave? And how does a band like Blink-182 — even after well-publicized inner turmoil — earn so much commercial success in 2016? Host Chris Payne and cultural critic/emo historian/podcast MVP Andy Greenwald discuss all this while reflecting on his 2003 book, “Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo.”
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