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Title: Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2003, Pop Punk, Emo Pop/Violin Punk, Jacksonville, Florida / Los Angeles, California 5/26
Matrix #: 7 2435-39844-03
Condition: Used CD, condition not provided VZ | Members: Ryan K (79' - ), Sean M (79' - ), Ben H (80' - ), Longineu P (80' - ), Peter M (80' - )
Cultural Facts:
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Scene Ecology Yellowcard stood out in the early-2000s pop-punk boom because Sean Mackin’s violin gave them a hook that separated them from the wave of Warped Tour guitar bands.
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Personal Struggle Ryan Key’s family moved often because his father was in the military, and that instability helped shape the homesick, searching tone behind the band’s biggest songs.
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Media Narrative Ocean Avenue became one of the defining mall-punk era albums, tying MTV, Warped Tour, and suburban teen identity into a clean, radio-ready version of pop punk.
