June 30, 2021
The mid-’90s to the early years of the 2000s were an interesting time in American music, when bands like Sum 41, Blink-182 and Green Day dominated the Top 40, and pop punk became an inescapable radio fixture. But along with the mainstreaming of punk rock, Christian bookstore shelves were stocked with dozens of albums from CCM’s own brand of pop punk music.
Here’s our look back at 15 of the Christian punk’s most memorable bands from the glory days of the genre. (Note: Even though there’s been a ton of punk-inspired bands since the movement’s heyday, our rankings—which are, obviously, extremely official, and should not be questioned in the slightest—focus on bands active in the late-’90s to early 2000s good old days. Also, like a lot of “Christian music” genres, some of the bands have disputed the label of being “Christian” bands. But, for the sake of our rankings, we’ve chosen artists who have put out music on Christian labels and are generally associated with “Christian” music).