Yellowcard

Armed with energetic riffs and a violin player, Yellowcard catapulted into the spotlight during the early 2000s and remained one of pop-punk’s biggest acts for more than a decade.

∙ Yellowcard started out in 1997 as a hardcore band but shifted toward pop-punk once Ryan Key became the group’s lead singer a couple of years later.

∙ Following several independent releases, their 2003 major-label debut, Ocean Avenue, reached No.