It’s pop, er pop rock? is a label now, and quite frankly those too words shouldn’t be in the same sentence. I was in a music store, and under the rock section was Miley Cyrus/Jonas brothers..And in the pop section was slipknot..
This is a good question. They are not really rockers and I wonder why they are called such. They are just teeny popstars who tried to play with instruments.
That's because the music industry markets them as such. There's a lot of money in upholding that "pop rock" facade and everybody's gotta profit .