Watch the Wonder Years' intimate performance for AP Sessions in 2011

It was late spring of 2011 when pop-punk bar-raisers the Wonder Years pulled into the AP parking lot in Cleveland. Having generated some acclaim for their No Sleep Records release The Upsides, it was clearly evident the band were poised to do bigger things. Which is exactly what they did: After aligning themselves with Hopeless Records, the band recorded Suburbia: I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing, a record that went far to explode a lot of the lyrical clichés found in the genre, while still engaging listeners’ hearts and brains. For this AP Sessions segment, the band set up in the Agora in front of a camera crew to deliver high-spirited versions of “Melrose Diner” and “Washington Square Park,” providing the irrefutable proof that pop-punk was indeed in the throes of an inspired (and much-needed) renaissance.

ABOUT AP SESSIONS:

For a year-and-a-half starting in 2011, AP hosted a series of live performance videos we titled simply “The AP Sessions.” The goal of the series was to recreate the intimate and emotional connection artists have with their music.

For the series, the then-closed Agora Theatre opened its doors to us, and a crew of Cleveland pros took to the stage with artists to create the productions you see here.

In case you've missed them in the past, start here, and watch the rest of the series in our AP Sessions playlist.