"Punk Rock 101" is a song by American
rock band
Bowling for Soup. It appeared on the 2003 edition of their 2002 album Drunk Enough to Dance. "Punk Rock 101" was released to radio on May 20, 2003. The single peaked at number 43 on the
UK Singles Chart.
The line "But Fat Mike's his hero" references
Fat Mike, the bassist and vocalist for the
punk rock band
NOFX.
The lyric "Like Tommy and Gina/They're living on a prayer" is an allusion to lyrics from Bon Jovi's song "
Livin' on a Prayer".* Bon Jovi themselves are also mentioned in the lyric "She left him for staring at girls and not caring when she cried cause she thought Bon Jovi broke up."