Punk Rock Music

Table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Kinds Of Punk
3. Practice
4. Chords
5. Riffs
6. Palm Muting
7. Skunking
8. Finishing

1. Introduction.
Before I can teach you how to play punk you need to know real punk. First off GC is not punk and are going to be scratched out of this entirely. I will use songs from real bands such as The Clash (greatest punk band of all time), Dead Kennedys, Green Day and other real punkers. Second, you need to know why people play punk. Punk is one of the easiest forms of music. But the history and the reasons behind the attitude of punk is what feuls this apocalyptic fire that dwells inside the punk rock tudes of many followers.

2. Kinds Of Punk.
Now that you know why you play punk and who we will look off of I will tell you of the different kinds:

Ska Punk - punk with ska influences, bands such as Operation Ivy, Sublime, and Rancid.

Pop-Punk - the leading type in the '90s punk revival by a band named Green Day and lead to many modern day MTV punkers.

Old-School Punk (real punk) - bands that sparked the underground movement begining in the late '50s to early '60s. All the way to the late '70s. Bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Ramones.

Skater Punk - bands that emerged from the '80s California punk movement that was associate with skateboarding and surfing. Bands such as Bad Religion and NOFX.

Emo-Punk the lamest and crapiest form of punk. Emo stands for emotional and is pretty much a guy on a microphone crying about a lost love or some other crap.

3. Practice.
For practice you should do things like this (try to make this faster and faster).

E|--0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13--|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Then do this backward and on every string. Practice this for couple of days and then go for chords. To practice more speed use this intro to a Dead Kennedys song "Soup Is Good Food"

E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------2--2--|
D|------4--3------------| x8
A|--2----------4--------|
E|----------------------|

4. Chords.
Here are most of the chords that you need for punk rock music. Punk uses mostly the quintessence of rock and roll guitaring chords called power chords. Bands such as NOFX, The Dead Kennedys and such use different variations of guitaring with these power chords to create their music.

C C# D D# E B Eii F F# G G# A A#
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--5--6--7--8--2--4--9---------------------|
D|--5--6--7--8--0--4--9---3--4--5--6--7--8--|
A|--3--4--5--6--0--2--7---3--4--5--6--7--8--|
E|------------------------1--2--3--4--5--6--|

All you have to do is practice.

5. Riffs.
Here are some tabs for practice.

Green Day - Brain Stew (intro). It's an easy kick ass song to do! Heavy distortion:

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7--6-6--5-5-------------------4-4--3-3--(repeat)--|
A|--7-7--6-6--5-5--(Pick up tempo)--4-4--3-3------------|
E|--5-5--4-4--3-3-------------------2-2--1-1------------|

The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go? I put the whole song on this so it can help you out.

Intro:
e|--222---3333-------x-x-x----222--3333--2--5h8--|
B|--333---0000---3---x-x-x----333--0000--3-------|
G|--222---0000---2---x-x-x----222--0000--2-------|
D|--------0000---0-----------------0000----------|
A|--------2222---------------------2222----------|
E|--------3333---------------------3333----------|

Verse:
Part 1
e|--222--3333--2----222--3333--2----333--2222--3--|
B|--333--0000--3----333--0000--3----000--3333--0--|
G|--222--0000--2----222--0000--2----000--2222--0--|
D|-------0000------------0000-------000--------0--|
A|-------2222------------2222-------222--------2--|
E|-------3333------------3333-------333--------3--|

e|--222--3333--2----------------222--3333--2--|
B|--333--0000--3----------------333--0000--3--|
G|--222--0000--2----22222222----222--0000--2--|
D|-------0000-------22222222---------0000-----|
A|-------2222-------00000000---------2222-----|
E|-------3333------------------------3333-----|

Chorus
e|--22222--33333-----------333333--|
B|--33333--00000-----------000000--|
G|--22222--00000----22222--000000--|
D|---------00000----22222--000000--|
A|---------22222----00000--222222--|
E|---------33333-----------333333--|

This riffs are easy but they sound good. After you done with riffs. Go for the last content - Palm Muting.

6. Palm Muting

Palm muting is used on most punk songs, especially pop and emo. It is pretty easy, It is were you stop the strings from vibrating by muting them with your palm. Here are some examples:
cause you need more practice. And when you finished this lesson download
Green Day - Basket Case:

E|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
B|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
G|9--------------|-----------------|----6-----6----|-----------------|
D|7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|----9-------9----|6-6-6-6-6-6---6|----6-------6----|
A|7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-4-4|4-4-4-4-4-4---6|6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
E|--------------7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|------------4-4|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5|
P. M.

Usually palm muting is shown by periods underneath the tab the only song I could find that stresses this is a Blink song so don't get mad.

Blink 182 - What's My Age Again. PM section of song:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|4-4-4-4---------------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-4|
a|2-2-2-2-4--4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
E|----------2--2--2--2-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----6--6--8--8--4--4--4--4-------6--6--8--4--4--4--4-----6--6--8--|
d|--4--6--6--8--8--4--4--4--4---4---6--6--8--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--8--|
a|--4--4--4--6--6--2--2--2--2---4---4--4--6--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--6--|
E|--2----------------------------------------------------------------|

7. Skunking.
Ska is more complicated then the above. Ska has the use of ska type of guitaring. It's like a mixture of punk and Bob Marley. First of all, to play ska you need to know how to barre. Then, you should practice playing barre chords only on the upstroaks, and doing a "rhythmic click" on the downstrokes. First rractice: the "x"'s are the downstrokes that you don't play.

G Gm C Cm
|-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|
|-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-5-x-5-x-4-x-4-|
|-4-x-4-x-3-x-3-|-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|
|-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|
|-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|
|-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|

After you got the upstrokes, practice sliding chords, while playing upstrokes. A good song to practice for this is Same In The End by Sublime:

(play only upstrokes)
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0/1-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0/1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0/1-|

Aown in mississippi where sun beats down...

Another song to practice is Sound System by Operation Ivy:

A A G G D D D D
E|X--5--X--5--X--3--X--3--|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|
B|X--5--X--5--X--3--X--3--|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|
G|X--6--X--6--X--4--X--4--|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|
D|X--7--X--7--X--5--X--5--|X--4--X--4--X--4--X--4--|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
Sound Systems gonna bring me back up yah

A A G G D D D D
E|X--5--X--5--X--3--X--2--|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|
B|X--5--X--5--X--3--X--3--|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|
G|X--6--X--6--X--4--X--4--|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|
D|X--7--X--7--X--5--X--5--|X--4--X--4--X--4--X--4--|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
One thing that I can depend on

A A A A A A A A
E|X--5--X--5--X--5--X--5--|X--5--X--5--X--5--X--5--|
B|X--5--X--5--X--5--X--5--|X--5--X--5--X--5--X--5--|
G|X--6--X--6--X--6--X--6--|X--6--X--6--X--6--X--6--|
D|X--7--X--7--X--7--X--7--|X--7--X--7--X--7--X--7--|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
Try to describe it to the limit of my ability

G G G G G G G G
E|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|
B|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|
G|X--4--X--4--X--4--X--4--|X--4--X--4--X--4--X--4--|
D|X--5--X--5--X--5--X--5--|X--5--X--5--X--5--X--5--|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
It's there for a second then it's given up what... 

D D D D D D D D
E|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|
B|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|
G|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|
D|X--4--X--4--X--4--X--4--|X--4--X--4--X--4--X--4--|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
Contained in music somehow more than just sound, 

D D D D D D D D
E|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|
B|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|X--3--X--3--X--3--X--3--|
G|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--|
D|X--4--X--4--X--4--X--4--|X--4--X--4--X--4--X--4--|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
This inspiration coming and twisting things around

8. Finishing.
First off all this lesson is for begginners that want play guitar and want play in bends. I hope this text was helpful for someone. After you put it all together, don't start off in a band, wait couple of months cause you need more practice. And when you finished this lesson download some punk rock guitar tab amd jam it. Have fun!

Comments

[lessthannothin]

ok

[me_myself_and_i]

good for punk, but then again for punk all that you need is power chords, and albums to play along to

[DarkSilhoette13]

its OK. better than that other piece of crap by a longshot though! pop-punk and emo arent the only forms of punk that palm mute tho. but again it is way better than the other one (i cant stress that enough, lol)

peace in

[Zman]

finally i kno how 2 play punk, i have been trying on my own but it all turned out shitty

[mike2]

Hi, I'm the one that wrote it and this wasn't what it looked like when i sent it in. I had history and other stuff on it. but oh well, chruh punk i want to answer your question:

powerchords are not yet regular chords. Nomal chords use three frets the powerchords use two. it has two fingers on one fret. so there.

[ChurchPunk]

Ok, just making sure. I know bands like Pantera and them use two note powerchords, so I guess three work, too. Thanks! Oh, nice article, too.

[ace5ja]

i thought "power" chords were made of two notes, but the octave of the first. like this - root, fifth, octave. maybe not though

[The RX Bandit]

First of all don't bring your opinions into an article. Good Charlotte have as much talent as Greenday, but I'm not arguing, I'm just pointing this out to you.

Secondly there are 'hard' punk bands. This is mainstream stuff. Not very in depth, but good for breeding more talentless people who think they can play guitar.

[fox69]

good article tho

[Rock 101]

Fucking pointless. You have no idea what your talkinh about, and any shit head with a distortion pedal can be in a punk band. Weak.

[mmm]

Yeah powerchords are root, 5th of root, octave of root. So really it's the same thing, two or three note powerchords are the same to an extent because it's the same note compositions. Like an A 2 string powerchord is A and E, and a three string powerchord is A, E, A...so they both contain the same notes. Hope I clarified that...

[OldSkool]

What the hell! You ripped the lesson for "Skunking" from the ska basics lesson on this site! And second thing, you can't teach punk rock! There's nothing to be thought besides the basic. There isnt a "way" to play punk rock it depends on the content of the song. It would be so bad if you hadn't stole bits of your lesson from other lessons.

[hybby]

Emo isn't "crappy", every guitarist has different tastes. Appreciate that before you write a lesson; keep your opinions out of your work and I'll keep mine from your commentbox.

[me_myself_and_i]

this entire comment section appears to be full of morons, just becouse punk isnt technically difficult doesnt downsize it, if you play easy things and sound good, its the same as playing hard things, and sounding good.....

[battleofla]

This is a terrible lesson, you say GC are crappy pop punk then you base the rest of the article around greenday.

And I was also really surprised to see the same 3 bands mentioned under true punk, there are more than three you know!

*2*

[themizzi]

For those here that had a question about power chords. There was one reply that explained this fairly well. How you play power chords varies from band to band. The fundamental idea of a power chord is that it only contains the root and the 5th of a chord. This is why many professional tabulatures name these chords with a 5 after them (i.e. G5, A5, D5, etc...). They can be doubled in a variety of ways. 2 and 3 string power chords are the most common today. However, bands like AC/DC would play many power chords in open string positions. G5 would be played '3X0033'. This is just to clarify that power chords are not always '355XXX', 'X577XX', '35XXXX', 'X35XXXX' and so on. And aside from what is punk and what is not punk, which is really a pointless argument today and should be removed from this lesson entirely, the writer of this did pick good songs for working on power chords and ska bar chords. As a teacher I can firmly say that Brain Stew is by far the best song to learn first when learning power chords. It offers 3 beats of rest between the first few chords giving the beginner time to move their hand down to the next chord without losing their place in the song. I think you could improve on this lesson by explaining more about the fingering of the half barre chords and full barre chords used most often in ska.

[suicideangel_2]

meh not bad lesson and alot of what you say is opineon so dont slag off other bands

[ctb]

Not a bad lesson, a few spelling mistakes found

god dammit, half this looks like it was copy pasted from other places on this site. my article on this should be up soon, look for it. lessons should go through contribution guys, check it out.

[Butterknife]

this was one of the worst lessons I've ever read.

[warbdaniel]

he's obviously not discovered certain techniques green day use.

[Guitar ace]

brain stew was tabbed wrong dosn't it go....
d---..|
a77-55-44-3322-|
e55-33-22-1100-
|

[Whatsisname]

Keep your opinions out of the article and don't plagerize. There's no need to slander what people listen to.
GC has some good songs with some good truth in them.
Emo is a good music style, it speaks to those who choose to listen to it, its not all bitching and whining like people put it.
Punk is no longer a genre and should never have been consider'd one, it is a life style, bands were called punk because they were rebellious.

And as for the plagerism, don't rip people off, its unfair, thats all I shall say. For those whom believe in Karma, "What goes around, come around", it's all a pendilum.

[a02osath]

punk rockers have no talent

[dopey_toad]

people should appreciate other people tastes in music and not think that everyone should be like them

[chiffler]

the green day brain stew tabs was wrong its A G F# F E
not A Aflat G F# F

[kdo]

power chords...sound good to people who havent got a clue about guitars...poor substitute to those who actually learn to play properly..poor lesson..

[green_day_gal]

surely bands play how they want to play, so u cant really just categorize them as 'punk' or 'pop' and say theyre crap? everyone has their different tastes and each band plays for a different audience - if u dont like em, dont listen 2 em, and keep your opinions to yourself...

[jeeba jaba]

I think this lesson is not only biased, but it's not very smrt, at all. Bad lesson indeed.

[galapogo]

No, it really doesn't, it sucks.
Not a bad lesson, good for beginners anyway!

[thesmartguy50]

Hey, you know, you probably would have gotten better comments if you had placed this article in the "Basics" section, as punk IS really kind of a simplistic "genre", if you want to call it that. Noobs would have gotten a kick out of being able to play "Should I Stay or Should I Go" or finally knowing how to figure out "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (E, G, D, and A power chords, for the noobs who are reading this... yeah). I agree with whatsisname, also... punk IS a way of life, not really a genre. Dude, before you post another lesson, think about your target audience, and get your facts straight... and also, NOT FROM OTHER PEOPLES' LESSONS THAT THEY SPENT MONTHS OVER. (That's what got you a lot of negative feedback, man).

[bullet theory]

Thats not what emo is you idiot !! you classed ska higher than emo you are a fool !! good article

[piss_off]

Actually there is no such thing as emo-punk. its emo-ROCK. there is nothing about emo that even partly resembles punk rock. good lesson but punk is not all about power chords like that. sure many punk bands use them but you cant say punk is only power chords. punk uses barre chords (form 1 and 2), 5th chords, 7th chords sometimes 9th or 13th chords.

[ZoSo.Led.Zep.]

arent the stooges old school pukn aswell?

[piss_off]

yes THEY were the first punk band. not velvet underground not the ramones not the sex pistols. Iggy and the stooges were started 14 years before the punk explosion in 1962.

[piss_off]

1976 sorry

[hardrock1315]

piss_off:
yes THEY were the first punk band. not velvet underground not the ramones not the sex pistols. Iggy and the stooges were started 14 years before the punk explosion in 1962.

First of all, the stooges started in '67. The MC5 started in '64 making them earlier.

And this is a horrible article. It basically just gives opinions. I don't like emo either, but you can't put that in a lesson. Also, powerchords aren't very useful...learn to play damn barre chords! Plenty of bands use them including the Dead Kennedys and the Ramones. The bands you give are only the most mainstream ones, that most people know. And you left out plenty of syles of punk. Where's hardcore punk? That category contains such great bands as Conflict and Minor Threat.

This article is summed up below:

IT SUCKS AND IT DOESN'T HELP YOU PLAY GUITAR

[ddpwr18]

This is one lousy article. Not only does it not tell you how to play the guitar better, it glorifies bands who can't play the guitar. I'll agree GC has no talent, but neither does Green Day. And how can you trash emo? It may not be your favorite type of music, but when writing an instructional article, leave your lame ass opinions out of it. Emo is just another form nothing to be trashed. You say Green Day has talent. If they do I am ***ing Jimi Hendrix. Get your head out of your butt before you write another lame article.

[piss_off]

hardrock1315:
First of all, the stooges started in '67. The MC5 started in '64 making them earlier.

no the stooges were STARTED not SIGNED before MC5, both bands were from detroit, MC5 were inluenced by the stooges

[hardrock1315]

piss_off:
no the stooges were STARTED not SIGNED before MC5, both bands were from detroit, MC5 were inluenced by the stooges

They were signed the same year (or at least their debuts came out the same year), 1969. Both the MC5 and the Velvet Underground were already around in '67. if you still think that the Stooges are older, go to allmusic.com and look up all 3 of those bands. You'll see that the Stooges formed in '67 and the MC5 and Velvet Underground formed in '64.

[piss_off]

in an interview, iggy pop said he started the stooges in 1962

[DumbKids]

It's like a mixture of punk and Bob Marley

Actually ska came before punk, and reggae.

The article was kind of lame. The only chords you put were powerchords. How about barre chords? Also have of your examples are pop-rock. Green Day and Blink 182 aren't punk. The only riff that wasn't all chords was Soup Is Good Food(awesome song). And the "kinds of punk" section doesn't even begin to scratch the different types of punk. 2 stars, mediocre at best.

[piss_off]

reggae came off of ska and actually punk has nothing to do with ska, just he newer punk bands added ska to their music and made ska punk

[littlemissdrugy]

a shiver went down my spine when i read green day, i hate greenday and you scared the shit out of me when you said gc, i nearly died, but anyway good lesson it has helped me get the real old school punk feel i have been trying to get for months, you ***ing rock

[operationska00]

wha? since when was green day "real" punk?

[MoshMaster101]

Good lesson dude. And by the way all you emo-lovers, go listen to Iggy Pop and the Stooges. PROPER PUNK unlike your wussy anthems.

[ddpwr18]

How can you say emo isn't real punk? It's just like saying cookie dough ice cream isn't real ice cream because it has cookies in it. (IDK that was a good comparison) Your such a closed minded son of a whore. Why can't you just accept that people have different tastes in music than you? I don't know why you think you can come on a forum and tell people what to listen to and what not to listen to. ITS ALL OPINION. Get your head out of your ass before you comment again.

[Frikkie]

Dudes and duddettes, we are talking about guitar here, if you all wanna bitch and moan about who's punk or not, find a forum or something that suports your shit. As for the rest of us, lest just do what we came to this site to do and play the frekin guitar!

[OldSkool]

Enough with the punk rock lessons already!!! They're usuless, it's basic rock guitar!

[Stula1031]

Yea if u need a lesson to learn punk you should go back to retard school

[Donkey Fly]

Punk is not the easisest kind of music.....to write punk lyrics is extremely hard and to come upw ith something original is yet harder. Alot of punk is power chords , but most punks now use bar chords. You dont have to learn to play any music genre anwyays, if you can play the guitar well than you can do any genre really

[piss_off]

Punk actually is a very hard thing to play. you get most critcism than any other music genre. "OH they wrote a song about love and not how he's fed up with bush, their not punk" or "oh they arent anarchists lets hate them".

[mr awesome]

i'm sorry, but if you happen to think that punk is hard to play...you quite possibly just suck at guitar. it is the simplest form of music out there.

[MonkeyOnDope]

green day rocks and good lesson

[piss_off]

mr awesome:
i'm sorry, but if you happen to think that punk is hard to play...you quite possibly just suck at guitar. it is the simplest form of music out there.

dude ive been playing for 12 years. ive been in a punk band for 5. and you come back to me after playing real punk rock. simple plan doesnt count noob.

[tallica1708]

Punk Sucks. IT requires absolutely no talent atall man. Learn to play the guitar properly.

[tallica1708]

BTW your article was quite good for those who cant play punk(i actually didnt think that was possible. Even a dude playin for a moth can play punk) but i dont listen too punk anymore, i like to play the real stuff...

[piss_off]

punk isnt about power chords like everyone thinks. my band uses barre and open chards, not a power chord in a song.

[ionlylookscary]

some one else sorta copied your idea and theirs sux

[monkeyspks]

^^ They used to be a little "punkier" but heck, Billie Joe doesn't even play guitar anymore.

I enjoyed how you said "Old-school punk (real punk)". Actually, that REALLY ticked me off. Just because music was made in the 70s or whatever, and "OH EM GEE, MUSIC TODAY SUCKS", doesn't mean that it's real punk. And there's real punk today too. The Living End's first album, the Vandal's first album, I really could go on.

GOD. BLAH.

[FerretsAreFunky]

Awesome lesson man. I totally agree with your comments about emo. For God's sake there was more about emo in my "Guitar Legends Punk Edition" than there was Black Flag! Geez!

[Asn1791]

I think this lesson was to opinionated. For one thing, some of the best songs (not just punk) period were pretty simple. A lot of them are just three chord songs. Complication doesn't make a song good. Also, punk really doesn't have anything to do with actual musical sounds. It may tend to sound certain ways, but in all reality the lyrics categorize a song as "punk or not".

[bloody f. cad]

nice i ve got to say...but 'bout good charlotte...is a good band ive heard them...in one thing you're right it could be kinda sissie sometimes but it stills good...you know...the people who have a real personality are usually depressed(hello me) and emo songs helps you out when you're down like"wohh...im not the only one..." and "holly sh*t if you cold witch could hear this"(I DEDICATE THIS LINE TO MY EX GIRLFRIEND FLORENCIA J. RAPOSSO) sorry if you dont mind bout it.
by the way...i really dunno what to think about punk today...i like the following bands:Nirvana , The vines , GREEN DAY , BLINK182 , Good Charlotte , Sex Pistols , etc... and i really dont know what to think(besides nirvna and T V are not 110% punk) because theres a group who says "punks dead"...other that goes "punk sux" other that goes "i like old punk"...New punk...and ont who's very confused..."i like Avril Lavigne(gosh...she's kinda hot but she is one of the reasons to doubt if punk is real...or just an invent of media...

i probably forget a piece of text to write so i'll write later

Bloody...Nimrod...GD RULEZ

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[eat_a_boat_oar]

uh... your lesson sucks just about as much as your mom. know what your talking about b4 you try to teach it to someone.
..sencirley,
..eat_a_boat_oar (sucka di.ck!!!)

[eat_a_boat_oar]

am i allowed to say ***?

[eat_a_boat_oar]

nope, guess not...

[Whatsisname]

Anyways this was all funny
BTW those who say punk rock is not a proper way to play guitar, your so wrong...
By your standards any rock is not how to play guitar
Learn classic, now that stuff is ***ing hard
Its all music, you can make music just plucking string or making the shittiest sound, its just sound and a sound is music to some
Anyways Im gonna go jack off(if any of you know me I say weird shit)
Peace out

[eat_a_boat_oar]

now you need help u horny bastard. i bet your not even gonna jerk it

[eat_a_boat_oar]

fa.g

[Whatsisname]

Lmao shock value's so fun
And no im just seeing who I can piss off

[Surf3r]

This was a great article and it's very usefull =)!

Anyone like sublime?

[Bmm386]

basket case was too hard for me when i was a beginner, instead of basket case put on soming like "blood,sex and booze," lots of muting but easier

[b00ts999]

i love punk. but i think a lesson on how to play punk is very ironic.

[jboy_16]

good for punk

[guitarkid2113]

Hey, this is to whoever put out this lesson.
YOU ARE A FRIKKEN POSER!!!.. You suck and you think you kno everything!!! But Green Day and the Clash are cool but you suck!!!!

[DarkSilhoette13]

for those who say punk is simple. your right. but real punk isnt really that simple. like if u try and play "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" the Misfits. its a pretty complicated. not hard. but complicated (not simple) it uses almost every technique in that one song:

PMing, hammer-ons, pull-offs, harmonics, speed (and not just strumming a single chord 36 times in 3 seconds either), sliding, power chords (duh), bending, and it has like 4-5 different riffs.

shit that song is more metal than punk. but thats not the only song like that.

[clapton1324]

smilies

[clapton1324]

dont forget to smile

[clapton1324]

got it?

[clapton1324]

piss_off did his mom mwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahaha

dude that is gross

get a life

hardrock1315 is right

you are wrong

[Srg_Elvis]

Dont bash 2/5 of the punk family tree. Also you just cut in paste from another lesson for the ska part.

[newyorkdolls138]

GREEND DAY IS NOT PUNK!!!..

[gratefuldead22]

uhh you tabbed brain stew wrong

its

d----7-7----5-5----4-4----3-3----2
-2
a----7-7----5-5----4-4----3-3----2-2
e----5-5
----3-3----2-2----1-1----0-0

[brklynpnk]

The sad truth is there is very little punk out right now that people know about. Sorry, but if you can hear your favorite punk song on MTV, then chances are it's not really punk (yes even afi and rancid). Between that crap and Hot Topic, big buisness has killed punk to the point people can't even recognize the difference between whats real and not. punk isn't about a style of playing but where the songs come from , although they all use very similar styles. But aside from that, as a lesson (and ommitting the stolen part) it gives decent riffs to pratice with to increase speed, especially the one from Soup is good food. Would have been cool to see some other stuff on here, as there were alot more than DK and the clash back then. But listen to what you want when it comes to music. If having corporations produce your punk music and dish it out to the 15-20 yr old demographic so they can make thier 4th period profit margins doesn't bother you then enjoy

[vampemo]

ok i dnt reli want 2 have a go at u cos enough ppl have done tht! but do u reli need 2 slag bands off tht ppl obviously like n must b half gd if they r tht big! emo is gd n shudnt b slagged off jus cos u dnt like it there is alot of ppl out there hu does n alot of emo songs do RELI mean something!

[C3_Rocka]

*** off Green Day own. Fuck off Green Day OWN! *** off Green Day own. Fuck off Green Day OWN!

[headbanginroach]

although it does show you how to play punk, the very thought of teaching punk music goes against every thing punk is about, get a life ***in fagget

[Punk_Dude2005]

Jeeeezuz Christ.. why dont you all get of your asses and just ***ing rock out

[venom_python]

i agree! stop slagging ppl and bands off and do somthing ****ing interesting with your lives!

[dwnbowden]

good article

[GibsonROX]

gret lesson. shows that punk is not all about rearranged powerchords.

[ionlylookscary]

that was good and i cant wait to start my own "bend"

[unseen_punk007]

ok lesson but many punk bands use barre chords.

[hardcoreatheist]

bad religion aint pop/punk listen to the how could hell be any worse compilation and tell me theyre pop/punk

[hardcoreatheist]

no sorry bad religion arent skate punk

[hardcoreatheist]

what about political punk bands like Anti-Flag and Rise Against and RATM? Bad religion are political at times too

[RipTheSystem]

there were no punk groups in the 50s, the MC5 hadnt even formed. and the "old school" bands you metioned were mid to early 60's. not all punk is power chords (The Stooges). ALSO your dumbass forgot i HUGE type of punk....THRASH! Black Flag, Minor Threat, Bad Brains (also known as hardcore) and green day only became "pop" (popular) punk band in the last five years, before that they were more what you called "skater punk". You dont no as much as you think, but this is still a useful post for beginners.

[slmjim79]

SHUT UP ALL OF YOU AND ROCK OUT!!!.. QUIT COMPLAINING

[cryan2]

mga puta kayo!nyahaha!

[guitarmaniac17]

ya.... u didnt get brain stew right..... which is pretty pathetic... considering how easy it is

[LochieW]

You guys are fags, your flaming him for writing a guide that you reckon you could do better. THEN STOP FUCKING FLAMING HIM AND START WRITING IT DICKHEADS! You guys think you the punkiest thing ever, atleast the dude who wrote this gave it a try. Don't put him down, trying writing a ***ing guide as I stressed earlier.

To the writer, its good. You got the Basket Case wrong. You also need to add Thrash as a few people said before.
e|---..
B|---..
G|---..
D|---..(repeat)-
A|-
-7-7--5-5--4-4--(Pick up tempo)--3-3--2-2---..
E|--5-5--3-3--2-2---..1-1--
0-0---..

And then you just repeat the same thing but with muting between the chords.

[ultimate_punk]

Opiniated, largely useless.

[Beno_Day]

First of all, if you write a lesson keep your opinions out of it. Inform, don't be biased. Now, moving along to the important matter. How can someone write a lesson on punk?!?!I mean, shit man! The punk attitude is no rules, do shit your own way! I mean ok, all credit for writing a guide, and this is aimed at all punk guides. But if you wanna be a "real punk", if there ever was one, you do shit your own way, how it suits you, when it suits you. But to your credit, you covered just about all the shit you find in punk. One problem. HARD punk bands like atreyu use ALL techniques of guitaring. They have the big solos, crunchy muted riffs with the power chords, lead fills, harmonics, tapping, you name it, they've got it. They use all techniques and still come out punk - albeit hard punk. So, really, you can stick to the punk motto - do what you want, how you want, when you want, disobey all the rules, make up your own shit your own way and still be punk.

[Beno_Day]

Oh, and, by the way, if yall don't like a lesson, then instead of wasting your time bagging it, go out and find a good one or learn the hard way like i did - on your own. Just chill, have a drag, and just ****ing rock out man.

[LochieW]

Well, the chords used anyhoo are:


5 3 4 3 0
7 5 2 1 2

Peice the ryhtm together yaself.

[basketcase673]

It sucks.

[metalhead10691]

cool lesson dude
the point of punk iz to wake up the old gereration and offend dem

[Donkey Fly]

Basket case is wrong.....

errr.....yeh...not bad...

punk is about making a point and being heard in the world....e.g.. sex pistols

[cuponoodles]

You obviously don't know punk.

You didn't even mention such influencial bands such as: X, Against Me!, Angry Samoans, GG Allin, Antiseen, Black Flag, Dead Milkmen, Eddie and the Subtitles, Circle Jerks, Iggy Pop, The Sonics, The Stooges, MC5, The Mechanics, Lords of the New Church, Nina Hagen, Six Foot Sandwich, Poop, Sparks, The Strand, Supersuckers, Turbonegro, The Vectors, The Weasels,and the Fastbacks. That's just for starters.

[sillyjilly21]

what about fall out boy?

[Koki13]

hey man, punk is not that great.... but its ok, i love old punk better then new punk.. new punk is just plain shit. Emo is just plain horrible. but yeah bro, you shouldnt be saying that in ur lesson.. but hey it was an alright lesson

[kingeddie554]

i totally agree that emo sucks.but whats with the green day and blink 182 tabs?theyre not really punk

[kingeddie554]

cuponoodles i agree with you too.this guy didnt name very many real punk bands

[nj3kted]

emo are just a garbage.....

[RHCPhysco8]

i wish that made sense....^

[Sid8Vicous]

if you want to sound like a real punk band, sing about politics and stuff in the world. and dont practice much. maby like 2 times a week. and get drunk on stage. that will make you sound great.

[Sid8Vicous]

oh and say oi! a bunch of times. unless your american, then that will get your ass kicked.

[Notgood]

punk blows

[Sid8Vicous]

you blows

[thesmartguy50]

Sid8 and Notgood, you BOTH "blows." Punk is a lot more than just saying oi and getting drunk on stage - it's a way of life, and a way for people to express themselves through music, just like blues and jazz and everything else. And what do you mean, "stuff in the world?" Yeah, man, that really narrows it down. In case you haven't noticed, there are a lot of things in the world, and punk can cover just about all of them - love, hate, havin a good time, sorrow, and yes, politics. There are even punk christian bands that arent half bad, and i bet you won't find them drunk onstage. Finally, the practicing: maybe you practice 2 times a week and think you sound great, but guess what? it takes a bit more practice to be in a punk band. Even if they CAN only practice twice a week, I'll bet you anything that the band will be practicing for at least 5 hours at a time. Either way, punk is about expressing yourself and excercising your independence onstage, not about "being drunk onstage" and "practicing twice a week." Next time, do a little research before you go and say something as ignorant as that, you ass.

[GuitaPlaya]

notgood is a dick

[radshoesbro]

1) THIS ARTICLE IS PITIFUL. i don't even want to get into the fact that the bands you're naming are not even skimming the top of punk.

2) all of these replies with the exception of thesmartguy50 (very nicely put by the way) are assinine.

3) teen idols ---> minor threat ---> skewbald/grand union ---> egg hunt ---> embrace (the first "emo" band) ---> fugazi. anyone that knows even the slightest thing about punk/hardcore will know what i'm talking about when i say that ian is a ***ing god when it comes to this musical genre, and he was in an emo band...by default that means emo doesn't suck. there is absolutely no argument. what most people think of as "emo" is absolutely not emo in anyway. it's sort of a post-emo indie pop thing that doesn't even come close to the original genre.

4) if you use the term punk as a very broad term you'll actually find that many punk bands are quite talented (ie faraquet, the medications, cave in, at the drive-in, the mars volta, etc.).

that's enough ranting.

[Sid8Vicous]

thesmartguy50..... wow.... so you didnt get that i was being sarcastic...

[Sid8Vicous]

i only tried making it as obvious as possible

[thesmartguy50]

Sid8Vicious.....wow.....bad joke.

[Strummer.]

Nice glad someone recognises the old punk as the best punk instead of all this shit today. Favourite bands the clash, the sex pistols

[bcg1209]

ok, i don't know what the crap all you people are talking about. he can say whatever he wants in HIS lesson. if you don't like what he's saying about emo music (which, yes, IS crap) or about GC then just don't read it! omg, hard concept i know, but i think that y'all can grasp it if you really try. besides, y'all are hipocrites for saying that he needs to leave his opinion out when all y'all are doing is leaving y'alls damn opinions. kids...

[bcg1209]

cuponoodles wrote:

You obviously don't know punk.

You didn't even mention such influencial bands such as: X, Against Me!, Angry Samoans, GG Allin, Antiseen, Black Flag, Dead Milkmen, Eddie and the Subtitles, Circle Jerks, Iggy Pop, The Sonics, The Stooges, MC5, The Mechanics, Lords of the New Church, Nina Hagen, Six Foot Sandwich, Poop, Sparks, The Strand, Supersuckers, Turbonegro, The Vectors, The Weasels,and the Fastbacks. That's just for starters.

holy crap, he didn't mention some bands in his lesson. he certaintly does NOT know punk. yeah, why doesn't we just make a whole new lesson just listing punk bands. would that help you learn how to play punk better? think about it

[bcg1209]

stupid...

[thesmartguy50]

bcg1209, I see your point to a certain extent. However, you made a few ignorant statements. First off, the issue of whether emo is any good is, and always will be, an OPINION. Therefore, there is no answer. Your stating your opinion, then COMPLAINING about us stating ours... who's the hypocrite? Now, it's one thing to state your opinion on a comments board. It is another thing entirely to litter your lesson with opinions when you are supposed to be writing about how to play music, not about what music you like. Opinions are for the "Columns" section, not for the "Lessons." Also, there is a reason that people mention bands in their lessons. One of them is that it helps the author relate to the audience a little better. You can't tell me that you haven't ever read a lesson, seen the author mention a band you like, and gone, "Hey, I listen to them!" and it helps you to continue with the lesson. Also, when you mention a band, you give the readers a reference. It helps you to get a feel for the music that you are trying to play. Now, if he didn't mention any good bands, why, that will probably take away from the whole article. So, as you can see, you've done no better than - no, WORSE than just about all of the other comments on this comments board. So, congratulations, you're ignorant! Yay!

[Jimbo/Slash]

undefined wrote:

undefined

Screw you man.

[Jimbo/Slash]

undefined wrote:

undefined

Yeah lets quit whining and start skanking!

[thesmartguy50]

...right...

[crazygluedmybut]

i agree i with cuponoodles.
also, you shouldn't put pop punk under punk, cause it's pure shit...IMO

[punkrocker91]

wow i would have never been this bored to write some shit like that, i give the guy credit but dang. oh and for the dude who said that good charoolette " i know i spelt that wrong", Green day is a crap load better than them.

[Green Day5204]

music is based on opinion why does it matter what someone else likes. stikvk to what you like.

[mercedesisbenz]

power chords arent acctually chords... they're intervals

[newyorkdolls138]

And you shouldn't say ska is a mix of punk and Bob Marley, because ska came before both.

[lprocker57]

this lesson ****ing suks and u dont no punk

[thesmartguy50]

[b]mercedesisbenz[
/b] wrote:

power chords arent acctually chords... they're intervals

umm... actually, intervals are what make up the power chord [note that last word there]

[getting_there]

If punk is the easiest form of music and you are trying to teach it doesn't that probably mean that the people who are trying to use it don't know how to play. Therefore you should probably explain how to that crap.

[getting_there]

You said that punk music is the easiest form to play and you are trying to teach it. But if its the easiest form won't ppl be trying to learn it first, so they won't know how to read that crap. You should have explained how to read it.

[getting_there]

I didn't know my first post worked so...
--Casey

[arzuagas]

THIS TAB IS COMPLETELY WRONG! IVE WATCHED THE BULLET IN A BIBLE DVD AND WATCHED HIM PLAY THIS SONG AND ITS NOTHING LIKE THIS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WRONG ONE IS THE RIGHT ONE, TRY IT INSTED. Green Day - Brain Stew (intro). It's an easy kick ass song to do! Heavy distortion:
e|-----|
B|
-----|
G|-----|
D|--7-7
--6-6--5-5-----4-4--3-3--
(repeat)--|
A|--7-7--6-6
--5-5--(Pick up tempo)--4-4--3-3-----|
E
|--5-5--4-4--3-3-----2-2-
-1-1-----|

Green Day - Brain Stew (intro)A BETTER VERSION! JUST TRY IT...PLEASE...
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-
----|
D|--7-7--5-5--4-4-
----3-3--2-2--(repeat)--|

A|--7-7--5-5--4-4--(Pic
k up tempo)--3-3--2-2-----|
E
|--5-5--3-3--2-2-----1-1-
-0-0-----|

[arzuagas]

shit sorry lol the thing messed up i guess lol just dont go from 755-644-355-244-133 but on the same strings go 755-355-244-133-022 try that instead. i think i sounds better. please just try it, im not trying to make this guy look like an idoit either by correcting his mistake im just putting my opinion out

[Guitar_psyho]

Where the **** did "The Offspring" go? If nothing else you could have listed them as the band that was one of the TWO leading bands in the punk revival.
And allso i dont really know in witch kind of punk from the ones listed would you put the new hardcore punk bands like "Killradio"

[fallinsuburbia]

im not saying your lesson or green day is bad(actually one of my fav bands) but has anyone noticed american idiot only has like two power chords

[ThatHotAsianBoy]

dang.why would you say that ''emo'' is crappy kind of music.that kind of music is like one of the hardest to play and sounds the best.a lot of bands have worked so hard in that genre and it takes a lot of hard work to do that genre good.

[thesmartguy50]

'tis true, folks... simply compare Alkiline Trio's "Time To Waste" to any punk song, and you'll hear the difference. Nothing beats a good punk song, though, no matter how technical.

[box778899]

ok emo sux but leeve ur comments 2 urself...its a lesson. second...is this to comment the guy who wrote this or to argue between each other

[kilikona]

I wanna ask is this 4 the acoustic guitar or the elestric lead guitar?

[kilikona]

but anyhow its still some good stuff thanks a lot it was alot of help

[eXiLeD YoUtH]

for the electric, power chords aren't very good on acoustic, it's harder to p.m. I think the dude kinda rushed this tutorial. All he tried to teach was how to play power chords. He didn't even explain how to palm mute, which for his tutorial is pretty damn important. You teach skunking but not p.m. or sliding or hammering, or even the pull-offs? There is no band that i know, which uses only power chords to play, because that would be gay. I suggest, you look at tabs on the internet before posting another tutorial.

[thesmartguy50]

There is NO SUCH THING as "is this for acoustic or electric?"... it's for guitar. It's transposable to either acoustic or electric, but it might not sound the same as the original song. Only a noob would ask that question.
Secondly; box778899, why would you say that emo sucks? How would you define "suckage?" "harder to play than?" The only difference between punk and emo is that emo is about ten times harder to play & put together. This doesn't mean that it's better than punk, but it does mean that, to any punk fans on this page who like emo as well, you look like a fool.

[lookz_r_dcv1ng]

why is nearly everybody mentioning at least one band that isn't punk, i mean...hello, the band themselves don't care. it's always this is 'punk' and that isn't. as much as i like the looks, i hate the label. but anyway, well written article. but honestly, think about how some ppl would feel. someone might love rock music, but also like hip hop, same goes for emo, everyone can't possibly like ONLY one genre of music

[Metalist]

green day's not punk!

[mong12345]

punks crap end of story its for people who can't play guitar

[ihatethischord]

im gunna make my own punk music lesson....

[FalloutGREEN182]

pretty good lesson, brain stew was tabbed wrong

[loserkid227]

ummmm so your in a ****ing wussy band then coz who the **** uses barre chords the whole time.

piss_off wrote:

punk isnt about power chords like everyone thinks. my band uses barre and open chards, not a power chord in a song.

[loserkid227]

this is for everyone defending punk rock..... YOUR FUCKING COOL COZ PUNKS BITCHINGNESS AND FOR ALL U FUCKING NO FUCKING DUMBASSES SHUT THE HELL UP ASSMUNCHES!

[angelus-sebas]

well. this is a very good lesson I think.
one thing that we can add to it could be this:
For example... a chor in punk like this one: ( C in this case)

E|-----|
B|-----|
G|--5--|
D|--5--|
A|--3--|
E|-----|

Sometimes in punk music (when you played this chord) you can only play like this)

E|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--5--|
A|--3--|
E|-----|

And it will sound good too!!! maybe in some cases it will sound better playing it like this than in the first way I told, it will sound more similar to some songs using this way I'm telling you.
Try it, specially in green day songs!
And maybe to "invent" songs this second way it's better.
See you!!!!!

=)

[Sundayhawthorne]

Actually Emo isn't just someone crying over someones girlfriend ditching them



Emo is dead
it's a lost genre


Real emo was basically todays screamo but better


and i that wasnt a bad lesson i suppose

[Faith No More]

Whats Skater Punk =|

[FalloutGREEN182]

Thats an ok lesson. The example songs you used were tabbed incorrectly and you were being pretty negative to Emo music, but then again I hate emo music too...

Overall...good lesson

[punksucks23]

i hate punk

[punksucks23]

[quote]ThatHotAsianBoy :
dang.why would you say that ''emo'' is crappy kind of music.that kind of music is like one of the hardest to play and sounds the best.a lot of bands have worked so hard in that genre and it takes a lot of hard work to do that genre good.[/q










i hope this kid is kidding because screaming and playing power chords is not hard

[gonegolfn07]

in regards to brainstew by greenday that song is actually tabbed correctly in the lesson because green day drops their guitars to E flat for that song as well as basketcase. However, greatfuldead22's tab of brainstew was also correct but its just in standard tuning

[LoudnSnotty138]

whoever wrote this has no idea what punk is or what its about. There is no such thing as emo-punk. and emo isnt about crying dumbass. greenday is pop-rock, NOFX and badreligion are pop-punk, the clash sexpistols and ramones all blow. you also forgot some key parts of punk.

Crust
thrash
hardcore
post-punk
anarcho
etc.

[LoudnSnotty138]

punksucks23 wrote:

[quote]ThatHotAsianBoy :
dang.why would you say that ''emo'' is crappy kind of music.that kind of music is like one of the hardest to play and sounds the best.a lot of bands have worked so hard in that genre and it takes a lot of hard work to do that genre good.[/q










i hope this kid is kidding because screaming and playing power chords is not hard

listen to a make believe and tell me if its easy to play or if you even hear a power chord its all dynamics. quit making uneducated conjectures.

[thesmartguy50]

punksu