Editing Superchunk (section)

== Musical style, influences, and legacy ==
Superchunk's music has been described as [[punk rock]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krovatin |first=Chris |date=November 28, 2018 |title=The United States Of Punk: The best band from every state in America |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-united-states-of-punk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002090722/https://www.kerrang.com/the-united-states-of-punk |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=[[Kerrang!]]}}</ref> and [[indie rock]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=February 15, 2018 |title=Review: Superchunk, Purple-State Punks, Take It to Trump on Their Best Album in Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-superchunk-purple-state-punks-take-it-to-trump-on-their-best-album-in-years-203041/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212165203/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-superchunk-purple-state-punks-take-it-to-trump-on-their-best-album-in-years-203041/ |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |access-date=December 1, 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Howe |first=Brian |date=August 21, 2013 |title=Superchunk Bassist and Merge Co-founder Laura Ballance Bows Out of Touring, Not Out of the Music That Empowered her |url=https://indyweek.com/music/superchunk-bassist-merge-co-founder-laura-ballance-bows-touring-music-empowered/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205091533/https://indyweek.com/music/superchunk-bassist-merge-co-founder-laura-ballance-bows-touring-music-empowered/ |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=[[Indy Week]]}}</ref> Superchunk's early influences included [[Buzzcocks]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Davidson |first=Sandra |date=July 23, 2019 |title=50 For 50: Mac McCaughan And Laura Ballance |url=https://www.ncarts.org/blog/2019/07/23/50-50-mac-mccaughan-and-laura-ballance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914195639/https://www.ncarts.org/blog/2019/07/23/50-50-mac-mccaughan-and-laura-ballance |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=[[North Carolina Arts Council]] |quote=I mean I think that Superchunk – just like the label – reflected stuff that we were into. [It] sounded like bands we liked. I feel like Superchunk has never been the most original band musically because we sounded like a lot of the records that we listened to. The [[Buzzcocks]] cover was one of the first songs we learned when we first started playing in bands together. [[Dinosaur Jr.]] [[Sonic Youth]]. I feel like our first record sounds like that.}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Panetta |first=Giovanni |date=January 20, 2022 |title=Mac McCaughan, Superchunk, New Springtime Sounds: "The bands that clearly influenced our early records – Buzzcocks, Hüsker Dü, etc – were also bands that were known for catchy, great pop songs with loud guitars" |url=https://www.iyezine.com/en/mac-mccaughan-superchunk-new-springtime-sounds |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508024334/https://www.iyezine.com/en/mac-mccaughan-superchunk-new-springtime-sounds |archive-date=May 8, 2023 |access-date=May 7, 2023 |website=iye zine}}</ref> [[Sonic Youth]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]],<ref name=":0" /> and [[Hüsker Dü]].<ref name=":1" /> The band would eventually incorporate elements from such bands as [[Rocket from the Crypt]], [[Drive Like Jehu]], and [[Polvo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deller |first=Alex |date=November 14, 2023 |title="We didn't emulate Mudhoney's behaviour because we might not be alive if we had!" Superchunk look back on the decade that helped birth and destroy US alt rock |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/superchunk-on-the-mouth-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208160241/https://www.loudersound.com/features/superchunk-on-the-mouth-30 |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |access-date=June 9, 2024 |website=Louder Sound |quote=In our minds we were incorporating and absorbing things from bands we were touring with like [[Rocket from the Crypt | Rocket From The Crypt]], [[Drive Like Jehu]] and [[Polvo]], but, when you listen to it, it just sounds like a Superchunk record.}}</ref>

Superchunk has had a significant impact on alternative music, being cited as an influence by [[Motion City Soundtrack]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2006 |title=Motion City Soundtrack: 'We Are Evolving' |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/motion_city_soundtrack_we_are_evolving.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919042438/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/motion_city_soundtrack_we_are_evolving.html |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=[[Ultimate Guitar]]}}</ref> [[the Get Up Kids]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crowther IV |first=Rob |date=July 24, 2019 |title=Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids on 'Problems,' Growing Up Musically & Asbury Park |url=https://thepopbreak.com/2019/07/24/matt-pryor-of-the-get-up-kids-on-problems-growing-up-musically-asbury-park/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521131747/https://thepopbreak.com/2019/07/24/matt-pryor-of-the-get-up-kids-on-problems-growing-up-musically-asbury-park/ |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |access-date=June 8, 2024 |website=The Pop Break}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pensky |first=Nathan |date=May 23, 2011 |title=Making Peace with an Emo Past: An Interview With The Get Up Kids |url=https://www.popmatters.com/140036-making-peace-with-an-emo-past-an-interview-with-the-get-up-kids-2496044994.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224052541/https://www.popmatters.com/140036-making-peace-with-an-emo-past-an-interview-with-the-get-up-kids-2496044994.html |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |access-date=June 8, 2024 |website=[[PopMatters]] |quote=We never really felt like we belonged to a genre. It seems like people put us into a genre. We wanted to play indie rock. We wanted to be Superchunk.}}</ref> [[Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=5 Records with Jawbreaker's Blake Schwarzenbach |url=https://www.discogs.com/digs/music/5-records-jawbreaker-blake-schwarzenbach/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216034332/https://www.discogs.com/digs/music/5-records-jawbreaker-blake-schwarzenbach/ |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024 |website=discogs.com |quote=Sonically and structurally, we were really into Superchunk.}}</ref> [[the Jazz June]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2023 |title=When The Drums Kick In…Again; an interview with Andrew and Bryan of The Jazz June |url=https://ghettoblastermagazine.com/features/special-report/when-the-drums-kick-in-again-and-interview-with-andrew-and-brian-of-the-jazz-june/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129070521/https://ghettoblastermagazine.com/features/special-report/when-the-drums-kick-in-again-and-interview-with-andrew-and-brian-of-the-jazz-june/ |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Ghettoblaster |quote=When I listen to the old Jazz June songs now I can hear elements from bands like [[Jawbox]], Archers of Loaf and Superchunk that were direct influences on us.}}</ref> [[Lemuria (American band)|Lemuria]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Brendan |date=April 16, 2015 |title=Alex Kerns of Lemuria |url=https://buffablog.com/alex-kerns-of-lemuria/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207123015/https://buffablog.com/alex-kerns-of-lemuria/ |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |access-date=June 8, 2024 |website=buffablog.com}}</ref> and [[the Van Pelt]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 16, 2018 |title=The Van Pelt on X |url=https://x.com/thevanpelt/status/964482019488083970?s=61&t=vuWso_0mFUVZTToPSFiKtw |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[[X (Twitter)|X.com]]}}</ref>