Editing Punk rock (section)

=== Musical and lyrical elements ===
The early punk bands emulated the minimal musical arrangements of 1960s [[garage rock]].<ref>Murphy, Peter, "Shine On, The Lights Of The Bowery: The Blank Generation Revisited", ''Hot Press'', July 12, 2002; [[Barney Hoskyns|Hoskyns, Barney]], "Richard Hell: King Punk Remembers the [ ] Generation", ''[[Rock's Backpages]]'', March 2002.</ref> Typical punk rock instrumentation is stripped down to one or two guitars, bass, drums and vocals. Songs tend to be shorter than those of other rock genres and played at fast tempos.<ref>Laing, Dave. ''One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock''. PM Press, 2015. p. 80</ref> Most early punk rock songs retained a traditional rock 'n' roll [[verse-chorus form]] and 4/4 [[time signature]]. However, later bands often broke from this format.<ref name="blush">[[Steven Blush|Blush, Steven]], "Move Over My Chemical Romance: The Dynamic Beginnings of US Punk", ''[[UNCUT (magazine)|Uncut]]'', January 2007.</ref> Punk music was not a standalone movement in the 70s and 80s. Major punk communities gather across the globe as punk perseveres among contemporary musicians and listeners today.

The vocals are sometimes nasal,<ref>Wells (2004), p. 41; Reed (2005), p. 47.</ref> and the lyrics often shouted in an "arrogant snarl", rather than conventionally sung.<ref name="S159">Shuker (2002), p. 159.</ref><ref name="laing 21">Laing, Dave. ''One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock''. PM Press, 2015. p. 21</ref> Complicated [[guitar solo]]s were considered self-indulgent, although basic guitar breaks were common.<ref>Chong, Kevin, [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/guitarsolos.html "The Thrill Is Gone"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203054425/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/guitarsolos.html |date=December 3, 2010 }}, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, August 2006. Retrieved on December 17, 2006.</ref> Guitar parts tend to include highly [[distortion pedal|distorted]] [[power chord]]s or [[barre chord]]s, creating a characteristic sound described by Christgau as a "buzzsaw drone".<ref>Quoted in {{harvp|Laing|1985|p=62}}</ref> Some punk rock bands take a [[surf music|surf rock]] approach with a lighter, twangier guitar tone. Others, such as [[Robert Quine]], lead guitarist of [[the Voidoids]], have employed a wild, "[[Gonzo journalism|gonzo]]" attack, a style that stretches back through [[the Velvet Underground]] to the 1950s recordings of [[Ike Turner]].<ref>Palmer (1992), p. 37.</ref> Bass guitar lines are often uncomplicated; the quintessential approach is a relentless, repetitive "forced rhythm",{{sfn|Laing|1985|p=62}} although some punk rock bass players—such as [[Mike Watt]] of [[Minutemen (band)|the Minutemen]] and [[Firehose (band)|Firehose]]—emphasize more technical bass lines. Bassists often use a [[Plectrum|pick]] due to the rapid succession of notes, making [[fingerpicking]] impractical. Drums typically sound heavy and dry, and often have a minimal set-up. Compared to other forms of rock, [[syncopation]] is much less the rule.<ref>{{harvp|Laing|1985|pp=61–63}}</ref> Hardcore drumming tends to be especially fast.<ref name="S159" /> Production tends to be minimalistic, with tracks sometimes laid down on home tape recorders{{sfn|Laing|1985|pp=118–19}} or four-track portastudios.{{sfn|Laing|1985|p=53}}

Punk rock lyrics are typically blunt and confrontational; compared to the lyrics of other popular music genres, they often focus on social and political issues.<ref>Sabin (1999), pp. 4, 226; Dalton, Stephen, "Revolution Rock", ''Vox'', June 1993. See also Laing (1985), pp. 27–32, for a statistical comparison of lyrical themes.</ref> Trend-setting songs such as the Clash's "[[Career Opportunities (song)|Career Opportunities]]" and [[Chelsea (band)|Chelsea]]'s "Right to Work" deal with unemployment and the grim realities of urban life.<ref>Laing (1985), p. 31.</ref> Especially in early British punk, a central goal was to outrage and shock the mainstream.<ref>Laing (1985), pp. 81, 125.</ref> The Sex Pistols' "[[Anarchy in the U.K.]]" and "[[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]" openly disparaged the British political system and social mores. Anti-sentimental depictions of relationships and sex are common, as in "Love Comes in Spurts", recorded by the [[Voidoids]]. [[Anomie]], variously expressed in the poetic terms of Richard Hell's "[[Blank Generation (song)|Blank Generation]]" and the bluntness of the Ramones' "[[Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue]]", is a common theme.<ref>Savage (1991), p. 440. See also Laing (1985), pp. 27–32.</ref> The controversial content of punk lyrics has frequently led to certain punk records being banned by radio stations and refused shelf space in major chain stores.<ref>Laing, Dave. ''One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock''. PM Press, 2015. p. 7</ref> Christgau said that "Punk is so tied up with the disillusions of growing up that punks do often age poorly."<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=April 14, 2021|url=https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/xgau-sez-april-2021|title=Xgau Sez: April, 2021|work=And It Don't Stop|publisher=[[Substack]]|access-date=April 17, 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417124959/https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/xgau-sez-april-2021|url-status=live}}</ref>