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I like how so many comments are all "this is punk" or "this isn't punk" when the original goal of punk was for people to play and hear music that they wanted to hear and not be ostracized for their preferences. Now, so many "punk" fans are only concerned about being viewed as a true member of the culture. If you really took punk ideology to heart, you'd play/listen to what you like and acknowledge that everyone has different tastes. Punk was a way for social outcasts to be comfortable with who they were, so why is it now about casting out those who aren't like the rest?
punk isnt for posers its for real misfits you cant be part of mainstream culture like most of these pop punk cultures are mainstream. being punk rock is about being a rebel... going beyond being yourself. and being ok with it. pop punk is for people who think they are that but really attract mainstream culture. nobody likes fucking rancid AND fall out boy. or NOFX AND all time low. people dont know the culture now. ya know
exactly i used to buy punk in the 80s let this man teach his lesson, who the hell says what the heck punk is, he is helping a kid for gosh sakes people..pretty freaking punk cool
a lot of people on here saying punk is easy, well, that depends on the punk you listen to. If you listen to leatherface and their dueling guitars, it's still probably basic stuff to some, but it's a lot more involved than green day. and then you have bands like propagandhi who are taking it to another level entirely. All in all, this is a good lesson for a kid just starting out with his buddies in the garage. Hope he took it in
@xLinkinPark1994x, You do not, "have to," do anything you don't want to do... music is an art form... there is no such thing with it as; "Never," or, "Always." However, that said, by learning the inherent structure of anything you do enjoy a great deal, you become wiser on many underlying levels. Essentially, the more you know the rules... the more you can break them. If you have no clue, well then... you are clueless, (as the old saying goes). Thanks for watching, Andrew Wasson
I havent seen anyone talk about the Dead Boys yet. Even The Queers, Screeching Weasel, Descendents, and Sloppy Seconds havent even been talked about yet. Real bummer too.
Jts heartbreakers the Ruts gg allin and the Jabbers. Early stranglers, stooges so many great bands. Can't define punk in my opinion. Its the diy ethos i abide buy. @lawrencemichaelis5908
I haven't seen all your vids but this is a bit of a departure from the stuff I'm used to seeing you do., Good stuff! I'd also like to mention that another common lead concept used in this style are octaves particularly between the 5th and 3rd strings. A lot of punk bands also use that well known Chuck Berry lick. Both of those are found all over Green Day's music. The former in songs like "Holiday" and the latter in songs like "J.A.R.".
I really like that this video was in response to a young kid! After all thats where most of us start and a lot of your videos, though brilliant and helpful, are decently high level; something like this is sure to help the young and enthusiastic.
@nielsfoxie there is a difference between double stops and two note chords.. two note chords are usually power chords (5ths) and double stops are to notes played at the same time which arent usually chords
Even though there's not really a formula, I would say most Punk leads are minor pentatonic, which really makes things really simple for writing leads and even some good riffs.
I was watching this right now, I think everybody expected something a lot faster and reckless, even if it's coordinated. I dug the way you put the riffs you recommended together in your presentation, but jack the tempo up with stuff like this.
For me, this sounds like that side of The Offspring everyone knows, the mainstream side after Smash, instead of stuff from their first album or stuff from Bad Religion's early albums or Suicidal Tendencies. Those aren't catchy in the pop sense, but they hook a lot of us.
Thanks for the great Lesson! Finally I found the name for the double string chords: double stops. I'm playing guitar for 4 years now and always wondered what those double string chords are and how to use them properly. Now I know the name of it I can start to do some research on the internet and learn some double stop shapes.
just discovered you today.... instantly subbed, been playing guitar since i was 5 but i just decided to start taking lessons definitely learning a lot from you
I totally agree; Green Day has been my favorite band for a long time. They're really trying to branch out of their typical punk style simply because people don't seem to like punk as much anymore. Music changes over time. The Beatles changed their music with the times, as did the Rolling Stones, and every other famous band. However, I will remain a punk rock fan for the rest of my life xD rock on everyone.
I'm actually joining a Punk rock band now. Green Day to me is not Punk Rock anymore like they were when they started out, and I'm not going to be doing a lead role in this band, I'll be doing Rhythmn. We are going to be doing more Old School Punk styling like Lugnut in their song Good Times, so I was wondering if you could make some more lessons on Punk Rock guitar styles, showing the more "Old School" ways of playing Punk Rock. If you actually read this, thanks bro!
@creativeguitarstudio i really want to use this lead part in something i am working ( it sounds like it would fit perfectly ) on but i dont believe its in the key i need it to be in. is there anyway that you could transpose it into e minor or atleast give me some tabs and i can try to do it myself? thanks.
Billie Joe said that he doesn't consider his band as punk rock...but we're talking about real musicians and that's why he couldn't stay punk rock forever as they were on the bi begining of the band.But if you listen dookie insomniac and kerplunk you will understand that Green Day was punk rock band and if they hanged they did it to bring new music for the people and they did it well.
No I still think they are punk by the way they do music and by the way they act ..they don't care about anything and this is just punk (and I hate the punk elitists they are like a virus for rock and roll music)
@retroguy02, I made it up. Go make a song with it and link it to this video if you really like it. Thanks for watching, Andrew Wasson Creative Guitar Studio
Punk mainly consists of repetition, power chords, and barre chords, and other elements ass well. I'm pretty sure Green Day IS considered punk, maybe not their newer stuff, but they definitely were. The problem with this genre is too many people think that is a band goes out of the limits just a hair they aren't in the genre anymore. You have to be different to get noticed, so you have to step out of the boundaries, or push them a little bit, and that's what Green Day did. Get over it.
NothingToSeeHereSir. Green day is pop punk, not straight punk. Nothing against green day I like them. But they have a pop song structure. A lot of newer so called punk bands fall in the pop punk category.
old greenday is good. new greenday is ok but one direction isnt even similar to greenday never ever compare those bands. and one direction is for 8year old girls and there unhardcore shit is garbage and shouldnt be called music those 1D assholes use autotune but greenday has real tallent greenday is badass and 1D can go eat shit those funny fucking posers.
Not to understate my love for the Ramones, but to be fair they weren't "punk".. they were a classic example of what was to become modern day pop-punk. In my opinion, they were like the Fall Out Boy of their time.
they were punk rock because three chord rock dissapeared in the late 60s and early 70s. and became oversaturated with prog rock. ramones brought the 3 chord and fuck you attitude to punk.the songs are 'poppy sounding' but is a ironic sort of attitude they had about it and to play very fast
Sean Romo besides punk is just a label created by zines really, bands are actually very disverse in sound, and in reality english punk could very well just be its own genre of music. but it isnt we call it punk. just like ska. ska is punk in spirit.
I can understand Metal or Jazz elitists, but NOT punk rock, the theme of any punk rock is not having guidelines. Y'all are at the wrong video if you can't even appreciate what this dude's doing.
Should have pointed the kid in the direction of a really crappy punk band like Reagan Youth, complete with piss drunk vocalist. Or perhaps something decent like old school Bad Religion and/or Danzig/The Misfits.
How are the misfits decent? Horror punk? Really? How's Reagan Youth bad? misfits are sellout cunts in flashy bondage gear and perhaps a vibrating dildo in their asses, poser shit at it's finest. If you can't say something worth saying, stfu or switch to techno. Ponder this, how many quotes from the misfits have benefited you personally? have you killed any girlfriends recently? they're just repackaged rebranded metal crap. it's like that maiden/acdc crap, fear of the dark and endlessly talking about your boner; if you go to somebody and tell them you're afraid of the dark, you deserve a spanking, have something to really fear, as it were. in what world is that cool or worth writing a song about? I hate raisins but you don't hear me writing winy ballads on the subject. My personal take on punk quality is trying to replace any word with "cheese". If it does not loose anything of it's meaning, it was probably crap to begin with. PS: I'm only ranting as I see a lot of regurgitated crap being sold to kids (just like religion and politics) by the music industry, before they get any chance to make up their minds about what is objectively valuable and what isn't.
I only threw the misfits in there because of Glenn Danzig, I honestly don't give a crap about them. Yeah, Reagan Youth had some real meaning behind it. It was all drug induced satire and sarcasm, Dave Rubinstein was wacked out of his mind 90% of the time and he was always slurring his words. I'm not saying Reagan Youth was crap but they weren't much better than the bands you claim to be trash. I definitely don't consider myself punk and I really could care less what someone else thinks I am. I am a musician and I do write music, that's all I have to say.
SMAAAASHTV I'm not claiming that some bands are trash, I am pointing out why they are trash. I don't mean to be disrespectful but taking let's say ACDC, you would be hard pressed to find a song which is not about sex, say for the one with lightning. But if you think about it, the only people obsessed about sex are wankers, no? You crave for what you don't get. On the other hand, there are bands like NOFX which have wonderful lyrics like "music should be created from devotion, not ambition, not for fame" and don't get nearly as much attention as they should. The music industry has turned this form of art to crap. The definition of kitsch is an artistic endeavor with only shape and no substance. Art should be the mirror of society and if you look at what survived from the last 2000 years, it did so as it was relevant. I just wanted to get this point across. I wish you all the inspiration and the luck in the world.
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I like how so many comments are all "this is punk" or "this isn't punk" when the original goal of punk was for people to play and hear music that they wanted to hear and not be ostracized for their preferences. Now, so many "punk" fans are only concerned about being viewed as a true member of the culture. If you really took punk ideology to heart, you'd play/listen to what you like and acknowledge that everyone has different tastes. Punk was a way for social outcasts to be comfortable with who they were, so why is it now about casting out those who aren't like the rest?
You have a very good point there.
your so awsome youve got the right idea.
You have to draw a line somewhere, this is where.
punk isnt for posers its for real misfits you cant be part of mainstream culture like most of these pop punk cultures are mainstream. being punk rock is about being a rebel... going beyond being yourself. and being ok with it. pop punk is for people who think they are that but really attract mainstream culture. nobody likes fucking rancid AND fall out boy. or NOFX AND all time low. people dont know the culture now. ya know
exactly i used to buy punk in the 80s let this man teach his lesson, who the hell says what the heck punk is, he is helping a kid for gosh sakes people..pretty freaking punk cool
a lot of people on here saying punk is easy, well, that depends on the punk you listen to. If you listen to leatherface and their dueling guitars, it's still probably basic stuff to some, but it's a lot more involved than green day. and then you have bands like propagandhi who are taking it to another level entirely. All in all, this is a good lesson for a kid just starting out with his buddies in the garage. Hope he took it in
I know why i like the punk rock riffs, its because my guitar skills are goddamn LIMITED ! :D
true, havent said that. ;)
@xLinkinPark1994x,
You do not, "have to," do anything you don't want to do... music is an art form... there is no such thing with it as; "Never," or, "Always." However, that said, by learning the inherent structure of anything you do enjoy a great deal, you become wiser on many underlying levels. Essentially, the more you know the rules... the more you can break them. If you have no clue, well then... you are clueless, (as the old saying goes).
Thanks for watching,
Andrew Wasson
I havent seen anyone talk about the Dead Boys yet. Even The Queers, Screeching Weasel, Descendents, and Sloppy Seconds havent even been talked about yet. Real bummer too.
The addicts, g.b.h., exploited. A bunch can't mention all of them. Voivods, Richard hell
Those are like all of my favorite bands lol
Jts heartbreakers the Ruts gg allin and the Jabbers. Early stranglers, stooges so many great bands. Can't define punk in my opinion. Its the diy ethos i abide buy. @lawrencemichaelis5908
I just wanna add that the beginning guitar riff was awesome :)✊
Thanks for this lesson, I've developed two new song ideas from messing around with the scales presented.
u are one of the coolest people ive ever seen andrew
I haven't seen all your vids but this is a bit of a departure from the stuff I'm used to seeing you do., Good stuff! I'd also like to mention that another common lead concept used in this style are octaves particularly between the 5th and 3rd strings. A lot of punk bands also use that well known Chuck Berry lick. Both of those are found all over Green Day's music. The former in songs like "Holiday" and the latter in songs like "J.A.R.".
I really like that this video was in response to a young kid! After all thats where most of us start and a lot of your videos, though brilliant and helpful, are decently high level; something like this is sure to help the young and enthusiastic.
0:25 amazing solo
@nielsfoxie there is a difference between double stops and two note chords.. two note chords are usually power chords (5ths) and double stops are to notes played at the same time which arent usually chords
This sounds better than I’d expected!
Even though there's not really a formula, I would say most Punk leads are minor pentatonic, which really makes things really simple for writing leads and even some good riffs.
I was watching this right now, I think everybody expected something a lot faster and reckless, even if it's coordinated. I dug the way you put the riffs you recommended together in your presentation, but jack the tempo up with stuff like this.
For me, this sounds like that side of The Offspring everyone knows, the mainstream side after Smash, instead of stuff from their first album or stuff from Bad Religion's early albums or Suicidal Tendencies. Those aren't catchy in the pop sense, but they hook a lot of us.
that is so cool that student wrote you a letter, way to go
Thanks for the great Lesson! Finally I found the name for the double string chords: double stops. I'm playing guitar for 4 years now and always wondered what those double string chords are and how to use them properly. Now I know the name of it I can start to do some research on the internet and learn some double stop shapes.
how do you make that guitar sound like this please answer mine has different sound
Andrew, being a guitar teacher myself too, your videos are so inspirational. Thanks for taking the time to make this.. Cheers from Mèxico
whats the name of the opening song, please reply
just discovered you today.... instantly subbed, been playing guitar since i was 5 but i just decided to start taking lessons definitely learning a lot from you
nofx is where its at
Every punk guitarist should look no further than El Hefe to be their guide
Awesome! This is what I was looking for. Thanks
Another great video! Keep up the great work! can't wait to see more videos.
I totally agree; Green Day has been my favorite band for a long time. They're really trying to branch out of their typical punk style simply because people don't seem to like punk as much anymore. Music changes over time. The Beatles changed their music with the times, as did the Rolling Stones, and every other famous band. However, I will remain a punk rock fan for the rest of my life xD rock on everyone.
This was pretty awesome - thanks! What tone settings are you using?
Can you make a tutorial the song you played at the intro it's very catchy pls :d
I'm actually joining a Punk rock band now. Green Day to me is not Punk Rock anymore like they were when they started out, and I'm not going to be doing a lead role in this band, I'll be doing Rhythmn. We are going to be doing more Old School Punk styling like Lugnut in their song Good Times, so I was wondering if you could make some more lessons on Punk Rock guitar styles, showing the more "Old School" ways of playing Punk Rock. If you actually read this, thanks bro!
The lead section at 00:27 reminds me of a song but i can't quite place it... o.O any help? :)
What pedal are you using to get that amazing tone ?
Can anyone tell me plz where is that opening riff and lead from? Or is it your own andrew? its stuck inside my head!
The beginning is SUPER catchy!!! I love it! Can I like make it into a little song or something???
@creativeguitarstudio i really want to use this lead part in something i am working ( it sounds like it would fit perfectly ) on but i dont believe its in the key i need it to be in. is there anyway that you could transpose it into e minor or atleast give me some tabs and i can try to do it myself? thanks.
Great Job brother
What types of guitars are best for punk rock?
Cheap shitty second hand guitars or just whatever the fuck you wanna play though I would recommend getting one with a humbucker
great job man !!
enjoyed it
hi andrew i am in a grunge band like nirvana,soundgarden and pearl jam could you do a lesson on what chord and riffs they use.love your lessons
Such a great lead. Very catchy.
what scale are you using?????
can someone give me a direct link to the handout for this video please? ive been looking every where and still cant find it?? cheers!
Whats the tab for the intro?, i want to use it in a song im writing but i can't figure it out
Lugnut? "old school" ? try Stiff Little Fingers, UK SUBS, Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Blitz, New Model Army.... cheers!
GREAT lesson!
punk rock is great style :) great lession !
What guitar is used for this ?
this is great !
Billie Joe said that he doesn't consider his band as punk rock...but we're talking about real musicians and that's why he couldn't stay punk rock forever as they were on the bi
begining of the band.But if you listen dookie insomniac and kerplunk you will understand that Green Day was punk rock band and if they hanged they did it to bring new music for the people and they did it well.
No I still think they are punk by the way they do music and by the way they act ..they don't care about anything and this is just punk (and I hate the punk elitists they are like a virus for rock and roll music)
They have some punk sounds but overall they're pop punk. Great band nevertheless
Nirvana brought punk into the mainstream
you can be punk rock and a musician like el hefe
he just got bored hes all outta angst
Finally something I can play!
@xLinkinPark1994x You use scales whether you're aware of that or not.
@AddzCee6 This probably isn't it, but it reminded me of The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring.. I don't know why, pretty different riffs lol
Great teacher...
i want full song of that riff in beginning!!! its awesome. unfortunately i dont know guitar.
What is the name of the melody he play in the beginning?Please,tell me.
Justin Beiber - Boyfriend
Damien Sullivan Are you kidding me?
u
Marius Aase
u
Damien Sullivan ??
what u mean with u??
am i retarded??
at 0:26 to 1:00 anyone know the tabs to that? Or where he covers it in the video?
Download this lessons handout for all of the TAB's... www.andrewwasson.com/recent_posts/2011/06_june/june_2011.php#jun24
Anybody know what kind of bridge pick up is on that guitar. Never saw one like that.
I believe it is a Seymour Duncan hot rail single coil pickup.
Shweet. Thanks
Green day is punk maybe not by their sound ANYMORE but by how they live
Hey dude i tried to make songs like blink 182 but its hard , i dont have any idea , can you give me some tips ?
what is his email, I have a question
sounds great
i had no idea rowan atkinso now become a guitar teacher
can i use this for a song? 0.0
@retroguy02,
I made it up. Go make a song with it and link it to this video if you really like it.
Thanks for watching,
Andrew Wasson
Creative Guitar Studio
it's in the key of D major right?
Jsi borec ..zdravím z česka! :)
Que Escalas son las que muestra en min 3.13?
Please teach how to play the intro song
Dude! Nice!
Great album!
Hi, can you please give a tab of what you play :) thx
what scale should I use for pop punk ?
the scale that spells out im a pussy
Dood can you please not hate on him he just wants to figure out which scale to use.
You should use Major pentatonic and Minor Pentatonic scales
***** lol xD
Have you heard Green Day's Insomniac album (1995) it's non stop punk rock..
Green Day were a punk revival act..
its called evolution man!
And I'd have to agree that the music at the outset of this video sounds like the Offspring.
would you be able to tab out the opening riff plz XD
The lad who sent that email in is 27 now.
I borrow your punk rhythm for a gane (this in developtent)
i love how the kids and these so called "hard core punk rockers" argue on whats punk or not when neither sides seem to know what punk is
Punk mainly consists of repetition, power chords, and barre chords, and other elements ass well. I'm pretty sure Green Day IS considered punk, maybe not their newer stuff, but they definitely were. The problem with this genre is too many people think that is a band goes out of the limits just a hair they aren't in the genre anymore. You have to be different to get noticed, so you have to step out of the boundaries, or push them a little bit, and that's what Green Day did. Get over it.
NothingToSeeHereSir. Green day is pop punk, not straight punk. Nothing against green day I like them. But they have a pop song structure. A lot of newer so called punk bands fall in the pop punk category.
YEEEAAH GREEN DAY AND 1D ROX
SuperDeluxeAnuzBleach Your b8 is stale
gamingusta knudsen
:(
old greenday is good. new greenday is ok but one direction isnt even similar to greenday never ever compare those bands. and one direction is for 8year old girls and there unhardcore shit is garbage and shouldnt be called music those 1D assholes use autotune but greenday has real tallent greenday is badass and 1D can go eat shit those funny fucking posers.
SuperDeluxeAnuzBleach :o No bitch
Tab to intro ?
This ain't punk, it sounds way too good to be punk :-)
nice
Can I make a song out of this?
How about horror punk like misfits?
that would be more along the lines of a blues minor scale for lead guitar riffs. just turn the bass way up
Misfits are awesome!! Wednesday 13 murderdolls
good
Who else thinks that was one hell of a riff ? Is it from a song or your own?
tabs?
punk inspired pop rock. that would be even more precise. lol
Not to understate my love for the Ramones, but to be fair they weren't "punk".. they were a classic example of what was to become modern day pop-punk. In my opinion, they were like the Fall Out Boy of their time.
no.just no.
they were punk rock because three chord rock dissapeared in the late 60s and early 70s. and became oversaturated with prog rock. ramones brought the 3 chord and fuck you attitude to punk.the songs are 'poppy sounding' but is a ironic sort of attitude they had about it and to play very fast
Sean Romo besides punk is just a label created by zines really, bands are actually very disverse in sound, and in reality english punk could very well just be its own genre of music. but it isnt we call it punk. just like ska. ska is punk in spirit.
+Sean Romo they never had a fuck you attitude theyre still good but thats what sex pistols brought to the table
@sabathbloodysabath1 Power chords are what Kurt Cobain used
I can understand Metal or Jazz elitists, but NOT punk rock, the theme of any punk rock is not having guidelines. Y'all are at the wrong video if you can't even appreciate what this dude's doing.
please... TABS from first solos pls pls pls
@creativeguitarstudio
Did anyone actually make a song with this?!? b/c I am working with a song and like this opening :-)
greed day started out as punk btw. And punk rock guitar would be more like Stiff Little fingers and the Sex Pistils.
so what it is?
I'll make a song with it.. :)
Why Green Day, and even that not even like Dookie, but 21 guns
you don't say ? green day is a punk rock legend past 20 years.
Should have pointed the kid in the direction of a really crappy punk band like Reagan Youth, complete with piss drunk vocalist. Or perhaps something decent like old school Bad Religion and/or Danzig/The Misfits.
How are the misfits decent? Horror punk? Really? How's Reagan Youth bad? misfits are sellout cunts in flashy bondage gear and perhaps a vibrating dildo in their asses, poser shit at it's finest. If you can't say something worth saying, stfu or switch to techno. Ponder this, how many quotes from the misfits have benefited you personally? have you killed any girlfriends recently? they're just repackaged rebranded metal crap. it's like that maiden/acdc crap, fear of the dark and endlessly talking about your boner; if you go to somebody and tell them you're afraid of the dark, you deserve a spanking, have something to really fear, as it were. in what world is that cool or worth writing a song about? I hate raisins but you don't hear me writing winy ballads on the subject.
My personal take on punk quality is trying to replace any word with "cheese". If it does not loose anything of it's meaning, it was probably crap to begin with.
PS: I'm only ranting as I see a lot of regurgitated crap being sold to kids (just like religion and politics) by the music industry, before they get any chance to make up their minds about what is objectively valuable and what isn't.
I only threw the misfits in there because of Glenn Danzig, I honestly don't give a crap about them. Yeah, Reagan Youth had some real meaning behind it. It was all drug induced satire and sarcasm, Dave Rubinstein was wacked out of his mind 90% of the time and he was always slurring his words. I'm not saying Reagan Youth was crap but they weren't much better than the bands you claim to be trash. I definitely don't consider myself punk and I really could care less what someone else thinks I am. I am a musician and I do write music, that's all I have to say.
SMAAAASHTV I'm not claiming that some bands are trash, I am pointing out why they are trash. I don't mean to be disrespectful but taking let's say ACDC, you would be hard pressed to find a song which is not about sex, say for the one with lightning. But if you think about it, the only people obsessed about sex are wankers, no? You crave for what you don't get. On the other hand, there are bands like NOFX which have wonderful lyrics like "music should be created from devotion, not ambition, not for fame" and don't get nearly as much attention as they should. The music industry has turned this form of art to crap. The definition of kitsch is an artistic endeavor with only shape and no substance. Art should be the mirror of society and if you look at what survived from the last 2000 years, it did so as it was relevant. I just wanted to get this point across.
I wish you all the inspiration and the luck in the world.
+dragon61rider It's a matter of opinion. Excuse me for having one.
+dragon61rider It's a matter of opinion. Excuse me for having one.
What are you, like 20?