10 Pop Punk Clichés That Every Band Uses

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[@SugarpillProd]

You knew I had to pull out the surf green guitar for this video. 🎉SERVICES - linktr.ee/sugarpillcovers 📲INSTAGRAM - instagram.com/sugarpillcovers/

[@demonoising]

This is "how to sound like old Blink 182" more than anything else.

[@Max-ks2to]

Naw this is more like new blink 182

[@yaboiiarty7876]

@@Max-ks2to nah this is more Mid-era. New Blink is California and NINE.

[@Bls-of1ld]

​@@yaboiiarty7876nah toms back ..one more time is a better album

[@derekfrazier389]

Also rhyming “jaded” with “frustrated”

[@manqueeve5229]

This is too good

[@memespoon134]

it's all so complicated

[@yaboiiarty7876]

Funny cos Blink once rhymed Jaded with Calculated

[@Mafon2]

@@memespoon134 lying, denying...

[@jeromewagschal9485]

The pickslide is a major part of the punk guitar sound...I have heard it all over punk records for decades...

[@jakeeeGST]

holy shit at the beginning i had to stop myself from yelling "NEVER FOUND OUT WHY YOU LEFT HIM"

[@adrianruiz1139]

SAME LOL

[@eribertocastillo5293]

But this answer begs a questiooon!

[@elipsage2194]

Too blind to see tomorrow

[@Papa77sGarage]

Too broke to beg or borrow,

[@Magst3r1]

Young and stupid,

[@joshuacrane]

You played it but didn't call it out-the octave lead guitar part.

[@hokagoband]

You forgot C,G,A,F

[@gnocky2292]

DAMMIT how could i forget

[@LorenzoDeNato]

@@gnocky2292 top tier comment I hate my brain keeping repeating me that there are even some E and D on the opening riff

[@bon2yan88]

@@gnocky2292 IM FEELING THIS!

[@seantobin2162]

Throw in lyrics about falling for a girl but how she’ll never like me and we’re all set here

[@randy1822001]

🎶Never found out why you left him but this answer begs a question. Too blind to see tomorrow. Too broke to beg or borrow.🎶

[@GiveSic]

1:20 yep. That's punk baby. I'm not even joking.

[@noisepollution4473]

This definitely sounds like it could be a bonus track from Take Off imo

[@Marro245]

kinda sounds like everytime i look for you

[@chillchinna4164]

The world was a better place when people would blast this sound everywhere.

[@BarlB15]

Genuinely a good song haha

[@sassafrasofficial3695]

The intro to Everytime I Look For You 😩 Edit: I have since noticed it in Down and Teenage Satellites lol

[@SimulationSimulacrum]

Nice burnham reference and DVDA outro

[@kanvolu]

That bass tone is deadly

[@thurgood107]

This is class!

[@SugarpillProd]

Thanks!

[@Sysquente]

So accurate well done

[@invisibl3enemy]

Seriously tho... when is this gonna be on Spotify??

[@ultimateninjaboi]

"...toniiiight"

[@joshuawatson1902]

It’s funny that I’m old enough to remember when these ideas were new and exciting, rather than old cliches…

[@CountDain7]

Anthem part 2?

[@couttsheretic]

Use these every song 😄

[@gamerwithglasses2562]

not gonna lie, this song is kind of fire

[@elenas8065]

fact is I'd listen to this

[@adhitiapuspo5586]

could you tell me your string gauge?

[@SugarpillProd]

10s usually.

[@BulletHardy]

Which guitar do you use?

[@SugarpillProd]

There's a link in the description for a list of all the gear I use.

[@DangerPinsX]

Okay but I actually loved the song...

[@jeremiahanderson6011]

Sick guitar tone. How is it an amp or a sim?

[@SugarpillProd]

Thanks! I use an Axe FX II.

[@MrSviggels]

I mean if it works, it works

[@1imsearchingthetruth]

Does anyone know how to to the emo chord pls?

[@SugarpillProd]

Do a 3 finger power chord shape, then just drop the high octave note a half step down. So for instance, a D chord would be 5th fret A, 7th fret D and 6th fret G. It also works with the regular shape of a 3 finger power chord, if you're starting on the D string - like I do in the video. Hope that helps!

[@OnyxSkiesXIX]

It’s a major 7 chord with no third.

[@mrozzdude]

wait, I was jamming TF out to this... oops

[@jackguthrie2366]

How do you make your drum beats?

[@SugarpillProd]

I either draw them in on a midi map, or I'll use one of my drum packs that I sell, if I'm stuck for ideas.

[@totalrobot]

5 chords some more 5 chords topped off with more 5 chords No wonder people burned out on it after a couple years

[@ravendano]

Sounds like blink predominantly

[@illsnare]

Why was this song fire

[@mrbbiha]

While wearing an atticus shirt :)

[@serendipity_gaming]

Still better than half the crap that comes out these days

[@samuelreim3132]

There’s some video in this truth

[@jerikdejesus1754]

delonge is daddy for life

[@aerpods]

Tony hawk pro skater

[@CoffeeFurret]

This is just Sims 3 music...

[@garfeeble]

these are all cliches i am a very big fan of

[@sammyham6965]

Sounds so similar to blink 182

[@Benjarmon]

This video is the exact reason I don’t consider Green Day to be pop punk. I think American idiot is their only “pop punk album.” But dookie, and insomniac are punk. Nimrod is alternative rock. And warning is folk Punk.

[@SugarpillProd]

I would definitely consider them pop punk, but they're certainly a different flavour of pop punk. This video was more inspired by the Screeching Weasel / Blink 182 skate punk sound. However, I always feel Green Day are pulling more influence from early punk bands, like Sex Pistols & Ramones, and adding in a more pop-oriented sound to that influence. I agree they vary from album to album, as you said. Though I'd say Dookie is probably the most pop punk they ever sounded.

[@Benjarmon]

@@SugarpillProd I agree. Blink had that skate punk brand while Green Day was more rooted in classic rock tinged punk sound. Aiding to billie’s use of solos and such.

[@marquisdecarabas1312]

The video title could also be "10 reasons why i hate pop punk". Would make difference for me. 😂😂😂

[@BlibbertyBlobberty]

I don't get it - are you being negative about this stuff or just pointing it out?

[@olivernash1751]

Except literally all you listen to is pop punk...which is essientially nowadays just cliches =/.

[@PurpleShadowWizard117]

CLICHE!?!??! YOU MEAN THE FUCKING BASICS OF POP PUNK LOL!?!?!

[@eljay2343]

How to sound like MGK..

[@alvarkristinsson]

Dude listen to more pop punk bands this is not that common. Trust me

[@kostakise]

you forgot the guitar solo that's just the melody of the vocals true classic

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

Dude I swear, as soon you touch your instruments it always comes out something that could be straight out of Mark, Tom and Travis' minds. 😆

[@Paul_LaSalle]

Dude, you got the formula all mapped out...go resurrect that early 2000s blink sound... it needs a comeback.. everyone liked that sound...

[@MolliOlli182]

And despite effort MGK did not do so.

[@daveyhavok1708]

Go listen to the band No Pressure

[@car_guy25carlover28]

Nostalgic kills only thing to get back out there is to make your own stuff stop trying to be someone

[@ChaixLatte]

Go listen to No Pressure and listen to New Ends! Both bands do this sound justice!

[@userdeleted4723]

I promise you not everyone liked that sound and there’s a reason it was short lived. That style is overly simplistic and becomes too easy to pigeon hole yourself, hence why every single band that was in that category struggled moving to more musically diverse soundscapes.

[@stephenhodgeman6496]

This is more later Blink182 (2000's-ish) influenced, leaving out a few clichés and other influential bands of the genre... Overall though, nice analysis though. I'm with it 👍 Atticus shirt would really ties it together though lol.

[@SugarpillProd]

I'm literally wearing one in the video lol.

[@stephenhodgeman6496]

@@SugarpillProd ha! Just goes to show how much I pay attention 😂 Gotta love the ADHD lol.

[@stephenhodgeman6496]

I fixed it xD

[@andrewpappas9311]

I know that for my own riffs I've used the Delonge drone, pickslide (especially) and single mutes a lot

[@peterw2880]

Same. Started using the single mute a lot more recently on top of another guitar that’s palm muting a lot to add a little extra oomph. Usually like a second verse/bridge build thing

[@beepst]

I died at the "emo chord" part. That's probably the part in which Tom Delonge would mess it up live.

[@davidengstrom7598]

What chord is that?

[@beepst]

@@davidengstrom7598 probably some maj7th chord.

[@Adrimixmi]

Yep, in the video it’s even a Fmaj7. It’s pretty easy to play, you just finger it as a power chord, but starting on the D string (x553xx). If you wanted to play it one octave lower, you could play it as xxx231, for example.

[@tonyjabroni7205]

@@Adrimixmithank you!

[@MalisDaddy]

Or when the band is in the middle of a fast part of he song, stops playing for a second or two (drummer grabs the crash symbol), then picks up again at a fast pace once more.

[@JosephMensman]

This sounds like a cheesy theme song for a tv show about kids playing in the summer time

[@beepst]

Well, that was pop punk in a nutshell. It was used in practically every 2000s teen movie ever.

[@adamatomic41]

Definitely cliches, but also all the things that really made the genre work. It's the recipe for a perfect power pop song.

[@MrWessiide]

I'd listen to the crap out of this song just add in a nasally vocalist and a couple well timed screams and it's in my playlist

[@zedricquick6793]

That major scale reminds of screeching weasel. Cool video 😎

[@PunkNerd]

Never heard this track from enema of the state.

[@shaneharrington3655]

I played in a band like this for ten years and hated it. Small town and no one to collaborate with. BUT it thought me how to be tight as a ducks arse at least

[@andrewandrew4970]

"THIS THE THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE" Repeat alot.

[@francogonz]

Omh yess, i have a friend of mine that loves this genre. This is basically every song in one 😬

[@castmnl8008]

You forgot to mention that every pop punk guitarist starts off with a purple Ernie Ball strap for extra edgyness.

[@SugarpillProd]

Since when was purple edgy?

[@kontrah2681]

My boy this was so enjoyable to hear. You got all my favourite cliches all in one song

[@quntumnmly7431]

and this is why i hate pop punk unless its my chem

[@DaveViner]

I was about to say 'atticus' shirt then the arrow appeared 😂😂

[@TonyJuanPailos]

Hail Bo Burnham

[@MJPGuitar]

Oh man I literally do like all of these 🙄

[@therealmorganofficial]

It’s the perfect formula.

[@roymastin104]

Nice!!!!

[@kenntonmoran]

The first chord sound like Last Nite of The Strokes

[@martin_srm_2481]

There's one more that is overly underrated, that blend between a palmute and drums like loading a gun, appears frequently at the end of the interlude before the chorus

[@andrewrichards1259]

I think there's enough analysis here to warrant (Pat Finnerty style) a "Beato!"

[@M0M...]

Need the tom break on chorus w/ the muted guitar chunks

[@Lavulite]

5SOS songs in 2014 be like :

[@JuanAntonioF]

What`s the emo chord??

[@SugarpillProd]

It's a maj7(omit 3).

[@rjs3590]

make this a song plz :P I love that 1999-2006 sound.

[@Dipsy827]

This song pumps

[@justcyan123]

You nail the play a p bass with a pick part

[@lukemagnotta7338]

Nothing about how all of the singers sound the same?

[@Evanspar]

I gotta get out of this town (gotta get out of this town), tonight

[@ghastlyshimmer]

Glad to know you’re using GGD. Great sound

[@SugarpillProd]

Yeah I usually switch between that and a few others, but I've been liking Modern & Massive quite a bit lately.

[@ClaytonBrownMusicOfficial]

Dude, just tag me next time. 😂

[@darkcorpd]

These cliches are what we love pop punk for.

[@1thess523]

This is 2000's stuff

[@NESADDICT]

Never found out why you left here but this answer begs the question 😊

[@Jolgeable]

Too much major keys. XP

[@lucaschapeau5421]

Cliché is a French Word 🤘🏼 Big Up

[@CosmicWaltz7]

Now that you've dissected it for the records, we can bury it. Good.

[@Alan-ps8kz]

They never change, it's always the same right lmao

[@valentinch0]

#11: lyrics mention “this town” : (

[@_Adie]

brb, gonna revive pop punk right quick

[@ManuelGonzalez-pz6zq]

What kind of chord is the emo chord?

[@SugarpillProd]

It's a maj7(omit 3).

[@of_rice_and_men]

Do you want blink-182? Cuz this is how you make blink-182!

[@oscarbateria8653]

Ok good but instead of bands wanting to copy blink sound wouldnt it be nice to every band to have their OWN sound...?

[@6Heather6Hazard6]

Long live the emo chord!

[@mickroyster6442]

I have terrible eyesight what chord exactly is that

[@beepst]

@@mickroyster6442 Just play a major 7th chord, and add the 9th for an extra angst dip.