UK Punk 'zine "Sideburns", 1977

Jul 3, 2026 4:52 PM

jansenart

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There. Now you know how to play guitar.

Find a bassist and a drummer and a mic and an amp.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

What about that one secret cord? That one David used to play.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I can sing, play guitar bass, drum, have a mic and a few amps. I have been trying for about 16 years now. Here's a song I made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9bpdxxJIIA

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

would still be better than cut and paste samples, bad lyrics (sung through a vocoder) backed by a drum machine with NO SOUL.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Alternatively you can just test out random finger positions and decide which ones sound good, that's also allowed

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

And with enough distortion, almost everything sounds good.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

needs a D and a C

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I'll give you a D

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Bm is a useful next step because it teaches bar-chords and once you realize you can just sort of do those for most positions and you basically have all you need.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

1 more chord is needed, 4 is the hit song formula.

1 month ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 3

Just rewrite "All the small things" with different lyrics and an inverted chorus and instead of "la la la la" go "doo doo doo doo" and you've got yourself a genuine 1999 skate-punk hit.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's dead simple

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Its a punk band. They don't want hit songs

1 month ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

came here to say this

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0