- How is punk rock different from pop punk?
- Production and melodic intent. Punk rock stays rough, angry and unvarnished, and its chorus need not be pretty. Pop punk keeps the speed and the lineup but writes sweeter melodies over cleaner production with more youth-oriented subjects. One wants attitude; the other wants a singalong.
- How do I preserve the roughness when generating?
- Prompt "rough recording, no detailed mixing, untuned vocal, three chords, no more than four instruments." Avoid words like "lush" or "professionally produced" — punk's power comes precisely from the burrs that were never sanded off.
- How should the lyrics be written?
- Short lines, plain speech, a clear position. Skip metaphor and literary decoration and say what the grievance is. The tradition favors a repeated chant of a chorus so a room can shout it back; the closer it reads to ordinary talk, the closer it is to the real thing.
