Totally agree with this take. Punk has always been more about energy, attitude, and rhythm than chasing exotic scales. Minor pentatonic and natural minor cover like 90% of classic punk riffs, especially when you lock into fast downstrokes and tight power chords.

A lot of iconic punk lines are basically:

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  Minor pentatonic runs between power chords

  
  


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  Single-note melodies that follow the chord roots

  
  


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  Simple patterns played aggressively rather than “correctly”