Editing Raw Power (section)

== Musical style ==
''Raw Power'' has often been classified as a [[proto-punk]] or [[garage rock]] album.<ref name="paste"/> According to [[Brett Callwood]], it abandoned the "groove-ridden, feel-based songs" of the band's first two albums in favor of a more anthemic [[hard rock]] approach inspired by Williamson, who co-wrote the album's eight songs with Pop.{{sfn|Callwood|2011}} Similarly, music critic Joe S. Harrington said that the hard rock album demonstrated a "totally overpowering" sound, "a sledgehammer attack of brutal ill will",<ref>{{cite book|page=274|last=Harrington|first=Joe S.|year=2002|title=Sonic Cool: The Life & Death of Rock 'n' Roll|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]]|isbn=9780634028618}}</ref> while author [[Dave Thompson (author)|Dave Thompson]] noted Pop's "nihilistic hard rock bellowing" throughout.<ref>{{cite book|page=3|last=Thompson|first=Dave|authorlink=Dave Thompson (author)|year=2000|title=Alternative Rock: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion|publisher=Miller Freeman Books|isbn=9780879306076}}</ref> In another analysis, ''[[PopMatters]]'' writer Iain Ellis said the album can be seen in retrospect as [[punk metal]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ellis|first=Iain|date=April 27, 2020|url=https://www.popmatters.com/punk-metal-frenemies-for-life-2645713840.html|title=Punk and Metal: Frenemies for Life|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|accessdate=July 26, 2021}}</ref> while ''[[Tucson Weekly]]''{{'}}s Jarret Keene deemed it "garage-punk-metal" fusion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Keene|first=Jarret|date=March 22, 2007|url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/rhythm-and-views/Content?oid=1087169|title=Rhythm & Views|newspaper=[[Tucson Weekly]]|accessdate=July 26, 2021}}</ref>