the ataris' music has been described as alternative rock, emo, indie rock, pop punk and punk rock. the ataris stated artists like everclear, pennywise, weezer, built to spill, the vandals, 311, dag nasty, descendents, down by law, face to face, green day, hüsker dü, lagwagon, nirvana, nofx, richard hell and the voidoids, social distortion, the replacement, mu330 and barenaked ladies.