2000s: A Timeline of Guitar Riffs

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks for watching all! I know this is a decade that is still quite fresh in the memory for most, and a lot of people will be saying 'where is x, y, z'. If you have any suggestions of riffs that I've missed, let us know in the comments below!

[@MxLee192]

Intro riff Sum 41 - In Too Deep! American idiot - Green Day. Hindu Times - Oasis. Take a Look around - Limp Bizkit. Ride - the vines. Rockshow - blink 182. Loads and loads. What a decade for iconic guitar riffs.

[@RRios0027]

don't be a hater and put some Creed in it next time.

[@mungofinalfi4480]

@@RRios0027 Well, he included Nickelback, so...

[@codyscards6698]

2002 - new found glory -my friends over you.

[@allantucker4972]

Turbo Negros Denim Demon.. thanks for reminding of some great songs

[@TerribleCovers11]

The early 2000's was still super grungy in tone.

[@Blisteryn]

Grunge was super punky/metal.

[@DirtyWorldRecords1]

Grunge tone is best tone

[@benmannion4381]

​@@DirtyWorldRecords1yeahhh I love it!!

[@Squall6575]

I think mostly because post grunge was the essential alt rock sound. Bands like nickelback, three days grace topped charts and they all had grungy vocals and riffs/tones

[@Cognitoman]

What😂 grunge was dead by the early 2000s it was the start of post hardcore, emo/scremo and punk rock had hit its peak and was on the decline. Also metalcore was starting to get big… grunge was dead by 99

[@drezno]

The accuracy of the tones is almost MORE impressive than the immaculate riff interpretations! bravo!

[@MiguelOlivan]

I miss some "Franz Ferdinand". Great choices anyway!!!

[@al-bongovic]

Indeed... 3 songs by The White Stripes and not one by Franz Ferdinand 😕

[@SoniKast]

Yeah Take Me Out could've easily been there for 2004 and Do You Want To? for 2005

[@Owen_plays_music1049]

and Kaiser Chiefs :/

[@BulletDrummer]

The Fallen has a great riff

[@joph4950]

and seether

[@3xtan327]

Did the strokes dirty w/ that riff choice lol

[@bloxsy_]

lol I thought it would be funny but I should have done NY City Cops to be fair.

[@iliketrains3495]

Same vibes as CoverSolutions' 50 Bass Intros video with Reptilia

[@AnnoyingOrange420]

It's a very technical riff, most people don't think of the strokes as a musicians band but those guys can really shred

[@chrismason4224]

@@AnnoyingOrange420 That's hilarious

[@fefloria]

I thought about the same thing, so funny but it sounds amazing

[@Jesus_H._Tap-DancingChrist]

Shout out to all the effort put into this one

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks mate.

[@Labyrinth1010]

That Alice In Chains riff is one of the most badass riffs ever written.

[@stockholmsyndrome3218]

That QOTSA riff is fucking amazing

[@bloxsy_]

Yeah gotta do full video of QOTSA riffs

[@pakoti96]

@@bloxsy_ the tone is on point!

[@leonardotube]

Saw a movie projected onto my mind: end of adolescence, early adulthood, college, first girlfriend, rise of MP3, Audiogalaxy, Soulseek, going to record stores with my friends, concerts, nightclubs, checking out tons of blogs about music trying to keep in touch with the newest hypes being promoted by NME, Pitchfork and many other places...Man, I almost cried when you played that riff from Arcade Fire, what a time to be young and naive. Thanks a lot, wish I could like this video a thousand times.

[@matthiaswouters]

Audiogalaxy and Soulseek.. damn that takes me back! 😅

[@Gogozaurio]

I feel that Franz Ferdinand and Interpol should've been included on the video 😢, but great choices nonetheless!! Excellent tone as well !!!

[@purify_guitar]

Here's a few I was thinking of: The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So Foo Fighters - Times Like These Nirvana - You Know You're Right Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out Pearl Jam - Life Wasted Metallica - All Nightmare Long Them Crooked Vultures - No One Loves Me And Neither Do I

[@patricklinkous]

You just took me through my late teens to late 20s. So many consequential songs.

[@raphaelfp]

It's good to see some late veteran riffs getting love on this one, like Oasis, U2 and especially Alice in Chains. Check My Brain is an absolute banger Great selection as usual. I guess we'll have to wait for the 2001 video then!

[@nirmalasokan1687]

That's a really interesting 4 string guitar you used for that tool riff

[@MDE128]

Pop and rap were the most popular genres in the 2000s, but rock in the 2000s is so awesome. One of my favorite decades in rock.

[@bloxsy_]

I had some others that I cut from the video like Daft Punk Robot Rock and Lose Yourself Eminem.

[@brandanmaza2413]

So many of these songs are in a guitar hero game really encapsulates the early 2000s

[@cnrsfilms]

Who else wants to start a revival of guitar music? I'm definitely in

[@TheEman590]

By all means. Guitar is such a diverse instrument. Rock, blues, funk, jazz, country, reggae, metal, punk, you name it

[@jungleblobs5225]

brother it never went away wtf are you talking about

[@caliente-frio3966]

@@jungleblobs5225 yes, it's still around if you actively look for it, but it definitely disappeared from mainstream radio and music channels.

[@kotlet.schabowy2133]

I recommend band named Letril on spotify. They are new with sick guitar riffs.

[@crustyjpeg7064]

It isn't totally mainstream anymore, but it's alive and well. Check out Royal Blood, Tigercub, Hello Mary, and Dead Poet Society for a start!

[@mitzi856]

lost symphonies - saosin 2004 give em hell kid - my chemical romance - 2004 taste of ink - the used - 2002 understanding in a car crash - thursday - 2001 symmetry - title fight- 2009 dance dance - fall out boy - 2005 just a few bands i feel got left out and id love to see in a pt 2

[@Hazelmutt]

lost symphonies is an incredible song, also love dance dance lol

[@themidnightinator]

i would personally add blood and thunder - mastodon laid to rest - lamb of god

[@PsychoPeto]

When Rhianna appears, you know that's gona hit hard

[@iliketrains3495]

About 75% of my playlist is contained within this one video. Congrats on being the only person in the history of GuitarTube to play Rihanna right in between Linkin Park and Radiohead 😅 and now I've realised I've been playing both Kasabian riffs wrong this whole time 🤐 My list (not including ones already in the video): Incubus - Anna Molly, Under My Umbrella, Megalomaniac Biffy Clyro - Mountains, Semi-Mental, Glitter & Trauma Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out, No You Girls, Do You Want To Bloc Party - Banquet Kasabian - Club Foot, Fast Fuse, Vlad The Impaler Fall Out Boy - This Ain't a Scene, Dance Dance Muse - Time is Running Out, Uprising, Citizen Erased Vampire Weekend - A-Punk RHCP - Can't Stop, Snow, Charlie Maximo Park - Books From Boxes Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot, Never Miss a Beat Hard-Fi - Hard To Beat The Killers - When You Were Young, Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, For Reasons Unknown Placebo - The Bitter End, Special K, Meds Coldplay - Violet Hill, Politik, Talk Linkin Park - No More Sorrow, By Myself, Hit The Floor Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars, Spitting Games Kings of Leon - The Bucket, Four Kicks, Use Somebody Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone is Not Enough Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent, Crying Lightning, The View From The Afternoon

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you! Great list! Oh for Shoot The Runner, I completely did my own version so I wouldn't pay too close attention to that.

[@iliketrains3495]

​@@bloxsy_ ah, I was curious since I believe the main riff is on bass and the guitars play the leads over it. From watching this it looks like you played it in drop C which seems odd for a non-heavy band but then again they have a song 'Acid Turkish Bath' which is in drop C. I got a similar sound with downtuning and my Whammy set to an octave down, which I thought sounded nice

[@sttrogdor93]

I was coming to the comments to suggest Glitter & Trauma, and stopped when I saw your Only Revolutions profile pic 😂🤘 Mon the fucking Biffy!

[@mitchallhall3815]

Dude! That “out of exile” tone was spot on!!!

[@levilee207]

Appreciate you busting out the bass! Great video; cool as hell.

[@sans6956]

What a great collection of choons. Expertly played as always by you . Brilliant vid!

[@chaoschaoforever]

Here's a list of riffs I think that would suit the 2000s just slightly better. Some may be very different than others. 2000: Linkin Park - One Step Closer Papa Roach - Last Resort Disturbed - Down With the Sickness A Perfect Circle - Judith Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies) 2001: (This one was a tough one) Tool - Schism Incubus - Nice to Know You Sum-41 - Fat Lip Nickelback - How You Remind Me Drowning Pool - Bodies System of a Down - Chop Suey! 2002: Chevelle - The Red Trapt - Headstrong Trust Company - Downfall RHCP - Can't Stop Audioslave - Cochise QOTSA - No One Knows 2003: The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army Evanescence - Bring Me to Life Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You Linkin Park - Faint Muse - Stockholm Syndrome The Killers - Mr. Brightside 2004: Velvet Revolver - Slither Slipknot - Duality Incubus - Megalomaniac Alter Bridge - Metalingus Mastodon - Blood and Thunder U2 - Veritgo 2005: A7X - Bat Country System of a Down - BYOB Seether - Remedy Foo Fighters - Best of You 30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill Panic! At the Disco - I Write Sins, Not Tragedies 2006: (This one was also tough) My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade Breaking Benjamin - Diary of Jane RHCP - Dani California Killswitch Engage - My Curse Tool - Jambi Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become 2007: The White Stripes - Icky Thump Linkin Park - Bleed It Out Alter Bridge - Rise Today Paramore - Misery Business Seether - Fake It Foo Fighters - The Pretender 2008: Bullet for my Valentine - Waking the Demon Slipknot - Psychosocial Shinedown - The Crow & The Butterfly Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell 2009: Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company Animals As Leaders - CAFO Green Day - Know Your Enemy Skillet - Monster Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow Alice in Chains - Check My Brain

[@mattybaratty3646]

some of these choices are killer, especially including incubus

[@chaoschaoforever]

@@mattybaratty3646 I love Incubus. But yeah while there were many riffs in the 2000s, a lot of em that were heavier dominated the early to mid 2000s. Once you get to the late 2000s it was harder to find heavier riffs that were popular.

[@RajHK8]

Nice! I wanna add some! 2000: Metallica - I Disappear Fuel - Hemorrhage RATM - Renegades of Funk 2001: Creed - My Sacrifice Puddle of Mudd - Control Staind - For You 2002: Korn - Here To Stay Stone Sour - Bother Nirvana - You Know You’re Right Seether - Fine Again 2003: Jet - Cold Hard Bitch Cold - Stupid Girl Godsmack - I Stand Alone AFI - Girl’s Not Grey 2004: 🤔 2005: 🤔 2006: Nickelback - Animals Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes PJ - World Wide S.. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye (duh!) 2007: Rise Against - Prayer of the Refugee Finger Eleven - Paralyzer Linkin Park - What I’ve Done Incubus - Anna Molly Puddle of Mudd - Psycho 2008: Offspring - Hammerhead Metallica - Cyanide 2009: Dead By Sunrise - Crawl Back In Foo Fighters - Wheels Sick Puppies - Odd One

[@digglydonk]

was gonna sleep but new bloxsy upload we stay up

[@patricknapier8902]

That riff for Icky Thump is just so damn good!

[@jackoo666]

nice work man! really nailed all the tones. Get free sounded exactly like the record

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks!

[@talesxavier5752]

The video is good, but there's some bands that are missing like Paramore, My Chemical Romance, Rammstein, Static-X, Green Day, Sum 41, Killswitch Engage, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Evanescence, Godsmack, Disturbed, Seether, Three Days Grace.

[@dodi1986]

its all about one's own perception.

[@joewagner4593]

Anything else from your personal preference pile?

[@mohdshahrilsalleh3657]

Scoin

[@juliochavez1308]

Dead leaves was my 4th grade anthem thank you for adding that in

[@Hazelmutt]

Not just one but two Kasabian songs? impeccable taste

[@kgal9657]

Gosh dang it!!! Stevie T. singing "banana pickle boat" for U2's Vertigo riff is all I hear lol

[@joaocardoso6697]

Would have loved to see some Interpol and Modest Mouse here, but otherwise great video!

[@Alderath989]

Ey he's back

[@schoolgamer9592]

Amazing Riffs! Love the Timeline You Put Together!

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you

[@ForeverGotShorter]

The "Bleed American" and "Date With the Night" riffs are probably my favorites of the bunch. The latter isn't super fast or impressive but it never fails to get me pumped. I'd have loved to see you play a Rise Against riff, or Hot Water Music's "Trusty Chords" (not a super well known band, but I recall the NME interviewed a bunch of bands back in '09 about what they thought was the best song of the decade was and a couple of them mentioned "Trusty Chords"; that riff is killer).

[@frankdrebin4]

Immaculate, as always!

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you!

[@jordanwaites04]

Great timeline mate 🔥

[@jordanwaites04]

You should do Elliott smith riffs soon

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks mate.

[@radiobobb22]

That Bloc Party riff always reminded me of the pre-match music on the NES game Pro Wrestling

[@jimwilson6449]

That Date With the Night riff absolutely fucks

[@CentipedeMKDS]

Jack White - the riff master!

[@aaronmason6658]

Dead leaves and the dirty ground is so good

[@RonanDahlman-ci1ql]

Check My Brain is an absolute beauty of a tune, and an awesome way to end.

[@eadanhuntley903]

Metallica - Frantic...that's a deep cut 👏👏👏

[@sladen3884]

Gimmer some Scissor Sisters! In all seriousness, you could easily (and should) release 3 or 4 versions of each decade and we'll love and appreciate each one, mate!

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you!

[@Owen_plays_music1049]

Nice list. Here's a few more that should really been there: The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So Franz Ferdinand - Michael and Take Me Out Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot and Ruby Green Day - Holiday

[@jamesyhalostar]

2001: A BLOXSY ODESSEY

[@Numocron]

Wow man these are such awesome guitar riffs right here I love it. Shred on dude.😃👍❤️🔥⚡️🎶🎸

[@felidiazbo]

You could've added I might be wrong by Radiohead

[@dantorres3123]

Cheers from Mexico all my favourites of 2000 s times

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

like that you have some with the bass! i actually learned the bass parts for linkin park bleed it out the other night also the bass for the strokes 12:51 pretty fun jams from that era you can pick up pretty fast also artic monkeys a certain romance might be one of my favorite basslines from that era

[@LucasOliveira-qy7cq]

Nice, as always

[@kkrsnn5632]

That was a long time ago... Great riffs😎

[@josedaniel6638]

Great video!!

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks!

[@barnabyotoole2016]

sick riffage! super accurate

[@IrongodNZ]

You're a beast!

[@evhenchernyshov4090]

great job! extra likes for the dead band "The Vines"

[@FreezerKing]

How about The Libertines? They could honestly have a whole video, great guitar riffs. Also, Avril Lavigne for that early-2000s pop punk nostalgia hit

[@reimaginethesounds6694]

Untouchables from Korn has some great riffs

[@MxLee192]

Here to Stay is an iconic savage riff

[@BrainWady]

Amazing work, a great collection of very well played riffs! And if I may suggest, I still think it’s very possible to do the 2010s. I could suggest some songs!

[@bloxsy_]

I’m open to suggestions.

[@BrainWady]

@@bloxsy_ here you go! Alice in Chains - Stone Anthrax - Monster at the End Baroness - Shock Me Buckethead - Claymation Courtyard Daft Punk - Lose Yourself to Dance David Bowie - Sue Death Grips - On GP Faith No More - Superhero Foo Fighters - Bridge Burning Ghost - Cirice Grimes - We Appreciate Power Halestorm - Love Bites The Hu - Shoog Shoog Iron Maiden - Speed of Light Jack White - Over and Over Judas Priest - Firepower King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Mars for the Rich Linkin Park - Rebellion Mastodon - Show Yourself Metallica - Now That We’re Dead Opeth - Sorceress Paramore - Anklebiters The Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die Queens of the Stone Age - I Sat by the Ocean Rammstein - Deutschland Robert Plant - Rainbow Rush - Headlong Flight Sex Bob-Omb - Garbage Truck Slipknot - The Devil in I Soundgarden - Been Away Too Long Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better “Weird Al” Yankovic - CNR

[@bloxsy_]

Wow good work my man. I remember the Bowie riff. The Soundgarden one too. Maybe I’ll do a shorter video for it. It seems that as time goes by, the legacy acts seem more prominent.

[@BrainWady]

@@bloxsy_ looking forward to whatever you have in store!

[@PooNagoo]

The last night is hiliarous and i love the strokes lolll

[@MuseumsBloke]

A great start to “A Riffs Of The 2000s” (occasional) series. Liked The Strokes “Last Nite” best cos that’s the one I could probably play faultlessly 🙃

[@tomawsomeSaUCE]

Nice to see a Flaming Lips riff! maybe some day a Full Flaming Lips riff video?

[@electrify2519]

you always have the most tasteful choices in guitar

[@Mademoisellenobs992]

THE ARCTIC MONKEYS ONEES??!?!? SO GOOD OMG

[@rachidable]

Green day american idiot 2004 belongs in the list.

[@welltrev]

2 qotsa songs, I see a man of culture here 🙌

[@predaxgamer6396]

Best rock band in the last 30 yrs for me ngl

[@welltrev]

@@predaxgamer6396 they are my fav of all time. It's really underrated band!

[@predaxgamer6396]

@@welltrev frfr my fav band too....

[@raywt3237]

I was hoping to see some Biffy Clyro. You should do a video on them, they've some great riffs. PS great as always

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you. Any favourites of their's you like? I saw them live really early on. Great live but I don't know that much by them

[@omegajrz1269]

Icky Thump's riff is one of the most Zeppelin-esque I've ever heard

[@jeff7764]

Judith is one of the best from that era

[@eliocepe5270]

Velvet revolver mentioned ❤

[@wmvnotmp4]

I love hash pipe and thank you for including pork and beans 🙏🙏🙏

[@brandon_crow1291]

No American Idiot or Holiday from Green Day? Seen I'm Not Okay by MCR floated by others too which would've been a great addition awe well.

[@markl1910]

Just last week, I learned that Last Resort was written on a piano. The guitarist plays both guitar and piano.

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

ah yes, One Step Closer at the beginning. what a perfect timing tribute to Chester Bennington right there. 🤘🏻 9:47 Heck Yes! Bleed It Out, that one song closed out every concerts. Nice guitar tone btw!

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks. Truth be told I had originally started with Take A Look Around Limp Bizkit but had to cut it due to copyright 🥲

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

@@bloxsy_ oh that sucks. this is why Record Labels are very strict to block iconic songs from movies. in my opinion I thought I Disappear by Metallica would've fit as a bonus.

[@lucaslucas53]

not having a blink 182 riff in the 2000s is heresy :(

[@michaelhalpert5518]

I’m surprised that he chose “body snatchers” instead of “I might be wrong” for an iconic 2000 Radiohead guitar riff.

[@Qwerty-kz7gk]

Here’s a few sick ones not included: - Rammstein: Feuer Frei - Type O Negative: 12 Black Rainbows - Black Label Society: Stillborn - Dope: Debonaire - Escape the Fate: Gorgeous Nightmare - Airbourne: Girls in Black - Priestess: Lay Down - Limp Bizkit: Rollin’ - Nickelback: Burn it to the Ground

[@daniel6105]

Make a top 11 Echo and The Bunnymen riffs

[@TinkyWinky13]

Very good 🎉🎉🎉😊

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you!

[@Manchupacabra]

"Last dance with Dani California Jane. One more time to kill the pain."

[@iamchilibeef5379]

No Limp Bizkit or Korn riffs is just straight up wrong if trying to capture the early part of this era….

[@Guilhermekkjj]

I love The White Stripes

[@jaykelley103]

Juicebox! That my favorite song when i first started watching mtv/fuse

[@AVFCAM]

Tabs with this would be perfect

[@julianosilva6125]

for the white stripes seven nation army song i believe is originaly played with an 6 six strings guitar and octave pedal tuned down to bass notes.

[@Nickolasha017]

The riff of the song seven nation army was not played on a bass, but was played on a guitar whose tuning was lowered an octave using a pitch shifter pedal

[@chaddevlin8545]

I think you might be the only person on earth that knows this information.

[@bhoops13]

@@chaddevlin8545if you’re a white stripes fanatic, you know 🙂

[@chaddevlin8545]

@@bhoops13 actually, if you've spent one day on the internet, you know haha.

[@snais3231]

Been here since The Block 👍

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you! I probably already mentioned but I thought about changing it back to that name.

[@danielfurmage4381]

Love this, though after watching The 1990s video, you can see the bangers per year ratio is definitely reducing. Still some great riffs in the 00's but not as much to go around.

[@catmobile20]

YAY FINALLY!!!

[@ryleuty]

Great tones, what's your setup?

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks! It’s a boss katana amp I’m using. All the sounds are from there

[@williamgoree9259]

This was great! Have you ever made a video where you played the guitar part to 15 Step? It sounds like it should be simple to me but I've never figured it out.

[@brencroll7858]

What did you use to record? Sounds great!

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks. I was playing through a Boss Katana mk2. All sounds were from there and plugged directly into my laptop using a USB.

[@truckercowboyed2638]

Seems like after 2001-2005 rock really took a turn to more poppy less grunge....

[@SnakePlissken999]

Hard to choose, but the cover of Beck’s E-pro might be the best one.

[@tonywhitburn]

Extremely disappointed there's no Interpol in here (but somehow Rihanna is????)

[@jerememes270]

Out Of Exile by Audioslave (the song) is so fucking underrated, amazing inclusion

[@shazmeister2005]

Great compilation, I would add in “I’m not ok - MCR”, “American Idiot - Greenday”, “in the morning - Razorlight” and “take me out - Franz Ferdinand”. Don’t particularly like any of those songs but they are undeniably iconic riffs.

[@brahminsoup]

No Interpol?

[@aziziabdrahman7756]

The 2000s! Yes! Thank you! I grew up with some of these riffs, the sound of my childhood.

[@holyraven48]

tysm for doing this man maybe if you could do a post-grunge video sometime that would be awesome