5 Iconic Grunge Guitar Riffs (With Tabs)

[@maxleprieur2148]

That "We die young" riff is some of the heaviest grunge stuff I've ever heard

[@Brimstone23]

It’s my fav Alice song

[@luckyimmordif2608]

Then you gotta listen to them bones😅

[@wackydoodlerobertson]

Listen to their later albums, the 1995 one has some MUCH heavier stuff

[@Brimstone23]

@@wackydoodlerobertson I have mate

[@xMiiLToN]

listen to stone

[@OttoPrentice]

Thank you for including an unpopular but amazing nirvana riff

[@CatIsQueen]

Best nirvana sont

[@zetho.270]

was said riff “Rape Me”?

[@LucasHpm]

Outshined was the first riff I ever learned.. On acoustic

[@leanfish209]

Funny enough one of the first songs I learned was Fell On Black Days also on acoustic. Soundgarden is such a good band

[@quinnmarchese6313]

@@leanfish209 like both of you, Outshined and Fell On Black Days were some my first songs

[@akgfilming]

Soundgarden is by far the best band when it comes to blending acoustic and electric instruments - all their songs sound great on both

[@Crazyfellow2005]

​@@akgfilmingidk for me it's Alice in chains man, my favourite, but you're right, too ;)

[@Yoyo-dh9mk]

Man I love radio friendly unit shifter, feels kind of underrated

[@Friskybusiness1]

feels like kurts biggest most vocal FU to commerical music standards and general lack of friction in the music industry at the time. i love this song

[@Mr.FadedGlory]

As a Gen X from Seattle you made great song picks my guy.

[@RealAsaMitaka]

even flow is so cool

[@kehmisst]

serve the servants goes hard by nirvana too

[@dougtube9870]

I think this is the first time I’ve ever heard Smashing Pumpkins referred to as grunge. Me in 1993 would have been aghast to hear such a thing. Me today just wishes I could go back and listen to Siamese Dream for the first time again.

[@seangilchrest6091]

The last one was the best for me

[@valedaunx]

Zero by smashing 😻😻😻😻😻

[@Redheadinapub]

W music taste

[@caledunsmore]

Check out Australian Band called Silverchair They have some of the best Drop D riffs of all time. They started off as a Nirvana Imitation in some ways. They won a Radio Contest while still in Highschool. Their First album is Frogstomp. Definitely check them out for Drop D riffs. I dont know how well they are known Globally but they kick arse. I'd start with songs like Freak, Madman, Israels Son, Pure Massacre, Leave me out All have great Drop D riffs.

[@alexandrematos865]

Silverchair is an amazing band!

[@ashblue777]

stoned and madman are great

[@BobSacamano1]

I'll check them out Tomorrow

[@jacobsamano9761]

Israel’s Son is too good.

[@Faust_s]

Ayyy radio friendly unit shifter 🥳

[@Scratchdhelp]

got damn outshined tone is SPOT ON

[@nickphaux]

Outshined literally makes me feel like I'm fucking on fire when i play it, its such a hard riff!😅 (hard as in metal)

[@best_dad_bod]

i love the content my dude. You've given me at least a dozen songs to learn from these shorts.

[@iamgraham_]

That even flow riff is something else man, when I first heard it on gh3 i was like “who is this band?!?” (I was 11 at the time) I started listening to some more pearl jam and ever since then they have been my favorite, it’s just such an amazing riff.

[@samreed9322]

Pearl Jam sucks

[@iamgraham_]

@@samreed9322 ahhh! shiver me timbers really got me there! 💀

[@kpowell1947]

Bro you’ve put me on to some great songs! Keep it up and you’ll be famous

[@jamesdean9781]

Same here bro

[@kennethmaldonado8681]

1 and 4 🔥🔥

[@chertila21]

Do 5 iconic power metal riffs

[@RLomoterenge]

My reflection. Dirty mirror

[@kjkool_]

Very good, sounding great 💯

[@barsultra]

i had such a haed time learning zero😊

[@TampaBG813]

Love how you made radio friendly unit shifter look easy 😂

[@ina.aaahhh]

stone temple pilots deserved a mention here

[@eliancaillet8400]

5 is the best for me

[@Friskybusiness1]

just learned radio friendly a few days ago. one of my favorite sounding riffs ever

[@jpettltd]

Cool

[@An_accurate_estimate]

🤘def gonna try some of these out later!!

[@OpTion-4-Gaming]

I'm curious if you can play the solo in "I don't want to be me " by type o negative

[@wilddogwatching6457]

it's in baritone tuning but maybe

[@4jcob]

he's already posted a video of him playing it

[@OpTion-4-Gaming]

@@wilddogwatching6457 do you think you could possibly link it or find when it was made?

[@rainbowskitt1ez97]

@@OpTion-4-Gaming kzbin.info2o1_Y4-lkWw?si=TMkjrYbHQvGWNbyy

[@tonyperez4012]

that was really some good old days (and good moments to live)...maybe same feelings when in the 60' when they heard Jimi Hendrix or Janis Joplin music for the first time (excuse my english)

[@developer2]

Need 5 iconic stp riffs 🙏🙏🙏

[@Uglier.]

Skate 3 INSTANTLY 🤣

[@damyoinin]

I will give anything and everything to see him smile

[@hayleymcc7264]

I love RFUS one of my faves

[@Spider-yi7ww]

MUY EXPRESIVO!

[@ShmoozeEvolution]

I always really struggle with playing pumpkin songs because they love to throw mutes and stuff into their riffs and my coordination with the strings and fretboard are NOT good enough for that yet lol. Love your content! Keep it up!

[@budaroddy]

Yes

[@a_not_so_amazingperson9900]

Israel’s Son by Silverchair has one of the hardest riffs ever. I suggest anyone reading this check it out.

[@TheBrainrotBandit]

What about " Bumba dum chika chika bum dum da bumba dum chika chika bum dum"??

[@Qweey]

Nice to see RFUS here

[@0berto23]

Emptiness is loneliness and loneliness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness and God is empty just like me

[@indy-dog2]

mike mccready is my favourite grunge guitarist!!

[@mn.cz.sw.slej56]

Very good👍

[@Tomoko8885]

Its epic

[@finnuhhh]

YAY ALICE IN CHAINS

[@Messihaz]

SCARY'S ON THE WAAAAALL

[@lamentolarmoyant8942]

We die young my favorite.

[@Grunge_Steak]

🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@darkraiplay2.0]

the tab radio friendly unit shifter is same of floyd the barber

[@Ezio_drogo]

I feel a jesus with skate in my hands

[@IamMario1.2]

😐

[@EuropeanJesusChrist]

Litteraly me

[@IamMario1.2]

@@EuropeanJesusChrist Obviously not because Jesus could spell

[@Ezio_drogo]

@@EuropeanJesusChrist bro you can make a t pose in skateboard?

[@Ezio_drogo]

@@IamMario1.2 i know I have a english of the shit

[@josesilva-op5wf]

o primeiro é show!

[@lolmapscone]

the tab on radio friendly unit shifter is inaccurate. it shows to play 0-1-0-1-0 on the low E but youre playing 0-2-0-2-0

[@jamesdean9781]

You’re wrong. Maybe get out of here and go wrongly accuse people of things on other videos 😂 my man here doesn’t need that bs

[@TheSalkoazer]

He's correct@@jamesdean9781

[@maxclifford937]

​@@jamesdean9781the videos great but they are not wrong. Watch it again and you will see. Im not complaining but it's seems a weird thing to argue about when you can prove it to yourself prettt easily.

[@aaronmcpherson1313]

He's right you know

[@aaronmcpherson1313]

​@@jamesdean9781he's right

[@Bismark1815]

Thank you so much for not doing THAT nirvana riff

[@joeb632]

If you change your font to Lucida console or Courier new, then your dashes will match up perfectly

[@cout879]

4. Road Rash!

[@boredasf-zy8bj]

Omg love the radio friendly unit shifter

[@raph2k01]

Really cool shit dude, they all sound sus af on my acoustic guitar though lol. Quick question, are you double tracking all of these or is that a light delay with a pan?

[@gerryscary1574]

Radio friendly unit shifter is one of the most underrated Nirvana songs! Learned to play it about a month ago.

[@jayw9879]

get that beard grown soon kid ;)

[@GranTube]

Smashing Pumpkins(from Chicago) may not be part of the Seattle scene but they are still grunge to me

[@LucasHD1001]

Make a sad basslines video and put Jeremy on it

[@hardinmotors3134]

All were very Grungy except for Nirvana. Nirvana had the grunge look but sounded way more punk and Cobain wrote some of the punkiest guitar riffs out there

[@GyzelE]

If I'm not mistaken, there are 2 differently tuned guitars in even flow: Drop D and Open G

[@Fuzzgeneral]

My reflection, dirty mirror

[@chronos9895]

There's no connection, to myself

[@Fuzzgeneral]

@@chronos9895 I’m your lover, I’m your zero

[@TheDennisdalisay]

​@@FuzzgeneralI'm the face in your dreams of glass

[@Fuzzgeneral]

@@TheDennisdalisay so save your prayers… for when we’re really gonna need ‘em

[@TheDennisdalisay]

@@Fuzzgeneral Throw out your cares and fly....

[@alexsadler4278]

The main grunge band are nirvana soundgarden alice in chains pearl jam smashing pumpkins and stone temple pilots

[@GranTube]

And I though grunge was just a Seattle thing

[@GobbyD]

Blew by nirvana gotta be up there

[@chillsvsz3124]

Smile broseph lol

[@bxnr_]

Jesus skateboard

[@mathewchaplin2162]

Incredibly disappointed at the lack of silver chair

[@JairoHendrix]

B side

[@amdbtmedp2011]

Play Stevie Ray Vaughan

[@OlisOdd]

Stezus Christ intensifies

[@AvrDeathMetalFan]

Suprised there was no CKY here

[@yudibimasiswana6690]

Would you show me a Paul Gilbert Mr big...

[@leanfish209]

Come on man. Gotta have some stone temple pilots.

[@tonystarks7715]

I just started playing guitar today and i fawking suck

[@stevenrivera5798]

That Nirvana tab is wrong. It is the 2nd fret not first for those notes.

[@jorgeandrade1898]

I don’t think that the Smashing Pumpkins were considered as a grunge band

[@therdytorresderequito9038]

this guy is lowkey underrated for how good the quality of his vids are

[@user-jt3he3ls1k]

5 some random grunge riffs

[@roberton.m.junior6629]

What's wrong with me?!

[@whoman7489]

No spoonman? C'mon

[@Arnatta336]

Thank you for not putting teen spirit in here

[@rafayel.mkrtchyan]

Where's my STP?

[@helloimhap]

good shit buddy

[@gzh9802]

Grunge hate standard tuning 😂

[@hoosfoosfull]

You seriously chose that voiceover 😅

[@oscarenbeta4793]

Wait... nirvana was more than 2 songs?

[@Pamedorka]

По посадке видно, что рубки не будет

[@samuelspencer4377]

He didn't play radio friendly like the tab

[@michaelguernsey1206]

I have tried and tried to get into Pearl Jam and soundgarden, but they just don’t do it for me. Nirvana and Alice are the goats

[@jacobhayes1305]

Some of them i wouldnt call iconic, like the nirvana riff and the AIC riff. Definitely not there iconic riffs but they are some of my favorite riffs by those bands. Smells like teen spirit is nirvanas most iconic and i cant stand it. AIC has alot of iconic riffs, just not the one you picked. Still an amazing riff though

[@Uldy]

Looks like the tab for nirvana was wrong or you played it wrong, I dunno..

[@thebigcheese5114]

Radio friendly unit shifter has a different rhythm than that

[@Animated_Matty]

it smell like there a lack of teen sprit

[@joeridder3]

Is it just me or does the nirvana riff not match up to the tab

[@Eyedunno]

Pearl Jam is "grunge" mostly because they were in Seattle in the early '90s. Otherwise, kinda bullshit tbh. Actually, grunge as a label is pretty stupid in general, but especially in the case of PJ.

[@xdudu]

According to your tabs, you player radio friendly wrong

[@intrepidociberviajero]

No toca lo que pone en la tab

[@alexanderblanchard8471]

Everything about your radio friendly unit shifter riff is wrong, take another look

[@ReadyMindsetGo]

Smashing Pumpkins were never grunge! They are/were a shoegaze influenced altrock band from Chicago that happened to come to prominence around the same time as the Seattle grunge bands did and got pumped into the same 'genre' by lazy journalists despite really not sounding nor looking very similar to much of what really defines grunge.