Drive Like Jehu: So Influential, So Unknown

[@billygreg1984]

Rick Froberg was a friend of mine. His brother and I were just chatting yesterday about how unknown but influential he and John were. Not just Jehu, but Hot Snakes and Rocket From the Crypt. We're all pretty crushed at the moment, but seeing you pay respect while breaking down such a killer tune makes my soul a little less sad. Thanks Eric, much appreciated.

[@Fuzzfooger]

43yo from Edinburgh Scotland, John and RIck's music hit hard and far. Sending love to all who knew and loved Rick, such a sad and sudden loss

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Billy! Rick's passing hits us all and I'm so happy that my little tribute here brings some joy to you and those who actually knew the man!

[@toddmichaeljohnson7139]

♥️

[@spikestoyou]

Drive Like Jehu is in my top three favorite bands of all time. They may not have been widely known, but by those who knew them, they were hugely impactful. Hot Snakes was also incredible.

[@mrjehupitchfork]

Excellent username! @@spikestoyou

[@windyhollow7869]

yank crime is one of my top 5 favorite guitar records of all time. i'd never heard guitar playing like that before in my life and still haven't.

[@djefferson5669]

The beauty of Jehu is that the guitars are not just played, they are a conduits for expressing what flows through the minds of both players. You can tab out he guitars and someone could get close to approximating their sound, but 50% of it will always be in the soul of the finger tips of these guys. Watch any live Jehu show and see how Speedo plays like he is one with the instrument. He bends and contorts the shit out of his LP to express the kinetic energy and melodies in his brain.

[@colinohara9796]

That record is so influential to me. Remember the first time I put this album on and "Here Come The Rome Plows" kicks in, my jaw dropped. Was so gutted when Rick passed, he was still creating incredible art, it really felt like a gut punch. Froberg Forever.

[@leoz96]

Spent so many years listening to drive like jehu, unwound and slint, my favorite era of hardcore music, so much creative guitar playing, thank you for this tribute 🙏

[@RalphLindsen]

Fuck yes, slint was a direct inspiration to dlj as well.

[@fargoflagrant7796]

Such a great band! Similar things could be said about Unwound.

[@oldnewbicycle]

best band ever

[@josh5868]

Unwound is goated!

[@Alifesalife]

Rip vern

[@kevinmpham]

RIP Rick Froberg, glory to John Reis

[@absoluteego]

Rick Froberg was a friend of mine. His Mother and I were just chatting yesterday about how unknown but influential he and John were. Not just Jehu, but Hot Snakes and Rocket From the Crypt. We're all pretty crushed at the moment, but seeing you pay respect while breaking down such a killer tuna makes my soul a little less sad. Thanks Eric, much appreciated.

[@treignsinblood]

this comment is remarkbly similar to one made 8months ago? very interesting.

[@PlanetDoomHaunt]

This is great and super helpful for mere mortal guitarists like myself. Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes pushed the envelope and I am forever grateful to them. Rick will live forever via his amazing music and art. Thanks fir this!

[@lessthanpinochet]

Favorite band as a teenager and i still listen to them on occasion. Up there with At the Drive-In and Jawbox. Also love the triple pickup Firebird, such a killer guitar.

[@pr0ct3r0]

Jawbox 👌👍

[@graydenday3760]

Do You Compute is my favorite songs of theirs and the genre.

[@ghost__chips]

Every day with a new Eric video is a good day. Did not expect you to talk about Drive Like Jehu given the music you normally cover but this is great.

[@jeanallard7764]

Hello Eric, just want to let you know that I truly appreciate all you teach and the fact that you make some of your stuff free, not too many do. Makes me really glad to support you.

[@jeff7764]

I walked in the record store yesterday by my house and the young kids that own it had yank crime playing on their turntable. It sounded incredible so I bought the last copy. It was always a favorite of mine from the 90’s and sounds even better on vinyl

[@boomerdell]

Perfect for this song and context: "...a guitar solo is a chance for a sonic event to happen..." Great lesson, as always, Eric, and thanks for once again introducing me to a band with whose music I had been unfamiliar until now. Off I go to listen to this album!

[@RustinChole]

THANK YOU. For the opening harmonic lead on do you compute especially. Reis, botch’s Dave Knudson, and paper chases john coglenton shaped the basis for just about everything I do on guitar.

[@Strizz484]

So so so good dude. Rick's passing hit everyone who's ever loved his music so hard and this was a beautiful tribute. I'm hoping that the Hot Snakes record they were finishing right before Rick passed away sees the light of day one day, his and John's musical legacy should be celebrated far more than it is.

[@ronsmith-d6z]

Eric, thank you for your passion, your grace and your authenticity. For years you've been channeling (and teaching!) my heroes, you're the best thing on the internet and a gigantic inspiration. Please keep living.

[@SuperBigGuava]

Echoing other people's sentiments, nothing sounds like Rick And John on guitars together. Especially crazy because as far as I recall Rick never even really thought he was a "guitar player." or at least not an adept one. Deeply saddened to hear about his passing but glad there are folks like Eric around to keep the spirit alive and delve into this stuff from a more technical perspective. It's not as if every guitar teacher on KZbin digs both Jehu, Aimee Mann and Ribot so thanks for making cool stuff, dude.

[@Wadey1960CS]

Thank you so much Eric. This is introducing me to both of these bands and the music they have and will create. Spreading the Love of music is what it’s all about. 🙏🏻

[@johnyelenosky4242]

and John"s band he fronts Rocket From The Crypt!

[@christophermarsteller8235]

You just reached another level up! Jehu! Whew! RIP Rick 😢

[@elsquibbs]

I forget what prompted me to listen to Drive Like Jehu for the first time, but I started with Yank Crime. When Here Come the Rome Plows kicked in, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I'm still blown away every time I hear it. There's just nothing like Drive Like Jehu.

[@741246]

Didn't expect this, my old band took a lot from them as they were our bassist's fav.

[@thesucculentcity]

Drive like jehu is soooooo good. Some of the most chaotic but melodic music I’ve heard.

[@Itsjoemaddock]

So underrated. Dude I love your approach. Definitely feel like a kindred spirit. The spectrum of styles you dig is right in line with mine. That pure, unpretentious love of the instrument really comes across.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks man - Froberg Forever!

[@mateuszszajerka3193]

Glad to see you cover them!! Their guitar playing was always so unique to me

[@tristessismen]

Damn, what a shame Rick has left us. But what a legacy he leaves behind! Did you ever get into Q and Not U Eric? Speaking of skreetchy unpredictable guitars. I listened to both bands a lot during their heydays.

[@anthonyparks505]

Q and Not U was the first band I ever saw live, at the Downtown in Farmingdale NY, probably around 2004? Q and Not U's guitar work is ripping and funky but it has a different kind of skronk than Drive Like Jehu, although I think Hooray For Humans is a lesson-worthy song. A lot of funk-style 'scratching' (16th notes with alternate picking). Q and Not U was criminally underrated, glad to hear them mentioned.

[@tristessismen]

@@anthonyparks505 They are sonically different but emotionally similar (to me) so for some reason I always associate the bands. And they both have a certain creative unpredictability which makes for really interesting listening.

[@anthonyparks505]

@@tristessismen agreed with you there because both bands bring me back to my teenage years

[@oldnewbicycle]

no kill no beep beep is one of the best post hardcore albums ngl

[@shavnaboodle]

I’m so excited to try this when I have my guitar with me. I think I saw Hot Snakes cover this one time, such power and creativity. Thank you for preparing and sharing this one. And thank you Rick, RIP.

[@massimofalcinelli5043]

I'm one of the few people in Italy, Who knows this great band....great job man!!...and thanx

[@capitaldharma]

So glad you did this. I was gonna request some Jehu. Rick was a local hero for many of us San Diego kids.

[@gimmenames9039]

Dude can you read my mind? Frist your Doom Jangle video now this. DLJ were so huge in my life back in the nineties. Amazing! Pls more of this!!

[@aaandersonmn]

I'll definitely be listening to these albums. First I've heard of them - always learning from Eric.

[@boomfs6220]

I only recently discovered Drive Like Jehu a couple months back after you name-dropped them in one of your jazz lessons, they've quickly become a firm favourite of mine. Completely agree with your statement at 1:38 about becoming a different type of musician after listening to Yank Crime (on that note, I'll definitely have to give Marquee Moon a spin). Thank you Eric, and RIP Rick Froberg

[@zelkovabright7723]

DLJ was a huge influence on my favorite band, Jimmy Eat World, especially the guitar work on their early records and especially Jim’s live guitar playing, and their drummer produced several of Jimmy Eat Worlds records. Jimmy eat World is the band that inspired me to pick up guitar.

[@lessthanpinochet]

True, DLJ's drummer did produce Bleed American, which is still one of the best produced records I've ever heard.

[@Riddle99-v7q]

Clarity is a seriously slept on record in my opinion. 90s emo perfected.

[@thedude2122]

Thanks for this video. The band is absolutely fantastic and Rick is an inspirational figure for me. Rest in peace

[@kyletheenigma]

I'd love for you to do a Hot Snakes lesson as well. they became one of my favorite bands of late after a coworker showed me them. one of the members passed away recently and it might be cool to do another vid as tribute! ty Eric

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Retrofit is so brutal!

[@RokDAWG1]

This blew my mind! The simplicity of it makes it so powerful! Yeah I love this!

[@ryan0000e]

Thanks for this, Eric. One of my favorite bands. Long live the music of Rick Froberg!

[@davidspeirs1524]

Very cool viedo, Eric. I was so sad to hear that Rick Froberg passed recently. Rick and John have some great guitar parts and tones with Hot Snakes as well

[@asaskald]

My brother had the ink bottle as a tattoo. I haven't seen the name Drive Like Jehu since the 90s.

[@joelshields8807]

Can't believe I missed this when you posted it. Froberg and Reis were a huge influence on my playing and how I navigated splitting guitar parts (along with Moore/Ranaldo, Picciotto/MacKaye, Robbins/Barbot, and of course, Lloyd/Verlaine). I was fortunate to catch them twice with Hot Snakes and both times, the band's power brutalized me in the best way. Rick's death was a real gut-punch.

[@jejelad]

They opened with that song when I saw them with Superchunk in '94. Yank Crime had just come out but I hadn't heard it yet.

[@ferriswill4929]

Never pegged you as a fellow post-hardcore guy! Huge fan, thanks for covering this

[@colt.thrower]

Never would have thought you'd ever make a video talking about them. I remember watching an interview with Kurt Ballou of Converge where he talks about Yank Crime. Glad I checked it out all those years ago. Its amazing.

[@DaringDan]

I'm from Sandy Eggo. Drive Like Jehu and Rocket From the Crypt were faves of mine just after high school in the mid 90's. I was always bummed I never got to see them at The Casbah.

[@FellDestroyedMusic]

DRIVE LIKE JEHU FOREVER 🥲

[@RalphLindsen]

Nailed it about how this band changes your guitar playing. They’ve been a massive influence on me and rick’s passing hit me hard. Thankfully i was able to see one of their reunion shows, top 3 show. However, it’s funny how i can hear it’s not your normal stuff. Never heard such a ‘smooth’ version of jehu :p Looking forward to the other vids!

[@jonah5952]

you have the best music taste of any guitar youtuber by far

[@stephennanna-lc7qg]

Love these kinds of breakdowns. Their arn’t enough people with your know how to teach this stuff. Metz, and Spirit Of The Beehive, Madisson Cunningham, theirs so much unique playing out there.

[@StraightPunkEdge93]

I discovered Drive Like Jehu through some compilation on KZbin in high school like 12 or 13 years ago. They're music continues to be a mystery to me, how can someone create such insane, interesting and strange licks!?

[@Seannthe503]

Let's not forget the rythm section. Mike and Mark were something else.

[@AndreaAustoni]

Been following you for years. Great to see the evolution of the channel. You're a great guitar teacher. Also I love the evolution of your decor haha

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah man you've been here since the beginning!

[@dave-uu4no]

Drive by jehu is one of those cd's that hits you like a ton of bricks. Listening to it was great motivation before a surf or skate session. I found it on vinyl like a year ago and am kicking myself for not scarfing it up.

[@macsarcule]

Texture, texture! Yes! What an awesome lesson, Happy Friday, Eric! ✌️😌🎸

[@snowgirl3522]

yank crime was one of the records that made me realise guitar was something i needed in my life and not just something for my uncles garage. that record, lonesome crowded west, and fittingly, marquee moon. i feel like they all make a kind of proposition about the guitar, like they show you its potential without feeling unattainable or distant like a lot of stuff from guitar ‘heroes’ (who r still great obvs). its cool youve covered 2 of the 3 on the channel, theyre a pretty deep well of inspiration to pull from. maybe tlcw is the less impressive of them but the opening of teeth like gods shoeshine is still as interesting and almost baffling to me as it was before i knew how to play the instrument. even though it should all be pretty simple on paper edit - somehow got caught up in the excitement of seeing DLJ talked abt and didnt register the news. seeya Rick. and thank you

[@Riddle99-v7q]

Yeees i love this band! New Math is absolutely brutal.

[@chrisspickerman5226]

Instant subscriber man, top ten album and this a great breakdown of why.

[@stevewilson3793]

That is some heavy riffs.Nice sound , nice axe. Good one Eric.

[@the.bloodless.one1312]

Leave it up to Drive Like Jehu to give us some polymodal post-hardcore 🥰 What a band!! RIP Rick 🖤🙏🖤

[@trevor2173]

Thx for bringing this band to my attention!

[@MrMattd1]

I remember them well. I never left the 90’s. Lot of great stuff vanished into obscurity

[@fedea5777]

As every friday, i was waiting for Eric's video. Thanks man. Great job. Great mind.

[@gabeandhasina]

Amazing! Had the same reaction to Yank Crime. Thanks so much for this!

[@narwhal2211]

Wow, going deep!! Awesome..become a huge fan of your channel and teaching!

[@danielktdoranie]

Season to Risk are another way underrated great band.

[@kevinbridger2989]

Hallelujah!.. finally a lesson on guitar for non- guitarists 😂!! Love your work Eric...❤

[@Strizz484]

Btw, since you love quirky and more abstract guitar stylings in the vein of DLJ and other noisy rock acts, you should check out Glassjaw, specifically their guitarist / bassist / primary writer, Justin Beck. One of the most original and influential bands and guitarists of the 00s for sure, check out Worship and Tribute, Coloring Book and Material Control for some extremely tasty and textural guitar playing (and bass)

[@omnicide9076]

amazing and very rare lesson thank you so much

[@johnokeefe3841]

Hey good to see ya on TRUE FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@EYEROCCO]

You’re awesome, Broseph!!

[@curtiseickhoff5189]

Changing lives with this one

[@jay-ki6ie]

have you done a video on Slint? Ive seen you do Tortoise and Drive like Jehu two of my favorite bands, I associate them with Slint for some reason.

[@JasonClute]

The new place is looking really nice! Got a non guitar related question. We have no plants in our house at all and I would really love some. Even when we just get flowers periodically, one of our 3 cats eats them. Do you not have that problem? I thought you had cat or cats, my mistake if not. As always, thanks for what you do!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Now we're talking about my other passions - HOUSEPLANTS! I don't have cats anymore, but there are a handful of cat-safe plants you can get: Parlor Palm Prayer Plant Ponytail Palm Peperomia Snake Plant Only thing is, your cat still may much on them and barf. But at least they're not poisonous! Real hot tip - If you have a pukey cat, get a spot bot! Best $140 I ever spent: www.amazon.com/Hoover-CleanSlate-Upholstery-Portable-FH14050/dp/B098JYFGWS

[@HarshTonesInc]

So great, dude! Froberg Lives!

[@keithdavidson8569]

Yank Crime is in my top 5 of all time thanks for the lengthy intro, I was curious about that. So weird I just starting trying to figure this song out last week after Rick passed

[@santiagosutter9577]

Hi Eric! Can you do a video talking about IDLES guitar sounds? Cheers from Argentina!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Good idea!

[@surferosad]

Huge fan of Yank Crime over here! Thanks, Eric!

[@redheron4321]

Eric Haugen and Jehu, all in the same video!?!?! SIGN ME UP!!! Rip Rick Froberg. This album and the first inspired me so much in some very important years. Jehu for life. Thanks Eric.

[@dennischarles9378]

Wow. Thanks for this.

[@MiguelOlivan]

Wonderful content, as always!!!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks so much Miguel!

[@rodgre]

That E major harmonic part is pretty much, gulp, “Xanadu” by Rush.

[@saddestchord7622]

I didn't know he died. I fucking love Drive Like Jehu. Luau was an anthem of my youth for sure. Depressing.

[@PhinnOz]

Thanks for the recommendation Eric, this Drive Like Jehu record rules, its like if Television and Rage Agains the Machine had a baby super cool😊

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

That’s a great way to put it!

[@nealpike6611]

Tab downloaded will crack into this asap

[@camswanson7403]

drive like jehu, unwound, slint, rodan, polvo, Jesus Lizard, and shellac all should've gotten way more attention back in the day

[@liamwynne566]

Still can't believe what happened to Rick, man 😢 R.I.P

[@SteveLouk]

More please

[@davidblanche7961]

Yes, I like it but I don’t aspire to play it. I did my time with alternative music in the 90s. I do love Tom Verlaine and that very album that you showed. I have it on vinyl and CD. Wilco goes along way too. The Hotel foxtrot record. I enjoy all of your stuff. Especially the Hendrix videos. Paul McCartney jet, Bell bottom blues, ain’t no sunshine. I play all the time. Your version .

[@markkindermannart4028]

Them: How much screechy, unpredictable unhinged shit do you like? Eric: Yes (Me too!)

[@IsThisRealLife23]

DO YOU COMPUTE? DO YOU OR DON'T YOU? I'M SAYIN' YOU DO! RIP RICK

[@migrantfamily]

Interestingly, the “third” you get with harmonics is not quite a major but also not a minor, which means you have three thirds going on.

[@keithklassen5320]

Weeeeeell, I'd say the thirds you can get in harmonics are very close to their major and minor brethren; I'd even say that they are recognizably major and minor, even if they're not exactly the same as the major and minor thirds in equal temperament. I'm kinda nitpicking here, because I agree with your main point, but I'd just word it differently.

[@user-eo1rm3eb6c]

That first guitar layer is straight up Xanadu

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oh yeah totally!

[@kevinbridger2989]

... maybe some mbv next??

[@kin4351]

👍

[@oo-ru5lt]

ROME PLOWS 😩

[@chadromney]

Your taste in music is as unimpeachable as your playing

[@Ferruidoblanco]

nice schaller roller bridge

[@KilledTheVideoStar]

Loved seeing this get broken down. Any chance you're a secret Swirlies fan? I'd love to dig into some more noisy stuff.