Tom DeLonge's 20 Greatest Guitar Riffs

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[@bulkyzero]

I came across this video on accident. I grew up knowing how to play this stuff note for note, but dude you have got a GREAT tone going there. Do you mind sharing your rig setup? Looks like the epiphone with dirty finger pickups I’m assuming. What kind of distortion are you running? There’s something special about Tom’s sound, because I can care less for any similar bands like Green Day, New Found Glory, or any pop punk band. I grew out of that shit, but the music on here is still so good to my ears, nothing can compare.

[@pageperpage]

Muted due to copyright claims has to be his greatest riff

[@grantsch1861]

reply

[@aliddle07]

A masterful use of restraint.

[@TheGrandOptimist95]

Tom is the greatest pop punk guitarist of all time. His tone, style, and rhythm changed and defined a whole genre for over 20 years.

[@andy_182]

Nope

[@Magicbanana987]

Andy Bradford go on then, offer a counter proposal

[@David_Downs]

@@Magicbanana987 dont really need a counter, crediting anything as "the greatest" is already flawed and makes the comment pointless to start with.

[@kleinkaufman8940]

Not really his guitar playing nor tone or style, the music as a whole, the teenage angst and the toilet humor were the defining traits, Blink along other pop artists spearheaded the MTV era.

[@deadman7624]

I love Tom and his guitar work, but as far as “best” guitarist in pop punk, I’d probably reconsider and go with either Dave Baksh from Sum 41 or Casey Cavaliere from The Wonder Years

[@bubblessob]

Every riff from Dude Ranch could be considered greatest.

[@Sixpoint.13]

*Cheshire Cat *take off your pants and jacket *Enema of the state and dude ranch

[@cryojudgement2376]

Every album save for Cheshire cat and any album released post 2006

[@soap9277]

@@cryojudgement2376 Have you heard M+M's? I'd say that could be considered one of the greatest riffs Tom played.

[@boomerdunkin]

@@cryojudgement2376 neighborhoods had a lot of good shit, it's pretty underrated

[@XxTheShootingStarxX]

Marky Mark yeah there was a few good songs on there, I really liked ghost on the dance floor

[@ASRforeverASR]

21 days... the most underrated Blink song. They rejected this awesome song and never recorded it in a professional studio. They never played it live. It was a crime XD this song is one of my favorites.

[@DigitalBath306]

yo whats the song name of #20 ?? it says "and i" but i cant find that song

[@Hurricane9146]

Digital Bath boxcar racer

[@AlexVns-yx7dx]

@@DigitalBath306 box car racer-and i

[@cryojudgement2376]

When all the comments aren't even about "21 days". But yeah I stumbled upon 21 days just listening to buddha on shuffle. And the first time I heard it, it was haunting. Couldn't stop playing it over and over in my head.

[@gianninaruiz7436]

In my opinion the most underrated song is “Alone” from their first album Flyswatter. It’s not on any streaming service and even if you listen to it on KZbin the quality is atrocious. An also, is one of the greatest Blink songs of all time, should have been on Cheshire Cat instead of Just about done.

[@charlesvictoria6800]

Tom Delonge’s palm mutes were the biggest musical influence in high school.

[@VLSkate]

just due to sheer classicness i'd have to give it to dammit, but that man overboard riff is one of my favorites

[@timothym3777]

VLSkate mark actually wrote the dammit riff

[@sut7865]

damn its great to see a talented skater in a pop/skate punk related video..

[@stylez7207]

Dang it’s the most random thing I didn’t expect to see you here

[@mustystainegamering3115]

I love how it hurts came in right after the copyright claim

[@bluemcdaniel99]

Anthem part 2 is just in its own lane. The first time all those parts came together.... I was like. Bruh.... Tom, Mark and Trav are some goats

[@VaultOfValorant]

But who's THE greatest of all time?

[@arixjahonson2519]

Shout out to you for putting letters to god pt 2 and boring on the list. Such under appreciated songs

[@syue6544]

I tried so hard to find a live video of him playing letters to god pt2, such a good song

[@arixjahonson2519]

S Yue it’s so good. I think I actually prefer it over the original box car racer version

[@shawnryan2197]

Why do you teens and millennials constantly complain about a song or band being "Underrated" STFU

[@arixjahonson2519]

Shawn Ryan ummm, does anybody care about your opinion? I think not bud :/

[@ideiasradicaispt9772]

Love is an amazing album as a whole!

[@19guitarshredder]

That feeling when dysentery Gary is muted for like... 10 seconds

[@danielhaeyen2104]

The man is iconic and will go down as such, riffs and all.

[@served23]

Good list and KILLER job on covering all of them. The intro of Dumpweed is the only change I’d make. I love the whole song, and the part you picked. Just that first E into the riff is iconic. Awesome job!!

[@gianninaruiz7436]

God Bless you for putting M+Ms on number one, my favourite song of my favourite band. 💕

[@bendyamin86]

Love that u started with And I. One of the best of Boxcar Racer!

[@xxswimnakedxx]

Wow! You just earned yourself a new sub just for that performance! Great job mate! They were all played flawless

[@Victoria_Ti]

Thanks for the video! Greatest riffs... Your performance is great! Love it 💓

[@logang.2953]

Love the vids man. Great choices in this one!

[@mraaronhd]

Dumpweed is definitely one of my favorites by him. As well M + M, Emo, and of course Feeling it.

[@Franco-jc3xw]

you sound so good, and you're an amazing guitar player, keep growing as a musician!!

[@TranzparentMethods]

Tom Delonge is the Toni Iommi of Punk Rock.

[@user-qk7hr9qu4e]

Kiss & Tell or Ghost on the dance floor are great riffs too!

[@ShmeegleSon]

This is one of the best KZbin channels for music

[@evanage]

SOMEONE FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGES ALONE FROM FLYSWATTER. THANK YOU.

[@michaelannetts5839]

It's hardly a top 20 riff is it though.

[@ejoshcoron]

the letters to god 2 riff is so epic. and well done on The Adventure riff!

[@atoxdrums]

This channel is all about punk..i like..🤘🤘🤘

[@nyant22]

This is awesome. Thanks for this

[@maripatmcglynn9309]

Amazing! One of my favorite riffs is the end of down that they played only at the shows! Man he really is a genius

[@TimHausteinDrums]

amazing! I really love this video🙂👍

[@themiseast4638]

You killed it brooo.U are amazing

[@pasi8800]

This is simply amazing!

[@javiercottle4639]

Stellar riff selections. I felt boring was played a bit off. Still loved it. Cheers

[@jamesramirez3242]

Cool video! 👍

[@corrupted6683]

Great video man :)

[@MolliOlli182]

Good video! It's actually really hard to name the best riffs because there's so many. But to name three my favourites (at least atm): wasting time, m&ms and dysentery gary.

[@QuakeRangerTaya]

Happy to see The Adventure is up there ^^ my fav song of all of Tom's AVA work.

[@Tomotix]

You killed it playing m&ms. I was starting to think you weren't going to play it, but that was a good no 1 choice.

[@alexiscarreau7392]

Great job guy !!

[@icheart2455]

3:00 I still can hear

[@Forty5Steps]

Knew m&ms would be number one. Would add sometimes as well, great video!

[@nayfehn89]

So many awesome riffs on Cheshire cat and Buddha

[@oraciogarcialeonjr.2802]

Nathan Davies I love Cheshire Cat, goes down on top 3 Blink-182 albums

[@DarkShines86]

Touchdown Boy has so many cool guitar parts

[@william_1823]

Dude I totally agree with most of these riffs 👍

[@DougDavis]

Why not just take out the copyright portion all together? It muted and I was like.. shit my phone's broke lmao

[@BaronVonBielski]

Doug Davis because it’s a top 20 list. Removing multiple dogs due to copyright would make the video pointless and then you along with hundreds others would complain about the missing songs.

[@oscar18034]

Mark wrote the riffs to Dammit and Man Overboard

[@littygamer1659]

Surprised “What’s my age again” wasn’t in this video. That intro riff is beautiful

[@SugarpillProd]

Mark wrote that one.

[@veljkobogdanovic4771]

@@SugarpillProd Mark also wrote dammit

[@saitamasenpai230]

I think Mark was the one who wrote the Dammit riff

[@cwdeans7192]

Depends on who you ask lol

[@theinternetisokayy469]

@@cwdeans7192 Tom admitted Mark wrote it in his Ernie Ball documentary.

[@cwdeans7192]

@@theinternetisokayy469 yeah I actually made this comment based on the doc and then went back and watched it to be sure and saw I was mistaken. Just couldnt remember what video I commented on 😂

[@blakedavis2447]

Mark didn’t really write it , it started out with some basic base chords and then Tom adds the magic to the song with the riff

[@lilstjimmy]

@@blakedavis2447 Mark still suggested he play the chord progression as a riff

[@MineCreepic]

the adventure is my favorite, i love it so much

[@steven.youngson]

For me 1 and 2 are the other way round but glad that someone else also see's them as the top riffs!

[@fintendonerd8457]

Amazing!

[@Atticus1701]

Wasting time into M+M's. That was epic! Woulda been cool to see them do that live. Works great too cause theyre both in E

[@augustrush6957]

as I know Dammit riff was written by Mark, great video btw, love u!

[@inappropriatecontent2589]

Awesome covers man, would you consider doing the best of Dave “brownsound” baksh from the sums?

[@kickstrike4041]

I love these riffs Wasting time riff I play all the time.

[@deadman7624]

TOUCHDOWN BOY!!!

[@dr.slowdecay9955]

Thank you for your video. I think I should listen more to Blink 182 again, I was into AvA the last weeks.

[@btherr]

You've got the T-shirt that every boy wants.

[@yoellavenda8555]

Brad Herr Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!

[@oraciogarcialeonjr.2802]

The girl every bad guy wants- Bowling for Soup

[@elenchus]

hard to beat dumpweed. one of the all-time great punk riffs

[@cryojudgement2376]

The adventure, dysentary Gary, roller coaster,reckless abandon, all the small things, and last but the best 21 days, are all better than dumpweed. Dumpweed is good though strong track for its album.

[@tintin32.2]

Dammit and Stay Together for the Kids 😭😭😭

[@tracy1210]

Good choice Tom played them all downstroke I think that's why he had a very personnal sound

[@celliboner7942]

Tracy that’s not true.

[@tracy1210]

@@celliboner7942 wrecked him, wasting time etc were played downstroke

[@gabriellevesque-lessard5052]

@@tracy1210 TRUE that's why he is fucking great. all of his riff are played downstroke

[@ASRforeverASR]

Gabriel Lévesque-Lessard he played some riffs alternate picking in cheshire and dude ranch. Fentoozler, toast and bananas, degenerate solos... And some other intro and riffs.

[@tracy1210]

@@ASRforeverASR He played Toast and Bananas solo downstroke all the way in 1996

[@roymartin500]

Nice job. Ahhhhhh! I use to have a 2008 Gibson Tom Delonge Memphis Custom Shop. I can't believe I sold that. Even if the value hadn't gone through the roof lately, that was the best/easiest playing and lightest ES-333/335/345/355 guitar I'd played or owned. The potential for mod

[@SugarpillProd]

It's definitely a very nice guitar, especially considering the price they originally were, before the massive inflation.

[@roymartin500]

@@SugarpillProd I'm sorry, I didn't get a chance to finish my writing before I accidentally sent it during mid sentence ha! Damn, embarrassing. Yeah, the stupid reason I sold it is my friend came over to my garage to play some songs, he brought along his 04 Epiphone Dot Dregan Signature that had Gibson 57' Classic & Classic plus stock in them. His guitar was nice, had the cool Backyard Babies Skull & Cross Bones Band logo graphic on an antique ivory finish but was basically an Epi Dot with stock Gibson electronics and pick ups. My rig was/is an 04 Mesa Single Rectifier Series 2 Solo 50 Head w/Mesa Recto 2x12 cab and a Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Mayhem Pre Amp/Distortion & Boost pedal thru the FX loop. He brought a Fender combo. After playing for 30 minutes we switched guitars just for the heck of it and I fell in love with the Epi's tone through my rig. For some reason the more moderate output pups in the Epi let my rig breathe easier and it sounded better. My stupid ass didn't take into account that the Dirty Fingers was pushing a little too much compared to 57's plus I didnt need that Pre amp boost in the FX loop so I ignored how the great Gibson Delonge played, felt, looked and could've just dropped in a 57' in the Delonge but no, I sold it and have gone through alot of guitars chasing the feeling of the Delonge. Sorry bout the length of this and thanks for letting me share. I dig your playing and tone. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@gabrielfacholabasscovers843]

Tom Delonge Amazing Riffs!!!

[@chihazit]

Came here for the riffs, but what a shirt!

[@danielalejandro2905]

any link for the first song?

[@jamestaylor8577]

love Carousel!!

[@AmazingAsian]

Anyone know where to find this guitar nowadays??

[@agreen182]

How the hell can they claim copyright for a cover, which is fair use??

[@marioruvalcaba9487]

agreen182 money

[@andy_182]

Cover OF someone else’s song dumbass

[@zackargyle7967]

KZbin's website youtube's rules

[@kiroshina1945]

I'm shedding tears of nostalgia

[@dospuebez]

I think time to break up should be on this list, it’s one of the best blink songs imo

[@willonishi2368]

Very good

[@sanyabikpunk]

good riffs

[@ashtongrey6755]

Does damnit and man overboard count since mark wrote those riffs though?

[@sriwijayanormanable]

Amazing 😱😱😱

[@Travis-guy-247]

Fancy cutting the start of Dumpweed out 😤😤 that’s the best bit!! Still, great video tho dude 👍🏼

[@quitenough]

So good

[@joshuacyr6832]

My fav DeLonge riff will always be Man Overboard

[@ErnieBallJMeister]

Ayyy I have that exact same guitar strap

[@edgarcamarena1793]

Where is the alone song from

[@bluepunk182]

Was really hoping to see/hear Enthused on this list.

[@pecintamusikrock9957]

DAMMIT THE BEST 🔥

[@SugarpillProd]

He didn't technically write that one.

[@donbeck8835]

It’s such a simple style but so fucking cool

[@diamondmiles8462]

Sometimes may be one of my favorite songs.

[@TheEthug]

If you flip the sheet music backwards before you play it then youtube wont copywrite you, or something like that.

[@stockholmsyndrome3218]

What about lemmings??! Also a few notes are wrong but all in all great video man.

[@ethanmcdonald3383]

I absolutely love the sound of this guitar. Please let me know what guitar is it and what pickups do you use, and what are the amp settings??? I’m so curious. I’d love for my guitar to sound like this.

[@SugarpillProd]

It's Tom's signature guitar, with a Gibson Dirty Fingers pickup in it. I was using my Axe Fx for this video, though I have no idea what amp it was modeling, as this video is very old now, haha.

[@ethanmcdonald3383]

@@SugarpillProd yo thank you so much for the reply dawg!!

[@julianmaillet8283]

Aprendé skiba !! Así se toca

[@johnr2630]

Ahaha sickass shirt! Old school simpsons right there!!

[@colewozniak9334]

Great list but I think dumpweed should be higher and the adventure should be #2 (#1 is good where it is 👌)

[@szkarla]

Excellent!!!!!!! Go out Matt Skiba. Tom come back pleasee

[@Jbrasil20]

Young London and the adventure, YES!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Alexhannam100]

Good vid, the only one I didn’t know was Alone, where’s that from?

[@markcristino3251]

Apparently it's a demo from when Scott was still drumming for them

[@2010dame]

FLYSWATTER album 👍

[@imdabanana1]

No way you put in “alone” I didn’t know anyone else knew about that song

[@rachmadhidayat2149]

You are obviously badass. The Adventure is my favorite

[@antihistamean]

🥺 the love for Flyswatter though...... so rare...

[@dog8438]

I personally prefer the Natives riff over Young London. I only compare those two specifically because they came out around the same time and are so similar in style.

[@ozyris859]

Where is the riff from Always ?

[@bobbyanderson6313]

What album is “alone” on? Never heard it before

[@ASHTARRECORDS]

flyswatter demo

[@aaron_b_1824]

1992 flyswatter demo tape

[@daviisebarn2489]

how did you not include the wolfpack

[@BurntExcrement]

21 days is absolute banger

[@kangaroosterLP]

18 - Carousel, I don't think I've ever heard that though? What timestamp is it in the song? :s

[@ismaile9501]

@@SugarpillProd The extended version is on Cheshire Cat. But the well-known live version is on "The Mark, Tom and Travis show", based on the very first Buddha track.

[@kangaroosterLP]

@@SugarpillProd Oh wow, had no idea lol, thanks

[@GettingBentWithBo]

What kind of amp are you playing through?

[@SugarpillProd]

I use an Axe FX.