TOP 20 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE RIFFS (with TAB)

[@tickbox_]

The thing that always gets me about Josh is how effortlessly he plays this stuff, and often while singing a completely different melody over the top of it. And dancing. Dudes a god.

[@tnhnoztel]

an inspiration for sure

[@samberry8288]

For me, its how they basically do nirvana thing or elliot smith, have a strong melody and find some way to follow it through messy but also aimed guitar

[@Tony-vf9zu]

Not all of the riffs here are played by Josh

[@jakeb7867]

Josh Homme is an all time underrated guitar player. He's not flashy or technical but he thinks so far outside the box that it almost makes it a different instrument.

[@nelsonsilva2003]

Underrated? Really?

[@jakeb7867]

@@nelsonsilva2003 yes

[@nelsonsilva2003]

Yo no he visto que sea subestimado. De hecho, tiene harto reconocimiento en el mundo de la música y el rock. No creo que lo subestimen como dices

[@KUM0]

how is he underrated? QOTSA is a mainstream band, millions of people listened to the No One Knows guitar riff, stop acting like he's some indie act

[@jakeb7867]

@@KUM0 if you would read my comment I said he was an underrated guitar player. If you want to argue that let’s go ahead

[@sicroyalty]

Stoner rock riffage in C standard is just such a perfect sound to my ears

[@thejamnasium6447]

that riff from Turnin On the Screw just does something to me

[@Metallizombie]

Anytime I’m feeling overwhelmed in my life I like to sit outside with the crickets in the dark and play the mosquito song on an acoustic

[@Hevvvyyy]

Truly a great song to end with

[@PWN3DU01]

Man I started playing guitar one year ago and can play most riffs of qotsa but one day I wanna be able to play mosquito song.

[@user-ud7ko4cq1n]

One of the most badass QOTSA riffs ever is Josh's solo in "God Is On The Radio"...that thing is wild. Would love to see this guy try that lol.

[@aranjenkins2627]

Love this band so much. Finally saw them live last year! Incredible show!

[@nikolagugoski]

That's awesome!

[@aranjenkins2627]

One of the best shows I’ve ever seen. The band was so tight! Unforgettable

[@marcantoinesavard9212]

Seeing them live on April 14 in Quebec city for the first time :) can’t wait!!!!

[@mitchsmix269]

Love your inclusion of auto pilot. Such a hauntingly beautiful song. A full cover w tabs would be amazing

[@tarikbugrad]

sick sick sick such a sick riff

[@jayphilpot2909]

Took the exact words out of my mouth

[@dutchsprucerun3382]

Saw QOTSA live last November. It's incredible how great they sound live, Spotify doesn't do their music justice! If you could make a full tutorial on Emotion Sickness it would make my day, there aren't any good tutorials for that song on the internet right now.

[@radioaktiv2531]

I got to see them in March this year. If you think spotify doesn't do them justice, get their LPs. Absolutely mindblowing when you're playing their music through a good hifi system.

[@zombiemontage]

Thanks for including a variety of songs. Fun to play! Should make a part 2

[@manufaustino316]

I needed these tabs, heck yeah, and you nailed every tone, wonderful job there!

[@diegooo.9567]

Please a full tutorial of The evil has landed

[@nikolagugoski]

I'll definitely give it a try if there is more interest

[@ruinerwithdecay]

Yes please! I second this one!

[@austinledley]

@@nikolagugoskithere is more interest!!!

[@desiolle2874]

I loved it man. I'm more a fan of the early stuff but that was a tasty sweep across all their albums. If you do another, don't sleep on How to Handle a Rope...such a badass riff.

[@Owen_plays_music1049]

I forgot how brutal some of their early stuffs are. I wish they had songs like "Regular John" and "Millionnaire" in their newer albums

[@sams.4388]

Such a great songwriter. I love Josh Homme's quirckiness. I'm trying to decide which QOTSA song I want to learn next. I do tend to lean more towards his songs in C STandard.

[@welltrev]

QOTSA is my fav band of all time! Great video man!

[@seancushnie974]

Killer set of riffs!!! Great choices here

[@nikolagugoski]

Thanks Sean! Glad you liked this :)

[@Herrjeeminee]

Great song / riff selection. First time I saw someone playing "Hanging' Tree". Fantastic little riff! :) Keep up your great work!

[@nikolagugoski]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video

[@ghs2798]

I love QOTSA and that band was the band that made me want to start playing guitar.

[@JaBrandonSpoons]

Josh is one of the most creative on the instrument of all time.

[@TranceSFX]

Keep your eyes peeled missing. Absolutely amazing

[@MSwanson514]

Wow this is extremely well done!!! Keep up the good work can’t wait to learn some of these.

[@TrentLyon71]

What a beautiful tele

[@StoneAgeStark]

So many unique and badass riffs. Homme is a god

[@sebvalv9929]

Best band of fucking history

[@victor_afx]

i was waiting for the Smooth Sailing riff

[@nikolagugoski]

Yeah, I definitely missed a few 😁

[@juanromeromartinez6996]

@@nikolagugoskido a pt 2

[@borek15]

It’s the best one 😂

[@hiddejan94]

Woah! This is amazing!! Quality as always!

[@bixumbi]

Awesome work!! Love working out to these sick Qotsa riffs

[@seanbrent8294]

Saw them for the 10th time on Saturday night. Impeccable as always.

[@bluemachine85]

Delighted to aee Betrer Living... included here. Great taste!

[@lordcoco_]

damn you absolutely nailed all of these tones!!

[@nunobarbosa8248]

That telecaster is playing superbly! Congrats

[@marcusedlund8446]

As a massive JF fan ive been following you for quite some time, but this really takes it full circle! ❤ PS: Where is someones in the wolf!?

[@nikolagugoski]

Thanks for watching man! Appreciate the support. I had that song in my list but probably switched it with some other song last minute. I definitely missed a few good songs in the video. Maybe I'll do part 2 😁

[@tecnoguy1136]

@@nikolagugoskiyou did an amazing job with these. I’ve been trying to find a good one for I appear missing for ages and you’ve nailed it here.

[@juanromeromartinez6996]

Can you do head like a haunted house please? Favorite song from that album

[@mdl3377]

Sick Sick Sick is so fun to watch

[@JackOsborneFilm]

Awesome video, I was waiting to see a video of someone playing emotion sickness clearly - thanks :)

[@nikolagugoski]

Thank you! There is this channel called Let's play all and he did pretty in depth lesson for Emotion sickness. For both Josh and Troy's parts

[@ericsanger4408]

The beauty is that it's simple and it's all about TONE.

[@Loggy3025]

Welp, time to listen to Queens all morning for the 1000th time 🤘🏼

[@theunknowngamer3272]

Mexicola mentioned 🔥

[@psarnevik]

Why did it take me till today to realize Josh Homme is so underrated. Awesome riffs.

[@ThePainterDidNothingWrong]

If you're a TOOL fan, you may have already heard another Homme riff (Demon Cleaner by Kyuss). Kyuss was such a great band!!

[@fredericooliveira-cc2mb]

Very well played!! Good to play i appear missing but i think one of the best guitar riffs of all qotsa is the solo of fairweather friends.

[@petauro]

That Autopilot part was written by Nick Oliveri, years before Qotsa: Josh wrote the solo part and the drums. The Hangin Tree riff was written by Alain Johannes (Desert Session 7/8). The Milionaire riff was written by Mario Lalli (Desert Sessions 5). My God is the Sun sound like a Dean Fertita riff, I guess Josh didn't wrote it. Josh loves to collaborate with good musicians

[@pancon5]

Fantastic video, banger after banger! Josh Homme has provided us with, the best heavy rock riffage of the 21st century, maybe (I do love me some post-Layne genius Jerry Cantrell and the almighty Tool as well of course.)

[@andrewcooper3388]

Loved that, thank you.

[@the_red_channel]

Great selection! Such fantastic riffs!

[@nikolagugoski]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video 🙂

[@barryobrien6483]

Now for some Kyuss riffs 🙏

[@ZSide33]

Amazing as always, Никола, уи нийд а парт 2 оф дис 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@santalopiantubes]

Great vid, much appreciated

[@evhenchernyshov4090]

greeeeaaat boost on the last riff. proper job, thanx! black on black tele with a humbucker is japanese? beautiful axe

[@nikolagugoski]

Thank you! The Tele is made in Mexico

[@Boosty65]

Good list but feel like If Only should be here. All time riff

[@marcodolce2846]

Sick Sick Sick, Regular John and many more are sons of Gardenia

[@3xtan327]

Emotion sickness sounds very them crooked vultures. Also small mistake, I’m pretty sure josh is playing major chords not power chords for i think i lost my headache.

[@nikolagugoski]

Thanks for watching! Are you referring to the two chords after A major on I thinks I lost my headache?

[@3xtan327]

@@nikolagugoski yeah, but i learned it by watching the from the basement performance so im not sure if its like that on the album version since i haven’t listen editing to it in a while

[@vinaSOAD]

awesome dude

[@robinsandquist]

Great tone!

[@slackerofhell]

Forst time i ever heard the intro to "My God Is The Sun" i knew it was an instant classic

[@nixokaa]

Ce mec est un génie

[@Jonathansouto]

Seus videos são fantasticos, seus tutoriais de como tocar determinados solos de algumas bandas ou introduções são fenomenais. PARABÉNS você toca muito bem. Tenho um pedido: Faz uma playlist de como tocar solos das bandas GUNS N ROSES e ACDC. Ops!, acho que são dois pedidos.

[@Wodociagibialostocki2137]

Could you do the same, but with Kyuss riffs?

[@Eskaleto]

Nice work man! Better Living Through Chemistry tabs pleaase!

[@directedbyduff]

will there be a full tab version of Emotion Sickness? 🤘

[@gsoup7850]

I think Josh is my favourite guitar player. Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, Hendrix, Satriani, all amazing, but there's just something about the way Josh plays that puts him above all of them for me.

[@carlosbrandom.]

1:00 from midnight club 3 game

[@tcolby398]

Missing the outro to “Fortress” but an awesome compilation regardless. I see a lot of parallels between this and Radiohead for whatever reason. Never connected the two until now.

[@arranod]

Now are these riffs that Josh plays or does Troy play these?

[@odojensen5214]

Hey, great job as always, a pleasure to listen to! What string gauge and brand do you use for this tuning?

[@nikolagugoski]

Thanks for watching! I use 10-46 on the strat and 10-52 on the tele for C standard

[@cameronwilloughby6869]

100% agree with this list

[@nikolagugoski]

Thanks Cameron! Glad you liked it 🙂

[@joaofezasvital]

Nice tone! what pedals are you using?

[@jeffwigle9154]

What’s the guitar tuned 2 I heard there in c but I can’t get it to stay in tune I play them in standerd

[@miximixi518]

Beautiful riffs uwu

[@vic_vacuo]

I’m in love with the tone. What did u use?

[@nikolagugoski]

Thank you! On the telecaster it's just a Guitar rig 5 preset. On the strat, beside Guitar rig 5 I use a pedal called Joyo American Sound

[@CCDaDon15]

I think it’s funny because some of these are not Josh’s guitar parts. Hanging Tree was Alain. I wanna say the part you play in I Appear Missing was written by Dean or Troy.

[@horstvazinksi3408]

It's best riffs from the band, not one of the members

[@CCDaDon15]

@@horstvazinksi3408 I never said or implied that. I’m saying it’s funny because Josh is the only guitarist people credit for their music. They call Troy, Mikey, and Dean yes men. So, my overall point is. It’s funny because they don’t realize only maybe 40-60% of the guitar parts since Like Clockwork were all written by the people that SFTD purists insist are only hired guns and don’t have creative input. But only Josh gets the credit. Josh has implied that he’s only written the instrumental parts for 2 songs on ITNR. At the very least most of that album was composed by other members. Josh has taken a back seat compositionally and has focused more as a lyricist.

[@Ch0nks]

Wicked Video definitely gonna try these out but could you please say what tuning these songs are in because ik they vary from standard to 2 whole steps down for example 🔥🔥🔥

[@nikolagugoski]

Thank you! What's played on the Strat is E standard. Everything else is C standard. The tuning is written at the beginning of every tab 🙂

[@Ch0nks]

@@nikolagugoski ahh I didn’t see that thanks very much. Awesome video

[@Parkie355]

Can you do a lesson on Sunday by Iggy Pop plz? Great riff in that one by Mr Homme

[@vatacale]

Nice top ❤

[@WizardofBrian]

Is all Josh in C standard?

[@rayroberge3667]

I wish there was a list of the song titles

[@shura2861]

What is the effect of the second guitar on Go With The Flow? 6:11

[@Gadonski_luc]

Problably reverb bro

[@yogasimatupang1388]

to this day, im still figuring out how josh homme came with all of that riffs

[@march755]

Seeing this video i have a more pressing question. How did you get that tone? :)

[@hmn4466]

Creative genious.

[@jled7869]

Can’t ever take QOTSA lists seriously that don’t have Monsters In The Parasol in them! Besides that - nice work!

[@ModestMouseTrap]

Nice, your touch is a bit too light on the strumming hand though, he digs in more. Otherwise, super awesome playing!

[@dreamystarrfall]

how to get that tone?

[@trystandavies2469]

I LOVE the evil has landed - very Them Crooked Vultures

[@oroscustomfigure]

❤🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gi0rg0s.i0annidis]

my favorite riff of them has to be the opening riff on how to handle a rope

[@thejasonblackburn]

Your black Tele is awesome

[@nikolagugoski]

Thank you! Glad you liked it

[@themarshian5124]

Go with the flow is my Spirit animal.

[@biobauerjanik3938]

What about the missing tunings?

[@Dhieen]

Rated R is so good

[@gianmariasolini5441]

Wich gauge strings do you use for standard c?

[@nikolagugoski]

I use 10-52

[@skinreptile]

QOTSA best bands underraated ever

[@MartinaGugoska]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@RedJadeArt]

How do you even narrow it down to just 20??

[@dr.zoidberg8778]

Auto Pilot sounded great!

[@nikolagugoski]

Thank you! Glad you liked it :)

[@sicooper7770]

Josh homme is a God ⚡️

[@Measadam]

🔥🙌🏼🖤🤘🏼

[@grabrier4811]

Las guitarras de Josh Homme suenan como la tierra dura y algo sucia, pero aún así te dejan con la sensación de haber descubierto un gusto culposo, como un fetiche raro

[@kevjoy76]

0:39 what guitar is that

[@nikolagugoski]

It's called Blacktop Telecaster. Made in Mexico