After learning to play this song, you come to realize how much John McGeoch influenced Johnny Marr. That iconic intro riff in Spellbound sounds like a Gothic interpretation of a Smiths song.

Am 61 now if somehow i can learn to play this before i leave this world i will die a happy man 🙏🙏🙏

John McGeoch, total legend

This is far too difficult for me but your lessons are so good and enjoyable that I find it a pleasure just to watch

Utterly glorious. Those ringing open stringed arpeggios are magical. Easy to see McGeogh's influence on Johnny Marr.

I'm learning this song and it is like a kick in the balls. John, you're a fucking legend

You did great. Would really like to see some more post punk. I'd be interested to see some songs from The Chameleons, For Against, Cocteau Twins, Sad Lovers and Giants and some more from The Smiths and The Cure.

Not an easy song to play. Kind of sounds like a goth rock Johnny Marr. I've been searching for a good lesson on this and this has to be the best I've seen! Great explanations of the arpeggio patterns. And that's a beautiful Jazzmaster you've got!

John McGeoch was a genius. There is not not enough cover of his work. Thanks for this. Do more.

So good you're teaching these cool songs, instead of the same old stuff the other teachers do.

What a wonderful musician John McGeoch was. Wish he was still with us.

1. One of my Siouxie's favorites 2. How beautiful is the Fender Jazzmaster guitar!

I was going through live versions of Spellbound and you are better at playing this song than any guitarist I saw aside, of course, from Mr. McGeoch himself.

Adrian should be working for the BBC, Channel 4 or Sky. Outstanding presentation.

Your tone is so on point it's amazing. Excellent video.

Bloody excellent song, one of my favourites played BLOODY WELL.

Hi Adrian, not only a brilliant teacher but a man of great taste. That's 2 great mcgeoch tracks I'm learning from you. The other was shot by both sides. Keep it up, much appreciated.

As a drummer I'm blown away on the skill this takes. What a great song this is! I appreciate guitar work like this, technically complicated, genius sound to it to form an incredible song!

Perfect - the playing, the sound, the T-shirt, the glasses, everything.

Thank you ! Great work ⭐️ John McGeoch was such a Unique and Revolutionary Guitarist !

McGeoch was excellent. listen to his rhythm guitar on Definitive Gaze off the debut album Real Life by Magazine. Apparently, his best playing was for Public Image!? Anyway, this song and Israel are his best songs with the Banshees. If John Frusciante can say studying John McGeoch made him the guitarist he is, are YOU going to argue with him?

I love the way you take the time to point out where the on and off beats are in even simple melody lines. It's helped me so much.

Very tricky. Thanks for your thorough approach - I've been fudging this one as I had no idea what he was doing. Having learned some Johnny Marr riffs/chords etc, I can certainly hear the influence of McGeoch. Love the chord voicings & arpeggiated stuff. Clever.

Any possibility of an Into the Light lesson? It’s such amazing guitar work.

I love this song more than life. Thank you.

An absolutely superb tutorial. And McGeoch's brilliance still shines!

Great lesson and shows how innovative McGeoch was. Love Siouxsie!

This is the best one I've learnt! Thanks so much from Warren. 😎

What a fantastic lesson. I've been playing for many years and this is the most challenging song to learn I think I have ever come across! Everyday picking seems so easy after playing this for about 3 weeks! You absolutely nail it. Thank you so much!

This guy is a born teacher and a superb player.The arpeggios are amazingly intricate, but the fast chorus strum with chord stepping carries almost the same energy, desperation and melancholy as the original, quite moving, hits me in the guts everytime, fantastic!

Blown away by your playing. Stunning!

Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful.

I learned this back in 79 and pondered the 'bassline' bit. When I saw John playing with the Banshees a few times I noticed he always played the bassline c note etc on his guitar and it added a fuller dimension even with the bass playing along too. Great video btw

Your lessons are incredibly inspiring! Picking up the guitar with intent after decades of neglect and simultaneously finding your videos, especially your Siouxsie/McGeogh ones, has rekindled my hot romance with playing. Thank you so much!

You absolutely nailed this. Well done.

Thank you, great breakdown of this iconic and beautiful song!

You're nailing it. Thank you for doing what you do. I'm a big S&TB fan and I was fortunate to get to see them live five times between 1982 and 1987. Solid!

Wow!!!! You really made my day with this one! The best Siousxie stuff was when John was in the band. Definitely one of my favorite guitarist. Huge influence on me. Thanks again!

Sorry to swear but f**king awesome lesson. Much thanks :)

I love this. Brilliant song and well taught

Thanks for this. I ordered a 1982 tobacco smokburst SG1000 from Japan last month and I had 3 weeks to learn this before it arrived, as it had to be the first tune I played on it. Learned to play it on the worn out frets on my old guitar which was really hard work! A lot easier on my SG.

It'll take a spell, but I'm bound and determined to learn this song!

Heard it in the car today and thought to myself: I'm gonna play that! As if!!! Great job.

great post! more siouxsie is always a good thing.

Such a good teacher, thanks

FINALLY!!! Better than Ultimate Guitar, even with a tab and details, This is gold! I am very excited and thankful

One of the all-time classic guitar riffs. Good work, chief.

Thank you so much ! I've always dreamed of playing that song and now I do. Or at least I try! Cheers

Maestro. Great lesson Adrian

Adrian, when I watch your wonderful vids, it's almost as though you'd read my mind about what great British guitar tidbits I'd want to learn this week...thanks loads!

Man, you don't look it, but you play it really cleanly and accurately. I have listened to it in those 35 years :-)

Nice to see someone who can play and do this song credit.....Great Lesson

Fantastic teacher thanks my man ! just read McGeochs book I am lucky to own a 1984 Yamaha sg1000 and old enough to have seen Magazine at Huddersfield poly supported by Simple Minds in 1979/80

This is the musical equivalent of a tongue twister, love it, John McGeogh one of my all time favourites. Could you cover ghosts of princes in towers by the Rich Kids some time?

This is brilliant! I still can't play it, but...getting there. Fantastic video/tutorial.

Fantastic song I got the goosebumps well done

Dang, this is such a good song.

Seen this played and tabbed wrong so many times but you nailed it perfect...thanks

Thanks for the lesson! McGeoch was indeed an accomplished guitarist, in a genre (post punk/goth rock/new wave) in which alot of his peers were often great songwriters, but not exactly virtuosos on guitar

I love that song !! My 80's... Never seen a tuto as good as this one !! Thanks from 🇫🇷👍👍👍

Hey Adrian, the song is one of my alltime favourites and i love to play it, but i was not exact enough. It put a big smile on my face , when i saw that you put a lesson online. I really appriciate that you like this kind of music and that you give your time to teach us such a great song. Thank you very much.

Brilliant job. Any chance you could cover a bit of Vini Reilly, another brilliant guitarist of the 80s

Great Song! I love your song choices. Thanks so much. Going to learn this one today.

Adrian you have great taste....Spellbound within a couple of weeks of the Joe90 theme.

Killer playing!! Reminds me a little of Roger McGuinn's playing. Janglie and compressed. Gotta love that west coast sound!

Just superb. I keep coming back to this every time i forget how to play it and it sound better every time?

great lesson, my new favourite workout!

Totally cool my brother from Warren 😎thanks!

i would have had internet and your channel when this came out. but still was a great time to be a teen

Amazing lesson Adrian. Thanks. Incredible as always.

Fantastic lesson of an awesome track. Well done and many thanks. Great of you to put the time in to do this, I get so fed up trying to progress in my playing, you make it fun and worthwhile.

Oh this is great. I've heard this song a few months ago and wanted to learn it since. I found it kind of hard to learn by ear because there's so much happening in the recording, and the tabs I found online were even further off. After watching your video I was able to get it down full speed within about an hour. Really happy because I think the song sounds really cool.

Thank you so much! I love this song and it has mystified me for years as how to play it. You're video is so thorough and interesting. Cheers!

I think the hardest part is nailing the tone John McGeoch uses, at least for me. Would love to see a Head Cut tutorial. 👍🏻

Great. Intelligent and inspired choice.

Well done, you play it better than any of the guitarists who tried to fill John’s shoes after the Banshees fired him!

Great lesson...you played the whole thing right off...Those of us who can follow that (or slow it down) can get right to work. Others can wait for the note by note recitation. Thanks for doing this and posting. This is one of my post-punk favorites, still, in 2019. And you've really got that sound down, too. Nice Jazzmaster!!

brilliant playing dude!

Great job, dude! Awesome! Siouxsie forever!

thanks for another great lesson from the legend John McGeoch. any chance you could do Halloween by SATB, Johns part seams impossible unless you have monster hands or seven fingers. cheers

I had already learned this song but really good vid, comprehensive and through, steady and well paced.

The guitar is excellent and then add big drums to really explode. Great tune.

Fabulous! Thanks again Adrian for an excellent lesson. You're one of my top go to's on here.

Excellent instructions love your work

Love this song and want to learn to play it. Thanks for sharing 👍🎸

Fabulous playing Adrian.

Great guitarists, both of you. Plus I love your nodding head when you get into a song. Thanks.

I used to listen to them on Headbangers Ball on MTV. They had a another name they went by when they played stadiums. Triumph or Sue C and the band she's played the US Festival on the 80s. Their other big hits- Fight the good Fight, Magic Power, Rock n Roll Machine. Huge drums, a wall of Marshalls and a killer light show. Gotta love Triumph. Or Sue C and the band she's. Wink

Adrian - your lessons are just so awesome! Not only are they easy to follow, but your approach to tone is flawless! I would love to see you do a Cure song - maybe "Push"!

Just perfect

Brilliant!!!...and a great feel for the song!!

Excellent

Was just digging your happy Mondays vid and you've got this covered too! Thank you so much.

Excelente. Gracias desde Argentina 👍

Man, you make my day ! Thanks a lot for that excellent video.

Excellent lesson. Thank you.

Great lesson man thank you for ppsting defintely saving to my page. And not many of this cover and lesson online

You have a great taste in music Adrian, love you goth oriented videos!

Amazing lesson.

great track, thanks man