Top 10 Heaviest Nirvana Riffs
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Ай бұрынPlaying through 10 of the heaviest/darkest Nirvana riffs. Using era accurate guitars and tones
Part 2: • 10 More of The Heavies...
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@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
For more heavy riffs, check out part 2! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrh2faii1JfWip8.htmlsi=Kz3El0fOaIdFHEBn
@guitarrilho502 Ай бұрын
Kurt went pretty heavy in the early years, I also love swap meet, awesome song, awesome riff
@s0n4r56 Ай бұрын
I feel like swap meet doesn’t get talked about enough, the studio version is so damn heavy I can’t get over it
@Doyle-fq7we Ай бұрын
They jammed a lot of Celtic Frost and of course the Melvins influence.
@D17-official Ай бұрын
Best love song ever written!
@monotonespeaker8347 Ай бұрын
He was jamming and listening to quite a few Doom, Sludge and even early Black Metal bands at the time. Celtic Frost, The Melvins and Black Sabbath to be specific.
@monotonespeaker8347 Ай бұрын
He was also listening to some Thrash Metal through Metallica
@beboronator Ай бұрын
hairspray queen is also probably one of the funkiest nirvana songs
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
so much happens in those 4 minutes, such a beautifully chaotic song
@hiiragiryo615 Ай бұрын
WORD
@Doyle-fq7we Ай бұрын
A friend of mine said what’s this? Nirvana Peppers?
@rxt1991 Ай бұрын
goated song
@hiiragiryo615 Ай бұрын
@@rxt1991real
@Noscooters Ай бұрын
Big long now is such a unnerving song tbh. It sounds like something is creeping up behind you, and you just feel it coming
@Akirathebeastt Ай бұрын
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@WadeNY Ай бұрын
Blew blew my sock off. ET-270 into DS-1 into Twin is the best tone in your collection, IMO. And one of the best distortion tones ever
@PripyatPlayground Ай бұрын
Agreed
@DavidLopez-up3qm Ай бұрын
Love all of Nirvana but early Nirvana will always be the most intriguing to me in terms of riffs and general songwriting
@user-rb7el2gh2v Ай бұрын
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MRS. BUTTERSWORTH 😭😭😭😭❤❤❤❤
@adamterry77 Ай бұрын
I’m going to open myself up a flea market 👍
@101Volts Ай бұрын
The song's more intricate than I realized. Not that I've listened to it for over 10 years, though.
@grunge_guy Ай бұрын
We're never disappointed by NirvanaGuitars. Thanks so much for your videos.
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
🥹 🙏 that really means a lot, thank you so much for watching and for the kind words!
@grunge_guy Ай бұрын
@@NirvanaGuitars Thank you for the amazing content.
@kluiverdt Ай бұрын
omg, that tone on blew 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 i love it so much
@deadroses19 Ай бұрын
Paper cuts is badass, such a sludgy nasty riff. Good job on the tone and playing!
@andrewpappas9311 Ай бұрын
Kurt definitely wrote some absolute headbanging riffs, man, some of which I still say he doesn't get enough credit for because those sound just awesome. I'm also not sure if it's gonna be included in Part 2 (although it could be) but I'll always love the breakdown in Drain You, which sounds so damn cool, definitely looking forward to Part 2 when it happens (Also as a side note I can remember writing a guitar riff a few years ago that sounded a lot like Big Long Now (never heard of the song at the time) but now I realize I think I might've just ripped off a Nirvana song I've never heard of lol)
@_julianguitarz1992_ Ай бұрын
I love Mrs. Buttersworth. its such a groovy riff!
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
and a lot of fun to play!
@spidermanfan.3161 Ай бұрын
3:23 😈😈😈 you can't have endless Nameless without vandy with the humbnail goes hard with it, keep it up NG! 👍👍
@interpic 3 күн бұрын
What the vandy?
@spidermanfan.3161 3 күн бұрын
@@interpic oh that’s a nickname ive called Kurt cobain’s Vandalism strat cause its my Personal favorite guitar of he’s.
@spidermanfan.3161 3 күн бұрын
@@interpic its like Billie joes guitar called blue or pat smears strat guitar called Blackey or tony iomi’s Gibson “monkey”
@ilgarisnotme5001 Ай бұрын
Now im sure that this guy is living at Kurt Cobain's studio there is no way tones that accurate except he is livin at Kurt's studio
@CPF_PZ Ай бұрын
YESSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THISS
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
Thanks for your patience! Hope you enjoy my list 😃
@TestMeatDollSteak Ай бұрын
Before watching the video, my choices would be (in no particular order): Negative Creep Scentless Apprentice Milk It Stain Breed Pen Cap Chew Aero Zeppelin Paper Cuts Blew Sifting
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
Awesome list!
@TaiFlurfy Ай бұрын
Was honestly expecting Floyd The Barber to be on this list somewhere, but awesome video nonetheless!!
@obioce Ай бұрын
another amazing upload, kurt shines through you
@piotr6562 Ай бұрын
hey eric! i not that long time ago buy my first elecrtic guitar!, all thanks to you,you inspired well and i leanirg now how to play floud the barber from your top 30 nirvana riffs video but i cant tune it like you did in wideo, even i try recreate your tone, and now im gonna trying to make the vandalism strat from my guitar cuz its my favourite ,you are w, dont give up, peace!
@tiredcitizenz1925 Ай бұрын
Amazing video as always!
@DudeBro76 Ай бұрын
I love videos like this because no matter how long I search there will always be songs I don’t know by memory
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
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@beefgravy4006 Ай бұрын
Do a video on pats guitar and krists bass
@cdoutdoors8207 Ай бұрын
@@beefgravy4006 great idea
@Valuuu Ай бұрын
Amazing how accurate these tones are
@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 Ай бұрын
This is awesome, thanks!
@MightyALX Ай бұрын
I always felt that Swap Meet's intro riff was the heaviest Nirvana riff out there from the studio albums. In my opinion Swap Meet played live didn't sound as heavy compared to the studio version. There is just something about the studio version that makes it so good.
@noelwhite6650 Ай бұрын
The Epiphone into the DS-1 sounds outstanding. Just such an amazing tone.
@sabbracadabra8367 18 күн бұрын
Sounds like ass
@kkrsnn5632 Ай бұрын
Nice selection😊
@tickedoffnow Ай бұрын
Kurt was a big Metallica fan
@AwsomNirv98 19 күн бұрын
and yet metallica themselves disrespect him ig like once a member said “Kurt had good aim” in an kurt memorial interview i think
@austinheighway 8 күн бұрын
@@AwsomNirv98you're thinking of Dave mustaine of megadeth, who was in Metallica for a short period of time in their early career but is better known for megadeth
@AwsomNirv98 8 күн бұрын
@austinheighway oh, thanks, i kinda forgot of dave's name, thanks for the reminder :D
@Silverfan97 Ай бұрын
Great vid dude keep it up!
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the continued support! I don't take it for granted, love seeing your comments 😃
@Silverfan97 Ай бұрын
@@NirvanaGuitars thanks man love the vids!
@Doyle-fq7we Ай бұрын
Nice choices and you played them well! When people say grunge, these are the types of songs I think of. Nirvana’s heavy stuff, Melvins, Tad, Mudhoney.
@ShaylanJBoi Ай бұрын
Sorry I couldn’t be here on time . Love your vids 🎸
@Nostalgia_editz446 Ай бұрын
Your guitar skills are 🔥
@pennsy77 Ай бұрын
Yet another banger!! Started off strong with 2 of my favorite pre bleach songs, too! Agreeable list, playing is top-notch, especially on the pre-bleach stuff Also, did you see my message? Regarding the history of the TOM strat
@MylesBANG Ай бұрын
I LOVE Anorexorcist. So glad it was included on this amazing list 🤘
@EdgicHedgicOfficial Ай бұрын
I absolutely LOVE Negative Creep. It's #1 favorite from Bleach! Another favorite is Scentless Apprentice as well! Great tones, Eric! 🔥
@pedrov.8087 Ай бұрын
judging by your profile picture, id guess your favorite album is incesticide
@zxdistortion Ай бұрын
Anorexorcist always was my favourite riff and its crazy to hear the exact tone from you
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
One of my all time favorites to play! That song needs more recognition
@ethanjpetch Ай бұрын
Hell yeah, sounds awesome!
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@idunno7166 Ай бұрын
U always make a very great videos
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
That seriously means a lot thank you!!
@juakoko7880 Ай бұрын
that endless nameless riff was so good, we need a cover 🐧
@user-wn8wg4fb9m Ай бұрын
Kurt's 87/88 riffs are nearly early grindcore. The dude was seriously special.
@LEBOURQUIPERFORMANCE Ай бұрын
Make a cover of “you know you’re right”. It’s the best song of nirvana
@idiotwithaguitar3 Ай бұрын
AGHHHHH YESSS HE UPLOADED!!!!
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
I upload every Friday!
@idiotwithaguitar3 Ай бұрын
@@NirvanaGuitars Oh ok! I never knew that! Also, the tone is so accurate AGHHHH :)
@user-ib3gj3ty9k Ай бұрын
Big Long Now’s my true favorite Incesticide riff… Love listening it around the afternoon sunset 💙
@bootitup6927 Ай бұрын
Love this! What song is the hardest to play out of these 10 for you in your opinion?
@dhilan9946 Ай бұрын
Best friday when you uplod
@Eoghan_guitar11 Ай бұрын
Amazing as always!!! And could you do a bleach tour tone video like what you did with the nevermind and in utero tour please???
@sh3ckl3s72 Ай бұрын
Please, full cover of endless nameless!!
@catmobile20 Ай бұрын
Very nice
@extraterrestrial736 Ай бұрын
Hell yeah! Love it man!
@gabrielramos5338 Ай бұрын
Damn, that ET-270 + DS1 + Twin Reverb combo sounds heavy AF
@rickthemartian130 Ай бұрын
Is that DS1 just dimed through the Twin? Thats INSANE how good it sounds on Blew
@SELFKlLL Ай бұрын
I love negative creep the chorus riff reminds me of a little bit of surf
@charizardmaster13 Ай бұрын
For not being huge on technical stuff early nirvana riffs have a very thrash almost slayer esque feel to some of the parts
@THE-CRT Ай бұрын
Another one, outa nowhere!
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
New video every Friday 😉 🥳
@mrlost470 Ай бұрын
@@NirvanaGuitarsfr? yesss
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
@@mrlost470 Yes! I've been uploading weekly videos since 2022
@Silverfan97 Ай бұрын
@@NirvanaGuitarsthe certified goat
@wullowtries3018 Ай бұрын
Cool!
@Roseland11 Ай бұрын
Can you also make Hollywood rock festival tone please?❤
@tsg_frank5829 Ай бұрын
These are all amazing riffs, and a lot of them are also from the early years. I would have included some of the riffs from Fecal Matter as well
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
Thought about including Fecal Matter, but decided to just to stick to Nirvana songs!
@CallMeSeff Ай бұрын
where did you find that fernandes neck for the vandalism strat i’ve been looking for one
@cdubdoesstuff4870 Ай бұрын
Next build, will you make the Farrington Mustang?
@muhammadshafiq8717 Ай бұрын
Papercuts is my favourite song to play ... I love that riff..
@marjorybarreto1672 Ай бұрын
Holy man, how you do Endless Nameless? Thats crazy!
@bigmuffmelvin7388 Ай бұрын
Awesome recreation of some of the heaviest riffs of all time. My only criticism is maybe kick that reverb down to zero. I know you have talked about that in your videos in the past. Yeah it does give your recordings some production value but it makes the riffs sound slightly off from the recordings
@AlexCitroen-zt8xv Ай бұрын
30 years later and not one guitar player can't play as passionate as Kurt, many had tried ✌🏻
@Hav0cShark Ай бұрын
you know you're right with the hi flier would sound so good
@juakoko7880 Ай бұрын
no way, raunchola 🗣🗣🔥🔥❗️❗️❗️
@UnPlugged_5150 Ай бұрын
When Will You Do The BBC Mark Goodier Session Tone Video?
@user-kn2em7eg2o Ай бұрын
You should also do a nirvana most happy riffs
@Nirvana_Guitarist91 Ай бұрын
Very nice vid! Those riffs are surely heavy and sound so cool! Hoppefully we'll see the Compstang soon!
@airishskie9837 Ай бұрын
Lesgo new video
@Anor3xorcist Ай бұрын
What were your settings for Anorexorcist?
@mrozu2077 Ай бұрын
Hi Eric Can you recreate Nirvana HOF tone?
@DizTrukT Ай бұрын
Such a great list!!! Theres one thing though, I'm not 100% sure but i know that they recorded Endless Nameless after a failed take of Lithium, so wouldn't they have been using the big muff like they did on Lithium?
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
I was going for the Paramount Endless Nameless here 😁 that’s why I used the vandalism strat
@DizTrukT Ай бұрын
@@NirvanaGuitars Oh my bad lol, then you got it really good! I'm gonna try Endless, Nameless with your Lithium tone, just to see!
@DizTrukT Ай бұрын
@@NirvanaGuitars Oh my gosh dude, I used lithium's distorted and clean tones and it sounded amazing. I don't know about the parts with chorus though.
@onehandslinger1475 Ай бұрын
I was playing Milk it with the band in C standard. I think it's one of the heaviest Nirvana song.
@petro900 Ай бұрын
BLEW PFFFFF
@Napkin_story 23 күн бұрын
big long now mentioned🔥🔥🔥🔥
@chmurixoklol Ай бұрын
Eric on paper cuts chorus you should go straight from F to B. if you want listen to original track and you should hear it. Big love !
@CatIsQueen Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this. I learned scentless apprentice by ear and i thought one of the parts was 4474-4444474 but now i see its 4404-4444404. tysm
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
Live I think Pat played it as 4474, and Kurt dud 4404!
@CatIsQueen Ай бұрын
@@NirvanaGuitars tysmmmm
@Savior-GuitarVocalDemosCovers Ай бұрын
big long now in my opinion is grunge at its purest
@beefgravy4006 Ай бұрын
Do a video on krists bass and pats guitar
@antares112 26 күн бұрын
glad you got paper cuts to #2
@Nirvana91xGrunge89 Ай бұрын
Can you do mrs butterworth tone recreation?
@Axl8904 Ай бұрын
Negative creep is my favorite one ❤❤🎉🎉
@gurtysaiyan760 Ай бұрын
your the boss
@DejanDeko-po4pt Ай бұрын
Amp settings for raunchola please
@Georgeisjawa Ай бұрын
Is Big Long Now just Nirvana's version of Sister Europe by the Psychedelic Furs?
@Doyle-fq7we Ай бұрын
Kurt loved psychedelic furs and He did not hide what inspired a song much. Most bands do it so not knocking Nirvana. They’re one of my favorites.
@Georgeisjawa Ай бұрын
@@Doyle-fq7we One of mine to. I mean Psychedelic Furs are one the best bands in the world.
@interpic Ай бұрын
Oh, yes! Paper Cuts is still my favorite song from Bleach, so heavy, so dark, so broken.
@anarchic_ramblings 27 күн бұрын
Is that really the guitar part for Scentless Apprentice?
@juju16game41 Ай бұрын
Big long now ❤❤❤❤ Kurt Cobain le meilleur de toussssss
@averylangs Ай бұрын
Honorable mention goes to Swap Meet, that song rips
@PitBullPlaysGames Ай бұрын
i want that epiphone et270 lol
@Paper_Cuts350 Ай бұрын
Gotta show off the stella guitar in the back😂
@MuscleCarLover Ай бұрын
Next up would be Top 10 Most Expensive Riffs, then it's only variations of Endless, Nameless
@mrNobody100 Ай бұрын
i kinda wish mrs. butterworth stuck around longer than just practice (or if they did do it at some show) . its one of the highlights of the boxset for me..... also, negative creep kind sounds like on homage to "ride the lightning." figures, since he was a big fan of that...
@thrillvilled111 Ай бұрын
Love Blew and Big Long Now!
@pamosutil Ай бұрын
Here there are some of the best Nirvana songs
@squibtheghost Ай бұрын
paper cuts is definitely a dark and heavy song and a good one at that.
@TheWhiteJamesBrown Ай бұрын
Have you seen the photo of kurt playing a telecaster with Courtney and a heart caarved into it if so how come its not part of your collection
@rschw76409 Ай бұрын
I’d put Scoff on my list. Check out Tension by Killing Joke. You’ll notice that Scoff sounds similar.
@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын
Part 2 is coming soon! I'm not leaving out Scoff 😉
@moxcide2901 Ай бұрын
Underrated opinion but i think blew is the best one out of this selection
@--thatbih Ай бұрын
For endless nameless, you need the chorus on for the entire song, not just the verse. Trust me bro makes an epic difference. Kurt did it that way as well Also, when Negative Creep came in, I see why you like the Epiphone a lot
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