I love this - seeing Rick almost *blush* when Adam starts to sing Girl on a Motorbike with him playing along - reminds me we never lose that feeling for music we really love.
Ricks enthusiasm is all of us getting to play along to our favourite songs, but even more so when it’s the actual artist, it’s infectious and I’m here for it!
I had lost Swervedriver out of my sights since the late 90's but thankfully rediscovered them a few months back in one of Rick's vids. Such an amazing band. It even made me go back and listen to another favourite band from the period, Sugar. The early to mid 90s, amazing indeed.
Adam if you are looking comments I absolutely love your approach to playing in open tuning very much reminds me of Phil Keaggy and his use of open tunings, not sure if he was ever an inspiration to you. Like Rick I would have never guessed you dropped to F on the low string. I have always thought it was GCDGCD and you were somehow stretching to grab that note, using F is far more economical and smart knowing you would have to play this live. A lot of players think open tunings are lazy but when I hear your playing and see you demonstrating it in this video it’s anything but lazy, very purposeful chord structure and just awesome to hear. Thank you for the decades of amazing music. 🤘
I love Swervedriver just as Rick does and he is the only youtuber who I've ever seen paying tribute to them. On the other hand, I believe this only happens because they are the only shoegazing band who are borderline grunge. I wish Rick could bring more british bands from that scene to the mix, like Ride, but it's easy to see watching his videos it's not his style, which is a shame
Indeed. I don't know why swervies aren't talked about that much. Would have liked to hear some breakdowns tracks from Raise, which is my favourite, but ohh well. Rick should get Toni Halliday & Alan Moulder on - 2 for 1!
My eyes scanned over the thumbnail to this video and I thought "Hang on. Is that Adam Franklin? " And it was. And then they go and play 'Girl On a Motorbike'. Big smile. That really is a special kind of satisfying.
I am embarrassed to admit, I have never listened to Swervedriver before seeing this video. But I am now exploring their music. Thanks for opening my ears to this.
Never heard this before but it's super cool! I also really like how it's so hard to figure out due to the tuning but also simplistic at the same time. As he explains the parts he begins by "its really just this...". Awesome!
One of the most underrated bands of the 90’s…and beyond. Unbelievably loud live. Mezcal Head never left my CD player for well over a year. Awesome band. Thanks Rick.
Holy smokes! I have heard Rick mention this band before, but I have never checked out their music. This stuff is absolutely fantastic and I will be giving it a listen this weekend. Rick Beato strikes again!
Swervedriver is a new one for me. But Rick, you know to never let someone tell you you can't play something. I remember years ago being at an open mic and there was a singer looking for someone to play 'The Rain Song' by Zeppelin. I'd worked up a single guitar, concert-tuned version years earlier, so we played The Rain Song and the house lost their minds. A friend of mine, also a guitar player, walked up to me afterwards and told that my version was 'close enough to fool the masses', which was the whole point. Great video!
WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!! Swervedriver is recording a New Album!???!! 😳 I've loved Swervedriver since I saw them at a tiny club in NYC in 1992. My personal favorite 3 songs are, "English Subtitles", "Up From the Sea", and of course, "Blowin' Cool"!
Thanks for coming on Adam with Rick (when Rick has someone on, or talks about it, I know it is quality). I was not familiar with your band (Sorry, I am about a thousand years old--67 soon--and was a 60's and 70's music fan) and had lost faith in music because of the domination of hip-hop and digitized everything. So it was a real pleasure to hear a band who can play their instruments, sing, compose. Melodies! Harmonies! Dissonance! Creativity! Gee, what a radical idea! But I digress. I will be seeking out your music.
Thank you for this! Listening to Adam explain the (relative) simplicity of things after being in the correct alternate tunings reminds me of Kim Thayil's quote in an Ultimate Guitar interview "Why would I make it tougher? We're not trying to make things tough by using alternate tunings. The whole purpose is to make things easier."
Mannnn.... Just like Mike... Had a band in the 90's... And never could figured out how they did it... That was a priceless and niché Master Class ... Many thank youz
this guy is amazing! I love how he does his own thing... he probably plays it off saying that's the only way he knows how to do it. Similar to Eddie Van Halen saying he had to play tricky guitar because he didn't have fancy effects.. PURE genius...
Hell yes, thank you Rick & Adam! I saw Swervedriver the last time they came through Tucson, Arizona and played Raise, front to back. (saw them twice in the 90s too)
If you do a Blackmore interview, make sure you watch other interviews over the decades so you know his sarcasm and rhythm. He’s never serious in interviews. Maybe bring Candice to translate 😂 don’t go in cold. Predetermine your questions too. I’ve sat with him on a couple occasions in the late 70s and early 80s. He was very nice and affable. He didn’t need to be since I was just a 18 year old kid. But I didn’t gush or fanboy. He appreciated that I think.
One of my favorite things about this channel is being introduced to new (to me) bands/artists/musicians Every so often I hear something that makes me stop and really pay attention...and now I need to investigate Swervedriver's catalog and see what's what.
This is kind of hilarious to me as a regular acoustic player of Nick Drake. Different tunings often on every song and alternate fingerings as well…and this was in the 60’s. Discovering his music only opened the doors wide open to me in my 50’s myself to learn them once RUclips became more of a thing and the tunings provided from multiple other players became evident. He rarely played live himself back then because he would have to re-tune his sole guitar almost every time.
Rick, I'm thrilled you did this video and I'm thrilled they are recording again. I have been a SWD fan for decades and Mezcal Head is the only CD I wore out and had to replace. So great! (and yes, I'm aware of recent releases, my name is on Future Ruins)
Wow, SWD are so great. Everytime I hear a song I have to listen Ejector or 99th Dream or anything really. So self-satisfied that I got to see them way back when in Chicago when they toured with Monster Magnet and Soundgarden(Badmotorfinger tour).
Mezcal Head is such a gorgeous record. Loved it when it came out and I still revisit it today. A stoner’s delight. So cool seeing these parts broken down. ❤
I looked into my CD collection and found 2 CD from them... but nit the one with the Bull showed here.... I listened to them (Ibhaven"t since the 90's...) and it is pretty good !!! Love the wall of sound with airy guitares and up temp drums... those were the times !
This is the best channel on RUclips. I'm so close to only watching beato and forgetting the rest of YT for eternity. I have gotten more out of Beato in one year than all of my years on RUclips combined.
Adam Franklin is every much a guitar inspiration to me as all the other guitar titans oft mentioned. Fortunately, like a handful of his peers, his contemporary output keeps on going and is absolutely incredible, dare I say better. Seek out Adam Franklin/ Bolts of Melody solo stuff and get your mind bended with his guitar and songwriting wizardry.
I rem seeing them play Duress in the rock garden Dublin in the 90s. On album a really great song. Live it was like a new solar system was being created in front of us. Unbelievable.
Another badass video on great introduction to alternate tuning concepts and how alternate tuning could simplify what you're trying to do really love that Great energy in the video great rapport as usual keep them coming
If, you buy your Child a guitar this Christmas - don't leave them twisting in the wind (like my Dad did when I was 13) - consider getting them some bona fide assistance to accompany. Mr. Beato has packaged up a lifetime of experience and wrote it down. Bless the internet,
@@Jon.......Nah... It's just a great value when one considers what a person can spend in Real Person lessons.. Especially if bought on sale... TBF, I May have bought a few lessons for a few nephews and nieces? I personally like gifting lessons... But don't want those same to hate me ..🤣😂🤣.. Edit: I've spent over $1k over the years.... ? Kooky (Ikr?), but I'm "the Cool Uncle"...so there's that...
As to breaking strings or tuning them so high they break easier for the increase in tension, or so low you get fret buzz for the decrease in tension, it's a good Idea when for live performance to use a separate instrument, with adjusted string gauges to adjust for it, unless you are to use only one tuning. When I was on the road the band I was with had Sonic youth as an opener at one show, and the guitarist had like 20 of them all in different tunings, and no set set list, but pulled out songs whichever way they saw fit on the fly, no near must have road cases, no regular cases, not even gig bags, in one huge cardboard box on a pallet all stood upright in it with nothing to stop them from banging into each other in the truck or getting in and out of venues, and making the guitar tech's life a living nightmare!, and they were well known enough and popular to afford all the necessary stuff, and so may have just done it to be different, more punk... so far a really bad reason, or just up to their eyeballs in dept for taking a larger advance than needed and blew it all before their record and show ticket sales could catch up with the payments: Advances are not free money, and you have to pay them back, just like any other loan, and so the last thing you want to do is get the largest possible advance, for not being able to predict the future, but just the bare minimum to get the studio recording and tour rolling, as if you do well, and need more, the record company will give you another one, if they see you do well, and see fit to do so, when if they don't, is a real good indicator you are not appealing to a broider audience, and maybe delusional about the measure of your success, and could end up in great financial peril and all that comes with it, and maybe even never recover from it either!
I was playing along to some songs off of Ejector Seat Reservation less than 20 minutes ago. Then I fire up YT and this videos sitting in my feed. Nice!
I love this - seeing Rick almost *blush* when Adam starts to sing Girl on a Motorbike with him playing along - reminds me we never lose that feeling for music we really love.
So revealing - Never lose that feeling
Ricks enthusiasm is all of us getting to play along to our favourite songs, but even more so when it’s the actual artist, it’s infectious and I’m here for it!
I had lost Swervedriver out of my sights since the late 90's but thankfully rediscovered them a few months back in one of Rick's vids. Such an amazing band. It even made me go back and listen to another favourite band from the period, Sugar. The early to mid 90s, amazing indeed.
I play a LOT more guitar since I subscribed to this channel years ago. Enthusiasm is infectious.
Rick, your channel is keeping indie and rock music alive. Keep up the great work for the next generation
Adam if you are looking comments I absolutely love your approach to playing in open tuning very much reminds me of Phil Keaggy and his use of open tunings, not sure if he was ever an inspiration to you.
Like Rick I would have never guessed you dropped to F on the low string. I have always thought it was GCDGCD and you were somehow stretching to grab that note, using F is far more economical and smart knowing you would have to play this live.
A lot of players think open tunings are lazy but when I hear your playing and see you demonstrating it in this video it’s anything but lazy, very purposeful chord structure and just awesome to hear. Thank you for the decades of amazing music. 🤘
This and Wings of Pegasus are the two most important sites on music today. This is journalism as it should be.
i understand why you don't play with artists but i really enjoyed that chord jam, those parts sounded amazing together.
I love Swervedriver just as Rick does and he is the only youtuber who I've ever seen paying tribute to them. On the other hand, I believe this only happens because they are the only shoegazing band who are borderline grunge. I wish Rick could bring more british bands from that scene to the mix, like Ride, but it's easy to see watching his videos it's not his style, which is a shame
Indeed. I don't know why swervies aren't talked about that much. Would have liked to hear some breakdowns tracks from Raise, which is my favourite, but ohh well.
Rick should get Toni Halliday & Alan Moulder on - 2 for 1!
My eyes scanned over the thumbnail to this video and I thought "Hang on. Is that Adam Franklin? " And it was. And then they go and play 'Girl On a Motorbike'. Big smile. That really is a special kind of satisfying.
I am embarrassed to admit, I have never listened to Swervedriver before seeing this video. But I am now exploring their music. Thanks for opening my ears to this.
Never heard this before but it's super cool! I also really like how it's so hard to figure out due to the tuning but also simplistic at the same time. As he explains the parts he begins by "its really just this...". Awesome!
One of the most underrated bands of the 90’s…and beyond. Unbelievably loud live. Mezcal Head never left my CD player for well over a year. Awesome band. Thanks Rick.
Holy smokes! I have heard Rick mention this band before, but I have never checked out their music. This stuff is absolutely fantastic and I will be giving it a listen this weekend. Rick Beato strikes again!
+1
You will not be disappointed. ❤
Same here.
Love those dissonances it makes "boring" chords sound mysterious😂❤
Swervedriver is a new one for me. But Rick, you know to never let someone tell you you can't play something. I remember years ago being at an open mic and there was a singer looking for someone to play 'The Rain Song' by Zeppelin. I'd worked up a single guitar, concert-tuned version years earlier, so we played The Rain Song and the house lost their minds. A friend of mine, also a guitar player, walked up to me afterwards and told that my version was 'close enough to fool the masses', which was the whole point. Great video!
WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!! Swervedriver is recording a New Album!???!! 😳 I've loved Swervedriver since I saw them at a tiny club in NYC in 1992. My personal favorite 3 songs are, "English Subtitles", "Up From the Sea", and of course, "Blowin' Cool"!
Ever since hearing Sandblasted all those years ago I have been a huge Swervedriver fan. This made my day
YES!! Swervedriver! Shoegazers!!
Thanks for coming on Adam with Rick (when Rick has someone on, or talks about it, I know it is quality). I was not familiar with your band (Sorry, I am about a thousand years old--67 soon--and was a 60's and 70's music fan) and had lost faith in music because of the domination of hip-hop and digitized everything. So it was a real pleasure to hear a band who can play their instruments, sing, compose. Melodies! Harmonies! Dissonance! Creativity! Gee, what a radical idea! But I digress. I will be seeking out your music.
Thank you for this! Listening to Adam explain the (relative) simplicity of things after being in the correct alternate tunings reminds me of Kim Thayil's quote in an Ultimate Guitar interview "Why would I make it tougher? We're not trying to make things tough by using alternate tunings. The whole purpose is to make things easier."
Love swervedriver and adam and the bolts of melody! Soooo awesome
Mannnn....
Just like Mike...
Had a band in the 90's...
And never could figured out how they did it...
That was a priceless and niché Master Class
...
Many thank youz
No wayyy!!!! Adam!!!! Dominating!!!!
this guy is amazing! I love how he does his own thing... he probably plays it off saying that's the only way he knows how to do it. Similar to Eddie Van Halen saying he had to play tricky guitar because he didn't have fancy effects.. PURE genius...
I have preached Swervedriver from the first time I heard them. This band has gotten better with every record.
So cool you are working with them!!!
Hell yes, thank you Rick & Adam! I saw Swervedriver the last time they came through Tucson, Arizona and played Raise, front to back. (saw them twice in the 90s too)
I remember first hearing "Rave down" by Swervedriver and immediately being hooked onto them. Great band with great guitar parts!
Swervedriver was the best band of the shoegaze era and well ahead of their time.
It feels SO WEIRD but so LUCKY to see Adam Franklin on such a big channel. He deserves all the flowers in the world
If you do a Blackmore interview, make sure you watch other interviews over the decades so you know his sarcasm and rhythm. He’s never serious in interviews. Maybe bring Candice to translate 😂 don’t go in cold. Predetermine your questions too. I’ve sat with him on a couple occasions in the late 70s and early 80s. He was very nice and affable. He didn’t need to be since I was just a 18 year old kid. But I didn’t gush or fanboy. He appreciated that I think.
This channel is where I was first introduced to Swervedriver - very cool to now get a breakdown of Duel directly from the songwriter!
When you guys played together that was absolutely euphoric!!! Please play more with artists Rick!!! 🥹❤️
One of my favorite things about this channel is being introduced to new (to me) bands/artists/musicians Every so often I hear something that makes me stop and really pay attention...and now I need to investigate Swervedriver's catalog and see what's what.
Adam & Rick, thank you for this. Adam's approach to music has influenced my life even beyond musical aspects !
Love that he mentioned Sonic Youth. Always thought the “shoegazers” and many grunge bands took elements from Sonic Youth and ran with them.
Two of the bands that rocked my world in the last decade: Swervedriver and Motorpsycho
Bought Swervedriver's Ejector Seat Reservation CD in 1995. Loved the song Bubbling Up.
Adam is one of my favorite guitar players and composers. I love every Swervedriver album!
He’s awesome!
Same! He's a genius!
This is kind of hilarious to me as a regular acoustic player of Nick Drake. Different tunings often on every song and alternate fingerings as well…and this was in the 60’s. Discovering his music only opened the doors wide open to me in my 50’s myself to learn them once RUclips became more of a thing and the tunings provided from multiple other players became evident. He rarely played live himself back then because he would have to re-tune his sole guitar almost every time.
I've always loved Swervedriver, it's awesome that Adam is so cool.
Rick, I'm thrilled you did this video and I'm thrilled they are recording again. I have been a SWD fan for decades and Mezcal Head is the only CD I wore out and had to replace. So great! (and yes, I'm aware of recent releases, my name is on Future Ruins)
Wow, SWD are so great. Everytime I hear a song I have to listen Ejector or 99th Dream or anything really. So self-satisfied that I got to see them way back when in Chicago when they toured with Monster Magnet and Soundgarden(Badmotorfinger tour).
Amazing! This has been stumping me for 3 decades
Mezcal Head is such a gorgeous record. Loved it when it came out and I still revisit it today. A stoner’s delight. So cool seeing these parts broken down. ❤
ive actually never heard of this band but rest assured i will be now
Underrated band, lumped in with the shoegaze genre unnecessarily but they’re worth a listen.
@@weezadamwhy unnecessarily? Their music is definitely shoegaze, at least their early output
Same 😢
I looked into my CD collection and found 2 CD from them... but nit the one with the Bull showed here.... I listened to them (Ibhaven"t since the 90's...) and it is pretty good !!! Love the wall of sound with airy guitares and up temp drums... those were the times !
This is the best channel on RUclips. I'm so close to only watching beato and forgetting the rest of YT for eternity. I have gotten more out of Beato in one year than all of my years on RUclips combined.
Paul Davids has such a love for guitar, he's very charming as well.
Never heard of this band, but now I am interested. Thx for sharing a new band Rick. Always love discovering new music to add to my library.
Adam Franklin is every much a guitar inspiration to me as all the other guitar titans oft mentioned. Fortunately, like a handful of his peers, his contemporary output keeps on going and is absolutely incredible, dare I say better. Seek out Adam Franklin/ Bolts of Melody solo stuff and get your mind bended with his guitar and songwriting wizardry.
Loved the motorbike girl 40 second rendition..
0:16 the door is possessed
I rem seeing them play Duress in the rock garden Dublin in the 90s. On album a really great song. Live it was like a new solar system was being created in front of us. Unbelievable.
Another badass video on great introduction to alternate tuning concepts and how alternate tuning could simplify what you're trying to do really love that Great energy in the video great rapport as usual keep them coming
Sound of the guitar is AMAZING!🎉
Man their sound is great, thanks for hooking me up with this band.
God damn. This song never gets old. It's hauntingly beautiful❤
I never heard of those guys but that first tuning was amazing!
also loved mescal head back in the 90's, such a diverse era
Wow. I’ve always hoped someone would do this. What a treat!
Man, great stuff. So great that he was so generous about sharing his secrets, tunings, and techniques.
I absolutely love Swervedriver and am glad you can get Adam know the channel. This is such great stuff!
Thats some individualized amazingness. Kudos guy's
Oh MAN! Great video! Love me some Swerve!!
Brilliant interview. Thanks Rick and Adam.
The most underrated rock band of all time!
First time hearing their music!! Iv heard Rick talk about them before but never listened.. Im an instant fan! so cool!
I remember seeing Swervedriver play with Hum, that was awesome
Top notch man. Girl on a motorbike, phenomenal 🙂
One of my favorite bands of all time.
Hee hee... Who opened the door to the studio and peeked in at about 17 seconds? As always - great stuff Rick!!
what a fan-tastic friday surprise!!!
This is awesome! Thank you both ❤
That's really great. But, now you got me wanting a one hour long interview with Adam. Please say you did so.
Awesome, I love Swervedriver
Just the best content Rick! Thank you for introducing the rest of us to Swervedriver.
He should be more surprised, acoustic with electric in those different tunnings and positions sounds full and rich!
When are you going to interview the band 'Unprocessed'? He has a unique playing style
I'm going to have to listen to them because this band passed me by in the sea of British indie bands!
Rick I would really love to see you interview Jose Gonzalez, he’s an amazing artist
The best band in the world! Great video thanks!
Rick grinning like a big kid. Love it!
Not enough SWERVE DRIVER videos.
I wish rick had videos like this when I was just starting my music adventure. I would have had so much more confidence.
Swervedriver !!!!
Tobacco Burst ES-335 Semi-Hollowbody??? Yum!
If, you buy your Child a guitar this Christmas - don't leave them twisting in the wind (like my Dad did when I was 13) - consider getting them some bona fide assistance to accompany. Mr. Beato has packaged up a lifetime of experience and wrote it down. Bless the internet,
Rick, this fan deserves a complimentary "Beato Bundle !
@@Jon.......Nah... It's just a great value when one considers what a person can spend in Real Person lessons.. Especially if bought on sale... TBF, I May have bought a few lessons for a few nephews and nieces? I personally like gifting lessons... But don't want those same to hate me ..🤣😂🤣..
Edit: I've spent over $1k over the years.... ? Kooky (Ikr?), but I'm "the Cool Uncle"...so there's that...
Never understood why Swervedriver doesn't get as much attention as My Bloody Valentine. They have a way better discography overall and cooler tricks.
Sounds really good with two guitars!
The changes in the chorus of Duel are from Driver's Seat, by Sniff 'n' the Tears.
As to breaking strings or tuning them so high they break easier for the increase in tension, or so low you get fret buzz for the decrease in tension, it's a good Idea when for live performance to use a separate instrument, with adjusted string gauges to adjust for it, unless you are to use only one tuning.
When I was on the road the band I was with had Sonic youth as an opener at one show, and the guitarist had like 20 of them all in different tunings, and no set set list, but pulled out songs whichever way they saw fit on the fly, no near must have road cases, no regular cases, not even gig bags, in one huge cardboard box on a pallet all stood upright in it with nothing to stop them from banging into each other in the truck or getting in and out of venues, and making the guitar tech's life a living nightmare!, and they were well known enough and popular to afford all the necessary stuff, and so may have just done it to be different, more punk... so far a really bad reason, or just up to their eyeballs in dept for taking a larger advance than needed and blew it all before their record and show ticket sales could catch up with the payments:
Advances are not free money, and you have to pay them back, just like any other loan, and so the last thing you want to do is get the largest possible advance, for not being able to predict the future, but just the bare minimum to get the studio recording and tour rolling, as if you do well, and need more, the record company will give you another one, if they see you do well, and see fit to do so, when if they don't, is a real good indicator you are not appealing to a broider audience, and maybe delusional about the measure of your success, and could end up in great financial peril and all that comes with it, and maybe even never recover from it either!
Thanks for the xmas gift, Rick! God bless you!
It's crazy how different open strings sound to fretted strings. Makes you wonder if people had sharper fingers what might be possible :)
Love your videos, thanks so much for your selflessness in sharing your tips and talents with us!! 🙏🏻
love Swervedriver!
I needed this.
Thom yorke interview?
Would be a dream
❤❤❤
Only if Roger Waters is there too!
@@tomtheeagle1😂😂
I second that but also Jonny Greenwood at the same time!
I never heard this song, but I like that guitar part and tuning! I'll have to check out the album.
I was playing along to some songs off of Ejector Seat Reservation less than 20 minutes ago. Then I fire up YT and this videos sitting in my feed. Nice!
Hey Swervedriver, amazing sound, pure guitar 👍
Best video ever.