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.
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)
Jack Endino had to remind Kurt about "Big Long Now" When Frankensteining Incesticide. They totally forgot about it. That's how you know you're a legend in hindsight,
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.
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!
@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
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
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
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?
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...
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
For more heavy riffs, check out part 2!
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Kurt went pretty heavy in the early years, I also love swap meet, awesome song, awesome riff
I feel like swap meet doesn’t get talked about enough, the studio version is so damn heavy I can’t get over it
They jammed a lot of Celtic Frost and of course the Melvins influence.
Best love song ever written!
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.
He was also listening to some Thrash Metal through Metallica
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
Agreed
hairspray queen is also probably one of the funkiest nirvana songs
so much happens in those 4 minutes, such a beautifully chaotic song
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A friend of mine said what’s this? Nirvana Peppers?
goated song
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Kurt's 87/88 riffs are nearly early grindcore. The dude was seriously special.
Paper cuts is badass, such a sludgy nasty riff. Good job on the tone and playing!
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🥹 🙏 that really means a lot, thank you so much for watching and for the kind words!
@@NirvanaGuitars Thank you for the amazing content.
Love all of Nirvana but early Nirvana will always be the most intriguing to me in terms of riffs and general songwriting
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)
Kurt was an awesome riff writer in rock, those riffs are absolutely KILLER!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MRS. BUTTERSWORTH 😭😭😭😭❤❤❤❤
I’m going to open myself up a flea market 👍
The song's more intricate than I realized. Not that I've listened to it for over 10 years, though.
It’s very Metallica.
YOUR LIFE IS SHIT 🗣️🔥🔥🔥
YESSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THISS
Thanks for your patience! Hope you enjoy my list 😃
Was honestly expecting Floyd The Barber to be on this list somewhere, but awesome video nonetheless!!
honestly same, that and Mr Moustache
3:23 😈😈😈 you can't have endless Nameless without vandy with the humbnail goes hard with it, keep it up NG! 👍👍
What the vandy?
@@interpic oh that’s a nickname ive called Kurt cobain’s Vandalism strat cause its my Personal favorite guitar of he’s.
@@interpic its like Billie joes guitar called blue or pat smears strat guitar called Blackey or tony iomi’s Gibson “monkey”
I love Mrs. Buttersworth. its such a groovy riff!
and a lot of fun to play!
omg, that tone on blew 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 i love it so much
Jack Endino had to remind Kurt about "Big Long Now" When Frankensteining Incesticide. They totally forgot about it. That's how you know you're a legend in hindsight,
I love videos like this because no matter how long I search there will always be songs I don’t know by memory
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.
The Epiphone into the DS-1 sounds outstanding. Just such an amazing tone.
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.
Amazing how accurate these tones are
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!
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Do a video on pats guitar and krists bass
@@beefgravy4006 great idea
Anorexorcist always was my favourite riff and its crazy to hear the exact tone from you
One of my all time favorites to play! That song needs more recognition
I absolutely LOVE Negative Creep. It's #1 favorite from Bleach! Another favorite is Scentless Apprentice as well!
Great tones, Eric! 🔥
judging by your profile picture, id guess your favorite album is incesticide
I LOVE Anorexorcist. So glad it was included on this amazing list 🤘
AGHHHHH YESSS HE UPLOADED!!!!
I upload every Friday!
@@NirvanaGuitars Oh ok! I never knew that! Also, the tone is so accurate AGHHHH :)
that endless nameless riff was so good, we need a cover 🐧
This informed me about the 10 hardest riffs👍
Great vid dude keep it up!
Thank you so much for the continued support! I don't take it for granted, love seeing your comments 😃
@@NirvanaGuitars thanks man love the vids!
another amazing upload, kurt shines through you
Some of these could easily be early Metallica or something, when you listen to them out of context like this. Love it ❤
Big Long Now’s my true favorite Incesticide riff… Love listening it around the afternoon sunset 💙
For not being huge on technical stuff early nirvana riffs have a very thrash almost slayer esque feel to some of the parts
Your guitar skills are 🔥
Damn, that ET-270 + DS1 + Twin Reverb combo sounds heavy AF
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
Next up would be Top 10 Most Expensive Riffs, then it's only variations of Endless, Nameless
Oh, yes! Paper Cuts is still my favorite song from Bleach, so heavy, so dark, so broken.
Hell yeah, sounds awesome!
Thank you!
30 years later and not one guitar player can't play as passionate as Kurt, many had tried ✌🏻
I believe Pen Cap Chew is the heaviest Nirvana song
Endless, Nameless is definitely the heaviest thing in Grunge
Frogs by Alice In Chains and 4th of July by Soundgarden is very heavy too
Kurt was a big Metallica fan
@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
That is true☺️☺️
Great vid, Id add If You Must. So heavy and distorted
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
Live I think Pat played it as 4474, and Kurt dud 4404!
@@NirvanaGuitars tysmmmm
Make a cover of “you know you’re right”. It’s the best song of nirvana
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
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
Thought about including Fecal Matter, but decided to just to stick to Nirvana songs!
Anorexorcist could legit be a classic Doom track, I quite enjoy this heavier side of Nirvana! 🤘
Amazing video as always!
Nice selection😊
Please, full cover of endless nameless!!
Best friday when you uplod
This guy should do a cover of The Stooges: LA Blues. I'm pretty sure it inspired Kurt to come up with Endless Nameless
glad you got paper cuts to #2
Papercuts is my favourite song to play ... I love that riff..
U always make a very great videos
That seriously means a lot thank you!!
big long now mentioned🔥🔥🔥🔥
you know you're right with the hi flier would sound so good
no way, raunchola 🗣🗣🔥🔥❗️❗️❗️
Even In His Youth but the Demo one
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
This is awesome, thanks!
You should also do a nirvana most happy riffs
Underrated opinion but i think blew is the best one out of this selection
Another one, outa nowhere!
New video every Friday 😉 🥳
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@@mrlost470 Yes! I've been uploading weekly videos since 2022
@@NirvanaGuitarsthe certified goat
Next build, will you make the Farrington Mustang?
I was playing Milk it with the band in C standard. I think it's one of the heaviest Nirvana song.
paper cuts is definitely a dark and heavy song and a good one at that.
Love this! What song is the hardest to play out of these 10 for you in your opinion?
Nirvana's Nevermind actually ended long guitar solos.
Negative creep is my favorite one ❤❤🎉🎉
Gotta show off the stella guitar in the back😂
Blew was heavy as hell brruh
Can you also make Hollywood rock festival tone please?❤
Honorable mention goes to Swap Meet, that song rips
Great video! I really enjoyed seeing the Epiphone ET270. I was wondering where you find your tabs? The ones I come across aren't always accurate.
i think he learns from ear
If you must and blandest are some of the heavyest ones
1:02 for my own reference
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?
I was going for the Paramount Endless Nameless here 😁 that’s why I used the vandalism strat
@@NirvanaGuitars Oh my bad lol, then you got it really good! I'm gonna try Endless, Nameless with your Lithium tone, just to see!
@@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.
Is that DS1 just dimed through the Twin? Thats INSANE how good it sounds on Blew
Very nice vid! Those riffs are surely heavy and sound so cool! Hoppefully we'll see the Compstang soon!
It amazes me that Floyd the barber is not even in his top 10 for me it's easily in my top 3
Part 2 is coming soon!
My top 2 would be Paper Cuts and IHMAWTD
Here there are some of the best Nirvana songs
waited for anorexorcist😂 after paper cuts came as a runner up i was pretty bummed. but i'm glad it came as the heaviest!
Day 1 of asking for the boombox rehearsal tone
Amazing as always!!! And could you do a bleach tour tone video like what you did with the nevermind and in utero tour please???
Is Big Long Now just Nirvana's version of Sister Europe by the Psychedelic Furs?
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.
@@Doyle-fq7we One of mine to. I mean Psychedelic Furs are one the best bands in the world.
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...
big long now in my opinion is grunge at its purest
Hell yeah! Love it man!
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
Is that really the guitar part for Scentless Apprentice?
Paper cuts siynds like korn
That Epiphone sounds fantastic
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 !
I’d put Scoff on my list. Check out Tension by Killing Joke. You’ll notice that Scoff sounds similar.
Part 2 is coming soon! I'm not leaving out Scoff 😉