Rockers Play the First Riffs They Ever Wrote

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  • Even the greatest guitarists had to start somewhere. Check out this collection of rockers playing us the first riffs they ever wrote, whether in their lives or with their best-known bands.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 289

  • @RobinSijtsma
    @RobinSijtsma Місяць тому +334

    50% of the video:
    Plays the crappiest teenage riff ever
    Other 50%:
    First riff ever was our number one song to date

    • @jyejye1077
      @jyejye1077 17 днів тому +8

      A lot of them Like Satchel, Ben Bruce, and Michael Paget got asked what was the first Riff they wrote for their Band.

  • @upstating
    @upstating Місяць тому +471

    "...jealous of all the kids on the subway, and shit."
    I felt that.

  • @mattc8723
    @mattc8723 Місяць тому +313

    The 'Cold Beer' riff is a solid banger tho.

    • @andrewpappas9311
      @andrewpappas9311 Місяць тому +8

      That riff does go hard though

    • @DaP84
      @DaP84 Місяць тому +7

      Just a chromatic walk down. Similar to Green Day's "Brain Stew".

    • @RobotronSage
      @RobotronSage 17 днів тому +1

      @@DaP84 Yeah no shit did you read the title of the video? It's called ''guitarists play their first riff''

    • @DaP84
      @DaP84 17 днів тому

      @@RobotronSage yeah, but I countered op calling it a banger. Somithing that rudimentary isn't a banger, it's at most a noob exercise lol. Green Day gave it finesse, made it a riff by combining it with that rhythm

  • @XtremeKillah101
    @XtremeKillah101 Місяць тому +66

    Jim root mic quality sounds like he’s calling from Mars

  • @BetinaRad
    @BetinaRad Місяць тому +71

    \m/
    0:09 Lzzy Hale
    1:20 Satchel
    2:18 Jim Root
    3:23 Mark Tremonti & Myles Kennedy
    4:39 William Duvall
    5:14 Ben Bruce
    6:15 Michael Paget
    7:13 Mark Morton
    7:54 Bill Kelliher
    8:31 Buzz Osborne
    9:25 Kenny Hickey
    9:50 Kirk Windstein

    • @X66966
      @X66966 Місяць тому +3

      Thank You. 🤝

    • @k7l3rworkman97
      @k7l3rworkman97 27 днів тому +2

      You rock 🤘🏼♥️⚡️

    • @layjahlove
      @layjahlove 19 днів тому +1

      I knew that was Lizzy hale i used to live here when i was in HS

    • @nicolausteslaus
      @nicolausteslaus 16 днів тому

      Lzzy Hale is a really shitty guitar player

  • @KaninTuzi
    @KaninTuzi Місяць тому +347

    4:39 William Duvall was probably the only one who actually showed the real first one. The rest of them just chose early riffs.

    • @seste87
      @seste87 Місяць тому +44

      Shows a lack of ego and comfort with oneself.

    • @bray2424
      @bray2424 Місяць тому +80

      in reality they've been doing it so long they probably don't remember the exact first riff they wrote. I don't know the first riff I wrote. I don't think many people do

    • @Speckhuggarn
      @Speckhuggarn Місяць тому +14

      I was just trying to remember my actual first off, there's just no way to remember.

    • @CoffeeStain-Music
      @CoffeeStain-Music Місяць тому +9

      @@bray2424 If they don't remember, they sure had some elaborate, detailed backstories to go with their supposed "first riff".

    • @tunizra
      @tunizra Місяць тому +1

      @@seste87 which side is insecure? cause the aic guy is not

  • @toxiccat0988
    @toxiccat0988 Місяць тому +48

    7:33 "i play it till it sounds cool and then i see if i can do it again" thats cold

  • @Vicaralus
    @Vicaralus Місяць тому +339

    Mark Tremonti writing With Arms Wide Open as one of his first riffs is just amazing.

  • @JasonKB
    @JasonKB Місяць тому +55

    My first riff was 3 power chords right next to each other into a bad groove. I called it a song, “Smut.” It totally sucked. But I was just so happy I could make some kind of sound come out of my guitar. A start. I was on my way.

    • @noahmusicstuff
      @noahmusicstuff Місяць тому

      Lmao

    • @BaldTorment
      @BaldTorment 23 дні тому +1

      Mine was three chromatic power chords at on the first three frets, I was in drop tuning trying to copy the slam part from Liege of Inveracity by Suffocation, it was ass.

    • @noahmusicstuff
      @noahmusicstuff 23 дні тому

      @@BaldTorment Lmfao

  • @ravenelder7325
    @ravenelder7325 Місяць тому +197

    COLD BEER! 💚🖤🤘

    • @andrewpappas9311
      @andrewpappas9311 Місяць тому +6

      That riff does go hard though

    • @louisl7788
      @louisl7788 Місяць тому

      That's like when Spinal Tap say their early stuff was rubbish and it sounds better than what they're doing now 😅🙃

    • @burritosupreme333
      @burritosupreme333 Місяць тому

      My kinda song🤘

  • @aidananderson6043
    @aidananderson6043 Місяць тому +49

    "Cold Beer" did not disappiont. Validation. We are Kenny.

  • @dethkon
    @dethkon 28 днів тому +10

    Type O Negative guy with “COLD BEER!” wins so far

  • @DirtyDirkDiggler
    @DirtyDirkDiggler Місяць тому +169

    In reality, pretty much nobody (myself included) remembers the first riff they ever wrote.

    • @Big_betty2
      @Big_betty2 Місяць тому +3

      I actually do because I happened to catch a video of it and I never got it. It’s so basic though

    • @ejiggle
      @ejiggle Місяць тому +3

      idk man, I for sure remember the first few I wrote and the first few I learned lol. That shit is burrned into my brain because it's all I could play and I just played it over and over

    • @earlenglish4674
      @earlenglish4674 28 днів тому +1

      @@Big_betty2I feel like mines probably so basic you probably couldn’t even call it a riff lol

    • @Mariooo57
      @Mariooo57 28 днів тому

      I only remember because I transcribed it on Guitar Pro back in the day, otherwise I probably wouldn't!

    • @matturner6890
      @matturner6890 19 днів тому

      No way, I definitely remember mine.

  • @stevesharts361
    @stevesharts361 Місяць тому +8

    I was watching this video and then my neighbor came and we watched it together. He said that this video changed his life and touched his heart. I then went and rented a projector in a big field and all my neighbors watched it and it changed their lives too. We all are so grateful.
    Thank You for this video…

  • @jamiemacdonald436
    @jamiemacdonald436 Місяць тому +28

    I saw Crowbar open up for Pantera on the Vulgar Display tour. I wasn't familiar with them when I walked in, but I was an instantly a fan.

  • @xirrantos
    @xirrantos Місяць тому +71

    "not much has changed," LOL

    • @DenisBeskov
      @DenisBeskov Місяць тому

      yeah, this way you can tell TypOs had a lot of irony besides grim image

    • @RobotronSage
      @RobotronSage 17 днів тому

      yea lmao

  • @cainealexander-mccord2805
    @cainealexander-mccord2805 Місяць тому +33

    2:53 I understand Randy Rhoads was exactly the same way. He used to snarl at his, apparently. RIP RR.

  • @StacheBigote
    @StacheBigote Місяць тому +124

    You can tell who is being honest and who isn’t.

    • @johnnyRandomadness
      @johnnyRandomadness Місяць тому +2

      Like who?

    • @chayseferrier3793
      @chayseferrier3793 21 день тому +8

      @@johnnyRandomadness Duvall was pretty honest

    • @notedcorpse
      @notedcorpse 20 днів тому +9

      im kinda autistic so can you help me out

    • @alexion2001
      @alexion2001 16 днів тому +9

      I don't know if it's honesty or they just misunderstood the question, cause a few of them said "the first riff I wrote for bandname" meaning it's probably not the first riff they ever came up with.

    • @ianspeckmaier9565
      @ianspeckmaier9565 14 днів тому +1

      Lmao. You're absolutely right.

  • @cainealexander-mccord2805
    @cainealexander-mccord2805 Місяць тому +77

    DuVall makes me think Lenny Kravits and Phil Lynott had a kid.

    • @yootoob1001001
      @yootoob1001001 Місяць тому +1

      His was my favorite story.

    • @rustyshackleford1
      @rustyshackleford1 Місяць тому +3

      hahaha when I first saw him in this video for a brief second I was like Lenny Kravits? 🤣🤣

    • @cainealexander-mccord2805
      @cainealexander-mccord2805 Місяць тому

      @@rustyshackleford1 So it's not just me!

    • @rustyshackleford1
      @rustyshackleford1 Місяць тому +1

      @@cainealexander-mccord2805 haha definitely not 😅

  • @benwasilewski
    @benwasilewski Місяць тому +18

    Kirk Windstein with the most honest answer on this video lol

  • @oriontikkit
    @oriontikkit Місяць тому +11

    i remember the first riff i wrote. no fucking clue how i used to be able to down pick that fast lmao.

    • @mushafasa
      @mushafasa 21 день тому +1

      I feel that, my arm cramps so bad when I try to play some of the stuff the same way I used to 15 years ago lol

  • @figdestroyer
    @figdestroyer Місяць тому +17

    Cold Beer is a hit!!!🤘

  • @michaelespinosa9168
    @michaelespinosa9168 Місяць тому +18

    1:50 gotta keep en separated into the pit

  • @dmitryowens
    @dmitryowens Місяць тому +16

    So William Duvall wrote Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones - got it 😎

  • @mrfleisch1636
    @mrfleisch1636 Місяць тому +6

    Mark Morton seems to be such a sweetheart !! 😊
    His riff is great btw ❤

  • @WitchSmeller74
    @WitchSmeller74 Місяць тому +5

    Cold Beer is the best one. Rocks!

  • @TheAwfulWaffle95
    @TheAwfulWaffle95 18 днів тому +1

    I think it’s interesting that a lot of guitarists when playing or demonstrating, they will shorten the empty space almost as if skipping a beat. Probably just to not bore people and to get to the point. Cool video.

  • @coryhoff6997
    @coryhoff6997 Місяць тому +9

    Cold Beer!!!

  • @texasrebel210.
    @texasrebel210. Місяць тому +3

    It’s crazy hearing some famous musicians home setups 🤘🏼

  • @ankhor9252
    @ankhor9252 14 днів тому

    Thank you LDub. This is good stuff.

  • @HonzoNebro
    @HonzoNebro Місяць тому +2

    As always, the firsts things a band makes is what defines it.

  • @NonnyStrikes
    @NonnyStrikes 17 днів тому

    This video needs to gain ground! Underrated!
    I still remember the first song my drummer and I wrote.
    Open string Dtuning, harmonic 3, 3rd fret to 1st fret ha.
    Epic.

  • @user-py3cl5el4i
    @user-py3cl5el4i 20 днів тому +1

    Moral of the story. Jim root and mark tremonti are naturals.

  • @PirminZemp2731
    @PirminZemp2731 Місяць тому +3

    Very Metal Riff Awesome

  • @maxzubic
    @maxzubic Місяць тому +15

    I came for Lzzy Hale.

    • @CaseyWinehouse
      @CaseyWinehouse Місяць тому +17

      Gross. Didn’t need to know that, man.

    • @maxzubic
      @maxzubic Місяць тому +14

      @@CaseyWinehouse "Came" as in watched the video because she was in the thumbnail. Y'all have such dirty minds. 🤦‍♂️

    • @haydenmlundgreen
      @haydenmlundgreen Місяць тому +5

      @@maxzubic”gullible” backwards spells elbillug

    • @CharlieWielowski
      @CharlieWielowski Місяць тому +2

      ​@@CaseyWinehouse For Fs sake 😂😭

    • @noahmusicstuff
      @noahmusicstuff Місяць тому +2

      @@maxzubicLmaoooo

  • @ragberkotobuki41
    @ragberkotobuki41 18 днів тому

    The boy is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And he is still absolutely broken

  • @GibsonVienna
    @GibsonVienna Місяць тому +2

    I don't know why, but now I need a cold Beer.

  • @eric-.
    @eric-. 15 днів тому

    Cold Beer is exactly the kind of song I have been searching out lately. I want that whole song, and some other slow but heavy stuff like that.

  • @mikeschaeffer530
    @mikeschaeffer530 4 дні тому

    I've been playing for a little over 20 years and I'll be damned if I can remember the first riff I LEARNED let alone the first riff I WROTE...

  • @gotohellaaron
    @gotohellaaron Місяць тому +1

    That "It's Not You" thing is cool and I don't even know the song.

  • @lyanzo768
    @lyanzo768 21 день тому +1

    Cold beer sounds like the riff from 'Simulation' by Avenged Sevenfold

  • @sashenzee3779
    @sashenzee3779 Місяць тому +2

    Buzz ozbornes camera is straight out of 90s xd

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 Місяць тому +6

    I remember the first riff I wrote was back in 2017 when I was 18 was to a song that I called Inhuman and thought that it sounded really cool with this melodic droning tone over it, but it didn't take me until a couple years later to realize that I just took the main riff (and subsequently the main chord progression) from Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo

  • @randomrob2221
    @randomrob2221 17 днів тому

    Imagine writing your very first riff as a band, and it was the final episode, that song was mind blowing back in the day

  • @RowanCowley-nt5fb
    @RowanCowley-nt5fb Місяць тому +2

    Wow, I had no idea William Duvall wrote the Up & Go protein jingle.

    • @dmitryowens
      @dmitryowens Місяць тому +1

      I thought it was Paint It Black.

  • @davidg1612
    @davidg1612 Місяць тому +3

    Was Jim Root underwater or something? Lmao

  • @ChaosPootato
    @ChaosPootato Місяць тому +3

    Crazy how many musicians don't have the most basic setup for recording in their PC

    • @mushafasa
      @mushafasa 21 день тому

      I don't expect a lot of them to know that much about recording, not really a requirement to playing. Most of them probably only ever recorded on a 4 track themselves.

  • @ab4246
    @ab4246 Місяць тому +17

    Same assignment, interesting how some folks go back to the beginning & others only go back as far as their egos allow them too.

  • @FeuerUngeheuer-ö
    @FeuerUngeheuer-ö Місяць тому +2

    1:50 Sounds to me like Johnny Blade from Sabbath 😈

  • @franciscocabezas5976
    @franciscocabezas5976 Місяць тому +6

    It would be great make an album with all first riff songs from these people.

  • @Bryman5000
    @Bryman5000 22 дні тому

    I remember mine. It was one string. In fact I’m gonna record it as a song for fun

  • @mariuscervantes3845
    @mariuscervantes3845 7 днів тому

    7:46 when you try to play foxy lady for first time.

  • @Bumbaskida
    @Bumbaskida 6 днів тому

    3:01, damn that's how i feel. I have always been able to just get it, the problem is i will be doing a riff and not have any idea what i am playing. Its like being able to read different language and pronounce every world perfectly, yet you have no idea what any of the worlds mean.

  • @mikeanderson1370
    @mikeanderson1370 Місяць тому

    The first riff I can remember writing was based on the idea that "hey, I can basically due what Chet Atkins did, except in rock" and I basically was playing a bass line while picking a melody. Everything I ever wrote before that was just strumming chords..basic strumming patterns. I showed off that riff tons of times, over the years, but never really used it until a good decade later, when it ended up on a band's album.

  • @krisfrederick5001
    @krisfrederick5001 Місяць тому

    I still remember the first riff I ever wrote and it was only two chords. I guess that makes it memorable! It sounded flamenco yet I had never heard that style. Music is about feeling and spirit not what makes sense. Some times it Smells Like Teen Spirit.

  • @_ukhammers
    @_ukhammers 23 дні тому

    very humble guitar players :)

  • @CaptCanuck18
    @CaptCanuck18 16 годин тому

    Fuck, Set Me Straight is such a great song

  • @user-ft4jo8ev1v
    @user-ft4jo8ev1v Місяць тому

    Kirk's Tonight song is a total hit!!! Ramones style

  • @vinylated
    @vinylated Місяць тому +2

    I'm stealing COLD BEER. I highly suggest you all do the same too 😁👍

    • @stephandarnutzer5622
      @stephandarnutzer5622 27 днів тому +1

      We should all make a pact to play "Cold Beer" at open mic nights.

    • @mushafasa
      @mushafasa 21 день тому

      I hide mine in the crisper drawer and it doesn't get stolen as often.

  • @FixNewsPlease
    @FixNewsPlease Місяць тому +1

    You should have talked to Dany Villarreal

  • @l8tapex
    @l8tapex 4 дні тому

    yep Cold Beer simple works

  • @tractorgt
    @tractorgt Місяць тому

    I ran sound for that crowbar guy. 🤘

  • @ianspeckmaier9565
    @ianspeckmaier9565 14 днів тому

    Satchel definitely almost said "get girls".

  • @thefacelessmist
    @thefacelessmist Місяць тому +1

    COLD BEER!!

  • @AlexCantTalk
    @AlexCantTalk Місяць тому

    I have no clue what the first riff I wrote was but I remember liking it lmao

  • @sideshowblob
    @sideshowblob 9 днів тому

    The only one's I believe are Kenny Hickey and Kirk Windstein

  • @bobhope4949
    @bobhope4949 Місяць тому +1

    lol I found a tape from highschool that had a song I completely forgot I wrote, whole band in my parents garage lol it was pretty solid, I was like damn…….. I was a lot better back then, sounded like zeppelin mixed with sabbath guitar wise, vocals were incubus and not poppy incubus but aggressive incubus, lol still hang out with the drummer and showed him the tape and he forgot about it too lol

  • @TheOnlyGuitarFather
    @TheOnlyGuitarFather Місяць тому

    The first riff I ever wrote gets better each time I play it

  • @Castlevi3w
    @Castlevi3w Місяць тому +3

    tHOUGHT IT WAS jUSTIN hAWKINS IN THE THUMBNAIL

  • @seanriley2534
    @seanriley2534 7 днів тому

    William Duvall accidentally writing alternate universe Paint it Black is hilarious lol

  • @ChloeBrown-wn7yy
    @ChloeBrown-wn7yy 5 днів тому

    Why are some of these guys filming on a webcam from 2007?

  • @BudderTak0
    @BudderTak0 21 день тому

    the alter bridge riff sounded like dust in the wind by kansas

  • @Guitarplayer724
    @Guitarplayer724 Місяць тому +1

    Isn’t Satchel Ben Stiller with a wig?!

  • @beanzburriton4263
    @beanzburriton4263 Місяць тому +1

    you can tell buzz is like 'this is how good i was, i showed kurt everything" lol. his attitude has always stank

  • @vladv5126
    @vladv5126 17 днів тому

    Not gonna lie, Cold Beer is an absolute banger.

  • @joeknowles3721
    @joeknowles3721 Місяць тому +62

    The only one being honest is the guy from crowbar. The rest are like oh yeah I remember the first time I touched a guitar I picked it up and instantly played this (plays epic tapping van haylen solo)

    • @aaronfeller141
      @aaronfeller141 Місяць тому +28

      Isn't it about the first one they wrote and not about the first song they played? A lot of em also say "yeah, the first song I wrote for (Band name)

    • @Dhanijel1
      @Dhanijel1 Місяць тому +2

      I also believe Kenny, the second to last.

    • @vuri3798
      @vuri3798 Місяць тому +7

      I don't know William Duvall doesn't sound that unrealistic either 🤣
      But honestly half of them are playing the first riff they wrote with their band, not litteraly first one ever. As for the more "complicated" ones, I'd argue that's how they sound today but I'm sure there were a lot of wrong notes in between back in the days.

    • @KTF0
      @KTF0 Місяць тому

      Hard to remember tho. I'm below average/mediocre, and I don't remember the first riff I wrote.

    • @guitarplayer1495
      @guitarplayer1495 Місяць тому +1

      the tapping section of the EVH solo is really easy. like beginner level... tapping is not difficult.

  • @aaronhaynes3067
    @aaronhaynes3067 28 днів тому +1

    was Jim Root a part of JSOC? couldn't find any relation in my searches. spotted the blackbeard on his wall and its not very common to come across as a decorative piece in someone's home.

  • @SLENDRBOI
    @SLENDRBOI 18 днів тому +1

    The first lady holds the guitar and plays it like she's 3 weeks in... Question is, why?

  • @canplxl6563
    @canplxl6563 21 день тому

    cold beer 9:25

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy Місяць тому +3

    Everybody is their own worst critic😂

  • @TailicaiCorporation
    @TailicaiCorporation 22 дні тому

    I can do that cuz I still play it to this day… nothing fantastic but it was when I first was learning and I wrote it in 6/8. It’s kind of an entire song but no lyrics behind it just what I played on guitar. Really minor and I was in my emo phase musically (no skinny jeans or anything, just mcr and what not ) I wish I could play it, but I kind of want my band to use it at some point.

  • @fromhereon
    @fromhereon 16 днів тому

    Kenny rules

  • @Endo-uu8mo
    @Endo-uu8mo Місяць тому

    Paget is a beast

  • @InkedMisfit
    @InkedMisfit Місяць тому

    Lizzy ❤ a hometown hero

  • @samtheman7066
    @samtheman7066 17 днів тому

    I'm not myself no musician or have any skills or doesn't understand a lot of playing guitar but my riff wasn't ever that good but it was heavy. Only grabbing the guitar from up the neck and playing the first two strings and maybe using only one chord? And my friend back then said "Wow, just wow" and I said "Sounds shit, right?". Think I was 13 years old and started to think that I'll never be a guitarist or rock star whatsoever so I only wanted to smash my acoustic to the floor. Never did, tho.
    And still my head is running full of riffs like it used to be back when I was teenager.
    But hey, I love that COLD BEER!

  • @SaulG88
    @SaulG88 Місяць тому +1

    That last riff from Kirk Windstein doesn't sound so bad actually..

  • @forestsnow6508
    @forestsnow6508 Місяць тому

    Accirding to RB, Thank Roger Glover for Smoke on the Water riff.

  • @stephandarnutzer5622
    @stephandarnutzer5622 27 днів тому

    Im just gonna put 9:25 here so everyone can have quick access to "Cold Beer"😂

  • @valinhorn42
    @valinhorn42 Місяць тому +1

    From the thumbnail, I thought that was Justin Hawkins holding the white Firebird

    • @dmitryowens
      @dmitryowens Місяць тому

      Justin rocks!

    • @valinhorn42
      @valinhorn42 Місяць тому +1

      @@dmitryowens I agree, and his ramblings are fun to listen to.

    • @dmitryowens
      @dmitryowens Місяць тому

      @valinhorn42
      He's a cool dude. A little arrogant, but most lead singers are.

    • @valinhorn42
      @valinhorn42 Місяць тому

      @@dmitryowens He's entertaining doing it, and he does play it for laughs. Plus I like the music of The Darkness.
      But you have to admit he can look like a lady at a distance or in a small thumbnail 😂

  • @pedromarques5682
    @pedromarques5682 Місяць тому

    The first riff that Jim Root wrote it sounds like old school Megadeth!!! It almost seems it belongs on Killing is my business... or in Peace Sells!!!!!

  • @DieNetaDie
    @DieNetaDie 12 днів тому

    Cold Beer

  • @user-hl2vx3gy6k
    @user-hl2vx3gy6k 28 днів тому

    Do metallica

  • @taylormay9938
    @taylormay9938 Місяць тому

    Michael Paget reminds me so much of Ser Davos from GoT... 😂

  • @davidraber-radakovits1572
    @davidraber-radakovits1572 Місяць тому

    The setup on Myles' guitar is all over the place - what's going on?

  • @k7l3rworkman97
    @k7l3rworkman97 27 днів тому

    Lzzy Hale 🤘🏼♥️⚡️

  • @xpapakahn94
    @xpapakahn94 25 днів тому

    shoulda got Tim or Scotty on here

  • @1234drums
    @1234drums Місяць тому

    Yeeeeah 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @SirHashi
    @SirHashi 29 днів тому

    So William Duval just made "Paint in Black"ish intro

  • @russell33313
    @russell33313 Місяць тому

    cool

  • @evilotis01
    @evilotis01 Місяць тому

    idk, i'm kinda down with "Cold Beer"