But it's Nirvana's '90s-shaping Smells Like Teen Spirit that reigns supreme, edging out Smoke on the Water (4), The Rolling Stones' (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (3), and Chuck Berry's Johnny B ...

An unusually lithe song from Nirvana, “Come As You Are” simmers on a percolating riff that vaguely resembles Killing Joke’s “Eighties” but is softer and sadder than that art-punk classic.

When Kurt Cobain first came up with the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” riff, he didn’t think he had anything that special. “It was such a cliched riff,” he said. “It was so close to a ...

With the Welsh rockers' latest album, God Shaped Hole, topping the charts, we check in with riff-master Shiner to talk song structure, grunge inspirations, and knowing when not to play. ... what he ...

We lost the Nirvana frontman on April 5, ... It was so close to a Boston riff or “Louie, Louie.” When I came up with the guitar part, Krist looked at me and said, ...

Nirvana’s 1992 compilation Incesticide remains a fan favorite for many reasons—for one, it allowed the public to finally own official recordings of songs that had been circulating for ages as ...

The opening Nirvana-style syncopated riff is followed by Alice In Chains and Soundgarden influenced ideas, which alternate ...

It’s your standard grunge riff that Nirvana helped catapult to mainstream popularity, and it still sounds so cool decades later. 2. “Breed ...

Nirvana track named the best guitar riff of all time by surprising new study. Phil Weller. Fri, January 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM UTC. 3 min read. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and ...