Nirvana legendary guitar riff that define Grunge rock music

Nirvana – ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

There is an art to a good riff, and while the majority of those arts have been covered above, there is still one that we haven’t touched upon. That is the wonderful switch from a clean to a distorted guitar. There is something about the same riff played, once without distortion and once with it, that makes rock lovers’ hairs stand on the back of their necks.

No song does this better than Nirvana’s killer song ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. While the lyrics might be fairly nonsensical, that guitar does all the talking for itself. The track is absolutely infectious, and there is no escaping how powerful every single note from that iconic riff is.