21 Classic Post-Punk Riffs

Thank you for all your comments and suggestions for my post-punk idea. I have tried to feature as many of the bands as I could, but there were so many to choose from. I decided to feature more of the old post-punk stuff, so the newer 2000s stuff I may do in another video sometime. Thanks for watching as always! Can we get to 120k subs?

0:01 The Fall - Cruiser's Creek
0:14 Bauhaus - Dark Entries
0:37 Gang of Four - Not Great Men
0:53 Killing Joke - Eighties
1:10 The Chameleons - Swamp Thing
1:30 Talking Head - Life During Wartime
1:44 Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
1:58 Devo - Too Much Paranoias
2:11 Wipers - Over The Edge
2:26 Wire - Ex Lion Tamer
2:39 Public Image Ltd - Public Image
2:55 Joy Division - Digital
3:12 Siouxsie and The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
3:25 Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
3:46 Television - See No Evil
3:58 Pere Ubu - Street Waves
4:14 The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
4:26 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Puppet
4:39 The Cure - A Forest
4:51 The Comsat Angels - Missing In Action
5:03 The Sound - Resistance

[bloxsy_]

Feel free to suggest some other post punk bands or songs I've missed below. Thanks for watching!

[msfakianos]

I am always impressed that a riff so iconic as the one in "A forest" is so simple.

[punkinmyvitamins]

80s by Killing Joke gave me chills!!! You nailed the sound perfectly.

[PravdaKatyusha]

Holy shit including The Chameleons. Swamp Thing is such a beautiful song, that band deserves so much more recognition and respect.

[beepst]

It would be great to have a bass player do 21 classic post-punk bass riffs. Post-Punk was a very special era for bass.

[devotionbybeachhouse]

so glad you included the sound, one of my favorite post punk bands ever!!

[_grunge]

I think that post-punk can't be without bass.. but you've played so energy, I like it. Greetings from Russia!

[kdbrown]

The Sound is so great, I'm especially fond of their album From The Lions Mouth.

[jakubbielak]

The Chameleons - very underrated band.

[mirrakeeto]

Loved that you included The Fall! They are very underrated! They've got so many great songs!

[andrearecchia]

You did the chameleons and the sound, my life is complete, amazing and thanks!!

[MaquiladoraIII]

Any guitar video with a Gang of Four riff is automatically better than 99.99% of all guitar videos released that week.

[edyb]

Great selection, man, spot on playing. If I could suggest some titles, I'd go with: Ultravox - The man who dies everyday
Stranglers - Hanging around
XTC - Making plans for Nigel

[kkrsnn]

That Killing Joke... Come As You Are 😉

[dionyates]

Not enough people know the music of Pere Ubu, thanks for the shoutouts to so many great and underrated bands.

[SquigglyBeasst]

Love your playing, dude. Thanks for the inspiration!

[easterntrees]

after you played pere ubu, I thought 'the only thing that could make this even better would be some comsat angels.' tight playing as usual. thanks for another cool video.

[MatthewvanR.music.]

Please do one with Psychedelic rock and Neo psychedelic riffs

[night_fiend]

Moving from Siouxsie and the Banshees to Magazine was great. Both bands had John McGloch play guitar for them. A criminally under rated guitarist.

[MatheusSantos-izip]

I think its the first time i see pere ubu in a list of best riffs, incredible.