Tom DeLonge's Most Underrated Guitar Riffs
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The world was such a happier place when pop punk was mainstream
100% agreed
Yeah it's so true
amen
So true
Pre 9/11
Tom DeLonge might not be as technical as many other guitarist, but he sure is creative and an innovator within the pop punk genre
Facts. His riffs were so simple it's like many of them are a "why didn't I think of that?" Kinda thing.. but that was always the beauty of his writing.
NAMskalle98 delonge is pure talent
yeah, brendon urie once said I listened to blink 182 they are terrible musicians but incredible song writers
@@alex_997 I'd say Travis is a pretty damn good musician.
@David G watch the "Pursuit of Tone" thing on him..he explains very clearly where his sound came from and how his playing developed. It's really interesting...ha, good enough for you to forget he thinks his grandma is an alien n the moon is made of cheese or whatever.
I’m 34 and was 14 when “enema” came out. Blink was the first band I ever loved. I owned the Tom Delongs strat when I was in high school. I can’t believe it’s been 20 years already god life is a trip. It really makes me sad not seeing Tom in blink, he was blink. I’m not sure how old any of u are but, I was able to see blink in their prime as a kid.
I was 17 when I saw them the first time. That was back in 2000
So u were born in 1983?
I saw them in 2000 as well. The Mark Tom and Travis show in Portland Oregon. I was 14
@@hendrixfreak85 yes I'm that old.
@@hendrixfreak85 85. My age too.
People tend to forget that Tom is actually a phenomenal guitar player just because he left an admittedly successful band to pursue his life-long dreams and desires with the money he made for himself. Man is living the life he wants, and that's admirable. As a huge blink-182 fan, I wish the band still went on (Tom, Mark & Travis (with no offense to Matt Skiba, who is also a fantastic musician)) but in the end, Tom is chasing his happiness and I respect that.
Totally. Plus, now we're getting a new riffy AvA album :)
Yeah and AvA is a phenom, more than just musically, the mental, emotional and spiritual experience is very impact-full...
Your wish came true then :)
Hey buddy, I'm from the future and you got your wish.
🎉🎉🎉
People are always telling me how Tom and Mark are very basic, simple musicians when it comes to their talent with their instruments. My only argument is always “yeah but when you hear just the guitar section and no vocals, you immediately recognize it as blink 182 right? So obviously they got a signature sound, obviously they are doing something right.”
Plus nobody can deny they wrote killer songs that marked many peoples youth
That's exactly right. Just like The Edge
People like that probably think playing Stairway to Heaven or Hotel California in Guitar Center means you’re talented.
Well, they had a bass intro like in carousel on their first album. Even with their basic understanding for music, they absolutely knew, what they were doing and had a great feel for melodies.
I never understood this. That maybe be because I don't play guitar but I think the instruments being played by Blink seem way more difficult to play than a lot of bands such as Oasis or Linkin Park (this is coming from the top tracks I know of). Can someone explain what I am missing?
0:02 - Wrecked Him
0:28 - Enthused
1:00 - Dysentary Gary
1:27 - Don't Tell Me That It's Over
2:01 - Give Me One Good Reason
2:39 - Asthenia
3:06 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas
3:35 - Touchdown Boy
4:13 - Wasting Time
5:02 - A New Hope
5:44 - Natives
6:25 - Easy Target
6:55 - Even If She Falls
7:24 - Dogs Eating Dogs
7:54 - Wishing Well
8:24 - 21 Days
🙏🏼
I have respect for you because you started with “Wrecked Him”
Uranus is dope as fuck
Hearing that Dysentary Gary intro immediately brought me all the way back to high school. Enema of the State was my shit.
definitely an innovator and the most influential pop punk guitarist ever. he's underrated. tom could write catchy punk riffs like Cobain could write amazing melodies
Haha I like that
Yeah that’s on point.
That is really true
Haha... he's definitely not underrated as a guitarist... he maybe underrated as a person who comes up with blindingly simple, yet catchy, "riffs." I'm a fan of Tom... I started out with a Yamaha Pacifica electric guitar about 20 years ago, and from the beginning all of Tom's licks are approachable, fun and easy to master. I am not guitarist savant or anything of the sort. I'm sorry he is not underrated as guitarist in my opinion. What he does takes very little skill, and even less forethought. He's great to study if you are a beginning guitarist though, and Blink 182 music is super fun.
@@BSCo_Studio it takes skill to write riffs that catchy. just cause they're easy to play doesn't mean you could've created them. if it was so easy, you would have tons of hit songs too. just listen to the new wannabe blink album. there are no riffs. and the songs are not as well written and catchy as before. they were thrown together. tom is underrated cause people say he sucks but he doesn't. he's really creative. compare all of these riffs here to CA. there are like two riffs on the entire album. its a completely different band
The funniest thing is that I could easily recognize 95% of these tracks in just a moment - nostalgia hit me right in the heart. Thank you!
The dude is an underrated master at writing energetic and beautiful melodies and I seem to meet a lot good guitar players who are embarrassed to admit Tom is who made them want to play and it shouldn’t be that way
If I’d be ashamed of saying that Tom and Blink inspired me playing guitar, all these years since I heard blink for first time until now would be in vain...
He's definetly a big reason I played all through out highschool and still pick up my strat from time to time
Robby Frick yea man. I play mostly metal and prog along the lines of the faceless and veil of maya now but I definitely got super inspired listening to blink back in the day. Learned a lot of guitar basics as well as some tricky stuff from jamming to blink. To this day I still love to jam to blink
First song i ever learned to play was whats my age again
It was a weird beautiful fusion of rhythm and lead guitar. Probably partially born of him being the only guitar player, and Mark generally only the bass notes for the chords.
Tom Delonge for me is a genius, he have a unic style, on guitar, composing, and writing music and lyrics. My idol on music since i discover Blink 182 in 1999.
Cheers from 🇵🇹 Portugal.
dogs eating dogs is the hidden gem of blink-182 that most blink fans dont know about
Camden Osborn facts put it in my top 5 albums by blink-182 / tom delonge
All the EP is fucking magic
That EP was fucking wonderful. I honestly think it was blink's prime after the reuinion.
I love that EP! It hurts me so much that it hadn't had the time to become a proper album, it'd have been my favourite I know for shure
Camden Osborn Travis rips shit up on that EP.
Everytime i hear these riffs, i just want to cry, reminds me soo much of my past
Soy boy
THIS WAS AWESOME. Tom was such large influence for blink's sound. He needs to come back. This video made me remember why I loved blink so much.
Asthenia is probably blink's best song imo, i fucking love it.
Def top 3...
True as fuck
The chorus riff is the one that needs recognition
@@markmorbitzer2563 yeah ""asthenia" chorus riff is so fun to play!
Not Now, too
This video: *pops up randomly on my TH-cam*
Me: What am I supposed to do? NOT watch it for the 10th time? Please.
*watches again*
the more you grew as a musician, the more you respect his guitar works. i know he's not guitar gods, but his riffs is played by millions until now. his guitar works on self titled was the best.
It’s funny how the sound is so BLINK.. no other way to describe it.
tom described it as "nursery rhymes on meth"
Enthused is one giant underrated riff song-the intro riff that you covered is sick, but the fast palm-muted one later on in the intro is amazing too.
I remember back in 99 having discussion during lunch breaks at school with my friends about who was the better guitarist, Tom or any of James/Kirk from Metallica. I was on Tom side totally biased because I was into Blink and could understand the Metallica attitude. I started playing guitar and realized that Metallica songs were a little harder to learn and ended up feeling like I was wrong with Metallica and they were better guitarists. Now, after 20 years, I know the definitive answer is that they are all masters at what they do. We have to praise Tom and the Metallica boys for being so good and consistent regardless the emotions they project through their music.
Both are master downpickers
It's smart that you're alternate picking these riffs. Saves the wrist and elbow from lots of pain. Me being foolish tried to mirror Tom's live style of playing which is pretty much all downstrokes, and caused me tendonitis over several years of playing. Respect for your clean and articulate style of playing. Kudos!
Was looking for a comment like this. I feel like the alternate picking leaves the songs sounding dead and uninspired. Part of blink was the passion and energy needed for those downstrokes. This sounds like a theory nerd playing blink. Good, but no soul.
Tom is a really underrated player in general. The way he melds his rhythm & leads is just amazing!
You played every single one of these riffs more accurately than Skiba.
That doesn't take much though.
Sgt Reed TRUE
Sgt Reed HaHAHAH
Yeah but Tom don't sound near as good vocally as Matt does now ah days live. I miss that hi pitch aggressive Tom voice.
@@brandonnkylerblake7315 I prefer Tom's voice live.
Without Tom’s riffs I would’ve never started playing the guitar. Crazy how all these riffs brought back a bunch of memories.
This is an underrated video
Love the TOP logo
182nd like
Full Neighborhoods album is waaaaaay underrated
Absolutely haaaaaaaaate it.
No, it’s really not
Ghost on the dancefloor is in that one? Incredible lyrics
Sooooo underrated. Especially compared to that fucking california album.
tbh the only good song on that album is Wishing Well...
when listening to those old blink riff i was transported back to 10th grade man i miss it
21 Days is such an underrated riff. I love it
what is it on?
@@EricBourassa it's a green day song lol
Aznel Prod ur thinking of 21 guns
Aznel Prod oh no no, it’s from Buddha, I remember this tune now
@@EricBourassa my bad i was thinking about 21 guns lmao
As a 12 year old guitar player looking for inspiration, I found it in Tom Delonge. I remember when takeoff your pants and jacket came out and I learned the whole album in a week and everybody thought I was so amazing lol. Dysentery Gary was probably my favorite riff. Sorry to go on, it's pretty nostalgic for me
you should've put the Ben Wah Balls riff
Yeah asshole
Totally, I think is most underrated riff of the underrated riffs of Tom.
Ben Wah Balls is easily the best "Tom riff" song. There's like 3 separate amazing riffs in there!
Yaaaasssssss
Blink 182 had some brilliant pop punk riffs. I will most likely forever hold that Enema of the State is the best pop punk album of all time.
Nah its Descendents Milo Goes to College
Untitled and Nine are waaay better imo.
For real, my friend
Nine is a pop record. Not anywhere near pop punk.
Sean Roy how can you say that nine is better than enema of the state?!
This is why 2019 blink doesnt sound like blink. Those riffs bro, is what makes them blink. Go back and listen to california and enima. Big difference all because california dont have tom's riffs
This is actually a really good list...
The only other thing that’s underrated are your videos, dude. Seriously. I’m surprised you don’t get more views! The quality is really good.
Excellent work man, and I agree a lot of Tom's riffs go unnoticed even though he's extremely talented. Really wish he would come back to Blink..
Especially got the feels after hearing 21 days again
😭
Dumpweed would've been a good addition
Skelly first song I ever learned
I NEED A GIRL THAT MASTURBATES
Oh my. You did 21 Days. That’s the best Blink song ever.
Bob DeLonge That’s one of their best songs, no doubt!
Won't be home for Christmas was such a rad fucking song with a great guitar riff. I feel like it should have got more credit.
Loved the video, Keep shredding man 🤘
100% underrated - on of my favorite blink songs of all time
Sees title
“oh he’s gotta do Enthused”
Clicks
Satisfaction
His riffs defo separated blink 182 from the rest of the pop punk bands
Abd if courses when mr barker came along the drums
Edited and still horribly misspelled but your point resonates
My tom delonge epiphone is on the way and I'm so freaking excited to finally have one ❤
This video was fantastic!
omg you NAILED the tone on wishing well. you nailed most of theses songs to be honest. i love it!
Wasting time is the reason I picked up a guitar glad you included it
I love your name
I have Tom's Daphne blue Stratocaster. My favorite album to play is enema and take off your pants and jacket. Definitely want a second one . Either surf green or his all black one from box car racer. I do like his newer Gibson hollow body models too but idk I like late 90s Tom the most so I'm sticking with the signature fenders . Great video man . Good song choice. Good playing
Tom Delonge is and shall forever be my idol, i remember being 12 years old seeing blink 182 on tv and i immediately asked my mom for a guitar, awesome job by the way
Catchiness in simplicity. That’s what made me fell in love with blink-182 music
omg the tone you got for “Give Me One Good Reason” was amazing. that was great
Good to see a true blink fan👍🏻 especially since you put 21 days on the list :D
Your freaking Amazing man enjoy all your videos ..
That riff from 'Wasting Time' sounds amazing, especially on piano
Thanks for adding A New Hope in there! Awesome video overall! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
So glad Even if She Falls is on the list. That song is way too underrated
tysm for having Touchdown Boy, A New Hope, and Wasting Time on there.... Such classic blink songs
This video is INSANE. As a Blink fan, this video is like hearing the idealized versions of the songs that only exist in my mind. Particularly for the songs that were not originally blessed with a good producer (RIP Jerry Finn), your covers are more than an homage---they are a superior recreation. Truly, thank you for this Blink 182 HD Remake!
You're talented dude! some of these styles are lesser known and not tabbed well enough online. Kudos!
Wasting Time is so frigging awesome! 😱
Your guitar playing ist awesome too of course! 👍
have you seen their accoustic live ? that song is so much better in accoustic !
OH man, how could have I foudn this video just now... You are awesome!
That was really clean. Good on you. Sweet guitar too.
Tom and Mark have like the most incredible sense of melody. They didn't write technically complex songs because they didn't need to.
No Ghost on the Dance Floor riff? Damn. ;-)
Awesome video, can listen to this on repeat!
Crazy how much better the older riffs sound with the newer pop punk sound. The riffs are super creative but it's hard to realize that when the production of their earlier material was garbage
Well no shit lmao. They recorded the drums and guitar in Tom's bathroom when he still lived at home, then they remastered it later on which helped. I love the shitty garage sound honestly lol
@@loganlight7758 cheshire cat still had a shitty sound. Dude Ranch was an improvement
Dude this is so true. Such an underrated comment. I wish all their old stuff could be re recorded then ppl could realize how amazing it was. The shitty production really throws a lot of the casual fans off of it.
Yep
@@sikesy7 that production sounded better
I always thot Tom DeLonge was a pretty cool guitar player bc of shit like "First Date" and "What's My Age Again?" and "M+M's," but I didn't realize how litt he is, he has a lot of good shit
I could probably just listen to this all day. I will never get tired of this music. Thank you.
enthused is so underated, especially that weird palm muted part right after that riff you played. Took me ages to learn when I first started playing. Cheers!
It's like every riff is a guitar solo in it's own respect. You don't see a long of bands play like this at all. Much less a 3 piece band like. Blink 182.
Bro thank you for including 21 days. That great song is so under-appreciated.
Everytime i hear Natives i keep thinking of Young London lol
I'm with you haha
ThEY sound similar but each in their own rights are very different
Man i agree haha... The first time i ever heard natives i thought it sounds so familiar and couldnt figure it out. It took a bit but it does resemble young london alot
Natives is better tho even though Young London is a top 3 AvA song for me
Sounds soooooo good.
I love to hear all those riffs back to back
This is awesome, well done and thanks for sharing. Nice guitar skills man.
You really channeled the blink/Tom tone. Well done
honestly, i think mark's bass parts are even more underrated. Those bass lines are what made tom's riffs pop.
Lol a couple years ago, I Won't Be Home For Christmas, was on the grocery stores radio everyday. Had a chuckle everyday. No one else knew what it was. My assistant manager at the time was named bubba. Good times. Lol
Always thought he was underrated as a guitarist!
I always liked the riff from Boring in Dude ranch, one of the best!
was coming to comment this; boring and does my breath smell
There is something special about these riffs, the emotions they evoke. Major nostalgia attack.
Obvious should have been there😎
Yeah but that would have been obvious
Siamese Tool obviously
Simplemente fabuloso!!! Gracias por esta recopilación 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼⚡🎸🎶
I don't know if you still take requests, but it would be hella dope if you did a "what if Tom DeLonge played in Modern Baseball" type video!
dan j he totally should!!!
loved the mixing. sounds great
Man, I love 21 Days and Wasting Time so much... Blink needs Tom back :(
This video brought back so many rich filled memories...
A new hope, always induces goosebumps for some reason 🤔
And to be honest I wrote them off after take off your pants and jacket.
The vocals didn’t resonate anymore, but your video highlights a lot of great songs I wouldn’t of heard.
Tremendous video👍🏻
I grew up with Untitled so most of that album is so iconic Tom, Blink at their best around then, like 99’-03’
My favorite artist of all time. So many memorable riffs and songs. Easy Target, the feels! Great work
What about Up All Night? That second part to the intro riff hits hard
The riff that breaks out of the bridge in Obvious is one of my favourite of all time, but really flies under the radar.
I was much happier when I was punk.
What happened? Did you enter the workforce?
@@chemicalimbalance7030 let's go back m8s
I love I won’t be home for christmas, i’ve been listening to it a lot recently for some reason but the riff is really good
Even more underrated was his ability to do it all with downstrokes. Dude was a machine.
Dude tone is legit. Awesome!
Enthused is a banger! All the guitar parts in it rock. I especially like the octave bit.
I Won't Be Home for Christmas is a great riff. Definitely one of their most underrated ones.
Props for putting Wasting Time in here! The best ever Blink riff for me.
Asthenia is a cool riff. Always sounded kinda like Soulmate by No Use for a Name.
He got inspired by the song imo.
Maaaan Wrecked Him is one of my favourite blink guitar riffs! Thank you
Same with Dysentery Gary
Well this is not about underrated, but simple and catchy riffs 😅. Tom delonge rules
Wow that's crazy that he has exactly 10 minutes of underrated riffs. Amaze
Damn this brings me back !! WHOS LISTENING IN 2020 ! BEST WISHES FOR EVERYONE! Love your vids dude! SUBBED !
Wasting time is probably my all time fave! Thanks for shredding that one 🤙🏼
Tom Delonge is the God of pop punk riffs. What other band can you immediately name when you hear the first 3 seconds of every song? Blink has the most recognizable sound in rock. And Tom made those simple insanely catchy but uniquely Blink riffs. He's a legend
This was a real treat to hear, man! Thank you
Tom is such a gifted song writer. A lot of ppl connect mostly with his unique voice, but he made Blink the band that it......was. Come back Tom!