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Best Therapy? Riff Ever!!!

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Started by Crave_Release_Izzy (Guest) in General Therapy? Topics

Whats the best riff by the band commonly know as the the Theraputics?
I say TEETHGRINDER!

(Before changing the message boards’ software in August 2007 this discussion contained a poll, which may return in the future)

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2000 at 13:50

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Razorblade (Guest) wrote:

I’ll go slightly off topic and say that the best Bass Lines are

Innocent X
Potato Junkie
Jam Jar Jail

Rz.

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2000 at 15:29

#2

Dev (Guest) wrote:

Jam Jar Jail gets my vote for best guitar and bass riffs!

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2000 at 15:31

#3

Westy (Guest) wrote:

You’re all insane. It’s damned obvious that Neck Freak is the best riff of all time and Skinning Pit has the best bass. SERIOUSLY DANCABLE WHEN YOU’RE DRUNK. Which I am. And Dancin’ with da Manson crew has the best drums.

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2000 at 15:42

#4

Razorblade (Guest) wrote:

Nope, I’ll stick with Innocent X. The bass line drives the whole song along - great to dance to (even if you dance as badly as me).

Bizzarely I also like the little two bar bass break on Trigger Inside. I know it’s all on one note but it fits and it keeps the energy of the song going.

Q. I’ve never seen Jude the Obscene performed live, is the guitar solo in the middle performed by Andy or Mike ? Any bassists out there, try playing it, it’s a fun little solo and we usually don’t get to do them.

Rz.

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2000 at 21:40

#5

Brendon (Guest) wrote:

I still like the intro to Nowhere. Very catchy.

Razorblade: I’ve never seen Jude played live either, but I’m pretty sure Michael doesn’t really do the solo. It’s pretty much all guitar. Take a listen to the acoustic version as well.

Posted on Thu, 20 April 2000 at 02:39

#6

Brendon (Guest) wrote:

By the way, while we’re on the topic of guitar stuff…anyone know how to play ‘Way Down’ by Catherine Wheel?

Posted on Thu, 20 April 2000 at 02:39

#7

Neil (Guest) wrote:

Screamager is obviously the best therapy? riff, with Sister a possible second and potato junkie maybe third.

p.s. I live near Micheal McKeegan AND THE BAND USED TO PLAY IN MY MATES LOFT, SO UP YOURS.

Posted on Thu, 20 April 2000 at 09:11

#8

Naboth (Guest) wrote:

Razorblade, do you have tab for the Jude Solo. I’ve worked out about ‘alf of the bass part of it and the rest of the song is a piece of piss. It’s surprisingly easy to play for such a good solo.

Back to the main subject - my favourite riff (to play anyway) is ‘Unbeliever’. Also the part where ‘Big Cave In’ really kicks in is as rawking as it gets!

Posted on Thu, 20 April 2000 at 20:31

#9

Brendon (Guest) wrote:

I’ve got a tab made from the acoustic version on my website—it’s not a bass tab though. If you ever end up typing up a bass tab for Jude or any other tunes, send them along to me and I’ll post them.

Posted on Thu, 20 April 2000 at 22:12

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jeremy (Guest) wrote:

H E L L B E L L Y
i absolutley love that song.
jesus without the suffering.
the solo fits in perfectly (if only it were alittle longer).

L I T T L E T O N G U E S F I R S T
the opening to little tongues first is brilliant.
favorite from SPYF.

P U N I S H M E N T K I S S & L O S E R C O P
the end to punishment kiss
and loser cop is the most original song T? has ever written.

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2000 at 21:55

#11

Potato Junkie (Guest) wrote:

Come on people its obviously HYPERMANIA

The three note bass solo is the coolest in SPEEDBALL

Its sooooooo f*kn hard every T? riff is so simple but genious I dont think I heard a bad one.

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2000 at 09:32

#12

Razorblade (Guest) wrote:

I’ll try to tab out the Jude solo this week and post it when I can. I can’t promise too much as it’s going to be a busy month for me.

Cheers
Rz

Posted on Mon, 24 April 2000 at 14:39

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Naboth (Guest) wrote:

I’ve got as far as this with Jude

G——————————————————
D———————————————-12-14
A———————-14-15—14——————
E-15-17—15-17——————17-15———

G———————————————-12-14
D——————————————————
A———————-14-15—14——————
E-15-17—15-17——————17-15———

I think that’s about half way there until the guitar kicks in (and I can go back to the easy bit). Thanks for you help.

Posted on Mon, 24 April 2000 at 23:13

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J.J. Manson (Guest) wrote:

any Therapy? riff is good because they rule, although ‘Screamager’
(simple and catchy) is very good; ‘Teethgrinder’ is very good
(although it’s very easy to play), but I have an affinity for
‘Misey’ and ‘Innocent X’ (the bass riff).

Posted on Wed, 26 April 2000 at 01:52

#15

J.J. Manson (Guest) wrote:

sorry about ‘Misey’ - I meant ‘Misery’ (coming back to make me pay)

Posted on Wed, 26 April 2000 at 02:12

#16

Razorblade (Guest) wrote:

Ok, here is how I play the solo in Jude the Obsecne.

It’s tabbed for a standard tuning but if you don’t have 21 frets on your bass you will have to alter the tuning and transpose your playing accordingly.If you have never done this then for each semitone you tune up you should play one fret closer to the head.

ie. a tuning of F/Bb/Eb/Ab means the first few notes would be A| 9 11 9 11 etc…

Hope this makes sense.

I have made no attempt to indicate note lengths/timings etc. You can pick these up by listening to the song.

E|— — — — — — — — — — —
A|10 12 10 12 — — — 12 10 — —
D|— — — — 9 10 9 — — 12 9
G|— — — — — — — — — — —

E|— — — — — — — — — — —
A|10 12 10 12 — — — 12 10 — —
D|— — — — 9 10 9 — — 12 14
G|— — — — — — — — — — —

E|— — — — — — — — — — —
A|— — — — — — — — — — —
D|— — — — — — — — 14 16 17
G|12 14 16 17 16 17 16 14 — — —

E|— — — — — — — — — — —
A|— — — — — — — — — — —
D|— — — — — — — — — — —
G|17 16 17 19 17 17 16 14 — — —

E|— — — — — — — — — — —
A|— — — — — — — — — — —
D|— — — — — — — — — — —
G|14 16 17 19 21 19 17 16 12 — —

Cheers

Rz

Posted on Wed, 26 April 2000 at 21:15

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johnnyboy (Guest) wrote:

it’s so hard with so many great songs but I agree with potato junkie
the last one on nurse is such a funny cretin stupid riff that I still
laugh when I hear it
the best drums I guess are in church of noise but there is about a ton
of great riffs

Posted on Thu, 27 April 2000 at 13:32

#18

Naboth (Guest) wrote:

Cheers RZ!

A bit different to how I’d been playing but I’ll give it a try out.

Posted on Thu, 27 April 2000 at 20:55

#19

Razorblade (Guest) wrote:

Let me know how it goes. I am always interested to see if I get these things right.

Rz.

Posted on Thu, 27 April 2000 at 21:14

#20

Nitro wrote:

teethgrinder has the best riff I’ve ever heard!!!

Posted on Thu, 20 July 2000 at 14:56

#21

Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:

Thanks! I’m a quite good guitarist indeed… :-)

Posted on Thu, 20 July 2000 at 15:35

#22

messiah wrote:

opel mantra is as good as live music gets.

Posted on Sat, 22 July 2000 at 21:18

#23

Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:

I agree, Opal Mantra is a kick ass song. Speaking of riffs I also like the intensity of the ‘Big Cave In’ riffs. That song really gets me up on my feet.

Posted on Sat, 22 July 2000 at 21:51

#24

messiah wrote:

the solo to punishment kiss is a killer solo. andy at his best.

Posted on Sun, 23 July 2000 at 22:29

#25

opalmantra wrote:

Best riffs?
Sister, Trigger Inside, Brainsaw, Suing God, Dancin’ With Manson.
The intro of Fat Camp is fucking great.
And Opal Mantra…

Fuck man! Therapy? has the most effective and best fuckin’ riffs in the world!

Posted on Mon, 16 October 2000 at 09:57

#26

Sfucksticker wrote:

Best riff I’ve heard from Therapy? is perhaps the drop D riff in ‘Trigger Inside’:

D ———————————————-
A ———————————————-
D -2-2-5-2-5-2-2-5-2-2-5-2-0—7—

This is how I figured it out. Usually Therapy?’s riffs are played at E. So it’s pretty easy to learn them just playin’ your guitar as you’re listening the record. But this is a riff I’d really wanted it to be my own but goddamn you Andy!

Posted on Wed, 22 November 2000 at 10:10

#27

Ray wrote:

As a drummer I have complete authority to say that the best therapy? guitar riff is the intro to Totally Random Man. It’s fast, it’s punky as hell and it’s so damn catchy. And the rest of the song is pretty frigging great too!

Posted on Sat, 9 December 2000 at 18:13

#28

Ray wrote:

As a drummer I have complete authority to say that the best therapy? guitar riff is the intro to Totally Random Man. It’s fast, it’s punky as hell and it’s so damn catchy. And the rest of the song is pretty frigging great too!

Posted on Sat, 9 December 2000 at 18:13

#29

Brendon wrote:

Wouldn’t it make more sense that if you’re a guitarist, you’d have complete authority to name the best riff?

As a drummer though, how difficult do you find it to mimic some of Fyfe’s work? Sometimes I wonder if he was strung out on crank or something to be playing the way he did!

Posted on Sat, 9 December 2000 at 18:49

#30

Michael wrote:

Little Tongues First, Punishment Kiss, Innocent X, Nowhere… All are great. But how about Straight Life? Great guitar!

Posted on Sat, 9 December 2000 at 21:47

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