Sick Riffs: Dave Pirner and Ryan Smith teach you the opening lead lick of Soul Asylum hit Somebody to Shove

Sick Riffs #18: The Sick Riffs series is well under way, and so far we've had lessons on everything from chugging metal to tasty blues rock. In today's episode, Dave Pirner and Ryan Smith, rhythm and lead guitarists respectively in American alt-rock four-piece Soul Asylum, are here to teach you Somebody to Shove, taken from the band's 1992 album Grave Dancers Union.

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.