Riffage: S.O.D. - "Pussy Whipped"
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The Hall of Fame album for this month’s Decibel (#57, Summer Slaughter tour cover) is S.O.D.’s Speak English or Die. As a kid, I was blown away by Scott Ian’s tone on it. In the HoF feature, Ian recalls, “My philosophy with Alex [Perialas, co-producer] was, we’re gonna have the sickest guitar tone that anyone’s ever heard on an album.” To this day, it remains one of the mightiest sounds ever recorded.
Nowhere was it mightier than “Pussy Whipped,” a song which adolescent me found hilarious. Below is the tab for the opening riff. For the latter halves of the first and second bars, Ian shifts up to fourth and third position, respectively. (Live videos on YouTube are great aids for transcription. Here I referred to the video from Live at Budokan.) Palm mute the riff at first, then let it ring for its last two iterations. Have fun with finger, er, fist banging mania!
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