GOOD CHARLOTTE’S BILLY MARTIN PLAYS HIS FAVORITE RIFFS

NEWS 2019/07/24

There's something special about your first riff. In this edition of Gear Factor, powered by Sweetwater, Good Charlotte's Billy Martin takes us through some of his favorite riffs, both from his own band and other acts, while revisiting the music that started it all for him. “The first band that really tripped me out and made me want to play music was Silverchair because they were young. They were like 15 or 16 when their record came out and that was only a year or two older than me. It made me think, ‘Oh, I don’t have to wait until I grow up to be in a band. I want to get a guitar now and start doing this,’” said Martin. “The first riffs off Frogstomp, the first record, were some of the first riffs I learned to play. It was really special to me for that reason.”