Ahhhh, cool that's really good to know. I've been going through so many songs and it would seem that none of the notes they played fit into any scale, glad it's not just me
Thanks for the link to that page I'll have a read through.
Another example I'd be interested in is:
Rage Agianst The Machine - Killing In The Name Of
It seems to me like Rage songs all sound structurally very similar, as if there is a scale they're using everytime but I can;t find what it is.
So with regard to your answer about the Nirvana thing, if they aren't playing any scales whose patterns they've memorised how do they know what notes they can play? Do they just know what they want it to sound like and know what fret to play to get this. Know what I mean?