The Best Riffs Ever

[alexthecheese]

[Musician mode ON]By the way, I am slightly disturbed by what some people on here classify as a great riff, or even just a riff![Musician mode OFF]

I was thinking that.

 

[Weebull]

I could just list about ten Deftones songs and nearly every Rage song here, but that would make for a dull list, so I'll stick to:

Deftones - My Own Summer
RATM - Wake Up

 

[Edinho]

Saxon - Wheels of Steel.

Awesome riff, but thats it.

 

[One More Solo]

Muse - Plug in Baby (1 of many)
RATM - Know Your Enemy (same again)
Bloc Party - Helicopter
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Led Zep - Rock & Roll
Metallica - Blackened, Battery, Seek and Destroy


I'll probably get slaughtered for this but there are no finer artists at creating serious riffage than Muse and RATM.

 

[PinkFloyd]

[Musician mode ON]By the way, I am slightly disturbed by what some people on here classify as a great riff, or even just a riff![Musician mode OFF]

Yeh I've also been thinking that....
And I'm not even a musician...

 

[alexthecheese]

RATM - Killing in the name =

 

[Jotun]

Top 3:
Children of Bodom - Downfall
Arch Enemy - Ravenous
Metallica - Master of Puppets

Runners up:

Soundgarden - Outshined
The Haunted - ****head
Amen - Coma America
Slayer - Angel of Death
Fear Factory - Edgecrusher

 

["andy"]

RATM - Killing in the name =

YES

actually after much thought . no

good tune though

 

[Gaijin]

Agreed with the Muse tracks mentioned.


But I must say:

Megadeth - Holy Wars - The Punishment Due

Which riff in particular? Pick one!

 

[OzZie]

I guess defining a riff is difficult, because most comments here seem to be complete songs. [/pentantic] I class a riff as a 'repeated' progession of either chords or notes played as the basis of a song.

 

[Jotun]

I guess defining a riff is difficult, because most comments here seem to be complete songs. [/pentantic] I class a riff as a 'repeated' progession of either chords or notes played as the basis of a song.

I posted songs which contain my favourite riff, which I am guessing everyone else has done

 

[wannabedamned]

I posted songs which contain my favourite riff, which I am guessing everyone else has done

I for 1 did, How do you pin point a riff within a song?

 

[penski]

I guess defining a riff is difficult, because most comments here seem to be complete songs. [/pentantic] I class a riff as a 'repeated' progession of either chords or notes played as the basis of a song.

"Pedantic"

</pedant>

*n

 

[HangTime]

The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling

There's a good one I forgot.
Also a song from yesteryear...

The Beatles - Paperback Writer


Edit:

oh
my
GOD

I forgot probably my favourite, scrap all the rest.

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

 

[Northwind]

"Pedantic"

</pedant>

*n

Maybe he meant pentatonic

 

[penski]

Maybe he meant pentatonic

No...He meant pedantic.

*n

 

[G|mp]

The Stone Roses - Driving South

AC/DC - Back In Black

Led Zepplin - Kashmir

 

["andy"]

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

winnorrrr

best opening to any song ever

and this time i mean it !

 

[Deadly Ferret]

[Musician mode ON]By the way, I am slightly disturbed by what some people on here classify as a great riff, or even just a riff![Musician mode OFF]

Would you define it then please, as I have never been sure of exactly what it is. I've just thought of it as an unbroken piece of guitar playing within a tune.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

winnorrrr

best opening to any song ever

and this time i mean it !

Not if you'd heard my guitarist play it tonight in front of 500 people.
I had to stop him, move his fingers up two frets and he started again