Favorite/Best all time Riffs

Insane Guest · 03-23-2010, 01:12 PM

Baba O Riley's intro three chord riff.
Have A Drink On Me- AC/DC
All Right Now- Free
Whole Lotta Love- Led Zeppelin
The Number Of The Beast- Iron Maiden
Downfall- Children of Bodom
Sweet Child O Mine- Guns N Roses
Limelight- Rush
La Villa Strangiato- Rush (Every Riff in that song is good)
Hallowed Be Thy Name- Iron Maiden
Johnny B. Goode- Chuck Berry

AlisonChains · 03-30-2010, 12:21 PM

michael jackson - beat it (thanks van halen)
guns n roses - sweet child of mine
the smiths - how soon is now
rage against the machine - killin in the name of
chuck berry - johnny b goode
smashing pumpkins - cherub rock
bush - gylcerine (easy one but damn, it sounds good)
aerosmith - walk this way
tool - sober

and FREEBIRD!!!! haha

then the obvious choices: stairway to heaven, jimi hendrix, lots of allmond brothers' songs, stevie ray vaughan, etc etc.

ElephantSack · 03-30-2010, 07:31 PM

Bass riffs
"Dazed and Confused" and "The Lemon Song" - Led Zeppelin
"Jerry Was a Racecar Driver", "American Life", "Groundhog's Day", and "Southbound Pachyderm" - Primus
"N.I.B." - Black Sabbath
"Phantom of the Opera" and "The Trooper" - Iron Maiden
"For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Orion" and "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)" - Metallica
"Rotten Apple", "Would?" and "No Excuses" - Alice in Chains

Guitar riffs
"Prequel to the Sequel" - Between the Buried and Me
"Master's Apprentices", "Deliverance", and "Bleak" - Opeth
"Master of Puppets" and "The Call of Ktulu" - Metallica
"Hallowed be thy Name" and "Powerslave" - Iron Maiden
"Know Your Enemy" and "Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against the Machine
"Ocean Planet" and "Backbone" - Gojira
"Bladecatcher" - Mastodon
"Space Truckin'" - Deep Purple
"43% Burnt" - The Dillinger Escape Plan
"A New Level", "I'm Broken", and "Slaughtered" - Pantera

I'm scatter-brained right now. I can't really think of much more.

Violent & Funky · 03-31-2010, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ElephantSack

Bass riffs
"Dazed and Confused" and "The Lemon Song" - Led Zeppelin
"Jerry Was a Racecar Driver", "American Life", "Groundhog's Day", and "Southbound Pachyderm" - Primus
"N.I.B." - Black Sabbath
"Phantom of the Opera" and "The Trooper" - Iron Maiden
"For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Orion" and "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)" - Metallica
"Rotten Apple", "Would?" and "No Excuses" - Alice in Chains

mikelangelo11 · 03-31-2010, 05:50 AM

Layla - Both versions
Simple Man - Skynyrd
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits..

B More Melo · 03-30-2010, 08:05 PM

I wanna be adored- The Stone Roses (bass)
Penetration- The Stooges
Ride the Lightning- Metallica
Nosferatu Man- Slint
Mr. Brownstone- G N R
I wanna be sedated- Ramones
Suck my Kiss- RHCP (bass)

Insane Guest · 03-30-2010, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by B More Melo

I wanna be adored- The Stone Roses (bass)
Penetration- The Stooges
Ride the Lightning- Metallica
Nosferatu Man- Slint
Mr. Brownstone- G N R
I wanna be sedated- Ramones
Suck my Kiss- RHCP (bass)

Ride the Lightning has some of the worst vocals by James, and I am a big fan of most Metallica.
If we're talking about bass riffs

B More Melo · 03-31-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by xEMGx

Ride the Lightning has some of the worst vocals by James, and I am a big fan of most Metallica.
If we're talking about bass riffs

Not talking about the lyrics. Riff. Riff, as the title suggests. Lyrics do suck, most of metallica's do in my opinion. But thats a different subject.

SGR · 03-31-2010, 04:01 PM

Anyone ever heard the guitar riff in Soundgarden's "Hands All Over"? It's pretty awesome.

mr dave · 04-08-2010, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Anyone ever heard the guitar riff in Soundgarden's "Hands All Over"? It's pretty awesome.

yes, but the next track on the album obliterates it.

then again every 3rd Soundgarden song could easily be a greatest riff ever.

i can also never get enough of the riffs to Kyuss' Thumb and Sabbath's Sweet Leaf.

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ElephantSack Man vs. Wild Turkey Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ATX Posts: 948	Bass riffs "Dazed and Confused" and "The Lemon Song" - Led Zeppelin "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver", "American Life", "Groundhog's Day", and "Southbound Pachyderm" - Primus "N.I.B." - Black Sabbath "Phantom of the Opera" and "The Trooper" - Iron Maiden "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Orion" and "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)" - Metallica "Rotten Apple", "Would?" and "No Excuses" - Alice in Chains Guitar riffs "Prequel to the Sequel" - Between the Buried and Me "Master's Apprentices", "Deliverance", and "Bleak" - Opeth "Master of Puppets" and "The Call of Ktulu" - Metallica "Hallowed be thy Name" and "Powerslave" - Iron Maiden "Know Your Enemy" and "Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against the Machine "Ocean Planet" and "Backbone" - Gojira "Bladecatcher" - Mastodon "Space Truckin'" - Deep Purple "43% Burnt" - The Dillinger Escape Plan "A New Level", "I'm Broken", and "Slaughtered" - Pantera I'm scatter-brained right now. I can't really think of much more. __________________ OF THE SUN Last edited by ElephantSack; 03-30-2010 at 07:44 PM.

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03-23-2010, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	Baba O Riley's intro three chord riff. Have A Drink On Me- AC/DC All Right Now- Free Whole Lotta Love- Led Zeppelin The Number Of The Beast- Iron Maiden Downfall- Children of Bodom Sweet Child O Mine- Guns N Roses Limelight- Rush La Villa Strangiato- Rush (Every Riff in that song is good) Hallowed Be Thy Name- Iron Maiden Johnny B. Goode- Chuck Berry

03-30-2010, 12:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
AlisonChains Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 18	michael jackson - beat it (thanks van halen) guns n roses - sweet child of mine the smiths - how soon is now rage against the machine - killin in the name of chuck berry - johnny b goode smashing pumpkins - cherub rock bush - gylcerine (easy one but damn, it sounds good) aerosmith - walk this way tool - sober and FREEBIRD!!!! haha then the obvious choices: stairway to heaven, jimi hendrix, lots of allmond brothers' songs, stevie ray vaughan, etc etc.

03-31-2010, 04:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	Anyone ever heard the guitar riff in Soundgarden's "Hands All Over"? It's pretty awesome.