You favorite guitar riffs

[sunshine and gasoline]

Anyway, I've been thinking about what my favorite guitar riff is. I couldn't decide so I made a list of my favorites.

What are your favorites?

Mine:

All these songs have great riffs in them.

The Beatles - Day Tripper
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
Radiohead - Street Spirit (and I can play it on my guitar as well)
Iggy Pop - I wanna be your dog
Nirvana - Come as you Are
Opeth - Deliverance
The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Metallica - Sad but True

[DyersEve]

oh, dude... WHERE DO I BEGIN?

lamb of god: ruin
ozzy osbourne: bloodbath in paradise
metallica: damage inc.
megadeth: holy wars....the punishment due
tool: schism
iron maiden: flash of the blade
thrice: so strange i remember you
alice in chains: we die young
megadeth: take no prisoners
ac/dc: beating around the bush
in flames: bullet ride
marylin manson: the fight song
the matches: sick little suicide
slipknot: left behind
ozzy osbourne: diary of a madman
SLAYER: war ensemble
metallica: dyers eve
hatebreed: facing what consumes you
pantera: cowboys from hell
ozzy osbourne: mr. tinkertrain
cradle of filth: gilded cunt
alice in chains: i stay away
tool: lateralus
black sabbath: sabbath, bloody sabbath
lamb of god: the faded line
chevelle: the clincher
killswitch engage: wasted sacrifice
sum 41: we're all to blame
powerman 5k: super nova
in flames: jotun
metallica: hit the lights
in flames: embody the invisible
marylin manson: the beautiful people
godsmack: greed
pearl jam: yellow ledbetter
RHCP: i could have lied
comeback kid: wake the dead
darkest hour: sadist nation
meshuggah: I
the cult: fire woman
otep: warhead
taproot: poem
the smashing pumpkins: mayonaise
led zeppelin: going to california
smile empty soul: this is war
rise against: paper wings
AFI: fall children
as i lay dying: 94 hours
rage against the machine: sleep now in the fire
boy sets fire: the force majeure
boy sets fire: my life in the knife trade
korn: it's on!
tool: stinkfist
megadeth: poison was the cure

that's only the start.

[Catatonik]

Bloodbath - Ways to the Grave
Death Angel - The Ultra-violence
Strapping Young Lad - We Ride
Immortal - Tyrants
Amon Amarth - Victorious March
Hypocrisy - Eraser

[Superior inactive]

Death - Bite the Pain
Demons & Wizards - My Last Sunrise
Children of Bodom - Hatecrew Deathroll
Bloodbath - Like Fire
Therion - Seven Secrets of the Sphinx
Opeth - Serenity Painted Death
Manowar - Thor (The Powerhead)

That's about all I can think up off the top of my head.

EDIT: Can't believe I forgot. Bathory - Father to Son. It just sounds so EVIL. <3

[Catatonik]

Heh, nice list :D

[sunshine and gasoline]

oh, dude... WHERE DO I BEGIN?

???

that's only the start.

I didn't tell you to post a dictionary. :P

I assume you guys like metal.

[Vertlain]

Nice thread :D
Metallica - Master of puppets
Anathema - Sleepless
My Dying Bride - Cry Of Mankind
In The Woods... - Weeping Willow
Pantera - Revolution is my name
Down - Stone the crow
Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
Devin Townsend - Earth Day
Marty Friedman - Rock Box
Joe Satriani/Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment - ...just to many to name them all :P
Symphony X - Rediscovery part II
Angra - Millenium Sun
In Flames - Jotun
In Flames - Dead Eternity
Ophthalamia - Dominion
Emperor - Decrystallizing reason
Bathory - Under The Runes
Samael - Baphomets throne
Samael - Rain
Nightingale - Shadowman
Porcupine Tree - Trains
Van Halen - Ain't talkin' 'bout love
Ugly Kid Joe - Cats in the cradle
RATM - Bombtrack
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Pink Floyd - Money
Dire Straits - Sultans of swing
Nobuo Uematsu/The Black Mages - Those who fight further (FFVII Boss theme) :P

[Efraim Longstocking]

Chris Isaak - Bad to the Bone
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

[Catatonik]

Some classics I forgot

Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Porcupine Tree - Buying New Soul
Death - Scavenger of Human Sorrow


Gods I could go on for days :D

ANd yes, you COULD say I'm a metal fan ;)

[Hangatýr]

I'm never going to answer this question... >.>

SOMEONE SAY BUTTSECKS?!

(>^_^)>(>^_^)> (>^_^(>O.o)> (>^_(>O.O)> (>^_^(>o.O)> (>^_(>O.O)> (>^_^)>(>-_-)> (>(>HOLYSHIT)> (>^_^)> ... (>*_*)>

[jkingler]

You guys left out the basics!

Stairway, anyone? :P

And how has Jimi Hendrix not been mentioned yet?

Star Spangled Banner
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
All Along the Watchtower
etc etc etc

I'll assume you omitted them because they are so obvious, and not because you forgot them :)

[Hangatýr]

Though, one of my faves would be Johnny B. Goode by Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King live, awesome. I still don't get how Jimi makes that sound x_X

[jkingler]

LoD, can you send me that song? 0_o I never even knew it existed!

But Chuck Berry's version of Johnny B. Goode definitely deserves to be up there with the legends :thumbs

[Hangatýr]

I'll up it for you. Zeh also sent me a mp3 with Jimi and BB jamming blues, want it aswell? XD

[Catatonik]

I hate Stairway to Heaven SO very much.

But everything Jimi belongs in this list I agree.

[jkingler]

Stairway is overdone, overlisted, and over covered. But it IS a great song.

NOTE: I am probably not tired of it because I only heard it this year :sweatdrop

@LoD--YES! Gimme da Jimi! :music

[Hangatýr]

Jimi AND BB! -smacks- You should not forget the King! He is legendary and is nice irl!

[Catatonik]

BB yes...oh yes...

But I still think Stairway to heaven is one of Led Zeppelins worst pieces and I simply can't stand it >.<

[Violence Fight]

oh, dude... WHERE DO I BEGIN?


thrice: so strange i remember you


Good choice. The lead guitar on the outro to that will smash your fingers to oblivion and back.



Riffs I feel I should mention:

"Counter Parts and Number Them" by AlexisOnFire
"And All Things will End..." by Avenged Sevenfold
"To End the Rapture(Heavy Metal Version)" by Avenged Sevenfold
"Angel of Death" by Slayer(The breakdown is friggin rediculous)
"See You In the Shallows" by Thrice.

[Hangatýr]

Sent the link to you, JK, my good man :blackgai

[jkingler]

^Domo, D :)

So Strange I Remember You...great song, and amazing guitar :thumbs

As far as Thrice guitar flurries go, the whole album of THE ARTIST IN THE AMBULANCE rocks...

Under a Killing Moon and The Artist in the Ambulance get (and deserve) a lot of praise,
but

The Beltsville Crucible (the opening)
Don't Tell and We Won't Ask (the beginning)
The Abolition of Man (the end)
STARE AT THE SUN (the whole damn song!)

are all pretty bad ass, guitar-wise. They are shredding on all of those tracks :omg

[Hangatýr]

You'd better love em! XD

[jkingler]

Johnny B. Goode @ 2:40 and from 3:50 til the end = :omg

[rokkudaime]

master of puppets riff.--fast and hard.

[jkingler]

We are getting a lot of metal heads posting fave riffs today :thumbs

While we are talking Metallica:
-One
-Fade to Black

Let's not forget Guns 'n' Roses, shall we?
-November Rain
-Sweet Child o' Mine

And the wildest solo that I can think of ATM:

Van Halen - Eruption

But to end I think I will switch it up a bit by posting some blues:

B.B. King - The Thrill is Gone
^Those are some crazy blues licks :omg

[Superior inactive]

Got some to add, and really, I should be shot in the face for forgetting them the first post.

Iced Earth - Stormrider (<3 that intro riff, AND YOU WILL TOO!)
Impaled Nazarene - Armageddon Death Squad (if you think master of puppets is fast...)
Queen - every Queen song ever. Most notable are Bohemian Rhapsody, Princes of the Universe, and Fat Bottomed Girls.
Kamelot - Serenade
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (pt 2)
Dio - Stand up and Shout. also Don't Talk to Strangers, you know you love Dio.
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gentle Weeps.

I'll probably post more later.

[Erkekjetter]

Episode 666 by In Flames. 'Nuff said.

[DyersEve]

Good choice. The lead guitar on the outro to that will smash your fingers to oblivion and back.

that part is friggin sweet! but my favorite part is the intro. it's all purty and stuff. :love

[jkingler]

@Superior:

Since you mention Queen, I have to point out Brighton Rock, which has an amazing solo.

Then, playing off your mention of Pink Floyd, I have to bring up Comfortably Numb. It has beautiful riffs, and it is my all time fave Floyd song.

Also: I am dling those other songs you mentioned :thumbs

[Violence Fight]

How could I forget to mention:

Scorpions:
Rock You like a Hurricane
No One Like You
Black Out

Scorpions rule ;p

^Domo, D :)

So Strange I Remember You...great song, and amazing guitar :thumbs

As far as Thrice guitar flurries go, the whole album of THE ARTIST IN THE AMBULANCE rocks...

Under a Killing Moon and The Artist in the Ambulance get (and deserve) a lot of praise,
but

The Beltsville Crucible (the opening)
Don't Tell and We Won't Ask (the beginning)
The Abolition of Man (the end)
STARE AT THE SUN (the whole damn song!)

are all pretty bad ass, guitar-wise. They are shredding on all of those tracks :omg

If you wanna go that route, Lets not forget such classics as "To Awake and Avenge the Dead" or "A Subtle Dagger". Infact,also check out their songs off the first CD "Identity Crisis" and :A torch to end all torches".

[DyersEve]

If you wanna go that route, Lets not forget such classics as "To Awake and Avenge the Dead" or "A Subtle Dagger". Infact,also check out their songs off the first CD "Identity Crisis" and :A torch to end all torches".

all their songs are awesome. :P

my personal favorite, however, is "eclipse". i can never get tired of that song! never i say!

maybe it isn't a shredder, but it is in my opinion, thrice at their absolute best as songwriters.
my god, i think i might have given dustin kensrue a hickey on his ass.

[jkingler]

If you wanna go that route, Lets not forget such classics as "To Awake and Avenge the Dead" or "A Subtle Dagger". Infact,also check out their songs off the first CD "Identity Crisis" and :A torch to end all torches".

Have all (I think) 3 of their albums. Those are indeed good tracks :thumbs I was just listing tracks from The Artist in the Ambulance.

Another song that is awesome that you may not have heard is Japan, by the Sex Machineguns. It shreds pretty nicely, and it is j-metal :omg

If any of you want it, PM me :)

[Sublime]

lol I have a lot, just to name a few off the top of my head:
cky-96 quite bitter beings
ozzy-crazy train
gwar-immortal corrupter
pink floyd-comfortably numb
RHCP-fortune faded ( although it get's kinda repetitive )
jimi hendrix-purple haze

[hokageryu]

Death angel - The Ultra-Violence
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Eric Johnson - Clifs of Dover
John Scofield - Protocol
Allan Holdsworth - Road Games
Steve Vai - Building The Church

and many many more smile-big

[Ephemeral]

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing, and Sultans of Swing
Tom Petty - Mary Jane's Last Dance
Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do and The Trooper

[Emery]

I think the most memorable riff for me is the intro to "Unholy Confessions" by A7X. Great riff. Also a big fan of the intro and interlude of "Deadbolt" by Thrice.


And if you wanna get classic, "Peace Frog" by The Doors.

[Catatonik]

I forgot

The Smalls - Empty V

[cloin]

Every riff written by Chuck Schuldiner prior to Control Denied.

[NaraShikamaru]

=O Thats my fav Thrice song from that album. Have you heard Image of the Invasible on the album Vhiessu? That has great riffs

[Emery]

Yes I have all of Thrice's albums. Image Of The Invisible has nothing on Red Sky, For Miles, and The Earth Will Shake.

[NaraShikamaru]

I just like how Image Of The Invisable is more faster paced.

Stand and feel your worth is also a very good song from Vheissu.