Faveorite Riff?

superconor

what are your favorite riffs, ever? mines would have to be
Sweet Child o Mine - Guns N Roses
The Trooper - Iron Maiden
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (the bit after the first bit of singing)
Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy version.
Jump - Van Halen
Back In Black - AC/DC

cournioni

In Flames - Goliaths Disarm Their Davids
Pantera - Becoming
Slayer - Postmortem
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat
Morbid Angel - Maze of Torment
Decapitated - Spheres of Madness
Children of Bodom - Everytime I Die
Megadeth - Holy Wars

Antisocialiser

Prob the end riff from bullet in the head but i have piles prob most of the morello tho

nesthead

Down- Ghosts Along The Mississippi -one of the best riffs ever written..........EVAR


also Black Sabbath - Paranoid (intro riff) and Iron Man (main riff)

In Flames -Gyroscope and Embody The Invisible, bloody classic.
RATM - Bullet In The Head (both verse and chorus riffs)
RATM - Freedom (dont think people realise what an amazing song that is)
Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark (other totally amazing song)

theres so many more...

Pugsley

Ozzy - Zombie Stomp
In Flames - Colony
Nightwish - Bless the Child
Sinergy - Rock you Like a Hurricane
Arch ENemy - Dark of the Sun

loismustdie

nirvana - molly's lips

Sarky

AC/DC- Riff Raff
Iron Maiden- Chains Of Misery
Metallica- Sad But True
Led Zeppelin- Immigrant Song
Judas Priest- Breaking The Law:cool:

gaizka71

if we talk riffs we must mention malcom young and Highway to hell, I bet everyone would recongnize the song inmediatly

Sarky

Oh yeah, when they play live you can hear the crowd roar by the second note! Class act...

Sandi

My favourite riff is the guitar at the beginning of "Turn" by Therapy? ...deadly...:D

Mystic Fibrosis

Probably "When Satan Rules His World" by Deicide, it just kicks so much ass:p

NeMiSiS

Jimi Hendix - Voodoo Chile (Slight return)

Sexy.

Tom

Johnny_the_fox

Thin Lizzy - Roisin dubh
Hocus Pocus - Focus

Shamo

Iron Maiden - Flash of the Blade

The riff at the start is just brilliant (sounding), its played again in the aswell.

AngelofFire

Black sabbath-paranoid
Led Zepplin-Stairway to heaven.
Guns and roses-paradise city
Iron Maiden-fear of the dark
Aerosmith/Run Dmc-walk this way
Beatles-Day tripper
Metallica-nothin else matters.
AFI-6 to 8

nadir

My Dying Bride. -The Cry of Mankind.
Anathema. -Sleepless.
Blind Guardian. -too numerous to mention, but something like Age of Innocence.
man there are just too many I could go on forever.

MrJoeSoap

Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

I'm also quite fond of the riff after the solo in Dont Tread On Me by Metallica. Orion is quality too.

Sarky

Slayer- War Ensemble. Just got that album. Nicenice.


AC/DC- Stiff Upper Lip. Such kickass boogie guitar-playing.

Lukin Black

Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution, Alive or Animal
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand
Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Too many choices

Deckard

Metallica- Harvester of Sorrow main heavy riff
Megadeth- Captive Honor chorus riff
AC/DC- Hells Bells main riff
Fear Factory- Replica main riff
Motorhead- Stone Dead forver verse
Pantera- Medicine Man
Pearl Jam- Glorius G verse
Alice in Chains- Down in a Hole when it gets semi-heavy
Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train
Any Steve Vai

subject to erratic change

The_Bullet

Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers
Deep Purple- Ted the Mechanic
RATM- Bullet in the Head
RATM- Know Your Enemy
Megadeath- Symphony for Destruction
Iron Maiden- Powerslave
Iron Maiden- The Wickerman
System of a Down- Know
System of a Down- Toxicity
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Slayer- Stain of Mind
Motorhead- Ace of Spades
Black Sabbath- Paranoid.

demanufactured

"Prob the end riff from bullet in the head but i have piles prob most of the morello tho "

You have piles?? , ya wanna get that sorted man

anyway

KoRn - blind
KoRn - here to stay
slayer - seasons
slayer skeletons of society
pantera- walk
sepultura- orgasmatron
seputura - refuse resist
sepultura - territory
slipknot - wait and bleed

too many more to talk ABOOT

Sarky

The opening to Slayer- Skeletons of society.

Simple, but very catchy.

And Judas Priest- Breaking the law.

It's just so cool...

avatar

NIN -- Big man with a gun
Smashing Pumpkins -- Silverf*ck (intro riff)
Marilyn manson -- Fight Song
QOTSA -- Feelgood hit of the summer
Pearl Jam -- Do The Evolution
Offspring -- The kids aren't alright
Green Day -- Hitchin' a ride
Hole -- Miss world
Motorhead -- Ace of Spades
Oasis -- F*cking in the bushes
Ash -- Melon Farmer
Sonic Youth -- Kool thing
Manic Street Preachers -- Suicide is painless
Black Sabbath -- Paranoid
Kula Shaker -- Hush

The Beer Baron

Funky riffs guitar or bass:

"Angel of Death"- Slayer- the middle bit/
The Beautiful People- even tho I hate M Manson.
"Too drunk to ****"- DK
"Money for Nothin'"- Dire Straits.
"Everlong"- Foo Fighters.
"Sinner Boy"- Rory Gallager.
"Call of Kthulu"- Metallica.
"Bullet the Blue Sky"- U2 (kick ass bass riff)
"One of these days"- Pink Floyd. (also a kick ass bass riff)
"Susie Q"- Creedence Clearwater Revival.
"Electric Head pt1"- White Zombie (get's me going)
"Du Hast"- Rammstien (yes it's cheesy but it's good for headbanging)
"Peacefrog"- The Doors.
"On a Rope"- Rocket from the Crypt.
"Paint it Black"- Rolling Stones.
"Laundromat"- Rory Gallagher.
"Dancin' in the Moonlight"- Thin Lizzy.

af666x

Master of Puppets - Metallica
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Riff Raff - ACDC
Phantom Of The Opera - Iron Maiden
Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
You Could Be Mine - Guns 'N Roses

loismustdie

the opening riff crowded house - weather with you, is worth a mention, methinks
me now sits and awaits criticism patiently

pyramid man

amazingly no-one has mentioned wanderlust by nightwish.

the intro is the best eever.

Devilman

Davidian ( Intro Riff ) - Machine Head
Blackened - Metallica
Back In Black - AC DC
Sultans of Swing - Dire straits
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ( take your pick here ) - Black Sabbath
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Too many more to mention

T "real deal" J

How Many More Times - Led Zeppelin

Sweet Child - Guns and Roses

Jumping Jack Flash - Stones

Satisfaction - Stones

Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols

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Worst riff

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Anything by Metallica

gucci

i have billions of them and have made my fingers bleed plenty of times attempting them-quit poorly!
smoke on water really gets a crowd going tho.wat about emerald by thin lizzy r even the darkness i belive in a thing called love