What is your Favorite Riff?

[kodabear]

For mine, my favorite is Stairway on heaven for the time being.

 

[RenoSG]

there are so many...

get the funk out (extreme) --> nuno, the riff-scientist!

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Yeah, too many. But here are some riffs I particularly like.

Sleep - Dragonaut
Jane's Addiction - Just Because
Fear Factory - Final exit
Fear Factory - Ressurrection
Immolation - Harnessing ruin
Immolation - World agony
Elliot Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
Faith no More - Ashes to ashes
Dozer - Omega glory
Alice in Chains - Them bones

 

[Likui]

The door (last part solo by paul gilbert ) - Neal morse

 

[exopolitics]

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Mind Eraser, No Chaser - Them Crooked Vultures

 

[kodabear]

kool, so many famous riffs

 

[puremetal666%]

raining blood's opening riff~

 

[Godspeed64]

Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock!

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Some of the riffs I've listed aren't particularly famous. I think Dozer is a band not many people here have heard about, but then and again 'Omega glory' is the only song by Dozer that I like. :twisted:

 

[EugeneSmasher]

raining blood's opening riff~

Ah-hah. The almighty Slayer. Another band I'd name as 'king of riffs'. Nothing fancy about the soloing but timeless, never-outdated heavy riffs. The entrance riff for 'Eyes of the insane', 'Bloodline'...

And something a bit similar, Sodom's 'M16', slow but heavy and dark thrash metal. Awesome riffs too.

 

[bf0502tr]

hmmm i have a few.

john mayer - neon (intro)
guns and roses - sweet child of mine (intro...classic riff this one)
lamb of god - laid to rest (the way they crunch the bass strings just clicks with me)

 

[valentinik_15]

Mr Big - Green Tinted Sixties Mind

 

[loldude333]

Deep Purple - Smoke on the water

This ones an absolute classic. EVERYBODY knows this riff.

 

[faizal_rocks]

No mention of Tony Iommi? The master of metal riffs..

Into The Void, Children Of The Grave, Symptom Of The Universe, Supernaut etc etc....

 

[wck]

only a couple of mentions of led zep riffs eh.

the riffs on black dog, the ocean, no quarter are awesome..

 

[dudelove]

I can't believe no one mentioned any Van Halen riffs. I mean every single riff in the first Van Halen album is already epic..

Later riffs like Unchained, Mean streets, Beautiful Girls, Panama are all incredible incredible riffs. I think EVH's a better riff write than Jimmy Page even.

 

[wck]

dont forget hot for teacher from 1984. thats my favourite riff from van halen..for now at least.

 

[dudelove]

dont forget hot for teacher from 1984. thats my favourite riff from van halen..for now at least.

There are soo many more.. I just don't really like the Sammy Hagar period.

 

[wck]

yeah too many to name, cant believe i forgot vh.

i agree, the david lee roth period was still the best era of van halen..sammy hagar sounds better on chickenfoot haha hes still a great vocalist tho.

 

[subversion]

no particular favourite but some on my list (memorable & inspiring on days when i have to watch fingernails grow):

Mayhem: Freezing Moon
Satyricon: Mother North
Emperor: Curse You All Men
Sodom: Bombenhagel
Deicide: Dead but Dreaming
The Knack: My Sharona
Level 42: Running in the Family
AHA- Take on Me
Duran Duran: A View to a Kill
Spandau Ballet: True
Depeche Mode: Strange Love
Frank Gambale: The Italian Job

too many to list actually, favouring some & discarding the rest is painful...