Classic riffs that EVERYONE should know how to play!

[King IzzO)))]

I was thiiiiiis close to puttin' it on my list. One of the first that came to mind, actually. But the main riff is a vocal riff, so I left it off in favor of instrumental riffs.

True, but don't let that stop us.






I'm gonna add all of Kerry King solos from Reign in Blood

[dano8180]

Of all the riffs I've learned over the years, "Still of the Night" has got to be my favorite. Not my favorite song, but the baddest riff ever, IMHO.

[jcthejester13]

If I didn't miss it in someone else's post...

MORE THAN A FEELING!!!

[LesStrat]

You may be right, I may be crazy...

But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for...

But we're never gonna survive, unless we get a little crazy.

(It's true.)

The more I get of you the stranger it feels, yeah

( I know--different song, but SAME album!)

[ItsaBass]

Of all the riffs I've learned over the years, "Still of the Night" has got to be my favorite. Not my favorite song, but the baddest riff ever, IMHO.

Check out the alternate version of its B side. Greatest solo ever played, hands down.

[bluesbend]

Satisfaction
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Brown Sugar
La Grange
Tush
Sunshine of Your Love
Crossroads
Mississippi Queen
Mannish Boy
Heartberaker (LZ)
Misty Mountain Hop

[Aceman]

Wow - a lot of you guys have absolutely NO sense of anything beyond your own interests....

[youngthrasher9]

Wow - a lot of you guys have absolutely NO sense of anything beyond your own interests....

I don't know as much about any other genres than I do about rock/metal/punk. I'm sure there is some other classic riffs that I don't know about.

[Chris of Arabia]

Bryan Adams - Run to You, Summer of '69
Green Day - When September Ends, American Idiot, Basket Case
Skunk Anansie - Weak, Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit, Lithium
David Bowie - Life on Mars, Suffragette City, Rebel Rebel, Heroes, Queen *****
The Mars Volta - The Widow
Rush - Spirit of Radio
Garbage - Happy When it Rains
Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench, Everlong, All My Life, Best of You
Audioslave - Cochise
Smashing Pumpkins - Today, Bullet with butterfly wings, 1979, Everlasting Gaze
Radiohead - Creep, High and Dry, No Surprises, Street SPirit (Fade Out)
The Police - Roxanne, Every Breath You Take, Message in a Bottle
Hawkwind - Silver Machine
Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die
Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar
Allman Brothers - Stormy Monday
Pearl Jam - Alive, Jeremy
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy, Your Touch
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Bad Company - Feel Like Makin' Love, Can't Get Enough
Oasis - Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger
Blur - Song 2
Suzanne Vega - Marlene on the Wall, Luka

[Aceman]

Okay - here we go. MY list of classic RIFFS you ought to know/learn - just cuz....

Chuck Berry - Johnny Be Good Intro
Beatles - Birthday verse
Black Sabbath - Paranoid intro/rhythm
Lead Zepplin - Stairway verse, Blackdog verse
Aerosmith - Walk This Way intro
Who - Pinball Wizard acoustic strum
Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash intro riff
KISS - Intro chords to Rock & Roll all night
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here acoustic intro
Skynrd - Sweet Home Alabama intro
Eagles - Chords to Take it Easy
Boston - Arpeggio for More Than A Feeling
Deep Purple - intro chords to Smoke On The Water
Creedence - Intro to Fortunate Son
Van Halen - Intro to Ain't talkin' Bout Love, Tapping in eruption
Stevie Ray Vaugn - Intro lead to Pride & Joy
Hendrix - Purple Haze Intro lead and verse chords
Poison - Intro to Nothing But A Good Time
Rush - Closer to the heart arpeggio and chords
AC/DC - Back in Black chords and two riffs from intro

There's a start...more later perhaps.

[dr. ad]

bladecatcher!!

[youngthrasher9]

Never heard a Black Flag version of Louie Louie, I love the Motorhead one. Cool riff.

Whole Lotta Rosie
Photograph or Armageddon It
Smoke on the Water
Tornado of Souls
Iron Man
Pull the Plug (Death)
King of the Kill (Annihilator)
Money for Nothing

Hey dude what is your favorite Death album? I want to know where to start.

[Lucid_Lunatic]

[Beer$]

In No Particular Order:

The Police - Message In A Bottle
Ralph McTell - Streets Of London
Tenacious D- The Metal
Anthrax - A Skeleton In The Closet
Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
The Beatles - Helter Skelter
Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face
Danzig: Am I Demon
Led Zepplin - Kashmir
Slayer - Angel Of Death
Metallica - Whiplash

This thread is supposed to be for fun so ragging on each others taste and saying someone has "no sense" is bloody annoying and stupid.

[King IzzO)))]

Bob Marley - Get up, Stand Up

[Varg]

Hey dude what is your favorite Death album? I want to know where to start.

Human is IMO Death's best. I prefer his older vocal style, and the less technical approach. "Human" was kinda the transition between the styles and it's just awesome. You can't go wrong though, they're ALL great albums!

[Varg]

Wow - a lot of you guys have absolutely NO sense of anything beyond your own interests....

You say that, then made a list with just classic rock on it...

[grumptruck]

Human is IMO Death's best. I prefer his older vocal style, and the less technical approach. "Human" was kinda the transition between the styles and it's just awesome. You can't go wrong though, they're ALL great albums!

Human and SOP are the ones I bought.

[Varg]

Human and SOP are the ones I bought.

That's not good enough.

Everyone should at least own Leprosy - it has "Pull the Plug", "Choke On It" and "Open Casket" on it!!

[grumptruck]

I had the live SOP area VCR tape too.