Ah, no.

Exhibit A for bad ass guitar licks. The first 25 seconds are pure filth.

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If you're just talking riffs, start with Sabbath. Tony Iommi is the riff king.

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I love Sabbath, but nobody tops Page as far as riffs go.

Thank me later

After a quick scan through the thread...

Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
Snow - RHCP
Vultures - John Mayer
Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles

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After a quick scan through the thread...


Snow - RHCP

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Heat of the Moment - Asia
The Waiting - Tom Petty
Beat It - Michael Jackson (check out the Fall Out Boy/John Mayer remake, sounds lame but it's awesome!)
Dude Looks Like a Lady - Aerosmith
Under Pressure (sort of in the background) - Queen/David Bowie

/EOT

NIB - Primus version, bass riff beats all the guitar riffs.

Primus Sucks.

Don't chew big red.

War ensemble - Slayer
Damage inc - Metallica
March of the SOD - S.O.D.
Holy wars - megadeth

I kinda like the riff in 46 & 2

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If you're just talking riffs, start with Sabbath. Tony Iommi is the riff king.

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I love Sabbath, but nobody tops Page as far as riffs go.

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And this video is a small example why LZ is the greatest rock band of all time

Yall need something heavier. Some examples.


The Impossibility of Reason - Chimaira
The Light that Blinds - Shadows Fall
Giles - Unearth
Teeth Vs. Curb - Machinemade God
This Calling - All That Remains
Tyranny - Anterior
World Of Lies - At The Gates
End of the Line - DevilDriver
Clouds over California - DevilDriver
False Gospel - Divine Heresy
The Only Truth - Heaven Shall Burn
Water Into Wine Cooler - If Hope Dies

But end all be all for most awesome guitar riff/solo has to be Creeping Death. When Hammit kicks off the solo at 2:48 it is awesome. But when he ends it into the riff starting at 3:40 I get chills. The heaviest and most badass riff I can think of.

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World Of Lies - At The Gates

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The entire slaughter of the soul album is one big fat amazing riff.

Suicide nation with the shotgun intro!

I'm listening to a dude butcher 'What It's Like' so badly that I'm recording it. I might SoundCloud it for sake of posterity, it feels like evidence.

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After a quick scan through the thread...

Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
Snow - RHCP
Vultures - John Mayer
Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles

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Finally, recognition for the greatest and probably best known riff in rock history: Gimme Shelter.

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Name one from the last10 years

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I'll suggest this one.

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you have terrible taste i music

crowbar's the lasting dose is fantastic music.

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Yuck. Can't do sludge metal. Too.....slow I guess. And drudgy. The only one I have heard that I actually sorta liked was a group called Beast in the Field.

And I like my music. And am fully cognizant that it is not the most popular around in these parts. I love all the hate it gets. The hate keeps me warm.

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The entire slaughter of the soul album is one big fat amazing riff.

Suicide nation with the shotgun intro!

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It was actually a fairly recent discovery for me. I have had that album for years and finally truly listened to it a few a months ago. The whole damn thing is glorious.

Junior Brown

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Suicide nation with the shotgun intro!

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It was actually a fairly recent discovery for me. I have had that album for years and finally truly listened to it a few a months ago. The whole damn thing is glorious.

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i was fortunate to discover that when it came out. Saw them at the Abyss in Houston in 97 or so. With another one of my favorites, dissection.

not sure everybody here is talking about the same thing.
from Merriam Webster:

riff
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noun \rif\

• music : a short and usually repeated pattern of notes in a song

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Yep!

And I love that Wonton is on that. I really love that riff and feel like it's overlooked.

Also, interesting story on Black Dog. I read that the bones of that riff was actually something JPJ has worked up.

Texas Flood?

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The Spirit of Radio

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Those lyrics are deep man

Agreed, but personally I would've replaced Wonton with Bring It On Home.

two that I haven't seen mentioned - the opening riffs to:
Black Betty - Ram Jam
Coliseum Rock - Starz

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not sure everybody here is talking about the same thing.
from Merriam Webster:

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• music : a short and usually repeated pattern of notes in a song

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That about sums up how I defined it, and I didn't have to go to a dictionary.