As our Top Ten Guitar Riffs feature shows, rock music has produced some memorable guitar riffs over the years. But do you agree with the ten we've chosen? Perhaps you thought The Beatles should be in there. Maybe Metallica, Muse or even Motorhead. Let us know what you think are the greatest guitar riffs ever created...
needled 24/7, follow the reaper - children of bodom
Redneck, laid to rest - lamb of god
enemies of reality, born, the river dragon, inside four walls, narcosynthesis - Nevermore
iron man, black sabbath, paranoid, sabbath bloody sabbath - black sabbatth
raining blood, war ensemble, mandatory suicide, south of heaven - salyer
seek and destroy, no remorse, enter sandman, sad but true, creeping death, master of puppets - Metallica
holy wars, tornado of souls, sweating bullets, in my darkest hour - megadeth
be quick or be dead, number of the beast, the wickerman, phantom of the opera - iron maiden
black star, far beyond the sun - Yngwie malmsteen
satch boogie, surfing with the alien - joe satriani
for the love of god, bad horsie - steve vai
all of those are better than most of the ones mentioned already come on people you can do better. Treeza and Peter kudos on the yngwie he is the king of sweden
Deep purple - smoke on the water
motley crue rule !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
Iron Maiden - any song they've ever done but especially Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Run to the Hills, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
Pantera - Walk
Metallica - Enter Sandman, Sad but True, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Saxon - Denim and Leather and everything else they've performed
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me
Firewind - Maniac
White Snake - Still of the Night, Here I go again and everything else
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Slayer - Angel of Death
Trivium - Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr, Fire
1. Should I Stay or Should I Go (the Clash) - Brings you to attention
2. Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) - takes you off on a ride through the streets
3. Famous Flower of Serving Men (Martin Carthy - you try playing it??) - takes you through mediaevil England)
4. Layla (EC) - stops you in your tracks
5. the C/Am/F/G riff that is the basis of so many songs you can't name them and has stood the test of time since the 50s!
But lets understand the difference beteen a riff and a solo shall we?
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