What Are Your Favorite Riffs?

[TSJMajesty]

I'll start us off with Muse, Knights of Cydonia.

This one:

 

[Stone]

Damn that's a hard one too many that i love

 

[DrewJD82]

Sooooo many.

But right now the one popping in my head, despite not hearing it for years, is-

 

[duzie]

My most favorite riff is in a constant state of change
With total certainty though this is currently #1

 

[HotRats]

My most favorite riff is in a constant state of change
With total certainty though this is currently #1

That's a great one for sure.

 

[sleewell]

did anyone see this song absolutely go fucking bonkers at coachella. i love these dudes so much.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Damn that's a hard one too many that i love

Post 'em up!

 

[hemmelight]

This one is a bit cheesy, but it's just so over-the-top / right-on-the-nose hard rock that I can't help but love it:



My favourite Van Halen tune, Mean Street. Adore everything about it, but especially the outro riff just after the breakdown.
Pete Thorn said on a video one time that the pick scrape sounded like a bolt of lightning hitting the ground and it's such a perfect analogy considering the lyrics there. Best pick scrape ever.
️ "Lord, strike that poor boy dowwwwn!"️

 

[TSJMajesty]

Best pick scrape ever.
️ "Lord, strike that poor boy dowwwwn!"️

Hells Yeah!

 

[Sleezy E]

Soooo many... here's a good starter kit

 

[jay mitchell]

I don't really have favorite licks, but this one really caught my attention when I first heard it, and it still sounds cool. The lick starts at 1:42, but the lead-in (starting at the beginning of the link) sets it up.

 

[Gearzilla]

 

[Orvillain]

Tool - Prison Sex


RATM - Maggie's Farm


ISIS - Holy Tears


ISIS - Celestial (The Tower)


Deftones - You've Seen The Butcher

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Tool - Prison Sex


RATM - Maggie's Farm


ISIS - Holy Tears


ISIS - Celestial (The Tower)


Deftones - You've Seen The Butcher

Maggie's Farm

STP - Down

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I've got a massive mind blank at the minute. I'll have to think of some more.

 

[duzie]

The master of riffs

 

[la szum]

This one is a bit cheesy, but it's just so over-the-top / right-on-the-nose hard rock that I can't help but love it:



My favourite Van Halen tune, Mean Street. Adore everything about it, but especially the outro riff just after the breakdown.
Pete Thorn said on a video one time that the pick scrape sounded like a bolt of lightning hitting the ground and it's such a perfect analogy considering the lyrics there. Best pick scrape ever.
️ "Lord, strike that poor boy dowwwwn!"️

You have GREAT taste. Sir.

I had that Accept album on Vinyl in the mid 1980s and would often crank the shit
out of it before school in the mornings.

 

[Stone]

The EVH album RiP EVH

 

[la szum]

Fair Warning is Chock Full of Best Riffs Of All Time. It's Peak Van Halen, in my opinion.

 

[Stone]

At the time no one and i mean no one was playing like this, what Tone oufff

 

[Stone]

Fair Warning is Chock Full of Best Riffs Of All Time. It's Peak Van Halen, in my opinion.

100% EVH at his peak