Top 25 riffs

[betsybug]

Chosen by students from London music schools, the top 25 is dominated by "middle-aged" guitar riffs from more than 20 years ago, including Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix (1967), My Generation by The Who (1965) and Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor (1982).

see:
Top 25 riffs: modern rockers 'can't make great guitar riffs' - Telegraph

Top 25 guitar riffs of all time:

1. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (1973)

2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (1991)

3. Walk This Way - Aerosmith (1975)

4. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (1967)

5. Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses (1987)

6. Paradise City - Guns N Roses (1987)

7. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead (1980)

8. Enter Sandman - Metallica (1991)

9. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1992)

10. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N Roses (1987)

11. Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (1982)

12. Walk - Pantera (1992)

13. Johnny Be Goode - Chuck Berry (1958)

14. Back In Black - AC/DC (1980)

15. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (1970)

16. Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine (1992)

17. Highway to Hell - AC/DC (1979)

18. My Generation - The Who (1965)

19. 7 Nation Army - The White Stripes (2003)

20. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (1968)

21. Give It Away - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1991)

22. Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1970)

23. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix (1967)

24. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor (1982)

25. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (1984)

 

[Dime]

most of the bands mentioned are like the ones that make a mark during their era and of course hendrix is gonna be one of them.

 

[bockscar]

muse - plug in baby

muse - stockholm syndrome

muse - hysteria (bass)

blink 182 - dammit <---this one veryone knows how to play. haha

 

[zullio]

^ ahaha dammit...

 

[kerplunk182]

Oh damn. You beat me to it. Hahaha. It was in the papers.

Off Today paper, April 4, 2008
"OLD GUYS, GREAT RIFFS"
No recent hits make the cut in list of Top 25 guitar riffs

Just seven songs penned in the last two decades have made it on to a list of the greatest guitar riffs of all time.
Chosen by students from London music schools, the Top 25 is dominated by "middle-aged" guitar riffs from more than 20 years ago, including Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix (1967), My Generation by The Who (1965) and Eye of the Tiger by Survivor (1982).

British rock band Deep Purple top the list with their 1973 hit Smoke on the Water.
Among the more recent riffs is Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991), in secondplace, and Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine (1992) in 16th.

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers have two entries, Under the Bridge (1992) at No 9 and Give it Away (1991) at No 21.

However, not one song written since 2003 made the short list.

John Wheatcroft, Spokesman for music school Guitar-x, which commissioned the poll, said the lack of modern rock musician the list didn't spell disaster for the next generation of guitar heroes.

A lot of the choices were based on nostalgia, he said. "It's possible that you have to wait until the dust settles before we can truly consider a riff's eligibility for classic status.""

"Today, there are undoubtedly loads of fantastic artists that continue to feature the electric guitar as the prominent feature of their sound."
-THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

 

[IndieAir]

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

 

[zax]

Scar tissue - RHCP
Beat it - Micheal Jackson

fall out boy recently covered it really well . I'm awed haha .

 

[zullio]

^ i was suprised by fob's cover.. actually quite good.

 

[zax]

They're good and entertaining , i wonder why they're dubbed as emo and all . hahaha . They deserve the attention of better fans

 

[zullio]

i think mainly because of their bassist.. pete wentz right?

 

[zax]

Pete Wentz is over rated and fat haha . Patrick is well the most talented and well not many people notice but they're lead guitarist is awesome too , and he can swing that guitar like a bitch . haha

 

[zullio]

haha.. whats interesting is that, the solo in the cover is actually done by john mayer.. not that im putting down fob in any way.

 

[zax]

I know , and it wasnt as good as the original one but well it has feel to it

 

[zullio]

what to do.. original one by eddie vh. haha

 

[zax]

yeah man , John Mayer sounds bad using distortion . I like the stuff he writes though . pure genius .

 

[zullio]

yup. hes better clean or using overdrives.

 

[Jugman]

Pete Wentz is over rated and fat haha . Patrick is well the most talented and well not many people notice but they're lead guitarist is awesome too , and he can swing that guitar like a bitch . haha

pete wentz is good for his looks only. the rest of the band is better than him

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
L7 - Pretend we're dead
Ozzy Osborne - Hellraiser (opening riff by Zakk Wylde)
Saliva - Survival of the sickest
Disturbed - Remember (opening riff)

:mrgreen:

 

[Against The Enemy]

they should have put hangar 18 - megadeth

 

[faizal_rocks]

Its Only Love - Bryan Adams

Love the intro guitar riff on this one.