Comments on: Top 15 Rock Riffs of All Time

By: Beanz

Beanz — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:43:41 +0000

What About Seven Nation Army The White Stripes

By: ades11

ades11 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:45:15 +0000

where’s the rolling stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:38:09 +0000

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath, NIB by Black Sabbath, Man on the Silver Mountain by Rainbow, Holy Diver by Dio, Breaking the Law by Judas Preist, The Hellion/Electric Eye by Judas Preist, and Raining Blood by Slayer. Enough Heavy Metal riffs were left out to make a an entire Metal riffs list.

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:18:31 +0000

I find this list as being rather questionable. First of all, No.15 Van Halen / “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love” is on their first self-entitled album (which also contains Eddie Van Halen’s guitar solo “Eruption” and is the album that changed the way I listened to rock music forever !!) and NOT on their album entitled III which had as their singer Gary Chiccone who used to be the lead singer for the short lived Boston based rock band Extreme. and second, where is “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath ??? If you watch enough “Beavis & Butthead” (and I am not being fecitious) you’ll understand why that is one of the most famous riffs of all time. I am not a fan of that cartoon but the few times that I have seen it, they’re always flashing the Heavy Metal sign with their fingers, bouncing their heads up and down and yelling out the strains of the very beginning of that song. I would also like to mention that in my opinion, why did the Van Halen brothers (Eddie and Alex) fire David Lee Roth to begin with which I found to be one of the biggest travesties that I could ever think of. David Lee Roth WAS the show. I am pretty sure that it was the old “clash of the egos” situation.

By: Ecam

Ecam — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:47:48 +0000

Nothing from the King of Riffs – Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)? LaGrange Maybe?

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:55:08 +0000

How about “Don’t Fear The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult ; “Slowride” by Foghat ; “Rock N’ Roll All Nite”, by KISS ; “Magic Power” by Triumph ; “Run To The Hills” by Iron Maiden ; “Living After Midnight” by Judas Priest ; “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper” ; “Sunday Bloody Sunday” by U2 ; Instead of Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile, how about plain ol’ “Purple Haze” ; “Roundabout” by YES ; “M Generation” by The Who

By: shiverbrains

shiverbrains — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:43:55 +0000

Wow, awful first choice. If you have to use GNR (and you dont!) go for the Welcome to the Jungle. I would replace it with Raining Blood too, glad to see lots of others had the same idea.

I’m a huge nirvana fan but, lets admit it, that riff has been used dozens of times before and since and anyone with a basic grasp of powerchords will accidentally re-write that riff every time they try to write a song.
Top 15 songs? Maybe. Top 15 riffs? Not even close.

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:11:51 +0000

YES : “ROUNDABOUT”

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:10:45 +0000

Rather then Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child”, just toss that one away and say “Purple Haze”………

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:09:10 +0000

The Outlaws : “Green Grass And High Tides”