Top 10 Favorite Riffs

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    Matt

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    Matt, Aug 10, 2005



    Alright, the title says it all. Tell us your top 10 (Or more) favorite riffs of all time. For those who may not know, a riff is a repeated melodic phrase (Intro of American Idiot by Green Day, for example), straight out of the dictionary.


    Mine are as follows:

    10.Green Day-American Idiot
    9.Slayer-Raining Blood
    8.Metallica-Master Of Puppets (Verse)
    7.Neil Young-Rockin' In The Free World
    6.AC/DC-Back In Black
    5.Simple Plan-Perfect
    4.AFI-The Leaving Song Pt. II
    3.Pantera-Cowboys From Hell
    2.Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit
    1.Green Day-Nice Guys Finish Last
     
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    Mark, Aug 10, 2005



    10. Linkin Park - Faint
    09. System of a Down - Aerials (Intro)
    08. Linkin Park - A Place For My Head (Intro)
    07. Finger Eleven - First Time
    06. Taproot - Facepeeler
    05. Nine Inch Nails - Wish
    04. Nine Inch Nails - Starfuckers Inc.
    03. Alexisonfire - Pulmonary Archery
    02. Cold - Wasted Years
    01. Alexisonfire - .44 Caliber Love Letter
     
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    Dean, Aug 10, 2005



    Blur - Song 2
    Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
    Deftones - The Chauffer
    Deftones - Digital Bath
    Nirvana - Come As You Are
    Mudvayne - Death Blooms
    Rage Against The Machine - Guerilla Radio
    Rage Against The Machine - Roll Right

    Well, there's eight.
     
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    Adam, Aug 11, 2005



    In no particular order:

    Blur's Song 2
    Bullet for my valentine's Hand of blood
    Deftones' My own summer (shove it)
    Guns n' roses' Sweet child o' mine
    Incubus' Drive
    Marilyn Manson's Beautiful people
    Metallica's Nothing else matters
    Nine inch nails' Wish
    Queens of the stoneage's Little sister
    White stripes' Seven nation army
     
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    I don't think I can pick 10...

    - Nirvana: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Come As You Are"
    - AC/DC: "Thunderstruck", "Back In Black"
    - Black Sabbath: "Iron Man"
    - Pantera: "Walk"
    - The Who: "My Generation"
    - Smashing Pumpkins: "The Everlasting Gaze", "Today"
    - Toadies: "Possum Kingdom", "Tyler"
    - Guns N' Roses: "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Welcome To The Jungle"
    - Third Eye Blind: "Semi-Charmed Life", "Graduate"
    - Silverchair: "Freak"
    - Rage Against The Machine: "Geurilla Radio", "Renegades Of Funk", "Sleep Now In The Fire"
    - SR-71: "Right Now"

    There are so many more, but these are just off the top of my head.
     
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    Methybrea, Aug 11, 2005



    Opeth - "Demon of The Fall" (the "chorus" riff)
    Opeth - "Blackwater Park" (when first vocals kick in around 2:00)
    Opeth - "Beneath the Mire" ("I've always thought of myself as a leader...")
    Dream Theater - "A Change of Seasons"
    Dream Theater - "Erotomania"
    Symphony X - "King of Terrors"
    Rage Against the Machine - "Wake Up"
    Tool - Lateralus
    Tool - Aenima
    System of A Down - "Mind"
     
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    arT saveS, Aug 13, 2005



    Tool _ Jerk-off (Intro)
    Tool _ Eulogy
    Tool _ AEnema
    Tool _ 46 & 2
    Mudvayne _ Rain.Sun.Gone _ "The body is just a vehicle to hold..."
    Mudvayne _ World So Cold
    Mudvayne _ Pharmaecopia
    Mudvayne _ Not Falling
    Mudvayne _ Dig
    System of a Down _ This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song
    Otep _ Blood Pigs
     
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    Jawsome, Aug 13, 2005



    Foo Fighters - My Hero
    Linkin Park - Faint
    Staind - Open Your Eyes
    System of a Down - Chop Suey
    Bush - Machine Head
    Mudvayne - Death Blooms
    Mudvayne - Happy
    Staind - Please
    Limp Bizkit - The Truth
    Foo Fighters - Everlong
    --->Aberrance - Karma Kills<---

    not my definitive top 10 but here are some good ones from my playlist
     

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