natethegreat86 Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Hey! Just wonderin what everybody's favorit eriffs are mine are: crazy train last resort and my favorite... great white buffalo by ted nugent. now that is fast picking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 last resort OMG....that really freaks me out. When to people realize that this riff was stolen from Iron Maiden's Killers CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Captain Nemo - Michael Schenker Bloodsucking Leeches - The Dregs Race With Devil On Spanish Highway - Al DiMeola plus way too many to list... or remember right now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 OMG....that really freaks me out. When to people realize that this riff was stolen from Iron Maiden's Killers CD? thats soo true, i hate papa roach!! maiden are 10000000x the band roach are!! have you read the interview on it, where they are asked about the stolen riff... apparently it was being played on the piano by one of em and they thought it was cool, so they used it.... sure, sure!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Hmm... remembered some other ones: Evil Eye - The Alcatrazz version (I like early Yngwie better .) Caught Between The Tigers - TNT Mean Street - Van Halen Man, I'm stuck in the 70's/80's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 the "evil riff" from "angel of death" by slayer also the main riff to "hallowed point" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Crazy Train Number of the Beast Smells like teen Spirit Metal Militia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 5150 - van halen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Mr. Big- Green Tinted... Megadeth- the final rhythm part in Wake Up Dead Megadeth- most of the rhythm sections in The Conjuring Megadeth- bass intro to Peace Sells Racer X- Scarified Clapton- Layla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Arch Enemy - We Will Rise Athiest - Why Bother Black Label Society - Destruction Overdrive Carcass - Heartwork Children of Bodom - Needled 24/7 Deicide - Bible Basher In Flames - Episode 666 Iron Maiden - The Trooper Ok ill stop for now Too many great metal songs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Hey all you young metal maniacs, . Give a listen to Frank Zappa, on Roxy and Elsewhere playing Son of Orange County. Aside from that I like Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson and Always With You Always With Me by Satch. But you're right, too many more to name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Heh, I'll be 37 in a few weeks . Ah, "Cliffs of Dover" I have an OLD video tape of Eric Johnson from "Austin City Limits." good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 megadeth the last duelin riff in shewolf van halen the first riff to you really got me right after eruption, yes i kno it was written by the kinks but it just sounds so cool right after the end of the solo metallica intro to ride the lightning, intro to seek and destroy megadeth intro to loved to deth thats all i can think of right now MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Always With You Always With Me by Satch. i have just recently started learning some satch..i am working through that one right now...it is pretty cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Always With You Always With Me by Satch. i have just recently started learning some satch..i am working through that one right now...it is pretty cool Me too, I'm having the worst time with the clean part in the beginning I can't keep it clean. I get string squeaks when sliding through the chord progressions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylde1919 Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Yeah the riff in Last Resort was also in 7th son of a 7th son and some othe rplaces too, it was like a signature maiden kinda thing. o and favs are crazy train, Superterrorizer by BLS, Cemetary Gates, and Satch's boogie is sick! o yeah and dark star by YNGWIE!!!!!!!! btw I heard Joe lynn turner say that Yngwie's real name is Lars . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I have an OLD video tape of Eric Johnson from "Austin City Limits." I think I saw the same thing years ago (maybe around 1990 - 1992?). He was on some cable show with the name Austin in it. This was before I knew anything about him. Very impressive. So the while "riff" thing - I always thought a riff was a rythm thing? So when you talk about songs like "Dark Star" and "Always With Me", does the lead guitar count as a riff or a "lick"? (great songs by the way). Who came up with these terms anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I have an OLD video tape of Eric Johnson from "Austin City Limits." I think I saw the same thing years ago (maybe around 1990 - 1992?). He was on some cable show with the name Austin in it. This was before I knew anything about him. Very impressive. I was still in high school so it's was probably the 1985 one (look here for list of appearances.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natethegreat86 Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 i thought i'd heard that sumwhere before ab out the whole iron maiden/last resort thing. i just didnt know if it was true or not. anyways, whichever it comes from it still sounds cool. a couple more really easy ones that i just enjoy playing that are fairly new espionage by greenday secret agent kinda sound. pretty cool and the riff thing thats played during the intro to times like these by foo fighters(an AWSOME band!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 We'll when I think of riff, I think of mostly single note melodic patterns. So, with that in mind here are my top 5. 1. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (Slash intro riff is simple but effective) 2. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin (One of Jimmy Page's best) 3. Enter Sandman - Metallica (Hetfield is king of riffs) 4. Ain't Talking Bout Love - Van Halen (no need to add comment) 5. Hells Bells - AC/DC (Angus breaks out the evilness .. lol) Just my opinion though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Jimmy Page is a complete genius when it comes to rythm playing. Led Zep songs are very diverse, not necessarily difficult or complex, but extremely creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 check out some of the slide licks from this new cat eric sardinas! that dude can rip! and check out some of wes montgomery's licks. classy and genious. check dem' octaves on four on six! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Ted Nugent-Great White Buffalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Time for a bit of nostalgia, here. Frankenstein (Edgar Winter) Jumpin Jack Flash (especially Johnny Winter's version) Southern Man (Neil Young) That's all for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylde1919 Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 A riff is any short repeating pattern single note or chords. And its even a riff if you use constant variations. However in the venacular, a riff is just a music passage of any form, ive even heard people refer to portions of a solo as a riff. Go figure. And you may both be right about eric johnsons time date on austin city limits cuz i think he's done it twice. The more memorable is the one where he is wearing that dumb looking high school band jacket! hehehe EJ rips live, he does CLiffs of dover like 2 x faster its amazing to hear. Itll make your head spin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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