The Stooges - 1970

''Friction'' by Television

''Pais Tropical'' by Gal Costa

''Sexy Coffee Pot'' by Tony Alvon & The Bel-Airs

''Zig-Zag Wanderer'' by Captain Beefheart

''I Wanna Be Your Dog'' by The Stooges

Pink Floyd's "Time". I think.

I wanna be your dog and No Fun.. the second I heard those riffs I was so fucking hooked.

the chorus in "mary had a little lamb"

Aww, good old CCR. Love that ringing guitar in 'Hey Tonight'.

I like the drum solo in that one.

I'm not sure. If I'm in a black metal phase I'd probably say Darkthrone's Transilvanian Hunger or Mayhem's Funeral Fog (actually there's two or three amazing riffs in that song).

"funeral fog" might be my favorite black metal song.

The main riff in Bauhaus's "In the flat field", and the riff in fifths (it's not the intro riff but the one before the chorus) in the Buzzcocks's Autonomy are great too.

yr. pretty face is going to hell-iggy & the stooges

Right now it's 5-D by Live Skull. I also love Teenage Riot and Rave Down/Swervedriver. And Ten Years Gone/Zep and Are You Experienced? and...edit: Ace of Spades and Schizophrenia! just too many close calls.

In a hole by The Jesus & Mary chain.

Autechre - Gantz Graf

slayer-raining blood is a sweet one

Welcome to the Jungle is indefensibly heavy
1969
Ditry Water by The Standells
Mr Pharmacist by The Other Half : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5FN6hg9cxg

Malice Mizer - Baroque
Though I'm pretty sure it was stolen from someone, probably Bach.

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Overground
Bauhaus - Spy in the cab

Love Like Blood - Killing Joke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnpwuRlXbhk

'search and destroy' - stooges will most likely always be my #1 choice.


other good ones:
'mouthbreather' - jesus lizard
'night goat' - melvins

Intro riffs here are amazing!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTitdeTTzxY&feature=fvw

AC-DC - Back In Black
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXaZmY52gHM

no matter how many times I hear it I go nuts.

Ozzy Ousborne - CRAZY TRAIN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRbPWcLode0

another on ethat makes me go crazy, especially with randy Rhodes fucking amazing technique and wizardry.

"Queen of Cans and Jars" by Guided by Voices.

Seriously.

The Notwist - This room

I Wanna Be Your Dog, Teenage Riot and Sister Ray are some favorites.

black sabbath - NIB
the stooges - 1970

not all time favorite but...definately my favorite Rolling Stones riffs...



Jumping Jack Flash.

Ah, tough one!

Right now, I'm gonna say 'Slip It In' by Black Flag. The begininng of that song blows my mind.

singling out one riff out of the oceans of great ones is silly, but i'll play along:


Electric Wizard "Dunwich"

okay, i've decided that my all-time favorite riff is the opening riff to "electric funeral."

"Electricity-Captain Beefheart"

Edit: Not all time favorite, just one of them.

Loop - Collision

It´s definetely the the riff in the begin of Captain Beefheart´s Moonlight on Vermount (right after the drumbo´s amazing drum fill).

Somebody asks what is riff. I think it is something that is very often played by guitar and repeating many times. There could be just one sound at the time or chords. But normal "backchords" are not riff, in riff chords change quite fast.

some of my fav beefheart riffage is at the beginning sweet sweet bulbs and at 1/4 way into safe as milk!

fav riff at this very moment is picture book by the stinks as I've just figured it out, simple, but catchy. one of those riffs that are most naturally plucked out from the easy layout of a guitar tuned in standard.

Death Valley 69

neil young is a master with riff chords, e.g., 'been waiting for you' and 'cinnamon girl' instantly come to mind.

Bowie's "Queen Bitch"
some already mentioned
PJ Harvey O stella

loads
too many

impossible to post A fav

can't compute

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my fav rolling stones riff has to be 'can't you hear me knocking', right from the first time I saw 'blow' with jonny depp, well not with him of course haha

how about that end riff from The Sprawl....that's a nice sweet sounding riff.