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Songs with sweet guitar riffs?

ruffilb

Diamond Member
I've been playing Stairway to Heaven and Purple Haze for a long time, and I need more music to learn.

Can anyone recommend songs with sweet guitar riffs?

Edit: Please note that I don't have any fancy looping devices or pedals or anything like that. It's just me, my guitar, and my amp. So please don't recommend songs if it seems like they require effects to be played accurately.
 
Originally posted by: ruffilb
I've been playing Stairway to Heaven and Purple Haze for a long time, and I need more music to learn.

Can anyone recommend songs with sweet guitar riffs?

megadeth...liar; acdc -tnt,jailbreak
 
Avenged Sevenfold - Trashed and Scattered, Bat Country, Sidewinder
Tool / A Perfect Circle
Rammstein - Adios
Audioslave / RATM - Tom Morello has some pretty sweet solos
 
Aerosmith's first few albums are loaded with great riffs...walk this way is a great example.

The riff in "Fairies wear boots" Black Sabbath, is another favorite of mine.

The intro Riff to "Layla" derek and the dominoes.
 
Oh, and Jackyl - Headed For Destruction has got a killer riff if you've heard of them. I can almost smell the saw gas everytime i hear it.
 
Originally posted by: ruffilb
I've been playing Stairway to Heaven and Purple Haze for a long time, and I need more music to learn.

Can anyone recommend songs with sweet guitar riffs?
Just check out the rest of Led Zep's discography and you will be all set with the greatest riffs of all time.
 
Bruce Dickinson - The Tower
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight
Megadeth - Hangar 18
Megadeth - Five Magics
Megadeth - Lucretia
Metallica - Orion
 
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight

Wow, haven't heard that tune in a long time.

It's like Viagra for my ears 🙂

Such a good band that many younger musicians will prolly never get.


How about??

Dream Theater: Under a glass moon

Dave
 
Great thread, I've been trying to think of new stuff to learn myself.

I can play the intro to SRV's Little Wing, I should learn the rest of it.
 
Funny...I read your title on the main page and immediately thought "Stairway to Heaven." I guess it's a staple when learning how to play the guitar. Good luck with that, OP! 🙂
 
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