Top Ten Greatest Guitar Riffs

lezakattack

Neosantana

ACDCRocks

No guitar riff can be better than this... Just too good

can't stop the spirits when they need you, this life is more than just a read-through

Psykosauron

John Frusciante Is A Beast In This Song

Dglass23

The guitar groove in the verse (not the main chorus riff) is next to impossible to play. I can barely do it an I've been playing for 20 years!

waex

So much more interesting than Smoke on the Water. Lets face it, a Jimmy Page riff must be number one, and this is the best Page riff.

The Only Riff In my opinion that gets better every time you here it. It just keeps on sounding more complex. In my opinion that is what a great riff needs!

2440080345

Whats weong with everyone this is way better than half of the ones in the top ten

Rudulf Schenker is brilliant songwriter and musician this song is an anthem. I grew up with this. Rock on guys.

richie4life

ballaboi17

This is one easy song and still it rocks, and think how many covers this song has, so if you don't like the original, there somewere would one you would like. Vote for the best song ever

raiderfan372

This should be in the top 10, at least. One of the greatest riffs/solos ever. Better than 'Welcome to the Jungle' and 'Sweet Child O' Mine'

Slash on 39? Seriously? The best guitarist ever on 39?
please listen to this at least once!
This is his best guitar riff after Sweet child of mine.

The riff is awesome cause even thought Jphn Frusciante is playing really fast, it still sounds relaxing

RHCPfan

Most Songs are just written so the guitarist can show of his skill and they forget about making good music. RHCP is one of the only bands that make good music.

RHCPfan

Incredible riff, fabulous song!

23delusions

Should be higher up, probably lacks popularity because it's so hard to play but it is an awesome song.

I love the the guitar work ihope tobe that good someday

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GlonnAtronnAdonnAdict

Only recently released, the riff in this is bound to become a classic

juicymetaly

SyNyStErVaLeNtine247

VonHaggles

prolly one of the catchiest riffs ever

wolf10

I was blown away the first time I heard "The Trooper. " Really a great song.

This song is so fun to play it's something I try to play every time I perform. I think it's cool the inspration for the song was an aquatic dream!

I love the song, great music, specially the guitar.

Viktor19

there's distortion and the weird guitar solo

ronluna

amzing riff one of the ones that you just cant get out of your head and when you hear you just star rockin-out where ever you are

Gamenerd78

There should be more Queen songs here. They were the best ever, period. No one beats Brian May. And NO ONE beats Freddie Mercury.

One of the best riffs to ever begin a live show... And one of my favourite rock songs. Brian May has a few great ones to choose from; Queen didn't do a lot in that regard, so the few they did use were smokin.

This should be filled with QUEEN songs! Greatest band on Earth! Nobody beats Brian May! NOBODY! And Nobody Touches FREDDIE MERCURY! NOBODY! His genius is untouchable by any human! It is God-like what he can do, w/ the piano, HIS VOICE, w/ any song, his passion, his connection w/ the audience, his charisma, in his extraordinary writings & magical way of composing... Simply sensational, inhuman: totally God-like!
Then there's Roger! Wow! What backing vocals! And he can play any instrument too, but is phenomenal on the drums like no other!
And then there's Deacy... The icing on the cake.
QUEEN = THE PERFECT BAND!

I am surprised there is no Dream Theater on this list to this point. Petrucci writes some of the coolest riffs of the last 20 years.

fluntimes

Best riff ever! So well done, tom morello is an expert guitarest!

its a catchy song not my fave song 4ever and the riff is easy to remember and is in tune with the song I played this whole song by just making a few changes to the riff and it was like you couldn't even tell the diffrence

I can't help falling in love with this acoustic guitar's sound!

The classic sound by a classic guitar just sounds awesome!

Green_Day

Any Megadeth riff, dave mustaine was ranked number one rhythm metal guitarist in guitar one mag. i have no clue why there is no respect to him on this site, it's the overpowering metallica that makes megadeth get ignored when they are equals. Mechanix is the original four horsemen

the fastest riff I ever heard. fits about 100 chords in every second. the master - mustaine. megadeth ftw!

why is this not on the list?
the best intro of all time

richie4life

the riff is bassiccly rushs theme song

Should be in the top 10 because if you listen to the song you will hear the word "help" being tapped out in morse code.

thomasnirvanastroud

Why is this all the way down here?! It's one of the greatest guitar riffs EVER! AND one of the most recognisable, it should e in the top 20!

HenP

The best guitar rift of all time. He plays it straight, then slide, then wah wah, then back to straight. Not one other mentioned guitar rift has this variety or explosive energy. This should be Number One!

one of the best riffs of richie sambora, the guitarist of bon jovi

ronluna

amazing riff! you can't get it out of your head

richie4life

This is a pretty scary, but good song. It's based on Romeo and Juliet, and the guitar is amazing.

One of the single most recognizable arpegiated riffs of all time. This song became a stadium anthem and it all started with this incredible riff!

A crazy non-stop one minute solo, the solo of personality.

This Destroys enter sandman bollocks, bote for this now! ¬¬

C'mon! This riff is top 10 material!

This song is way underappreciated, the piano intro is beautiful, it may not be the best intro or whatever you want to say about it, but it is still beautiful. Then after you get that, Matt just breaks out in this crazy guitar riff, and your mind is just blown. Amazing song.

Hendrix influenced awesomeness right here.

'cause this band is everything and its music is incredibly amazing. Although many people may think it's nothing much, but this band made a significant influence on rock music. Thank you, pearl jam

The best of dimebagg darell althought R.I. P but it is one of the best pantera songs and a great riff to begin with with a great solo nothing can match it its heavenly

Another one of Slash's guitar magic

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