Riff Finder General (Thread of RIFFS)

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Tool - “Bottom”

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It’s taking all the restraint I have to not fill this thread with Billy Corgan riffs, but here’s a lesser known one back from the 80s:

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get you a friend who loves you as much as @TAFH33 loves the smashing pumpkins

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Not enough Stone Gossard in this thread

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an old classic…Down, Lifer:

always enjoyed the riff in this by Coalesce:

as heavy as sabbath wished they were (as someone once said to me but i’m not sure i agree…still, great cover/riff):

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I always forget how amazing Jerry Cantrell is. Dam that River is such a riff.

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While it’s my least favorite QOTSA album (still very good though), the chorus riff in “The Evil Has Landed” makes the song a Homme classic:

And since Wretch never gets mentioned, I have to post “HWY 74” with all of its riff stacking:

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The riff that starts near the end of this (10 mins or so) is scientifically proven to be the heaviest riff of all time.

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Pink’s riff is a pure shot of energy, it never fails.

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* sometimes fails

pink%20denied

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Reckon this might be my very favourite Iommi riff, here covered by Al Jourgensen and other ne’er do wells

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I appreciate that the rest of their output is somewhat cack, but this is a bloody good riff:

Diving back in because sometimes the simplest is the best.

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You can go back further than that.
The first album is a classic for a reason

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