Top 20 Best Guitar Riffs
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1.
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
140 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
2.
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
133 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
3.
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
The riff on this song will be played throughout history, although not sure if it truly is a stairway to heaven or hell.
130 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
4.
Green Day - Brain Stew
117 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
5.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
A classic that will never die.
113 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
6.
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
96 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
7.
The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
I can't get no guitar riffs better than this.
91 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
8.
AC/DC - Back In Black
78 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
9.
Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
70 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
10.
Van Halen - Mean Street
57 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
11.
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
With Kurt Cobain dead at a young age and the top of his career, this guitar riff will be known for awhile.
52 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
12.
purple haze
great riff
47 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
13.
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
46 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
14.
Guns 'n Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
44 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
15.
Layla
great song from clapton
41 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
16.
Metallica - Master of Puppets
36 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
17.
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
This is a classic that revolutionized MTV at the time.
28 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
18.
Aint Talkin Bout Love- Van Halen
Great riff
By Aaron
26 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
19.
Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
26 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
20.
Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin
25 points - added 12 years ago by guest -
21.
Beatles - Day tripper
24 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
22.
Black Dog
Aaron K posted this
22 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
23.
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
21 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
24.
Unholy Confessions - Avenged Sevenfold
19 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
25.
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
17 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
26.
Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
11 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
27.
Beast and the Harlot - Avenged Sevenfold
4 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
28.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
2 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
29.
Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
-3 points - added 15 years ago by BrendaKaye -
30.
Beast and
-11 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
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