Ten Iconic Riffs That Never Get Old

Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Jimi Hendrix pioneered the art of the Riff and is still likely the single biggest influence on the electric guitar.

I remember that day vividly when the heavens opened and the angels unfolded their wings to present me with my very own pick of destiny.

I was playing air guitar to purple haze and freaking out how Jimi wildly bent those strings and made the guitar make raunchy moans and cries, his fingers dancing from fret to fret like a man on fire.. The simplicity and rebelliousness of this Riff made me decide then and there what I wanted to be.


This is a live television performance of  Purple Haze “67. 

Jimi and the band were clearly loving life as touring musicians and these live performances were super tight and saturated in psychedelic fuzz, before overdrive was even a thing. The hybrid blues/ jazz chords are considered one of the blueprints of early Modern Rock guitar and is sweet riffing perfection.



 Moby Dick – Led Zeppelin II

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Known as ” the long song “, This is as bombastic as guitar riff’s get and is famous for Bonhams 20 minute animalistic thunderous drum solo.

This is basically a syncopated duel between Bonham and Page and one magnum opus of a jam session, with a hook and bad ass groove that can go on to infinity and never seem boring.

Pages string scratches and dual lead and rhythm playing are epic, as it cycles through, keeps you tightly in its grip then sends the listener on a hypnotic primal trip as Bonham cuts loose then comes back harder. John Bonham is pure caveman energy and Jimmy Page a slinky riff machine with no limits.


 War Pigs – Black Sabbath


 Search and Destroy – The Stooges

 Iron Man – Black Sabbath

 Break on Through – The Doors

 Schools out – Alice Cooper

 For Those About To Rock – AC/DC

 Love in An Elevator – Aerosmith

 Detroit Rock City – Kiss

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