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Zargus 
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Tony Iommi, Dave Mustain, Dave Wyndorf.
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Asyte2c00
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Ritchie Blackmore
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SolariS
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 20:52 |
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lol. when i clicked this i thought you were talking about a program that automatically creates riffs.
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Sasquamo
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 19:43 |
The problem with calling Page the riff master is that he, uh, "borrowed" a lot of his riffs from other artists. 
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Marcos
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Posted: February 19 2007 at 13:40 |
Blackmore, and friends... 
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www.postmortemweb.com.ar
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progismylife
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 14:09 |
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Alex Lifeson.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 14:47 |
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Awesome riff play that immediately comes to my mind: Alex Lifeson in YYZ, Robby Krieger in Peace Frog, Jimmy Page in Whole Lotta Love ....
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Chus
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 20:36 |
 SolariS wrote:
lol. when i clicked this i thought you were talking about a program that automatically creates riffs.
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Yeah... like Cubase or Cakewalk 
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Jesus Gabriel
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Passionist
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Posted: February 24 2007 at 03:05 |
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what about Eddie Van Halen and John Sykes? Both have made some of the most known riffs ever.
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Atavachron
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Posted: February 24 2007 at 03:23 |
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I agree with the Young Brothers, and of course Jimmy Page, who stole everything he ever played in the most wonderful way. Eddie VH was also great not just for standard riffery ('Aint Talking Bout Love', 'Meanstreet', etc.) but for his special pyrotechnics as in 'Eruption', the Fair Warning intro, 'Cathedral'.
But I would add a trailblazer who picked up where Page left-off, made Eddie VH seem simplistic and McLaughlin old fashioned, and practically invented modern metal guitar riffery... Randy Rhoads.
Edited by Atavachron - February 24 2007 at 03:24
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magnus
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Posted: March 06 2007 at 16:44 |
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James Hetfield.
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The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes
Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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el böthy
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 23:49 |
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When you open the dictonary in order to find the meaning of riff, there is a photo of Jimmy Page...
Page is da man! Heartbreaker, Whole lotta love, Lemmon song, Living lovin maid, Inmigrant song, No Quarter...bla bla bla bla...so many!!!!!!!!!
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Hacketeer
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 15:35 |
Ritchie Blackmore & Tony Iommi, the uberlords of riffery.
The link to the Page article was fascinating. I always had him pegged as a poor Muddy Waters clone. Now I know his thievery has no bounds!
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"Just keep me nose clean, egg, chips & beans, I'm always full of steam"
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Slayertplsko
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Posted: July 23 2007 at 17:00 |
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Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Iommi
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queenlerxst
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Posted: July 23 2007 at 17:04 |
progismylife wrote:
Alex Lifeson. |
Funny, one of the reasons I like him so much is that he's not really a "riff" person.
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Easy Money
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Posted: September 11 2007 at 20:25 |
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Ritchie Blackmore, James Hetfield and AC/DC. Where's the lightning bolt on this damn keyboard!!!
Edited by Easy Money - September 11 2007 at 20:46
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Hirgwath
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Posted: September 11 2007 at 20:29 |
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Charlie Parker?
(Ever heard a little number called "Thrivin' From a Riff"?)
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Skwisgaar Skwigelf: taller than a tree.
Toki Wartooth: not a bumblebee.
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mrcozdude
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Posted: September 11 2007 at 20:34 |
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iommi,page,blackmore,angus young,joe perry,paul kossof (dunno how to spell it),brain may,slash i gues
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sircosick
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Posted: September 11 2007 at 20:56 |
el böthy wrote:
When you open the dictonary in order to find the meaning of riff, there is a photo of Jimmy Page...
Page is da man! Heartbreaker, Whole lotta love, Lemmon song, Living lovin maid, Inmigrant song, No Quarter...bla bla bla bla...so many!!!!!!!!!
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And not just that: listen to The Song Remains The Same. How many riffs did Jimmy create in improvs of songs like No quarter, Stairway to Heaven, among others? Undoubtely, he's the man.
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The best you can is good enough...
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The T
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Posted: September 11 2007 at 20:59 |
Great thread...
I guess metal and hard rock dominates this field... LZ is good, Blackmore is a master, but Iommi is one of the best... Also, for really dark, satanic riffs, ask Jeff Hanneman; for interesting, HEAVy riffs, ask Hetfield; but one of the true masters of the metallic riff: the underrated (+) Dimebag Darrelll...
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