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Atavachron 
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 Posted: September 11 2007 at 21:06 |
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Page takes the cake but special mention to Randy Rhoads, Hendrix, and the Young Bros.
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Atavachron
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Posted: September 11 2007 at 21:08 |
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The problem with calling Page the riff master is that he, uh, "borrowed" a lot of his riffs from other artists. |
so did most guitarists in heavy blues/rock, Sas, you know that-- and if you wanna talk about 'lifting riffs', who has been more borrowed from than Page?
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Snipergoat
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Posted: September 22 2007 at 10:09 |
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Tony Iommi
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Raff
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Posted: September 22 2007 at 10:16 |
Page, Blackmore and Iommi - I always go with the classics! 
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andu
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Posted: September 22 2007 at 10:21 |
How 'bout some John Paul Jones? 
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Zitro
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Posted: September 22 2007 at 22:46 |
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Jimmy Page
Other worthy mentions:
_Richie Blackmore
_The 2 guys from Opeth
_maybe the guy from Symphony X ? Great riffs.
_A bunch of prog (especially prog metal) bands
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debrewguy
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Posted: September 24 2007 at 20:08 |
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Hey, a big shout out for Willie Dixon (zep's treasure trove), Beethoven (Prog metal's first hero), and ... Bob Ezrin.
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Time Signature
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Posted: September 25 2007 at 16:30 |
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I have to go with Tony Iommi, because as Ronnie James Dio once put it "there's no-one like him".
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jikai55
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Posted: September 25 2007 at 21:48 |
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I can't believe no one said them yet...Iron Maiden! Adrian Smith / Dave Murray / Janick Gers
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I like cheese and I like metal! --Mikael Åkerfeldt
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debrewguy
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Posted: September 26 2007 at 20:06 |
Time Signature wrote:
I have to go with Tony Iommi, because as Ronnie James Dio once put it "there's no-one like him". |
You mean mustachioed, ex-bouncers with cut off fingertips ? 
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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debrewguy
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Posted: September 26 2007 at 20:08 |
jikai55 wrote:
I can't believe no one said them yet...Iron Maiden! Adrian Smith / Dave Murray / Janick Gers |
You may want to check the writing credits - Steve Harris is responsible for most of Maiden's songs ...
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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reality
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Posted: November 06 2007 at 02:18 |
debrewguy wrote:
jikai55 wrote:
I can't believe no one said them yet...Iron Maiden! Adrian Smith / Dave Murray / Janick Gers |
You may want to check the writing credits - Steve Harris is responsible for most of Maiden's songs ... |
Who cares Up the Irons!!! Nobody does the gallop riff like the Maiden!
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Atavachron
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Posted: November 06 2007 at 02:22 |
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anyone mention Marty Barre?
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Raff
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Posted: November 06 2007 at 02:29 |
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jimmy_row
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Posted: November 06 2007 at 11:36 |
^^I would part ol' Marty right up with the Blackmore's, Iommi's, and Tipton/Downing....the only problem is, being in a prog-rock band moving away from blues, he got less and less oppuntunities.
New Day Yesterday and To Cry You a Song are two of my favorite riffs ever.
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Signature Writers Guild on strike
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The Doctor
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Posted: November 06 2007 at 11:45 |
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I think Brian May should get mention here.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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sean
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Posted: November 15 2007 at 20:52 |
reality wrote:
debrewguy wrote:
jikai55 wrote:
I can't believe no one said them yet...Iron Maiden! Adrian Smith / Dave Murray / Janick Gers |
You may want to check the writing credits - Steve Harris is responsible for most of Maiden's songs ... |
Who cares Up the Irons!!! Nobody does the gallop riff like the Maiden! |
glad someone finally mentioned iron maiden. there's also a somewhat obscure band from sweden called machinae supremacy that i think has some really great riffs.
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Dim
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Posted: November 15 2007 at 20:54 |
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Ome of those drop D metal riffs are really good, suprising considereing how easy it is to make a very bland riff.
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King Crimson776
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Posted: November 15 2007 at 20:57 |
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Tom Morello; almost every Rage and Audioslave song has an epic riff (Killing in the Name, Bulls on Parade, Cochise, Show Me How to Live)
Neal Morse: Spock's Beard and Transatlantic have great melodies, but I also think that their riffs are awesome (Go the Way You Go, In the Mouth of Madness, All of the Above (and all their other epics) have about a hundred great riffs each, Mystery Train)
Steven Wilson: PT have some supercatchy riffs as well (Even Less, Piano Lessons, Blackest Eyes, Shallow)
Edited by King Crimson776 - November 15 2007 at 21:08
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ProgBagel
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Posted: November 26 2007 at 16:31 |
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Micheal Romeo of Symphony X...every riff is a complete killer.
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