42 Eighties Metal Guitar Riffs Back To Back!

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As a way of wrapping up and putting a bow on my month long series "30 Eighties Metal Riffs In 30 Days" I thought it would be cool to line them all up and let you see each riff in the order it appeared during the series, and without any chit chat in between.
So there are no teaching explanations or TAB here, if you want those go find the riff you are looking for in the series playlist and you'll be in business. Another thing to know is that there ended up being 42 riffs in 30 days because I squeezed in 13 riffs on day 30...because that's how I roll :-)
Bands/artists covered include Ratt, Tesla, Stryper, Kingdom Come, Dokken, Yngwie, Savatage, Metal Church, Leatherwolf, Queensryche, Accept, WASP, LA Guns, Lillian Axe, Lizzy Borden, Saxon, Dio, Alcatrazz, Gary Moore, Motley Crue, Blue Murder, Whitesnake, Scorpions, Def Leppard, King Diamond, Cinderella, Dangerous Toys, MSG, XYZ, Crimson Glory, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Loudness, Y&T, Ozzy, Racer X, White Lion, TNT, Skid Row, Winger, Alice Cooper and Babylon AD!
So, sit back and enjoy 42 riffs in a row of glorious metal from the 80's.
Rock On!

[@sirroxalot]

"Lay it down" is STILL one of the greatest riffs ever written. I mean, it just never gets old.

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Agreed!

[@claudedisnard862]

Awesome riffs Nick, it's so good, awesome job man, take care, rock on 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@ericirwin4901]

Man, the tone on every song is spot on. And awesome playing. Brings back a lot of memories hearing all these. 🤘

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jasoncherry4221]

awsome selection of riffs and well played,,todays music isnt nowhere near this good

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thank you!

[@horestra]

I guess people of the 50s said the same thing of 80s music. Sports and music tastes is something you Acquire is your teenager/early adulthood years.

[@DavE-FM545]

We have to continue, or it will die...long live Rock and Roll

[@stanclips8227]

@@horestramaybe so. But in terms of how objectively complex mainstream music is today, there absolutely no comparison.

[@stevencoe7194]

Man that brought back memories. There is great metal today still being written. But nothing, nothing will ever have the chunky heavy riffs of the 80s. Wish I hadn't grown old. 🤟

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

🤘

[@Juampi536]

I always loved the 80's more than any other time, i think it was the best era for heavy metal. I loved the selection of songs that you did. Awesome video.

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@davidalejandrotabachnik1780]

Thanks for the summary. Somehow I had overlooked the Lillian Axe riff, one of my favorite songs by them. This is like a whole candy store of riffs 😊🎸🤘

[@WilliardScorpion]

Fabulous list wonderfully played, man!!! Congrats❤!!! You're the guy!!!

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!!

[@MD71061]

Took me back to my 20’s mate. Great stuff 🤘

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@LuisLondonG]

Love this video Nick !

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

That Carvin is BEAUTIFUL! I just sold off my Custom Shop Ultra V. A dude in New Zealand came VERY close to my ridiculous asking price. "Easy come, Easy go". Great set of videos man! Between you and Ben Eller I have learned SO much! Sincerely appreciate it!🤘

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Awesome, yeah I love that Carvin too! Uncle Ben is great, thanks for checking out my stuff as well. 🤘

[@ericmccarty6790]

Nice job so effortless great sound,do more keep them coming

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks, more coming soon!

[@msavage77]

Wow, just awesome, Lillian axe, tnt, winger, and so much more awesome riffs. You rock 🤘🏻

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@synthvault]

Killer playing and great taste in the songs chosen 🤘

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thank you! 🤘

[@wangdangle73]

Absolutely love this I'm sitting here like a kid amazed by you playing every song I had on cassette

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@DavE-FM545]

Dude, just made my top ten 👍🇺🇲

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Fantastic! Thank you.

[@MirkoReaper]

Nice selection and very smooth playing dude!...new subscriber here 🤘

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks! Welcome 🤘

[@o.m.e.g.a.s.i.s2519]

I thoroughly enjoyed your music choice for riffs...well done ✅

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks man!

[@o.m.e.g.a.s.i.s2519]

@@NickLaytonGuitar your welcome!

[@servantoyea9272]

I think this is the coolest video i have ever seen

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@servantoyea9272]

Thank you. Im thinking hot rod blues and your 80s course is in my future Lord willing

[@erdiyunel]

Awesome riffs

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@horestra]

Freaking awesome curated list of licks.

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@donaldlemieux]

my favorite subscription on youtube. marvelous player

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks! That means a lot!

[@Ibaneddie76]

Badass playing big dog, was cracking up when I realized the Camaro Strat says Chubtone on the headstock, that shit is awesome! You rip dude love the channel!

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@TomEGuitar]

Great Work Man.🤘💫💥 Many Greetings from Bavaria,Germany

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@sierraridgereaper]

Dam brother, you make it look so easy. That was a bad ass 30 day selection of killer riffs... 😉

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks bro! 🤘

[@thatclassicrockguy9268]

Awesome content 🤘 learnt mean streak From you while making a video earlier!

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Great to hear that, thanks! 🤘

[@sergiodambrosio363]

What a nice collection of awesome guitar riffs, one after another after another! 😄 ... Awesome! Good job! ...and, I know that I have already written this in my yesterday's comment, but I cannot avoid to repeat it: what a guitar tone! Great! ...and the part of Jason's comment regarding today's music is sad but true, sadly... Of course, there could be still something good... But nothing compared to those (distant ☹️) times! I hope that some young guitarists will try to learn from this video and discover those great bands! ...so thank you for your very good work! Keep the Fire burning! 🔥 Greetings from Italy!

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks again Sergio!

[@daitallica6467]

Wow, I think you're the first person I've seen play anything other than technical difficulties by Racer X, big respect!

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@daitallica6467]

@@NickLaytonGuitar you're welcome, got any more racer x to come out of the lick back? Snakebite ? Y.R.O ? Heart of A Lion? Bucket of Rocks?

[@dennisd5395]

Sic. Great riffing. Never heard of the Kingdom Come riff. Killer. Using this video I can make my own riffs. Thx bra.

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Awesome, thx!

[@emelya0066]

Awesome!That is what l wanted!Special thanks for Accept, man!!

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thank you! Love Accept…

[@bienvenidovelasco6834]

Love this

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@synthinator375]

Flawless ! 🤘😎

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@ptitdal]

Ratt is so nice ! I love time to surrender of winger ! You have a really nice tone btw ... sound really like 80's

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@loveguitars]

Love it!!👍🤘😎💗

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

thx!

[@roynations4067]

Just saw this video and it took me back to my practice days in the bedroom😅 before my Tripple X band days. You chop wood pretty good there Axe slinger. God bless🙏❤🙏

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Awesome, thx man!

[@MrSatanislav]

All my fav riffs. What a coincidence? You even know Lillian Axe, Blue Murder, Babylon A.D, Dangerous Toys, Leatherwolf and stuff. Very good. The tone is perfect for 80s riffs. I enjoyed it a lot! Special thanx for White Lion! Though I wish you'd include some Fifth Angel, House of Lords, Firehouse, Danger Danger, Warrant, Extreme, Poison, Mr Big (ah well you have Racer X), Sleeze Beez, Faster Pussycat, Kix, Trixter, Shotgun Messiah, Signal, Giant, Blue Tears.

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Awesome, thanks!

[@Wheresthepepsibismol]

I remember Y&T mean streak from Nascar 2000 to bad that game disc was scratched because it's an excellent game with a great soundtrack from blues traveler.

[@jeffgossett416]

Great video, you sound great!!! I've been working on Dokken - in my dreams and tooth and nail. I'm a lefty too

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thank you, lefties unite!

[@RICCARDOREARDON]

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE VIDEO.. ESPECIALLY LOVE THE "SAVATAGE" T-SHIRT..

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@UserUser-qt7mb]

Just excellent...out of this world....damn we have great songs and riffs in the 80's....WHAT BRAND IS THE WHITE GUITAR WITH THE BLUE STRIPES ???

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks! The guitar is from a company out of Southern California called Chubtone. Look em up!

[@seanmiller7889]

You are my Rock N Roll Hero! \m/

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks 🙂

[@gumzinator]

Half an hour of pure enjoyment.

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Awesome, thanks for watching!

[@rich6244]

Nick, thanks....you help me so much...awesome....also, finally a guy who loves Y&T....my boys....

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thank you for watching!

[@superweevel]

Awesome riffs Nick, What model Charvel is that ? Sounds great also.

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

The black Charvel is a So Cal Pro Mod

[@ZeNeonKnight]

Great video! How do you like that Chubtone? Love the designs they release.

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Love it! I need another one 🙂

[@spaceavenger54]

Nice choice of riffs Nick! If I could pick just 2 ,say lesser known riffs, I would of liked to hear Accepts midnight mover, and Riots Flight of the warrior. Awesome playing by the way, ticks me off I can't play that dam first riff in modern day cowboy. Ugh! Lol

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Great, thanks!

[@lswang298]

I love this video!!!!!Love all the bands!!!all the riffs!!!and your subscribe is 5150 hah!!

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Haha, awesome thanks!

[@ligamentpull1]

Awesome performance to such an abundant catalog of iconic riffs. Who are some of your favorite players?

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks! I like a lot of players-from the usual suspects of VH, Rhoads, Malmsteen and Lynch to Michael Schenker, Vinnie Moore, John Sykes and Eric Gales…and many more! 🙂

[@stevenrobinson2591]

Fabulous

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thx!

[@Jettblack98]

Great video. Very clean playing. I tend to play with a lot of distortion and high trouble, but your sound sounds awesome. What do you usually have your settings at? Do you use overdrive pedal in addition to the distortion that's on the amp itself?

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Hi, thanks for watching. I actually don’t use a ton of gain, helps keep the signal cleaner. I’ll usually set my amp to a moderate level of gain, AC/DC ish and then hit it with a boost pedal or something like a Boss SD-1 to bring me into hard rock and metal territory, but even then the amount of gain I’m using is not overboard. I can still hear all the notes of my chords for example. I also don’t like a super treble heavy sound, so I’ll boost mids instead and keep the treble about half way up. Hope that helps!

[@Jettblack98]

@@NickLaytonGuitar yeah actually it does. I'll have to try those settings. Great playing and great channel.

[@guitargirlutube]

Amazing playing and curation! May I ask how you get your 80s guitar tone? Is that a Helix effects unit you have? Thanks )

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks! Back then I was using the HeadRush board.

[@charlesfitzgerald3201]

First time here , killer riffs and playing ,, are you just using the head rush pedalboard , I think it’s called ,, sounds badass

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks and welcome! Yeah, I think I was using the HeadRush on those riffs.

[@ferviel68]

Bestial🎸

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

🤘

[@andreainnocenti3587]

Great

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thx!

[@crxer89able]

Fantastic! Where could a guy find some racing stripes like that?

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks! I got my guitar from a company called Chubtone. Look em up!

[@karejo89]

Отличные риффы! Настоящая мужская музыка! \m/

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

🤘

[@PeterMossUkulele]

Awesome playing. The backing is also top notch. Do you record your own backing? - Can tracks be purchased?

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Yes I make my own backing tracks. A lot of my older lessons, especially solos, have backing tracks you can download. For the newer stuff I’ve started to include backing for riffs and solos over on my Patreon page. I might go back through some of the older riff lesson and make some backing tracks for those too on Patreon. Check it out, it’s only $5 a month.

[@PeterMossUkulele]

@@NickLaytonGuitar Fabulous 😊

[@robyheavyguitar]

GREAT ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 😍👋

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@robyheavyguitar]

@@NickLaytonGuitar 👀🤩👋👋🎸

[@Juampi536]

Hi Nick, hey what's the song in the background in the intro of the video??

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

"Ice Wizard" from the first FireWolfe album.

[@Juampi536]

@@NickLaytonGuitar thanks!

[@Jem7sk]

🤘

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

🤘

[@hokey8738]

I was expecting at least 1 poison riff

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

I’ll do some Poison riffs soon.

[@SepiaChild]

RATT Scorpions Great White

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

🤘🙂🤘

[@christineblack4654]

why even do this with no tabs? we want to learn new chords and licks we need tabs. we have are own albums we can listen to you know. were are the real teachers who put tabs on screen so we a least pick up our guitars and play along. I dont care what you can do by showing off really, there are concerts on youtube for that. you want views? put tabs on screen, you will get millions of views.

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

If you would have read the description in the video you would know that all of these riffs have separate videos WITH TAB. But you were too lazy to read that the video was simply a celebration of all the videos I had done for 30 days straight so people could watch it and be inspired. Not that your comment deserves an answer, but that is why I did this video…if you want the TAB for each look them up on my channel…I even created a freaking playlist for them. Unbelievable!