The Best Guitar Riffs Ever Written (part 2)

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[@MusicisWin]

Make sure to watch Part 1 before you tell me what I left out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpK3g6pqfdx8Z8U Also, leave your suggestions for Part 3!

[@sicaurzica]

Take No Prisoners, Poison Was The Cure, Rust In Peace Polaris, Holy Wars

[@YTIsTakingOverMyLife]

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing!

[@RaatoHamse]

Music is Win Stryper - Soldiers under command, the way Dream Theater - In the presence of enemies I

[@owens7807]

New York city cops

[@virnalinebrida-sunga7748]

every AC DC RIFF EVER

[@sharjesm]

Part 3 better have Black Sabbath...just saying.

[@marcinmrozowski6703]

Agree. Dumbass!

[@johannesrunokangas4888]

Yup

[@pedrogutierrez3407]

And more Tom Morello

[@marshallcoomes2143]

fr

[@julianeichenberger4449]

And iron maiden

[@bipbipletucha]

Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd You Shook me All Night Long - AC/DC Layla - Derek and the Dominos Enter Sandman - Metallica

[@shreddykrueger2408]

Everyone bitching about their fav riffs not being on here i just enjoyed the quality content tyler posts

[@blakemorgner]

Dude yes! Been watching since 2017, hes a really solid musician. I think hes severly underrated.

[@potroast1794]

Tool - Scism SOAD - Chop Suey RHCP - Californication David Bowie - Man Who Sold The World Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box John Mayer - Neon Primus - Devil Went Down to Georgia

[@mlgwombat7487]

The riff for californication that you are thinking (I’m assuming) of is a bass riff

[@Deniz_1637]

MLG Wombat tool is a bassline too lol

[@jonlund5545]

Was alright until Mayer

[@DUHMAN199912]

What's wrong with Mayer?

[@jonlund5545]

@@DUHMAN199912 i love the dead but to hear him trying to channel Jerry and bobbing his head just doesn't sit right with me when Bobby could have picked 4 or 5 guitarist that know the music better and really play better than mayer but then again I'm not familiar with his solo work so I'm only bias about his dead and company gig

[@kalbot98]

Some suggetions for part 3: Black Night - Deep Purple Another bites the dust - Queen Alive - Pearl Jam Bring it on Home - Led Zeppelin Cocaine/ Layla- Eric Clapton Money for Nothing - Dire Straits Paint it Black - Rolling Stones Daytripper - The Beatles The man who sold the world - David Bowie Guns N’ Roses - Don’t Damm me Cream - Crossroads Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix Roadhouse Blues - The Doors Panama - Van Halen

[@pasdenom.9062]

+ basically anything from Maiden.

[@leonardgoines5711]

kalzinator98 SLIPKNOT ??

[@leonardgoines5711]

kalzinator98 maiden??

[@kalbot98]

Not a huge expert on both of them, so that's why i didn't include them.

[@leonardgoines5711]

Ok.

[@yuhyeeet7821]

You missed layla by eric clapton

[@benparsons4979]

*Derek and the Dominoes

[@johann413]

Ben Parsons Eric Clapton was part of Derek and the Dominos and wrote the song

[@paddyfalco8497]

Agreed, its the first one that comes to mind

[@funkybread7229]

needle and the spoon?

[@codythedoggo7671]

@@benparsons4979 he wrote the riff though

[@zemaneiro292]

Yes - Roundabout Metallica - Master of Puppets Mastodon - Blood and Thunder Tool - Vicarious King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man

[@DavidLunch123]

End of passion play Crumbling away I'm your source of self-destruction Veins that pump with fear Sucking darkeness clear Leading on your death's construction Taste me, you will see More is all you need Dedicated to How I'm killing you Come crawling faster (faster) Obey your master (master) Your life burns faster (faster) Obey your Master! Master! Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream Master! Master! Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream Master! Master! Needlework the way Never you betray Life of death becoming clearer Pain monopoly Ritual misery Chop your breakfast on a mirror Taste me you will see More is all you need Dedicated to How I'm killing you Come crawling faster (faster) Obey your master (master) Your life burns faster (faster) Obey your Master! Master! Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream Master! Master! Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream Master! Master! (Master, master) Master! Master! Where's the dreams that I've been after? Master! Master! Promised only lies Laughter! Laughter! All I hear or see is laughter Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries Fix me! Hell is worth all that Natural habitat Just a rhyme without a reason Never-ending maze Drift on numbered days Now your life is out of season I will occupy I will help you die I will run through you Now I rule you too Come crawling faster (faster) Obey your master (master) Your life burns faster (faster) Obey your master! Master! Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream Master! Master! Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream Master! Master! Muah-ha-ha Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

[@Rwl3x]

The final riff in Knights of Cydonia by Muse gives me the chills every time I hear it.

[@jensmartinkollerud6257]

SayRwlThreeTimes same!

[@tomhodgkinson7046]

I think he like PRS

[@boyscoutguitarist3921]

Just a, little? Lol I can't help but laugh while Wootton this reply

[@zw_ncfc]

He’s endorsed by them

[@jumbojet2172]

Money For Nothing

[@lilybrandes]

Absolutely should be here! Great song! :)

[@NokiGaming]

TOTALLY AGREED.

[@tuomassaloniemi5493]

Still waiting for this one

[@baileyweiss3297]

It's just the greatest Rock riff of all time

[@montarctica]

Best riff of all time.

[@paladin7284]

Pride and joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn

[@manny6403]

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Deep Purple - Highway Star AC/DC - Thunderstruck The Beatles - Come Together Pink Floyd - Time / Another Brick In The Wall Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady

[@boyscoutguitarist3921]

Heck ya to highway star but it should be specifically the infumas Ritchie Blackmore solo

[@manny6403]

@@boyscoutguitarist3921, ok. Demon's Eye?

[@gcar5214]

These are all the songs I can play 😂. I’m a pleasure at my local guitar shop. I can’t even play them well there cos I play on a 7/8 acoustic at home. Saving for a fender squire or a les Paul epiphone

[@ch1nmus1c16]

Time and another brick in the wall are amazing, but they don’t have lead guitar riffs

[@louiskerckhove8704]

Money for Nothing...

[@salvatorecaravella365]

Metallica: Enter Sandman, Seek and Destroy, Fuel, Sad But True Megadeth: symphony of destruction, peace sells, hangar 18 Slayer: Rain in Blood Anthrax: Madhouse Disturbed: Down with the Sickness, Stricken Black Sabbath: Iron Man, Paranoid, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Hole in the Sky Pantera: Cowboys from Hell, Mouth of War, Cemetery Gates, 5 Minutes Alone Machine Head: Davidian, Ten Ton Hammer, Halo Alice In Chains: Man in the Box, Them Bones, We Die Young, Again, Would? Queen: Tie Your Mother Down, Stone Cold Crazy, Fat Bottom Girls Breaking Benjamin: Polamorous, So Cold Finger Eleven: Paralyzer Sevendust: Praise Rage Against The Machine: Killing in the Name, Freedom, Sleep Now in Fire Ozzy Osbourne: Bark at the Moon Kansas: Carry on Wayward Son Bush: Machinehead Motley Crue: Girls Girls Girls, Wild Side Skid Row: 18 and Life, Slave to the Grind Poison: Nothin But A Good Time, Talk Dirty to Me Judas Priest: Breaking the Law, Living After Midnight Nickelback: Something in Your Mouth, Burn it to the Ground, Side of a Bullet Foo Fighters: Monkey Wrench, Everlong Three Days Grace: I Hate Everything About You, Animal I Have Become, Just Like You System of a Down: Aerials, Chop Suey

[@nikdesilva6403]

Avenged Sevenfold: Exist, Bat Country, Shepherd of Fire, Scream

[@nikdesilva6403]

Trivium: What the Dead Men Say, Strife Joe Satriani: Surfing with the Alien

[@scoutspr9469]

ACDC: Riff Raff, Thunderstruck, Whole Lotta Rosie, Rock and ROll ain't Noise Pollution

[@nikdesilva6403]

@@scoutspr9469 Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long

[@scoutspr9469]

@@nikdesilva6403 yes

[@DeepakM5898]

Not a single riff from Black Sabbath...!? I mean wtf..!

[@johnstefanidis4438]

No Iommi, No riffing. Period!

[@sotis1756]

Like iommi is the definition of riffs lol

[@rowyourboat7517]

Sorry he’s not gay...

[@general_tao]

Row Your Boat dafuq is wrong with you

[@codythedoggo7671]

@@rowyourboat7517 no but you are

[@rowyourboat7517]

Finally someone recognized ckys 96 as a legendary riff. Hats off

[@achievementbird2641]

Some suggestions This charming man - the smiths The trooper - iron maiden Cult of personality - living colour Du hast - Rammstein And pretty much anything from system of a down

[@Mary_1203_S]

OH YESSSS SYSTEM!! 🤘

[@substratic11213]

you could make a whole separate list for rammstein

[@LEVONGYUMISHYAN]

So ture

[@DatMetalBoi75]

I dig the inclusion of killswitch engage

[@Gibsonibanez4ever]

I was super stoked aswell. But i cried a little when he ended it on the wrong note.

[@moheuropeanassult]

I remember he had the beginning part of My Curse in the video about songs with 2 guitar parts.

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

should have been a different song though like my curse or something

[@TheGamers-mc7zz]

Waiting for part for almost 2 years!😉👍😂 Love you and your vids!!!!

[@jaimechen2517]

"Rock you like a hurricane" the scorpions

[@serolattm]

Last resort ... oh man the nostalgia ..

[@christianrios5976]

aaa bbb 😂😂 ik, it's a ripped off Genghis Khan riff

[@joaoviola2160]

1:56 liquid tension experiment!

[@cold_chili3356]

So many songs I love. This is an amazing list.

[@kapiteur]

I am so glad you included CKY! That has been one of my favourite riffs for years

[@teemulahtonen5448]

One does not simply play Show Me How to Live without doing the "Hmmmmmmmmm"

[@raffeftw]

Mr. Brownstone for part 3! Who's with me?

[@sionmeredith9466]

raffeftw I agree

[@elisa551]

YEAH !! And Rocket Queen !

[@general_tao]

\m/

[@DSleezy117]

Best GnR song

[@Cheffromeouthpark123]

Love it big gnr fan slashhhhhh😧 slashhhh

[@killear1]

Thank you for putting all these great riffs in 2 videos i could not find any videos like this

[@matthewbrooks1157]

Cky! Always love when their riffs pop up

[@mayolicious69]

Glad Juicebox got a mention! love that riff

[@scottwaszak698]

Ain't Talkin' Bout Love and Unchained are both pretty mandatory.

[@petervad]

wow! thank you! also, very grateful that you showed the amp effects you were using for each riff. cheers!

[@necrom4454]

This is an amazing video, the kind we rarely find, it's almost perfect! An amazing play, the name of the songs, and the amp settings! wow, that some thing I wish every guitar KZbinr did, giving that much information about the song, such as the tabs and the amp settings, as some of us get stuck trying to find the perfect tune to achieve the original sound... Thanks.

[@samvimes2821]

BLLLLAAAAAAACCCKK SAAAAAABBBBBBAAAATTTHHHH, absence of, disappointed by the

[@Epicc928]

Sam Vimes are you Yoda or something?

[@Swashbuckler9x]

QOTSA - Avon Is one of the simplest yet most effective riffs to get the crowd going. When it kicks in 28 seconds in. That buildup to it is amazing too.

[@jager9022]

Fuck yeah! Best band ever

[@skumpi74]

This whole thing made me so happy, especially the CKY mention.

[@Deevh5150]

So awesome giving CKY some light...super great riffs...great songs...every album is amazing

[@bojan9168]

Megadeth needs more distortion

[@zegmakker010]

Bojan Ilijevski what thinking te same

[@dcsdccsydc7272]

In the mix it sounds more distorted actually

[@orel1996]

Definitely

[@alevidal897]

It sounds thin and crappy

[@BLSBLS-um9tj]

Megadeth plays it in the 7th position starting on the low E string. He played it on the A string, which made it sound thinner or different.

[@cafra2]

The metal by tenacious D

[@gmandersonjr]

I like most of your selections. I appreciate your wide array of styles.

[@FabioPeruchi]

Tornado os Souls is the best one for me!! Thank you again for this part 2!! You rock!

[@nicholaschristopher7768]

Hell yeah my man

[@migdonalds]

No maiden?

[@runtwer5700]

This is one of the most blasphemous "riff lists" I have ever seen. One does not simply leave off Maiden

[@jamitiljander]

@@runtwer5700 he does

[@diogofonseca3161]

Muse has so many killer guitar riffs it deserves a video just for them

[@jadinwhite3126]

I love “I believe in a thing called love” by the darkness!!! It’s so fun to play on guitar 🎸

[@vagelisdiamandis7565]

Satch boogie tone was perfection..well done sir!!!

[@moparman2nd]

How about Raining Blood by Slayer? Iron Maiden's "The Trooper" would be a good choice as well. Dream Theater's "Constant Motion" would be a good choice as well. Cheesy as this might be, Metallica's "Enter Sandman". Let's toss in some 90's grunge to that list with Alice In Chains "Man in the box" and Soundgarden's "Outshined". I do belive your list is lacking some very classic rock as well. The Animals "House of the Rising Sun" would be an exellent choice, along with "Missippi Queen" by Mountian. One more final addition would probably be Dire Straits "Money for Nothing". Hell, just that list is one video, I think. Your choice is a tough one, man.

[@fretwizard04]

Preach!

[@HxghLxnder]

Jesus, where’s Def Leppard in all of these lists?

[@chuckbohart4562]

Carry on my wayward son

[@swedeecklund1933]

Awesome, thanks for this

[@2giantmonsters]

Good stuff man. Thanks.

[@NoelJames_]

'Hey Oh'....Tats a Beauty!!!!

[@bytrusted7797]

Jamie Jovi I dropped acid with someone and we became best friends, we listened to that song all night long haha, he will always have a place in my heart and that song reminds me of him

[@williamsm017]

Man in the box!!?

[@Trigger1992]

Yes! Finally some love for The Darkness, so underrated and always forgotten.

[@willeh1947]

4:05 Yes! When the drumbeat started I thought “Is he really going to do it?” And you did. Love some Satch.

[@juanmaravilla2297]

Where is part 3? Electric eye - Judas Priest Fear of the Dark/ Hallowed be thy name - Iron Maiden Children of the grave - Black Sabbath Any of Dream Theater Holy Diver/ Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath/ Dio No one like you - Scorpions Layla - Eric Clapton Burn - Deep Purple Hold the Line - Toto Supersonic - Oasis Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith

[@ingamarsiegruhn9101]

Don't forget enter sandman my brother

[@yboy898]

Stargazer - Rainbow Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow

[@hibernian797]

I like that you mentioned oasis. Great riff

[@nsmith5026]

Perhaps “Daytripper” by The Beatles? Or Rush “Spirit of Radio”. That song is basically one giant riff.

[@revman417]

You certainly rock dude....great playing.

[@udubnate]

Really excellent playing sir

[@miltonandresherrerahiguera3458]

Here are my suggestions: Crownless-Nightwish Ephemeral-Insomnuim Wings of a Butterfly-HIM To live is to die -Metallica The bard's song-Blind guardina Good video man :3

[@cold_chili3356]

Wow, I was happily surprised to see 96 Quite Bitter Beings on this list. Classic song from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.

[@fiatanhaque5885]

Dire Straits- Sultans of Swing, Romeo and Juliet, Money for nothing. I can't believe that there's not a single Dire Straits riff in both of your videos!! They should be included in part 3.

[@billymcmonagle949]

Quality video, some red hot playing superb

[@DisconnectDG]

Hallowed Be Thy Name/The Trooper Master of Puppets Hold the Line Money for Nothing

[@dipsanchhetri720]

Whole lotta love Immiegrant song Kashmir Rock n roll

[@Dan-zq5wt]

These riffs are so f’n cool

[@Metaldad87]

Props on throwing slither in though haven't listened to that in a minute, great song.

[@DylTyrril]

I'm happy to see CKY represented. They are one of the most underrated hard rock / metal groups out there. Not a fan of the more recent stuff but the first three albums are solid.

[@gijsklaassen8851]

Plug in baby by Muse

[@garrettnorthrup]

Gijs Klaassen Exactly what I was thinking!

[@polarchill7292]

To be fair, Muse has way too many good riffs if the video is gonna limit it to one riff per band

[@cptkinkshame]

what fucks me up is that he chose psycho over plug in baby in the last video.

[@ernestogayoso7677]

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

[@thezestychunk5575]

Oh that satch boogie tho👌 perfect!

[@joshuaeg5629]

If you ever gonna make a part 3 You should play couldn't stand the weather by stevie ray Vaughan... And cold shot, always by stevie ray

[@Mar3K1996]

was suprised to see cky riff here, its not as popular as the rest mentioned

[@vincent9596]

Yeah but dressed in decay would is also a good one.

[@Mparker394]

Yeah. Pretty cool seeing it in here. Haven’t thought about that band in years!

[@Miami-jt2jp]

So glad you included CKY!

[@Omgoldrakanthiled]

I like these videos because they give me a lot of ideas for songs to learn and add to my guitarsenal

[@sebastianelytron8450]

HASH PIPE?!?!?! Best guitar riffs ever written?!?!?!?! Weezer themselves would die laughing.

[@terrytreger7152]

Sebastian Elytron Well Say it ain’t so would deserve this list-Hash Pipe is ass

[@aleksasakic5299]

Sebastian Elytron Hash pipe is a good riff but when you hear the full song it’s ruined by the rest of the song witch is terrible

[@franklingauthier-parker7253]

Yeah I'm a Weezer fan and I've never liked Hash Pipe, certainly didn't think the riff was anything worth mentioning.

[@andrewt369]

As an insane Weezer fan, Hash Pipe could totally be replaced by way better riffs. Say It Ain't So would be so much better. It's more iconic and memorable.

[@NeivGabay]

GorillaJones or buddy holly, el scorcho, undone, really they tons of amazing riffs but he choose hash pipe

[@jacksonpayne3477]

Echoes- Pink Floyd

[@michaelsuder3217]

Jackson Payne Echoes is too complex unless you are talking about the middle part which has a funk sound to it

[@mannycalavera5451]

Man i love you for putting 96 quite bitter beings here

[@alexandrosntousias1496]

Awesome list and great choices! My personal favorite riff of all time has to be “Don’t fear the reaper” by Blue Oyster Club!

[@cameronnorton5898]

"Dirt" - Alice in Chains.

[@LomSor23]

Battery main riff, Metallica No More Tears main riff, Ozzy Osbourne

[@DeadPoolTheMan11]

Charly Lomelí that's a good list right there

[@LomSor23]

Alexi Caron 🤘🤘

[@koreyseeba3835]

How Tim Reynolds never gets mentioned on your channel is a massive disservice to the guitar world. Arguably the best living guitar wizard alive today, especially on a acoustic guitar.

[@billymcmonagle949]

You are one tasty guitarist, brilliant from first till last really enjoyed, fantastic

[@HamidShibataBennett]

So, that's why you were figuring out Satch the other day..... sounding great!

[@TheVirginianRambler]

Hamid Shibata Bennett i need to learn satch boogie, but i have to worrry about the band im in rn more importantly. Ill find the time one day

[@HamidShibataBennett]

Finding one's own musical voice is far more important than covers, in my humble opinion. Happy playing!

[@Highwaystar240]

No Deep Purple? How can it be?

[@akashgodbole9387]

David Topchiev does he say that for real??!! In what video? What an asshole. Blackmore is a legend

[@wiggy009]

He never said he hated Blackmore he just disagreed with something that he said

[@evanstrachan9996]

Akash Godbole hes an asshole because he has an opinion... are you sure its not you that is an asshole?

[@lussacmomin6178]

Greatest riff ever made seriously close to endless

[@c_sparks_1002]

Dude the grain on the fingerboard on your strat is like insane

[@MrDoublebassdrum]

Megadeth - blackmail the universe Lamb of god - vigil The white stripes - icky thump Pantera - the great southern trendkill RATM - know your enemy

[@whygodwhy7471]

Pantera- this Love💖

[@whygodwhy7471]

Andrew Levister ANYTHING PANTERA LMAO

[@jojozahau]

Every pantera songs

[@timmyturner5864]

I was actually asking how you got all those amazing guitar tones. Thanks my man

[@GabrielTheGuitarist]

Nice to see cKy for once on these kinda list. Their riffs are incredible.

[@leodouble3922]

Yes finally some Muse and Radiohead, glad you've read comments from the first video ;)

[@ggdk2865]

Muse was in the first video too ☺

[@fernandosilva6295]

Now add Plug in Baby, New Born or Crying Shame for the next one. My god there are so many great options just for muse riffs

[@Anno023]

And Fillip, Citizen Erased, Yes Please, Map of the Problamatique and Glorious

[@jamesonroar4721]

Was really glad to see CKY on here!

[@axlshanebargamento9976]

Told ya guys theres a part 2, cant wait for part 3

[@bajla99]

Never heard a switch from Killswitch to RHCP before :D

[@rickeard5202]

Circire by Ghost B.C.?

[@andrewmatonak4695]

Honestly good guitar riffs over the years are not hard to come by, this list could easily be a thousand riffs long. All the different styles of music, generations, evolutions of guitar theory, and musicians that have written and played riffs. Very fun to watch though. :)

[@Zeus-nu2he]

This was far better than part 1

[@saucegodd5714]

The fall of troy-mouths like sidewinder missiles

[@zacm4743]

SO MUCH YES

[@davidvironet6344]

Funny, not a single riff from the guitarist known as the riffmaster.

[@nightraven5760]

Who?

[@kinjaldas225]

@@nightraven5760 Toni iommi

[@davidvironet6344]

@@nightraven5760 Steve clark

[@nightraven5760]

@@davidvironet6344 who?

[@davidvironet6344]

@@nightraven5760 pull your head out of your ass and look it up.

[@tommulder5251]

Wow that's a lot of yrs of fun and the gear was good. You're a one man band.

[@whatever_it_takes_]

Rhcp's snow is brilliant. Maybe the best clean tone riff ever existed