# Your Favourite {But Lesser-Known} Riffs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810 "2015-12-18T23:21:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/21 "2015-12-20T01:18:56Z")
[Truckfighters, Desert Cruiser.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLMPA4xPFpg) Perfect fuzzed out drawling stoner-metal riff. And [Baroness, Take My Bones Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V0N1x675FQB). Just a monster metal riff, try and play it and your hands will fall off. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/22 "2015-12-20T01:30:55Z")
And [Mastodon, Cut You Up With A Linoleum Knife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V0N1x675FQ) just because it might be the most metal thing ever recorded. And that Eskimo Pie can really shred. DON’T LIKE IT? WALK OUT! WE STILL HAVE ALL YOUR FUCKING MONEY! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/23 "2015-12-20T02:06:09Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > And [Mastodon, Cut You Up With A Linoleum Knife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V0N1x675FQ) just because it might be the most metal thing ever recorded. And that Eskimo Pie can really shred. > > DON’T LIKE IT? WALK OUT! > WE STILL HAVE ALL YOUR FUCKING MONEY! I think you wanted [this link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53s13hXBX8w), although that Baroness riff was worth hearing more than once. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/24 "2015-12-20T03:25:09Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I think you wanted [this link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53s13hXBX8w), although that Baroness riff was worth hearing more than once. 🙂 D’oh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/25 "2015-12-20T20:09:42Z")
Hamza el Din, [The Spirits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=717p53ld0N4). I recall my hip New York uncle introducing my cousin to this LP – the cousin played bass in a California metal band, and I think he dug it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/26 "2015-12-20T20:37:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > So many to choose from. I’ll put [On a Rope](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=777kGx7-qLw) by Rocket From the Crypt. Sounds a lot kike Billy Squier’s [Everyobody Wants You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU7vXN-2j3A) – a terrific riff, too. In that vein, I’ll offer Alejandra Guzman’s [Toda La Mitad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOK3bY6Vyg). Guzman was a 1990s Mexican hard-rockin’, ball-bustin’ broad, sort of in the style of Melissa Etheridge. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/27 "2015-12-20T20:46:29Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > …And [Baroness, Take My Bones Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V0N1x675FQB). Just a monster metal riff, try and play it and your hands will fall off. You’ll like Atomic Bitchwax, [So Come On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlX0Q9vSDbY). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/28 "2015-12-20T21:42:34Z")
Kak “[HCO 97658](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnmXD9p_eZI)” and “[Electric Sailor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHHhtWQanA&list=RDCsHHhtWQanA#t=21)” Spirit “[Morning Will Come](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0fvd5YLQh0)” or “[I Got a Line on You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en55_U3sKAM)” ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/29 "2015-12-20T22:34:43Z")
The first one that came to my mind was the **Quicksilver Messenger Service’s version of Bo Diddley’s Mona**. Heck, the riff is the first couple minutes of the song in this version! Here are both QMS’s and Bo’s for your delectation. [http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv2e3pmfF0k&list=PLtg6QhGBQvmci4TXv5Npj45sWiqfOaB8o](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv2e3pmfF0k&list=PLtg6QhGBQvmci4TXv5Npj45sWiqfOaB8o) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/luMQUzJzZLQ/hqdefault.jpg "bo diddley - mona") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luMQUzJzZLQ) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/30 "2015-12-21T00:18:42Z")
[“Born to Lose”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUWF0rFEdpg) by Black Sabbath, from the oft-overlooked album _The Eternal Idol_ with Tony Martin. [“Pleasures of the Flesh”,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYJkXzv21Q) thrashiest of the thrash metal by Exodus. [“Stone Dead Forever”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqKOFavXE8) by Motorhead, awesome Lemmy bass groove. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/31 "2015-12-21T01:11:37Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > You’ll like Atomic Bitchwax, [So Come On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlX0Q9vSDbY). Sir, I shall see your Atomic Bitchwax and raise you a [Motherfucker From Hell.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E1ptItaRR4) Especially from about 2 and a half minutes in when the second guitar solo kicks off. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/32 "2015-12-21T02:30:16Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Sir, I shall see your Atomic Bitchwax and raise you a [Motherfucker From Hell.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E1ptItaRR4) Especially from about 2 and a half minutes in when the second guitar solo kicks off. Shit the fuck yeah! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/33 "2015-12-21T02:47:01Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > The first one that came to my mind was the **Quicksilver Messenger Service’s version of Bo Diddley’s Mona** [Fixed link.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLtg6QhGBQvmci4TXv5Npj45sWiqfOaB8o&v=Vv2e3pmfF0k) Bo only needs one chord to be amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/34 "2015-12-21T03:20:39Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Shit the fuck yeah! ������ That whole first Datsuns album is killer. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/35 "2015-12-21T06:34:43Z")
[Jello Biafra wth D.O.A. - Full Metal Jackoff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMP0FEz51U) - punk [400 Blows - The Root Of Our Nature](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct9hyQ4mt5A) - punk [The Gates Of Slumber - Ice Worm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR8-tkLOOVg) - doom [Orchid - Black Funeral](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fivHyZTi7z8) - doom [Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GrwsO2fjfc) - DOOM! [Throwdown - Burn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fninRnmVRHw) - metalcore [Hatebreed - Destroy Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBwgX8yBqsw) - metalcore [Opal - Rocket Machine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sLWeAUDBvI) - T-Rex style psychedelic glam rock [Supreme Beings of Leisure - Strangelove Addiction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8_B9jZg4Xo) (long intro; main riff starts at about [1:03](https://youtu.be/b8_B9jZg4Xo?t=1m3s)) - space age bachelor pad lounge rock a rock bass riff that I can’t get enough of: [The Icarus Line - Up Against The Wall Motherfuckers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhGKxXEtXYU) - Stooges style punk rock ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/36 "2015-12-21T14:29:39Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Sir, I shall see your Atomic Bitchwax and raise you a [Motherfucker From Hell.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E1ptItaRR4) Especially from about 2 and a half minutes in when the second guitar solo kicks off. That is great stuff! I will see that and toss in **Supagroup, Ready to Go** - AC/DC meets Buckcherry. Awfully misogynistic lyrics, but so it goes with Big Dumb Rock. **Bo** I will check yours out. I think you know I have recommended Supreme Beings of Leisure in a few threads - good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/37 "2015-12-21T14:41:21Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCdMG1kbxU) to Supagroup - sorry about that! ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/38 "2015-12-21T14:43:34Z")
Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride 3:05 - 3:45 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q0JrV86EKCs/hqdefault.jpg "Mountain. Nantucket Sleighride") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0JrV86EKCs) ---
**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/39 "2015-12-21T15:08:45Z")
When the electric guitar kicks in after the opening solo piano in _Call Me When You’re Sober_ by Evanescence [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_RrA-R5VHQs/maxresdefault.jpg "Evanescence - Call Me When You're Sober") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RrA-R5VHQs) ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810/40 "2015-12-21T15:32:00Z")
Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GhZ4t7pRyjE/maxresdefault.jpg "Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe (lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhZ4t7pRyjE) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-but-lesser-known-riffs/740810.md?page=3)