So what are the best guitar riffs of all time? Is noodling looked down upon? Can shredders get a chance? Who votes on this anyways, I never got my ballot. The new poll appears in Total Guitar magazine and as everybody knows, the results are meant to be ripped to shreds by rock snobs around the world. After checking out this year’s winners. it’s debatable whether they know what a riff is. Did everyone have to vote from the same Time Life Guitar Gods compilation CD? The list is too long of who didn’t make the cut, so snobs beware.
The full list is:
1. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
2. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
3. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love”
4. Deep Purple “Smoke On The Water”
5. Metallica “Enter Sandman’”
6. Derek & The Dominoes/Eric Clapton “Layla”
7. Metallica “Master Of Puppets”
8. AC/DC “Back In Black”
9. Jimi Hendrix “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)”
10. Black Sabbath “Paranoid”
11. Ozzy Osbourne “Crazy Train”
12. Free “All Right Now”
13. Muse “Plug In Baby”
14. Led Zeppelin “Black Dog”
15. Van Halen “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love”
16. Aerosmith with Run DMC “Walk This Way”
17. Cream “Sunshine Of Your Love”
18. Queens Of The Stone Age “No One Knows”
19. Guns N’ Roses “Paradise City”
20. Rage Against The Machine “Killing In The Name”
