O Nirvana aparece em primeiro lugar na lista da UDiscoverMusic dos 40 melhores riffs de guitarra de todos tempos, com a clássica “Smells Like Teen Spirit” de 1991. A lista não inclui nenhum riff dos últimos 20 anos e o UDiscoverMusic é um site de propriedade da Universal Music Group.
As icônicas “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (Guns N’ Roses), “Smoke On The Water” (Deep Purple), “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (Rolling Stones) e “Johnny B Goode” (Chuck Berry) também aparecem na lista. Os 40 melhores riffs de guitarra de todos os tempos pela UDiscoverMusic:
De baixo para cima, a lista dos 40 melhores riffs de todos os tempos:
- Kristin Hersh: Your Dirty Answer (2001)
- Grant Green: Idle Moments (1963)
- Poison Ivy: What’s Inside a Girl (2006)
- Free: All Right Now (1970)
- The Who: I Can’t Explain (1971)
- John Lee Hooker: Boogie Chillen’ (1948)
- Hole: Celebrity Skin (1998)
- Joan Armatrading: Steppin’ Out (1976)
- Bonnie Raitt: Something To Talk About (1991)
- The Smashing Pumpkins: Today (1993)
- Judas Priest: Breaking The Law (1980)
- Howlin’ Wolf: Smokestack Lightnin’ (1956)
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air) (1947)
- The Sex Pistols: Pretty Vacant (1977)
- Heart: Barracuda (1977)
- Van Halen: Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love (1978)
- The Smiths: This Charming Man (1983)
- Dire Straits: Money For Nothing (1985)
- Queens Of The Stone Age: No One Knows (2002)
- Muddy Waters: Mannish Boy (1955)
- The Beatles: Day Tripper (1965)
- Derek And The Dominoes: Layla (1970)
- Queen: Killer Queen (1974)
- Aerosmith: Walk This Way (1975)
- AC/DC: Back In Black (1980)
- Ozzy Osbourne: Crazy Train (1980)
- Metallica: Enter Sandman (1991)
- U2: With Or Without You (1987)
- Tom Petty: Free Fallin’ (1981)
- Rush: Tom Sawyer (1981)
- The Kinks: You Really Got Me (1964)
- ZZ Top: La Grange (1973)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Purple Haze (1967)
- Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love (1969)
- Link Wray: Rumble (1958)
- Guns N’ Roses: Sweet Child O’ Mine (1988)
- Deep Purple: Smoke On The Water (1972)
- The Rolling Stones: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
- Chuck Berry: Johnny B Goode (1958)
- Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)
