The rare upsides of 14 weeks of lockdown have been listening to lots of music & unearthing long forgotten artefacts in the house. My recent find combined both - and suggested I missed my calling as a compilation album sequencer.

Like music? Then this thread is for you...
2/ Long ago (well, 2007), I made 3 CDs for my soon-to-be-wife& #39;s long commute, each a tour of big tracks and hidden gems in rock and metal.

The only rule: they had to have a killer riff.
(And the other rule: I had to be able to play it).

So was born: "Incessant Riffing".
2/ Long ago (well, 2007), I made 3 CDs for my soon-to-be-wife& #39;s long commute, each a tour of big tracks and hidden gems in rock and metal.The only rule: they had to have a killer riff. (And the other rule: I had to be able to play it).So was born: "Incessant Riffing".
2/ Long ago (well, 2007), I made 3 CDs for my soon-to-be-wife& #39;s long commute, each a tour of big tracks and hidden gems in rock and metal.The only rule: they had to have a killer riff. (And the other rule: I had to be able to play it).So was born: "Incessant Riffing".
2/ Long ago (well, 2007), I made 3 CDs for my soon-to-be-wife& #39;s long commute, each a tour of big tracks and hidden gems in rock and metal.The only rule: they had to have a killer riff. (And the other rule: I had to be able to play it).So was born: "Incessant Riffing".
3/ Incessant Riffing Volume 1 set the template: sequenced (roughly) chronologically, it showed the riff evolving in time.

Audioslave& #39;s "Moth", buried as the last track on their last album, is worth the entry price alone

Vol 1 Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/162Yyj5VUO8WiDg440aCZW?si=0CSlzjy2RPWxTEPfZexTDg">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...
3/ Incessant Riffing Volume 1 set the template: sequenced (roughly) chronologically, it showed the riff evolving in time.Audioslave& #39;s "Moth", buried as the last track on their last album, is worth the entry price aloneVol 1 Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...
3/ Incessant Riffing Volume 1 set the template: sequenced (roughly) chronologically, it showed the riff evolving in time.Audioslave& #39;s "Moth", buried as the last track on their last album, is worth the entry price aloneVol 1 Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...
4/ On Incessant Riffing Volume 2 I started showing off.

"Jericho" is awesome (that riff is from 1971!) & wilfully obscure (YouTube: https://youtu.be/S9iC8i6CQFQ ).

Relentless,">https://youtu.be/S9iC8i6CQ... "Aftermath" is a musical jackhammer; "Halo" a modern classic

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1oZoJlHaSOr9LLWGIM0nLL?si=KLBxlAb6SL2VQusRkwRsLQ">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...
4/ On Incessant Riffing Volume 2 I started showing off. "Jericho" is awesome (that riff is from 1971!) & wilfully obscure (YouTube: https://youtu.be/S9iC8i6CQ... "Aftermath" is a musical jackhammer; "Halo" a modern classicSpotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...
4/ On Incessant Riffing Volume 2 I started showing off. "Jericho" is awesome (that riff is from 1971!) & wilfully obscure (YouTube: https://youtu.be/S9iC8i6CQ... "Aftermath" is a musical jackhammer; "Halo" a modern classicSpotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...
5/ After track 1, Volume 3 abandoned the history lesson, and surveyed the modern riff: not the single guitar lick, but the whole band in lock-step

Helmet were masters of this; much of modern rock/metal is built on their template.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4cNKkSq1k1ci5iLQmscsgE?si=uoAsQ36ZQbyWezdUOPWC4A">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...
5/ After track 1, Volume 3 abandoned the history lesson, and surveyed the modern riff: not the single guitar lick, but the whole band in lock-step Helmet were masters of this; much of modern rock/metal is built on their template. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...
5/ After track 1, Volume 3 abandoned the history lesson, and surveyed the modern riff: not the single guitar lick, but the whole band in lock-step Helmet were masters of this; much of modern rock/metal is built on their template. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...
6/ The Spotify list is incomplete - Vol 3 was full of obscure stuff

How obscure? Grotus& #39; "Brown" wasn& #39;t even on their album of the same name: https://youtu.be/7fXY3Sb29e4 

Another">https://youtu.be/7fXY3Sb29... obscure one, Mary Beats Jane& #39;s "Grind" shows how to switch gears with aplomb: https://youtu.be/znsLUCZldeE ">https://youtu.be/znsLUCZld...
7/ What did I learn from this exercise?
- I was a muso twat (more proof: I own Pink Floyd& #39;s Live at Pompeii on DVD, and watched it all)

- I spent way too much effort on the CD artwork

- I& #39;m a stickler for the rules, missing off many fave tracks/bands

My wife married me anyway
8/ Quite a lot missing here...
The proto-riffs (eg Paperback Writer; You Really Got Me)

The obvious (Whole Lotta Love, Are You Gonna Go My Way etc)

And anything since 2007
8/ Anyway, thought I& #39;d share these as finding them brought me some joy, and we all need a little of that right now.

So over to you: what would you add to these Incessant Riffing compilations?

The only rule: it must have a killer riff!

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