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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...
Like music? Then this thread is for you...
2/ Long ago (well, 2007), I made 3 CDs for my soon-to-be-wife'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".
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'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
Audioslave'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
4/ On Incessant Riffing Volume 2 I started showing off.
"Jericho" is awesome (that riff is from 1971!) & wilfully obscure (YouTube: ).
Relentless, "Aftermath" is a musical jackhammer; "Halo" a modern classic
Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1oZoJlHaSOr9LLWGIM0nLL?si=KLBxlAb6SL2VQusRkwRsLQ
"Jericho" is awesome (that riff is from 1971!) & wilfully obscure (YouTube: ).
Relentless, "Aftermath" is a musical jackhammer; "Halo" a modern classic
Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1oZoJlHaSOr9LLWGIM0nLL?si=KLBxlAb6SL2VQusRkwRsLQ
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
Helmet were masters of this; much of modern rock/metal is built on their template.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4cNKkSq1k1ci5iLQmscsgE?si=uoAsQ36ZQbyWezdUOPWC4A
6/ The Spotify list is incomplete - Vol 3 was full of obscure stuff
How obscure? Grotus' "Brown" wasn't even on their album of the same name:
Another obscure one, Mary Beats Jane's "Grind" shows how to switch gears with aplomb:
How obscure? Grotus' "Brown" wasn't even on their album of the same name:
Another obscure one, Mary Beats Jane's "Grind" shows how to switch gears with aplomb:
7/ What did I learn from this exercise?
- I was a muso twat (more proof: I own Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii on DVD, and watched it all)
- I spent way too much effort on the CD artwork
- I'm a stickler for the rules, missing off many fave tracks/bands
My wife married me anyway
- I was a muso twat (more proof: I own Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii on DVD, and watched it all)
- I spent way too much effort on the CD artwork
- I'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
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'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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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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