Greatest Riff of the Millenium

[K Henderson]

It has been mentioned...

>Just noticed that Don't Fear The Reaper was voted 16th in The Guitar
>Magazine.
>
>That list in full:
>Layla
><predictable tunes to follow snipped>

Hmmm...a bit of a coincidence.  As a Christmas present to my oldest brother,
now mid-40ish, I made up a CD-R of the kind of stuff I know he
likes...classic guitar riffs of the power chord variety.  So here's the 74
minutes I came up with...of course, I didn't put in anything common that I
was certain he had/knew too well.  So no LZ, BOC (the aforementiond CoFwRaR
woulda been my choice I think), DP (and other Blackmore entities),
Metallica, etc.  So everything *had* to be somewhat obscure.

Of course, I had to leave out a lot of cool stuff, like Monster Magnet (I
had chosen "Evil is Going On"), Saxon ("Princess of the Night"), the second
half of Roger Taylor's "IiC/Airheads," Orange Goblin's "Solarisphere" (too
long dammit!), Amon Düül II's "Little Tornadoes," and some others that have
now eluded me.

Anyway, I guess these are some of my candidates (ordered chronologically)
for Riff of the Millenium, or at least since 1972.  Which is the nearly the
same in my book anyway.  :)  Hmmm..three bands from Toronto (TPoH, 13
Engines, and Tea Party)...I think that's the only city in No. America that
still knows how to 'rock' in the old way, stoners notwithstanding.

Keith H. (FAA)

Black Sabbath - Tomorrow's Dream
Captain Beyond - Dancing Madly Backwards
Scorpions - Top of the Bill
Judas Priest - Desert Plains
Roger Taylor - Interlude in Constantinople
Y&T - Black Tiger
MSG - Assault Attack
Hawkwind - Arrival in Utopia
Queensryche - Queen of the Reich
Motörhead - Dancing on your Grave
Danzig - Twist of Cain
The Pursuit of Happiness - Consciousness Raising as a Social Tool
The Buck Pets - Pearls
13 Engines - Perpetual Motion Machine
Diamond Head - Calling Your Name
Kingston Wall - Another Piece of Cake
Porcupine Tree - Signify
The Tea Party - Temptation
Orange Goblin - Blue Snow