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Hello everybody and here's another weekly riff to get your teeth into. The last one I did was a looonnnnggggg time ago which I do apologise for and it was Boys Don't Cry which coincidentally was released in the same year as today's riff. This week sees me return to the United States for my riffing excellence and to the lovely Los Angeles. It is one of the catchiest riffs to ever be made and is instantly recognisable to a particular girls name. It comes from 70's LA band The Knack and is from their debut album Get The Knack. I was recently[...]

Hello everyone and welcome back to another weekly riff and back to a Guitarist that I have covered on here on several posts. I've already covered one of his riffs, Plug In Baby, back in April. He is considered one of the best guitarists of the last decade and a guitarist who promises a lot more. The guitarist? Matt Bellamy. He hails from the British trio called Muse and they have become one of the biggest bands in the UK, Europe and they're even making waves across the pond now. Personally I think their albums have slowly got worse as they've[...]

Hello and welcome to another weekly riff where I take usually take a classic rock riff and show you how to play it. This week will be slightly different as it won't be a rock riff. Instead I've picked one of the biggest television theme tunes of all time. Now I'm sure a few of you may be critical of this weeks riff as it shows a sign of a band selling out and cashing in, but I still think it is a spectacular riff, and one that is iconic of the 90's. It reminds me so much of my youth in the 90s and early 00's and also reminds me of the Friends[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to another weekly riff. This weeks riff comes from one of the biggest artists the planet hasever seen. It is also taken from the biggest selling album of all time, Thriller. I think this is the first song that I have done which is not considered to be from a guitar album. This song also features a special guest appearance on the solo from one of the best guitarists of the 80's. That guitarist is of course, Eddie Van Halen. And the artist who sings this quality song is, as I'm sure you've already guessed, Michael[...]

Hello again everyone, hope you're all dandy. Welcome to another weekly riff. This weeks riff comes from one of my personal guitar heroes and one that I covered a few weeks back in the Hero Worship post, Justin Hawkins. It comes from The Darknesses first album, Permission To Land. It was released twice, once in 2002 and then re-released as a third single from the album in 2003. It is an instantly recognisable riff and probably the Darknesses most recognised song, reaching number 2 in the British charts. The song, of course, is that amazing[...]