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Axl_Rose
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12/02/2004 3:41 pm
More than 300 musicians have voted the guitar riff of Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" as the best riff of all time.

Top 10:

1. Smoke On The Water: Deep Purple
2. Enter Sandman: Metallica
3. Back In Black: AC/DC
4. Sweet Child Of Mine: Guns N' Roses
5. Kashmir: Led Zeppelin
6. Whole Lotta Love: Led Zeppelin
7. Smells Like Teen Spirit: Nirvana
8. Seven Nation Army: White Stripes
9. Stairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin
10. Thunderstruck: AC/DC

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What a lot of rubbish that is!! Who voted on it lol?!?!?!?
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PRSplaya
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12/02/2004 9:26 pm
I don't think I've even ever heard "Seven Nation Army" by the white stripes :confused:
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chucklivesoninmyheart
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12/03/2004 2:38 am
That list is very,very bad.Wheres megadeth,slayer,iron maiden,judas priest,ozzy e.c.t?

Very bad.
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Raskolnikov
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Raskolnikov
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12/03/2004 5:37 am
Lists like that are always a joke.


That said, I'd nominate "We Die Young" by Alice in Chains. I love that riff.
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12/03/2004 11:36 am
Zeppelin should only be on the list once and it should be for Black Dog.
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