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Category: 80’s

  • “Out To Get Me” by Guns N’ Roses

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer – Guns N’ Roses Where to find this song – Appetite For Destruction track # 4 Release Date – April 1987 The Band: Axl Rose – vocals Slash – guitar Izzy Stradlin – guitar Duff “Rose” McKagan – bass Steven Adler – drums The Bio: At a time…

  • Bad Horsie by Steve Vai

  • “Alone Again” by Dokken

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate At a time when the charts were ruled by pop-metal acts, Dokken was a major attraction throughout the 1980s. With vocalist Don Dokken’s captivating stage presence and guitarist George Lynch’s high-energy style, the band combined rockers such as “Kiss of Death” and power ballads such as “Alone Again” in…

  • “The One I Love” by R.E.M.

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer: R.E.M. Where To Find This Song: Eponymous track #10 If you have access to a stereo mixer you can use it to listen to the original and hear each individual part much easier. This song is fairly straightforward, although deciphering the picking on the record can be quite difficult. Switch the…

  • “Hold The Line” by Toto

    Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate The chorus features heavy use of power chords.

  • Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N’ Roses

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate

  • For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate

  • “Best Of Both Worlds” by Van Halen

    Difficulty: Easy Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Best Of Both Worlds” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Best Of Both Worlds” (Power Tab)

  • “Purple Rain” by Prince

    Difficulty: Intermediate The intro to Purple Rain is played with chord fragments. Some of these chords may be a little tricky to play at first, but that’s what practicing is all about. I’ll leave it to you to try and determine the appropriate fingerings, but keep in mind that you want to let it ring…

  • Rebel Yell by Billy Idol

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Rebel Yell” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Rebel Yell” (Power Tab)