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The Guns N' Roses rock anthem Sweet Child O' Mine has the greatest guitar riff of all time according to a poll of music fans.
The famous track came top of a poll of 100 Greatest Riffs Ever voted for by readers of Total Guitar magazine. Hits by Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy Osbourne and Nirvana all make it in the top 20.
But tracks by the Rolling Stones and the Sex Pistols fail to make it into the 20 favourites.
Grunge rockers Nirvana once made Guns N' Roses look outdated, but their track Smells Like Teen Spirit is now in second place.
Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love was third followed by the Deep Purple track Smoke On The Water.
Guns N' Roses have recently seen a revival that led to their Greatest Hits album topping the album charts.
Total Guitar editor Scott Rowley said the poll represented a new canon of classic rock.
He said: "What this poll shows is that the so-called canon of classic rock - the Led Zeppelins, Eric Claptons, Jimi Hendrix - is as popular as ever, but being added to all the time.
"To a new generation of guitarists, Metallica are more important than the Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses more thrilling than the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath better than the Beatles."
He added: "Riffs are an interesting measure of people's tastes because they're usually easy to play and very catchy - they're the hook of the song."
Here are the top 20 riffs:
1. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
3. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
4. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
5. Enter Sandman - Metallica
6. Layla - Derek & The Dominoes/Eric Clapton
7. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
8. Back In Black - AC/DC
9. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
10. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
11. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
12. All Right Now - Free
13. Plug In Baby - Muse
14. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
15. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
16. Walk This Way - Aerosmith with Run DMC
17. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
18. No-One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age
19. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
20. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
The magazine doesn't come out until May 5th, but I'll be interested to see the full list
What does everyone thinnk of this 'top 20'?
The Guns N' Roses rock anthem Sweet Child O' Mine has the greatest guitar riff of all time according to a poll of music fans.
The famous track came top of a poll of 100 Greatest Riffs Ever voted for by readers of Total Guitar magazine. Hits by Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy Osbourne and Nirvana all make it in the top 20.
But tracks by the Rolling Stones and the Sex Pistols fail to make it into the 20 favourites.
Grunge rockers Nirvana once made Guns N' Roses look outdated, but their track Smells Like Teen Spirit is now in second place.
Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love was third followed by the Deep Purple track Smoke On The Water.
Guns N' Roses have recently seen a revival that led to their Greatest Hits album topping the album charts.
Total Guitar editor Scott Rowley said the poll represented a new canon of classic rock.
He said: "What this poll shows is that the so-called canon of classic rock - the Led Zeppelins, Eric Claptons, Jimi Hendrix - is as popular as ever, but being added to all the time.
"To a new generation of guitarists, Metallica are more important than the Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses more thrilling than the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath better than the Beatles."
He added: "Riffs are an interesting measure of people's tastes because they're usually easy to play and very catchy - they're the hook of the song."
Here are the top 20 riffs:
1. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
3. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
4. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
5. Enter Sandman - Metallica
6. Layla - Derek & The Dominoes/Eric Clapton
7. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
8. Back In Black - AC/DC
9. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
10. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
11. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
12. All Right Now - Free
13. Plug In Baby - Muse
14. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
15. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
16. Walk This Way - Aerosmith with Run DMC
17. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
18. No-One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age
19. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
20. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
The magazine doesn't come out until May 5th, but I'll be interested to see the full list
What does everyone thinnk of this 'top 20'?
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Motorcycle Emptiness- that is a great riff, in fact MSP have heaps of great riffs in their songs and I would vote that Jane's Addiction's 'Three Days' has one of the best riffs ever in it, for a song of modern times
