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The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1989
We've made it to my birth year and the (kind of) birth of grunge: what's the best riff from the last year of the 1980s?
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1988
The arrival of proto-grunge has brought along a different flavor of riffs, mixing with the continuation of thrash and hardcore. What's thee riff of…
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1987
Back after yet another injury & ailment, we are choosing the Best Riff of 1987. Check it out.
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Patrick
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The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1986
More thrash, more hardcore, more punk and the return of a genre we haven't featured in some time. The subculture was as alive as it has ever been…
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1985
1985 brings the birth of post-hardcore and has metal continue to expand its reach: what is the riff of the year?
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1984
First Riffletter back in 2025 tackles the riffs of 1984 - we're back with some heavy-hitters, find out who wins Riff of the Week below
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1983
In the year of Thrash coming to fruition, what takes the Best Riff of 1983?
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1982
Who will come out on top as the Best Riff of 1982, our lightest year in a while?
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1981
We're back after a Thanksgiving Week break with punk and hardcore riffs taking over fully from classic rock. What's the best riff of 1981?
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1980
Opening the decade I was born in, who is gonna take the Greatest Riff of 1980?
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1979
The last year of the '70s brings about even more punk riffs and the birth of hardcore, all while phasing out the holdovers from the prior decade. What…
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Patrick
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1978
Not the deepest year we've covered recently but the heavy-hitters of '78 are among some of the best recent riffs highlighted
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Patrick
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