The History Of Rock – One Guitar Riff At A Time
A musician recorded himself playing a famous guitar riff from each year starting in 1965 – we’ve posted the list (and the timing in the video) below. This is just awesome. Close your eyes and try to see how many you can spot.
1965 – The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction (0:00)
1966 – The Who – Run Run Run (0:16)
1967 – Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze (0:28)
1968 – The Beatles – Back in the USSR (0:45)
1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son (0:52)
1970 – The Doors – Roadhouse Blues (1:07)
1971 – Led Zeppelin – Black Dog (1:15)
1972 – Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water (1:31)
1973 – Pink Floyd – Money (1:40) 1974 – King Crimson – Red (1:54)
1975 – Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 2:10)
1976 – Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop (2:17)
1977 – David Bowie – Heroes (2:29)
1978 – Van Halen – Runnin’ With the Devil (2:46)
1979 – Joy Division – Disorder (3:05)
1980 – ACDC – Back in Black (3:16)
1981 – Rush – Tom Sawyer (3:27)
1982 – Michael Jackson – Beat It (3:38)
1983 – The Police – Every Breath You Take (3:52)
1984 – The Smiths – This Charming Man (4:08)
1985 – Dire Straits – Money for Nothing (4:18)
1986 – Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name (4:31)
1987 – Guns n’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle (4:47)
1988 – R.E.M. – Orange Crush (5:06)
1989 – The Cure – Lullaby (5:22)
1990 – Alice in Chains – Man in the Box (5:42)
1991 – RHCP – Give It Away (6:01)
1992 – Rage Against the Machine – Killing in The Name of (6:11)
1993 – Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box (6:23)
1994 – Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun (6:33)
1995 – Oasis – Wonderwall (6:48)
1996 – Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People (6:59)
1997 – Radiohead – No Surprises (7:12)
1998 – The Offspring – Kids Aren’t Alright (7:25)
1999 – Blink 182 – What’s My Age Again (8:03)
2000 – A Perfect Circle – Judith (8:15)
2001 – Tool – Schism (8:33)
2002 – Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows (8:47)
2003 – The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army (8:58)
2004 – Green Day – American Idiot (9:17)
2005 – NIN – The Hand That Feeds (9:28)
2006 – Muse – Supermassive Blackhole (9:58)
2007 – Linkin Park – What I’ve Done (10:13)
2008 – Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire (10:30)
2009 – Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls (10:42)
2010 – The Pretty Reckless – Make Me Wanna Die (10:51)
2011 – The Black Keys – Lonely Boy (11:01)
2012 – Slash – Anastasia (11:13)
2013 – Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? (11:22)
2014 – Jack White – Lazaretto (11:34)
2015 – Tame Impala – The Less I Know the Better (11:44)
2016 – Ghost – Square Hammer (12:00)
2017 – Greta Van Fleet – Highway Tune (12:15)
2018 – Halestorm – Uncomfortable (12:30)
2019 – Rival Sons – Do Your Worst (12:39)
2020 – Machine Gun Kelly – Bloody Valentine (12:50)
2021 – Foo Fighters – Holding Poison (13:02)
2022 – Maneskin – Supermodel (13:16)
