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)