We’re going to fall out about this, obviously. But here we go. Let’s just start with the idea that a riff is a short, ...

Wow. It turns out Telegraph readers really like guitar music – and have very strong opinions about it. I’m not going to say ...

“Sweet Child o’ Mine” by Guns n’ Roses has the best guitar riff of all time – more than 35 years after it was released, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 music fans saw Prince’s ...

2. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana One of the best guitar riffs to come out of the 1990s has to be Kurt Cobain’s immediately recognizable melodic riff for “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.

Black Sabbath, the first true heavy metal band, were powered by the bowel-shaking, devilishly down-tuned riffs of Tony Iommi, ...

On a musical journey exploring the guitar riff, Tony Iommi, Andy Summers, and Nancy Wilson give insight into their most memorable riffs and delve into their power to define a song, a band, or a moment ...

Naming the single greatest guitar riff of all time is ridiculous. However, a better one does not exist. “Whole Lotta Love” opens Led Zeppelin’s second album with a blues-rock masterpiece.

Despite not making the top 20 riffs, Queen ’s Brian May was voted the greatest guitarist of all time, ahead of even Jimi Hendrix in the top 20 list below. Respondees also thought being unique (41%) ...

Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love is the greatest guitar riff of all time, as chosen by BBC Radio 2 listeners. In a list of the top 100, it beat rock legend contenders such as Metallica, Nirvana and ...

Top 20 greatest guitar riffs of all time - Sweet Child o' Mine tops the list Meanwhile, Brian May from Queen was named the best guitarist - followed by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix.