International Music Member Association
These Artists are ranked based upon their musical and lyrical quality, initial and lasting popularity.
200 Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs
01. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
02. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
03. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
04. Layla - Derek And The Dominos
05. Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
06. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
07. Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
08. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
09. You Really Got Me - The Kinks
10. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
11. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience
12. Day Tripper - The Beatles
13. Walk This Way - Aerosmith
14. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
15. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
16. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
17. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix Experience
18. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
19. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
20. Back In Black - AC/DC
21. Foxey Lady - Jimi Hendrix Experience
22. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
23. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
24. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & Destroyers
25. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
26. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
27. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
28. Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
29. American Woman - Guess Who
30. Wild Thing - The Troggs
31. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
32. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
33. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
34. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
35. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
36. Breaking The Law - Judas Priest
37. Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen
38. Enter Sandman - Metallica
39. The Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest
40. Outshined - Soundgarden
41. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
42. Hells Bells - AC/DC
43. La Grange - ZZ Top
44. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
45. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
46. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
47. Rusty Cage - Soundgarden
48. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
49. Bring It On Home - Led Zeppelin
50. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow
51. Panama - Van Halen
52. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
53. N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
54. Pinball Wizard - The Who
55. China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
56. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
57. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead
58. Wipeout - The Surfaris
59. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
60. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
61. Five Minutes Alone - Pantera
62. All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks
63. Up Around The Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
64. Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The Machine
65. Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles
66. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
67. Walk - Pantera
68. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses
69. I'm Broken - Pantera
70. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Experience
71. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
72. Working Man - Rush
73. Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
74. Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
75. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
76. Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band
77. Aenima - Tool
78. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
79. School Day - Chuck Berry
80. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
81. Honey Don't - Carl Perkins
82. Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin
83. Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
84. Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers
85. Taxman - The Beatles
86. The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
87. Lola - The Kinks
88. Hangar 18 - Megadeth
89. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
90. Thunderstruck - AC/DC
91. Politician - Cream
92. The Trooper - Iron Maiden
93. I Feel Fine - The Beatles
94. Spirit Of Radio - Rush
95. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
96. Man On A Mission - Van Halen
97. Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden
98. Raining Blood - Slayer
99. Scuttle Buttin' - Stevie Ray Vaughan
100. Hysteria - Muse
101. Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
102. Love Me Two Times - The Doors
103. Revolution - The Beatles
104. Sad But True - Metallica
105. Seek And Destroy - Metallica
106. Highway To Hell - AC/DC
107. Revolution Is My Name - Pantera
108. All Right Now - Free
109. Paperback Writer - The Beatles
110. Miserlou - Dick Dale
111. Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
112. Spoonman - Soundgarden
113. I Can't Explain - The Who
114. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
115. Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash
116. Cemetary Gates - Pantera
117. Burn - Deep Purple
118. Barracuda - Heart
119. Highway Star - Deep Purple
120. Symphony Of Destruction - Megadeth
121. Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
122. Guerilla Radio - Rage Against The Machine
123. In The Flesh - Pink Floyd
124. Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
125. Stinkfist - Tool
126. The Animal - Steve Vai
127. South Of Heaven - Slayer
128. Statesboro Blues - Allman Brothers Band
129. Roundabout - Yes
130. YYZ - Rush
131. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry
132. Come As You Are - Nirvana
133. Sabbra Cadabra - Black Sabbath
134. Crossroads - Cream
135. Mr. Brownstone - Guns N' Roses
136. Jessica - Allman Brothers Band
137. Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
138. Children Of The Grave - Black Sabbath
139. Estranged - Guns N' Roses
140. Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani
141. Fire - Jimi Hendrix Experience
142. Cult Of Personality - Living Color
143. School's Out - Alice Cooper
144. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
145. Electric Funeral - Black Sabbath
146. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
147. Floods - Pantera
148. Peace Frog - The Doors
149. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
150. Substitute - The Who
151. Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine
152. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
153. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
154. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
155. Holy Diver - Dio
156. Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
157. What The Hell Have I - Alice In Chains
158. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
159. Driving South - Stone Roses
160. Had To Cry Today - Blind Faith
161. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
162. No Quarter - Led Zeppelin
163. Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin
164. Speed King - Deep Purple
165. Gallon Of Gas - The Kinks
166. Changes - Jimi Hendrix
167. War Pigs - Black Sabbath
168. Man In The Box - Alice In Chains
169. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
170. My Michelle - Guns N' Roses
171. Rock You Like A Hurricane - The Scorpions
172. Space Truckin - Deep Purple
173. Into The Void - Black Sabbath
174. The Extremist - Joe Satriani
175. Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden
176. Home - Dream Theater
177. Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin
178. My Generation - The Who
179. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
180. Couldn't Stand The Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan
181. Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
182. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
183. On The Hunt - Lynyrd Skynyrd
184. Even Flow - Pearl Jam
185. Animal - Pearl Jam
186. Grind - Alice In Chains
187. Alive - Pearl Jam
188. The Waiting - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
189. Woman From Tokyo - Deep Purple
190. Parabola - Tool
191. Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd
192. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
193. Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
194. Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
195. My Own Summer - Deftones
196. Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
197. Judith - A Perfect Circle
198. Blackest Eyes - Porcupine Tree
199. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
200. Vertigo - U2
