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A catchy riff — whether it be on guitar, bass, synthesizer or some other instrument — can take a song from good to legendary. Just ask some of the artists we’ve listed below. These are riffs that in some way are integral to the song itself. Without them, there is nothing to drive the track along, nothing for the singer to push up against and nothing all that memorable (or least much less) for a listener to hum along to. Read on for our Top 30 Rock Riffs — good luck getting them out of your head afterward. 30. Rush, “The Spirit of Radio”From: Permanent Waves(1980) Rush’s “The Spirit of Radio” t...
Ultimate Classic Rock
I forget who said it first (maybe it was Thomas Edison?) but it really is true: We come to the movies for magic. We need that, all of us, that indescribable feeling we get when the lights begin to dim and we go somewhere we’ve never been before. For those of us who go to the movies not just to be entertained, but somehow reborn (together), it was a surprisingly good summer at the movies — especially after last summer, which despite Barbenheimermania still included disappointments like Elemental and Gran Turismo, plus outright clunkers like Meg 2: The Trench, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts an...
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Which is the better Limp Bizkit album – Significant Other or Three Dollar Bill, Y’All? This week on Loudwire Nights, you get to have your say as this Limp Bizkit battle takes center stage in Chuck’s Fight Club. Limp Bizkit got their start with 1997’s Three Dollar Bill, Y’All, quickly establishing themselves as one of the top new voices in nu-metal. A cover of George Michael’s “Faith,” “Counterfeit” “Stuck” and “Sour” were among the album standouts. Things continued on the upswing with their sophomore set, Significant Other. The 1999 album rocked with “Nookie,” “Re-Arranged,” “N 2 Gether Now” a...
Loudwire
Here is the first song with clean vocals by 10 extreme metal bands who never used them at first! As metal fans, we often like our music to be overpoweringly vicious in every respect, with a non-negotiable feature being the gnarliest growls, croaks, snarls, screeches, gurgles and bleghs! That’s why it can be so controversial when certain bands start incorporating some – or all – clean singing. Eventually, though, even the most ferocious artists will probably decide to add softer singing to their repertoire (whether subtly or overtly). READ MORE: 10 Metalcore Bands Who Don’t (Or Barely) Use Clea...
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Since 1962, the Rolling Stones — featuring various lineups — have been revving up audiences around the world. That might sound like a full-time job, and it is, but it’s hardly stopped the band’s members from embarking on solo projects over the years. The resulting songs have ranged from traditional North African music to collaborations with Beatles to jazz LPs, showcasing the versatility of the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band. Below, we’re taking a look at the Top 20 Rolling Stones Solo Songs, with selections from Brian Jones, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts, Mick Taylor, Keith Richards and Mic...
Ultimate Classic Rock
The grounds were muddy, littered with hippies and smelled like an uninviting combination of reefer and feces. But the Woodstock Music & Art Fair – which took place in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 15-18, 1969 – featured a ton of great music. More than 30 artists performed over the three-day weekend. Some were established stars, others were just getting their start. And most of them had breakthrough performances at the festival. Even if their sets weren’t all that great, they were elevated by their association with the granddaddy of all music fests. UCR looks at the Top 10 Woodstock Performances below....
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The very first Alien in 1979 described its central character as a “perfect organism” with a “structural perfection” that “is matched only by its hostility.” And while not every Alien movie has been structurally perfect, their hostility toward humanity (and especially poor Sigourney Weaver) might be unmatched among big Hollywood franchises. There are now nine Alien movies, provided you count the two Alien vs. Predator films. What’s most impressive about these films is their overall consistency (provided you don’t count the two Alien vs. Predator films). The series has had its ups and downs, but...
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The thing about soft rock is that it was never an exclusive genre. Cross-pollinating among pop, rock, country rock and, especially, adult contemporary music of the day, the best soft rock records spread their roots widely across genre lines and years. Soft-rock arrived at the dawn of the singer-songwriter movement in the early ’70s and pretty much took a prominent place on the charts throughout the decade. It eventually branched out into so-called yacht rock (a title that wasn’t used until the mid-’00s) and 1980s power ballads, but the source is similar. As you will see in the below list of th...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Tell me if this sounds familiar at all. You’re watching a movie. You’re getting into the story. You’re lost inside its fictional reality. And then all of a sudden: Something just feels … off. But you can’t quite put your finger on it. You might even pause the film and just stare at the screen to figure it out. When this vague sense of off-ness happens to me while watching a movie, nine times out of ten it’s because of the same reason: Reshoot hair. That’s the extremely technical term for when a Hollywood star shoots an entire film with a distinctive (and usually natural) haircut, then goes off...
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On Tuesday, Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee for president, revealed her running mate: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Walz, 60, has served as governor since 2019 and though the country has only just started to get to know him, we’ve already learned quite a bit about his musical taste. Spoiler: it’s pretty good. Below, we’re taking a look at seven of Walz’s Classic Rock Connections. 1. March 5 is Bruce Springsteen Day in Minnesota Getting tickets to a Springsteen concert these days isn’t easy, not even for a governor. In July of 2022, Walz put out a c...
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