From his breakthrough second turning into Ozzy Osbourne‘s lead guitarist and later forming Black Label Society to his Zakk Sabbath venture, involvement within the Expertise Hendrix tour and filling Dimebag Darrell‘s footwear for the broadly lined Pantera reunion, it is protected to say that Zakk Wylde is aware of a factor or two about iconic riffs.
With that in thoughts, we sat down with the person himself final week to ask him to call his 5 favorite riffs of all time – and he did not disappoint. First up, Wylde picks out probably the most iconic riffs ever laid down and everyone’s favorite first motif to be taught on the guitar – Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water. “All us rock/steel guys, rock guitar gamers, you would need to be taught Smoke On The Water,” he tells us.
“As quickly as you hear that riff, it is similar to, ‘Wow’. The simplicity of it and the way highly effective it’s. Simply superb. It was Sabbath [I first discovered], after which I discovered Zeppelin after which Deep Purple after that. Apart of the nice musicianship of all three bands, it is simply nice songs. Track energy. And all these iconic riffs, however nice performances by all the fellows: the vocals, the bass-playing, the drumming and the manufacturing on the albums, simply timeless.”
Wylde additionally chooses traditional riffs from Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, The Jimi Hendrix Expertise and AC/DC. Watch the entire interview under.
