The third single from Ministry‘s best known album “Psalm 69”, which had already seen single “Jesus Built My Hotrod” raise the bands profile, “Just One Fix” saw Mike Scaccia’s guitar work raise the bar once more. Sadly Scaccia passed away in December 2012. Rest in peace brother. So when German Industrial giants Rammstein released their
Limp Bizkit‘s 1999 single “Breakstuff” from “Significant Other” has been blamed for a lot in it’s time. Woodstock 1999 saw crowd violence and property damage both during and after the bands set. Fans were filmed tearing plywood from temporary festival structures and smashing the place up. The song itself has a highly memorable, if simplistic riff,
Deep Purple are probably best remembered for their 1972 single “Smoke On Water” from their classic album “Machine Head”. The songs main riff is iconic and often appears alongside Black Sabbath‘s “Paranoid” and Led Zeppelin‘s “Whole Lotta Love”. So iconic in fact it has appeared in early lessons for every wannabe guitarist up and down
In March 2016 when A Day To Remember were building the hype around their then upcoming new album “Bad Vibrations”, they released a single in the form of “Paranoia”. The song describes frontman Jeremy McKinnon’s feelings after a home burglary but with a very familiar riff. A little bit of a memory test this was
So in this new feature for a Thursday, we’re going to put together a head to head whereby one bands song is clearly *ahem* influenced by another to the point of plagiarism. That’s right folks. “This is the Riff Police. Pull over to the side of the road and remain in your vehicle”. Some old,
