On the back of a comment from another thread, I realised we don't have one of these threads going yet
Any interesting riffs which are similar, stolen, or otherwise?
A few to start off:
I think Hammett recently came out and said he had borrowed the riff from Bowie
Metallica - Master of Puppets (post-solo riff @ 6:18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7blkui3nQc&t=378
David Bowie - Andy Warhol (intro riff @ 0:50)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4sANPkk3ys&t=50
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Rabid Bitch of the North - Nothing but a Bitter Taste (intro riff)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn534Ngkz9U
Mark Gormley - Without You (intro riff @ 0:27)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87nkJquHnAU&t=27
The outro solo to COC - World On Fire sounds very much like a part of The Eagles - Hotel California
Another one from Master of Puppets, this time it was hetfield who "borrowed" the riff, although he actually took more than the riff. Even the change structure of the song is similar i.e. the change in rhythm at 1.37.
Still Sanitarium is a perfect song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4F0skwb__A