January 16, 2019, 04:29:53 PM Last Edit: January 16, 2019, 04:33:56 PM by Hambeast
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