Top 20 “80s Hair Metal/Glam Rock” Guitar Riffs
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Here are some of my favourite 80's Riffs from the Hair Metal/Glam Rock era. I know there are more than 20 but this is just my top 20.
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muchos de los rifs que pusiste no son de glam, como judas priest, ozzy y iron maiden
akiyama mio huh?
I wish more people would get over the cheesiness of this genre and embrace how insanely fun it is to play on guitar.
You just summed up the whole reason (most of) why I play guitar, in one line 👏
The genre was cheesy, but really, the best guitarists came from the 80s. They may have not been the pioneers but it was them that perfected the craft for sure.
Josh B it is fun to play
What makes it cheesy?
Josh B your right man, I don't even think glam metal is cheesy , it just sounds the best and has the best guitar tones.
I feel like Motley Crue’s early stuff is under appreciated. Their first album was the best in my opinion and it had some great riffs. I rarely see their early stuff on these lists.
Peyton B too fast for love album is my favorite too. Livewire is there best all time jam In my opinion
Ryan Kelley Yea I agree
Now after the movie they have been glamorized by every edgy teenage girl and its getting a bit OVER aprreciated if you ask me, love motley crue though
Caleb Heney idk ab that man😂. Id bet there’s only a handful of girls in my school who know who Motley Crue is, if any. But yes the movie has definitely introduced them to many new people.
@@peytonbrezski6594 Yeah at my school the movie has introduced them to the wrong kind of people. Like the annoying emo girls who fangirl over the wigger wife beater himself without knowing and not wanting to accept the fact that hes done fucked up shit
Girls Girls Girls rift should be on here
Rico Steele Dr. Feelgood. As well
I bet you guys love the movie the dirt too
As well as Lay It Down, Unchained, It's Not Love, Flying High Again...
"Riff"
Fuck yeah I was thinking the same thing
Wait, Wait.... Where's Ratt's "Lay it Down?" That was and still is the Holy grail of all metal riffs!
I was about to comment the exact same thing. If you're doing an 80's guitar riff tribute video, ya GOTTA have Lay It Down in there, and frankly, it should be number 1 if it's a list of the best.
At least there was still round and round in the list
I absolutely agree. That's exactly what I thought too.
Me to I’m a big rat fan
@@CaptainVelveeta yep.. You do realize we're talking about "Riffs" not complete songs right? Name one you think is better than the intro to Lay it down..
Why are so many people worried about what kind of music belongs to what genre? Who cares? This talented gentleman merely wanted to jam to great music and I thought he did an awesome job! Great work!
Amen.
Exactly, I only care if the music is good
Maybe because he specifically named a genre 😅
glad you said my thoughts clearer than i could
Okay, lets create a top 5 Hard Rock riffs:
1 Burzum - War
2 Madonna - Like a virgin
3 Sebastian Bach - Air
4 - ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme
5 - Bob Dylan - Knocking on heavens' doors
Judas Priest isn't a hair metal... Singer is bald
He wasnt in the 80s lol. And Judas priest is just metal anyways
Bahahaha
Judah Priest was in their own catagory, like Lemmy and Motorhead. Completely off topic Steely Dan also couldn't be put into any one type of catagory.
Judas Priest sort of like Black Sabbath, not hair metal but heavy metal
hahha good one
That’s tough “top 20 hair metal rifts” and Motley Crüe isnt even in the top 5 and only included kickstart my heart lmao
HE SAID HIS top 20!!! HIS!!!! I'm sure YOUR'S would be different, and that's great! Not everyone thinks that highly of Motley Crue!!!! Rock on!!!!
I mean... motley crue made 3 good songs and none of their other ones can even compare. Their a bit overrated in my opinion. Britny Fox, Skid Row, Dokken, Stryper, XYZ were far better IMO. And thats just off the top of my head. Those bands have way more good material with much more lyrical content then sex and drugs. Except for XYZ but at least their instrumentals had more variety and consistent quality
@@AudaciousAce1989 Motley Crue has more than just three good songs
@@masterjcp1274 Meaning they are all fillers just to have albums. If you think any of them are worthwhile let me know i’ll listen to them again
Nice to see Skid Row( Youth Gone Wild ) in your TOP 20 !
They certainly were a great kick-ass band back in the 80's....
I was stoked to see them on the list too. They are my favorite 80s hair metal band, and STTG is one of my favorite albums ever! 👌
You mean 90s?
They were better in the 90s imo. Slave to the Grind is a freaking masterpiece
Makin a Mess would have been good too. Super underrated track LOL
0:17 20 Cherry Pie-Warrant
0:45 19 You Give love a bad name-Bon Jovi
0:55 18 Unskinny Bop -Poison
1:15 17 Poison- Alice Cooper
1:45 16 Still of the Night- Whitesnake
2:00 15 Breaking the law-Judas Priest
2:18 14 Soldiers of fortuner- Loudness
2:45 13 Wait-White Lion
3:02 12 2 Minutes to Midnight-Iron Maiden
3:20 11 Don't stop Believing-Journey
3:47 10 The way -Stryper (my favorite)
4:10 09 Youth gonnet wild-Skid Row
4:33 08 Rock you like a Hurricane-Scorpions
4:50 07 Panama - Van Halen
5:20 06 Kickstart my heart- Motley Crue
5:48 05 Mr. Scary- Dokken
6:13 04 Round and round- Ratt
6:33 03 Welcome to the Jungle- Guns n´ Roses
7:03 02 Pour some sugar to me- Def Leppard
7:20 01 Crazy Train-Ozzy Osbourne
Play guitar "Goku" lol
Where can I find all the backing tracks.
illinoisanthunder hey dummy it’s for people to see when a song they want to hear is playing.
The only two I dont listen pretty well done was Round a d Round by Ratt and Pour some sugar by Def Leppard both sound simple but I think you gave to do it right or maybe is just me
Stryper is also my favorite
It’s youth GONE wild
Loudness and Stryper made the cut. Awesome
I will never understand how grunge took over this music
Its the industry's fault. Its not because of the popular "people got tired of having fun" thing.
Every generation needs their own sound. All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again.
It's a good thing it did. It was getting washed out by the end of the 80's
Glam isn't as good at degrading the youth. Barely verbally coherent rap like kodak black is 10x better at that. That's why Rap has been the preferred choice for music industry jews for almost 20 years. possibly the longest span of prominence for any single genre
@@PATRIOTxx3 the fuck are you talking about?
I haven't seen anyone who can fret as lightly as you can. Clearly a masterful performance. Nice job!
Nothing like 80's hair metal!
Bradley Barton 80’s Thrash metal is better
A lot of those "Hair" bands don't have much hair now..
@@aaebsssb9914 Thrash metal is insanely overrated. Glam had better riffs, solos and vocals.
Kull, O Conquistador Bruh
I'm seriously so happy you put Stryper! No one ever acknowledges them!
I love Stryper!!
I generally got goosebumps of excitement when Iron Maiden came on and I wanted Mötley Crüe to played all the way thru. Love this.
Not sure I’d classify Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, or Journey as hair metal/glam rock.
I’m sorry but journey is very glam rock. Like the glam rockiest band ever.
@@grandadmiralmanateeYou don't have to be sorry, but there is nothing glam about Journey. Their songs and their look says nothing about glam.
@@davidbell5433 their songs were always glam, and while it’s true through most of their career they didn’t look glam, in the early days they they did look it
@@grandadmiralmanatee I can respect that. I just don’t get a glam vibe from songs like “Lights” and “Wheel In the Sky”.
@@davidbell5433 true ig but no artist ever 100% fits their genre.
Thumbs up for having Loudness and then Stryper in the list! Whatever you have in this list I listened to them every single day when I commute to school in the 80's!
Who cares what genre it is. I love it all from classic rock to death metal.
@mikebalko wtf hahaha 😂
Lord his left hand is the most relaxed I've seen
Ikr it just floats across the board
he needs to put some emotion into the playing, thumbs down from me to him!
@@thefruitdealer4970 No kidding. A delicate touch like that is also much easier to move around the fretboard than guys (like me) who have a death grip on the neck. Smooth playing is fast playing.
6:27 the second we saw that pedal im sure everyone knew what song it was gonna be
I was hoping it would be Someone Like You by Bang Tango actually😀
A few honorable mentions-
"Mama Didn't Raise No Fool"-Firehouse
"Lay It Down"-Ratt
"Boyz Are Gonna Rock"-Vinnie Vincent Invasion
"Electric Gypsy"-LA Guns
"Lips And Hips"-Electric Boys
"Ready To Strike"-King Kobra
"Somebody Save Me"-Cinderella
"Misery Loves Company"-Lillian Axe
"Get It On"-Kingdom Come
"Seventeen"-Winger
"Looks That Kill"-Motley Crue
"THC Groove"-BulletBoys
"Bad Girl"-Trixter
You will not believe how excited I got when I heard Stryper’s “The Way” begin to play! Underrated track right there
I would have thought Def Leppard's iconic Photograph riff would have been in there but to each their own.
I could fill a top 20 list with just leppards first 4 albums lol
If one Ratt song is to be picked, it has to be Lay It Down. A top five pick in any genre to me.
Wow, I wasn't expecting this level of quality in the selection of songs, the list is simply awesome, even if there are one or two that aren't really fitting to the description (more like typical heavy metal than glam rock...). Congratulations both for the realization and also for the selection.
Dude, that was some serious playing! And I loved how accurate you got the tone quality on most I wouldn’t even be able to tell from the actually lick. Way to go!
Love the Mockingbird...Charvel too.
Damn. I didn’t realize just how popular of a riff Lay it Down truly is. I thought I was the only one who loved it. I guess not. Round and Round is a great riff, but Lay it Down is king
Ik this is a year later but yeah the lay it down riff is definitley king
@@hospitalifter nah round and round is the classic lol
@@6StringSolos both are great but Lay it down is just hands down better imo
@@Waltzyy For the main riff yeah sure, round and round is more fun to play not to mention the kick ass solo in it
THANK YOU for including a LOUDNESS riff!!
I am really glad, that you've included Loudness in this fabolous list, they are underrated in my opinion, and often overseen, great video man!
STRYPER RULZ! Glad to see them in the list. 🎸🐝🐝🐝🐝🎸
Kudos to this dude for including Soldier of Fortune. That's a fantastic riff from a too often overlooked band. Loudness rules!!
C.C., pick up that guitar and talk to me!
Vaiterius i always thought he said "sissy" instead of C.C
One of my favorite guitarists.
@@bradstrayer485 mine too, definitely one of my favorites of the 80's! Hair metal
@mikebalko *looked
I don’t know why but I always love it when the singer announces the guitar solo like in talk dirty to me, or when Vince Neil just yells Geetar in Dr. Feelgood. Also during Alice Coopers set at Fire Fight Australia, during Schools Out he yelled out Hurricane for Nita Strauss’ solo
the chord usage is so good honestly, riffs and the chords inbetween is crazy
I really enjoyed hearing all these riffs and yes, there are so many other bands and songs but it will take hours to get them all down on video. Keep rockin'
You've just reminded me of some riffs I need to learn. Thank you.
Great work and well produced. Im 56 and the 80's was MY TIME..they do say 'never say never' but I do feel the 80's hair metal will never be mainstream again. You need to go to Scandinavia for that. I think they have just caught up with the 80's melodic riffs and they have some great bands too. Especially Sweden and Finland. I do think its a wig just to comment on one message. My favourite band of all time is Def Leppard when Steve Clarke RIP was part of them. I remember hearing the song 'Let it go' off their 'High n Dry' album and that riff has stayed with me forever. I didn't; expect to hear you play it but the open chord makes all the difference. Anyway great work and keep it up
this video was a blessing to my eyes and ears, thank you for uploading it!
Good to see you jamming on some of the best riffs from a truly great time for metal and hard rock guitar playing.
Keep it up dude.
I was so happy to see Stryper on this list
Looks like I'm calling in sick tomorrow...
EngiMeer why'd you make his comment about poo
Love the hair, takes me back. Awesome playing bro
Love that Soldier Of Fortune was thrown in there!
Great man! This video is gonna be a succes! We can see all your improvements here ! Keep Rockin'
Very nice! Smooth playing! Love your choices.
Nice work my man. Thanks for sharing!!
This is classic thanks for posting the video! Good job!
Ratt - Lay it Down? David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose? Motley Crue - Kickstart my Heart? WTF man? You had some good ones, jesus, Lay it Down has probably one of the most recognizable opening guitar riffs of the 80's. Other than that, most of those are my choices too.
I feel like Vito Bratta of White Lion gets overlooked a lot. He was really talented. That solo on "Wait" is really tasty.
The Little Fighter Solo and Dont give up Solo are the best Solos of White Lion, arent they
Great playing and awesome list 🤘🏽🎸
definitely nailed this one man! can tell that this is your schtick. great taste, and you seem much more comfortable, as well as nailed the 80's glam tone! very nicely done.
You've made me want to listen to more Dokken, and learn some new riffs. Thanks man
hellfire1209 the axe powers of George Lynch are recognised
Gypsy Road was one of the best hair band songs in the 80s.
I grew up listening to this genre. All 20 of these riffs deserve to be number one on this list.
Amazing work @guitarist6494
I love all your videos. Thanks and keep them coming.
Nice top 20. Great Riffs.
Great video 👍! I enjoyed the riffs. I grew up in the 80's high School grad of 1982. Great memories of 80's music. Thank you so much.
Here here!! Well said! Been playing since age of 12. The period between 1968 and 1988 in my opinion is the Titanium Age of Guitar. Some will say, what about Metallica, Stone Temple Pilots, Avenged Sevenfold? I will say they're great bands who've made great contributions but.. in my humble opinion, the musicians in that 30 year period did more to broaden how the guitar was played, learned & expressed. There were so many innovators that took advantage of the increase in electronics technology.
And these musicians didn't have the internet & CZcams to further their craft. Only magazines and other printed media, plus TV shows to help them along.
@@helixxharpell Terry Kath of Chicago transit authority and Rory Gallagher are 2 fine 😊examples of great contributors. I could rattle off dozens more. But, those two came to mind immediately. Thanks for the reply. Have a great weekend.
@@6stringgunner511 Oh definitely! Really enjoyed their contributions! Thank you and have a great weekend yourself!
Riffs are spot on, its that theres no energy in your playing
Mark Zuckerberg zucc?
It pains me but I agree, just not enough of this on internet anymore
Thats because he is playing at low volume, and he doesn't have a bass player and drummer there
they aren't spot on ,often not played right
@@s4lroachclip absolutely bullshit excuse.
Love your tone, love your technique, love your feel, everything i love. Such uplifting music.
Awesome Jammin' dude!!!! Keep on ROCKIN'!!!!
Can’t believe Alice Coopers Poison made it, one of my all times . Such an amazingly well composed song.
you´re right, there are thousands of good solos that is very difficult to choose
Love that you put the Stryper tune in there!
great vid! some awesome riffs in there, nice work!
New sub here. I love the 80’s music. Just fun, loud and unapologetic. Good times.
awesome job my favorite genre keep rockin it
You make it look so effortless WOW
This was fun. I haven't heard many of these riffs since they were famous. I especially liked how you switched to black and white for crazy train.
So glad to see Stryper included, they're seriously underrated...
rock the hell out of you was one of the best albums of its time
I really like Soldiers Under Command.
Arent they christian metal?
@@slangewinter1996 Yes. They were the first Christian metal band I ever heard back in the day.
Absolute favorite band of all time. I woulda given thumbs down if they weren’t on this list. To hell with the devil and always there for you should have been on this list as well, in my opinion
Excellent choice of riffs you are very good my friend awesome stuff
fantastic playing and fantastic choices!
Anyone feel like his playing was different after kickstart my heart?
Barrett Smith was probably the “ADRENALINE RUSHING THROUGH HIS VAINS”
Wooo! Ratt, Def Leppard, and Ozzy made it on here! Just wish there was more Crüe lol.
Only reason I'm here lol is for Crue
Great choices! Love your playing and your Charvel.
thank you for the Loudness riff!! love those dudes.
Seriously that was amazing !! Perfection, beautiful technique, and precision. 5 Stars ! A few haters on this feed who literally can't even play one of those riffs..
I LOVE that Charvel!
Awesome playing and Love the guitars!
Killin it. Cool beans. Keep on trucking. The best
Haha keep on trucking? thanks
Thanks for the shout out to Loudness and Stryper. I started as a pro musician during that time period and so much of that was in our set list. Round and Round has one of the sneakiest bass lines of all time. You have to listen for it and once you hear it you can't "unhear" it. lol Loved playing it. It's so hard to categorize that stuff. Maybe we should have just called it "popular 80s metal". lol Sure there was lots of hairspray and makeup but hey chicks dug it. That was the only thing that mattered besides the music. I had hair down to my butt at one point but it sure did get the ladies attention. I had pretty hot young woman literally growl at me at a gas station and say "I hate you" then she went on to explain she couldn't grow her hair as long as mine. lol. One of the best pickup lines I ever had thrown at me. lol
Nice, couple my all time favorites is there :D. Times when rock was young and I was even younger xD.
As you say, there are way more than 20 great riffs. But each one of these 20 are classic and 100% recognizable. Great choices.
Great job man !
Nice Rich Mockingbird. Love all the 80s music. Would love to learn it if I had the time. I will be checking your videos out. They could help me big time.
Great video, there'll always be someone who doesn't like it or disagrees!!!!
A huge thumbs up for White Lion!!!! 👍
Dude!
I loved it, you play great, I subscribe!🙏💕
Brilliant! My top 3 riffs at the top. My 2 favourite bands at 2 and 3 and my favourite guitarists at 1 and 2.
Hell yeah I love anything BC Rich neck thru NJ series!
Really nice Crazy train in the end. 80s glam rock is the best!
David Bengtsson Ozzy is not Glam Rock!!!
i referred to the title.
Doesn’t Crazy Train pre-date hair metal
fantastic choices. Love your tone!
Great job and this makes a great playlist too.
I'm feeling well 'cause I've recognised all songs. Haha. Nice performance, so clean and detailed. Congrats. You should play Ninja by Europe, and I wanna rock by twisted sister, turn up the radio by autograph, etc.
Dude, Stryper is soooo good!!
I love the way the guitar sounds!! Nice tone !
Very nice riff selection
Omg your strumming action at Welcome to the Jungle is extraordinary
I enjoyed this video
I loved this entire video. Thank you.
Very nicely done!