Top 25 BADASS Guitar Riffs | Through The Years

I know I 'missed' a lot of awesome songs and probably agree with the song you are about to mention but let me clearify a little bit on how this video came to be: I came across some oldish really fun riffs, and wanted to make a video about that. I noticed a lot of em were played in the key of A, or E with powerchords, the I-iii-IV or the I-IV-V chords, and some other similarities. The list grew and grew, and I finally transformed it into just badass riffs, because I didn't really know a better name :) But sure, keep the suggestions coming!

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0:17 - Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers) 0:33 - Boogie Chillen (John Lee Hooker) 0:47 - Rumble (Link Wray) 1:01 - Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker) 1:15 - Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream) 1:32 - Crossroads (Cream) 1:56 - Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf) 2:09 - Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix) 2:27 - Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin) 2:47 - Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac) 2:56 - La Grange (ZZ Top) 3:12 - Rebel Rebel (David Bowie) 3:19 - Walk This Way (Aerosmith) 3:27 - Barracuda (Heart) 3:42 - Back In Black (AC/DC) 4:03 - Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers) 4:22 - 2 Minutes To Midnight (Iron Maiden) 4:37 - Money For Nothing (Dire Straits) 4:55 - Killing In The Name (Rage Against The Machine) 5:07 - Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz) 5:26 - A Corpse Without Soul (Mercyful Fate) 5:41 - Ball And Biscuit (The White Stripes) 5:59 - I Don't Need No Doctor (John Mayer) 6:16 - I Got Mine (The Black Keys) 6:30 - Psycho (Muse) 6:45 - No Good (KALEO) 7:20 - Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)

Before I started playing guitar at the end of last year, I was in pure awe of this video and its bad assery. Now I'm still in awe, but having a better understanding of guitar also helps this badassery seem more achievable as well. This video also played a huge role in pushing me towards the guitar.

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I can play like a bad ass, just without the bad

My son is in love with “badass” rock & roll and learning guitar. Oddly enough he freaked when he seen you lace up your boots and is now begging for a pair for himself, literally begging! Even said he will quit wearing sweatpants every day if he can get some “sick” boots like yours 😂!

Man, you're so precise. It's a pleasure to watch you play. I'm following what you're doing on the fretboard and think to myself, "Oh, wow. I never knew that was so easy to play." Then I pick up my own guitar and think "Oh, wow. It's not as easy as Paul makes it look."

BEST. INTRO. EVER.

One of the very first 'Badass' guitar riffs ever: 'Toad' by Cream, from their debut album, 1966. That riff is super heavy!

This man didnt just play sick riffs. He just sparked a career in music for hundreds. This video was actually why i dropped the drums and played the guitar.

This video is literally, "less talk, more rock!" Freakin' awesome. And I love that it's all played on a tele! (with the same signal, even??)

Has anybody noticed the pick transfer from thumb to middle finger at 6:00 and how he then readjusted it back to normal? That's more difficult to me than all the riff Paul just played. He's a MUGICIAN

Really interesting video! A lot of riffs I never heard before, so there was a lot of variety unlike the usual same old choices. Great job!

Rumble is so amazing. Four chords, one basic scale, but it’s so iconic and beautiful. Drums and bass are sick too. Always crank that when I hear it.

Nothing can't be more badass than Here Comes the Sun

Some honorable mentions: Black dog - Led Zeppelin Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas Ain't talkin bout love - Van Halen

It was really great hearing all these iconic guitar riffs played back-to-back -- and it certainly proves that rock 'n' roll isn't all the same as my Dad would claim!

Gr8 title, tune selection and video editing as always Paul-muy bueno! And very fun to watch!