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#Riffs6Music - help curate the all-time killer riffs playlist

Tom Robinson asks for listeners' suggestions for the ultimate guitar riff songs via the hashtag #Riffs6Music.

40 years ago Led Zeppelin released 'Physical Graffiti', Royal Blood and Foo Fighters won a couple of awards on Wednesday night and Billy Corgan went on a bit of a rant calling for rock musicians to "take an aggressive stance" against pop music.

It all points to Now Playing celebrating the mighty riff on this Sunday's show (1 March, 6pm-8pm).

So give us classic metal riffs, rich bluesy licks, jingly-jangly shoegazing tinkles, thunderous power chord progressions and timeless 6-string noodlings.

Choose any song which sums up the art of the riff, be it big, loud, subtle, beefy or just plain old catchy. Experts in the field include AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Metallica and of course Royal Blood.

But it's not just balls-out rock that claims to dominate the riff market. You may also celebrate the guitar genius of Radiohead, The Smiths, Blur, Bloc Party, Beck, The Kinks, Oasis, and - er hello! - The Rolling Stones obvs.

In the words of Angus Young, "There's always another great riff waiting to be written", so get your riff-inspired suggestions to Tom via the hashtag #Riffs6Music to help create a playlist. Comment on the Now Playing Facebook page, here on the blog, email nowplaying@bbc.co.uk or drag tracks onto our Spotify and Rdio playlists.

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Music Played

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode

    • Chess.

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Pixies

    Here Comes Your Man

    • 4 A.D..

  • Radiohead

    Paranoid Android

    • Parlophone.

  • The Breeders

    Cannonball

    • ALTERNATIVE 90S.
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Let's Go Crazy

    • Warner Bros.

  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now?

    • Drive Time 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • The choice of Andrew Trendell, Deputy Editor of Gigwise

    • Queens of the Stone Age

      No One Knows

  • Elastica

    Connection

    • Deceptive Records.

  • Link Wray

    Rumble

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.

  • Hole

    Celebrity Skin

    • Geffen.

  • The Kinks

    You Really Got Me

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 7.

  • U2

    Where The Streets Have No Name

  • Public Enemy

    Harder Than You Think

    • Public Enemy.

  • L7

    Pretend We're Dead

  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Status Quo

    Down Down

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Nirvana

    Lithium

    • Geffen.

  • PJ Harvey

    Sheela-Na-Gig

    • TOO PURE.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Kashmir

    • Physical Graffiti (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition).
    • Swan Song.

Broadcast

  • Sun 1 Mar 2015 18:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music