Let’s not beat around the bush – Tom Morello shits out riffs for breakfast that most musicians would be grateful to write just once in their career. Strip away any of his songs down to just the guitar and you’ll hear a master at work, sowing seeds of change into the unholy noise booming out of the same Marshall head and Peavey cab that’s sat behind him throughout most of his career. Here’s a look at the best riffs across the visionary musician’s staggering career… Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name If ‘Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me!’ are the immortal words chiselled into the very cornerstone of Rage Against The Machine’s legacy, it’s because they belong to one of the greatest build-ups in music history. The riff that explodes towards the end of the song, despite its...
