Favorite underrated riffs from the 80s/early 90s?

Great discussion here and some cool lists. So many under rated riffs...where to start.
This is a riff/tune that I've had in my head for nearly 30 years, literally I find myself playing it in my head just about every day.

 
Starman22":ir3z76q3 said:
Heavy Metal Movie Soundtrack - A bunch of songs on there
Iron Maiden - Two minutes to midnight or wrathchild
Scorpions - blackout
The Scream. - you believe in you
Aerosmith - let the music do the talking
VH - house of pain
Most everything Spyder Giraldo played anytime
The knack - my Sharona
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-Great call Starman-1981-Metal gets airplay-MTV is born-


--Love the movie--(HEAVY METAL)--Love the soundtrack-- -One band came to kill, with they're -OPUS- & 9th release-

------(BLUE OYSTER CULT)------

---FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN---
--BUCK DHARMA-- The singer, Song writer, Guitar great.
-Burning for You-
-Heavy Metal-(the Black & Silver)-
-Veteran of the Psychic War's-
-Sole Survivor-
-Fire of Unknown Orgin-



-------------------------------(DANZIG)-----------------------------
--(Glenn Danzig-- & --John Christ)--
-SUBSTANCE, NO FILLER, HEAVY LYRICS, EVIL GUITAR-

-TWIST OF CAIN-
-NOT OF THIS WORLD-
-SHE RIDES-
-AM I DEMON-
-MOTHER-
-END OF TIME-
-POSSESSION-
-+-HER BLACK WINGS-+-(my favorite)-(LUCIFUGE)-


----TROUBLE---(Great band in the BLACK SABBATH mold)-
 
Hmmm. Tough to pick 5

G n' R- Don't Damn Me
Iron Maiden- Wasted Years
Motley Crüe- Too Young To Fall In Love
Lynch Mob- Wicked Sensation
Oozy- Steal Away (the Night)
 
LOVE this thread! Killer playing Rocco!! For me :
DIO- Dream Evil
Dokken - Lost Behind The Wall
Mercyful Fate - The Bell Witch
Testament - Electric Crown
Motley - Knock Em Dead Kid
 
romanianreaper":259xer7b said:
Sick playing man!!! Sounded great! Those were some great riffs.

Some of my favorites:

Loudness - Crazy Nights
Ratt - What You Give is What You Get
Extreme - Decadence Dance
TNT - 10,000 Lovers in One
Scorpions - Sails of Charon (sp?)
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Oh man.... nearly took my list verbatim. All of those tunes got played very loudly and often on my stereos.
 
Some of my favorite tones from back in the day...

The pre-solo section around 2:00 specifically. LOVE this tone!









 
I literally want to post a dozen or two Symphony X songs, but then I realize... it's the WHOLE SONG, not just the "riff's", that are amazing.
Symphony X is one of those bands whose songs are greater than the sum of the individual parts.
 
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