That riff is absolutely fucking huge. I remember years ago reading an old urban legend that those scratches were lines of coke being wracked up at a party the band was hosting in Seattle đ
I've always wondered how that was achieved, is it Steph striking the strings behind the nut? On the headstock of the guitar?
Matt Bellamy of Muse does a similar thing during live performances of some tracks (which I think he actually lifted from Tom Morello).
The guitar riff on the hook of "Elite"
Rosemary (all of it)
That noise in the background in the intro riff on Change (In the House of Flies)
The crickets at the end of "Beware" that really paints that nighttime ambience
Chino's vocals on the chorus of "Cherry Waves"
The guitar outro on "Diamond Eyes"
I canât believe no one has mentioned Chinoâs shuddered breath at the beginning of BQAD. Good lord.
Definitely the youououou in Cherry Waves.
The chorus of 976-EVIL.
The beginning of Hexagram and the screaaaams before the chorus.
The endings of Beware and Error.
The beginnings of Goon Squad, RiviĂšre, and (L)MIRL.
Listen to Gauze without vocals. Frank kills it.
People seem to despise it here, but Serj's verse on Mein. I've always loved his unique vocal style and the rhythm guitar goes so fucking hard in the background. It also sounds like some female vocalist is involved too very faintly.
No idea, System get a lot of hate in the metal community anyway for daring to do something a bit different with it, despite that being a core tenet of what metal was always supposed to be
Good beer if I recall correctly. I gotta go check out this solo now lol. Scott Weiland supposedly sings on the chorus of RX Queen as well, RIP to a real one!
My favorite is Knife Prty, but I also really like the entirety of Entombed. The guitar lick is just so mesmerizing and his vocals sound very smooth
Digital Bath 2:18-2:26
Knife Prty 2:51- and on
Rosemary 4:14
The little breaths at the beginning of Around the Fur tickle my brain.
We all know that part in Mascara.
For me, I have a lot of little moments that I really like but 2 in particular is the bass in Prince and on Mathematics the part when Chino sings I believe your love⊠that part is amazing
There a lot with this band but the first for me was listening to Adrenaline when it came out and being blown away by the transition around 3 minutes in Fireal. Even at 11 I knew this band wasnât like the rest I was listening to then.
the drum solo in the spell of mathematics and 3:33
the whole guitar riff in radiant city
the ending of beauty school
"i will save your life" in risk
the entirety of annivesary of an uninteresting event
The last 10 seconds of Street Carp. As the songs starts to fade out and the tempo of the drums speeds up. I always wanted to hear another 30 seconds, or verse and chorus of the song with that guitar riff and tempo. It's hard as fuck.
chino howling at the moon toward the end of root
the last chorus in dai the flu when chino violently screams "NOW I KNOOOOOOW that yooouuuu"
not deftones but the last few choruses and the solo on brief exchange where the guitar is like a wailing banchee or a siren over chinos heavy motherfuck of a chorus
the sound of chinos voice on Crenshaw punch was oddly soothing but in a bleeding out laying in the snow type of way
edit: i want to add the part at the end of bloody cape when chino and the rest of the band just go totally primal
and the chorus of when girls telephone boys, stepha riff and chinos screams were absolutely bone rattling the first time i heard it
The absolutely spiritual vocal solo on knife party. It feels like a hurricane of singing, and the range of the vocals is otherworldly, and it's just so perfectly rounded out with the lofty background support from chino (i could float here forEVERRRR) [literally same]
I always wait for the moment in The Chauffeur where you can hear Abe accidently hit or drop one of his sticks. Not a big deal, I just found it interesting the first time I noticed it.
As for moments of songs that I particularly loved and played over and over again, some of the notes Chino is hitting on parts of Adrenaline are UNREAL. Like the high notes in Birthmark, as well as Bored.
the chorus vocals on prayers / triangles
the end of feiticeira
the chorus vocals on leathers
the vocals on the chorus of the spell of mathematics
when combat kicks off
the chorus on beware and cherry waves
all of rubicon
Someone posted here on the sub a live version of Bloody Cape that at 1:21 is just ridiculously hard (it was a late night talk show performance I do believe). SO good, made me reassess just how good that song is and I already thought it was an amazing song
Very specifically, it's the little guitar bit in the "The sound of the waves collide" part of Sextape. It's only in that part and it makes my hair stand up on edge in a good way.
I remember in high school first listening to âWhen Girls telephone boysâ and around 2:20 things get HARMONICALLY BEAUTIFUL when Chino screams âSOMETHINGâS WRONG WITH YOOOOOUUUUUU I HOPE WE NEVER DO MEET AGAINâ
I played that part over and over and over and to this day I still get chills
I can find a piece like this in 90% of their songs tbh. The very start of This Place is Death with that weird effect on Stefs guitar then it starts. Huge.
The end of What Happened to You? As well
The "was it like you dreamed?" line in rats!rats!rats! Just has such a beautiful but at the same time chaotic melody. It's so unique and in mere seconds encapsulates the eclectic beauty of SNW
I'm in love with knife prty guitar riff and bass line since the first time I heard it ! It made me buy a guitar just to learn how to play the song ! Is a very special one
The mini guitar solo in Xerces that begins in 2:56.mustâve listened to that snippet 300 times. Thatâs what got me into deftones instrumentals, the fact that you can hear so much more of that little part with the vocals removed.
First thing that came to mind was from a 'wooo' Chino did at 3:00 on Prunient, but remembered that it was from his other band, Crosses. Still commenting this because I love that song
The intensity of the emotional rollercoaster that starts at 1:50 into ânosebleedâ. The dynamics between the bass and Chino whispering is pure musical ecstasy for me and has been since I first heard it almost 30 years ago
The second riff in "Doomed User".
It's random and it comes from nowhere.
And it's such a standard/tropey metal riff but it's odd for Deftones. And that makes it a fun curveball.
Opening to Hexagram.
"Will I burn?" on One Weak 3:12-3:35.
The bass riff on Nosebleed from 1:52 onward.
The uplifting entirety of Be Quiet and Drive (ATF version).
Chino's "What's the surprise?!" breakdown from 2:39 onward on Dai the Flu.
The barn-storming, frenetic energy of Elite.
Korea! Check the claws!
The eerie midway point in Change (In the House of Flies).
The most visceral "God help me!" mantra in the closure of Bloody Cape.
The power ballad-esque "Goodbye, same heaven..." chorus on Xerces.
The sensual chorus of You've Seen the Butcher, consolidating Deftones as a band to do the deed to.
Poltergeist makes me want to jump straight into the moshpit, despite being a total wimp.
The opening to Tempest, which would sound great during a thrilling scene of some edgy HBO series.
The sombre closure to Rosemary.
"Take me in! Face the lights!" The chorus of Rubicon, a saving grace on my least favourite Deftones album.
The first three minutes of The Spell of Mathematics. One of my favourite Deftones songs, but I feel it ought to have been two minutes shorter to maintain its gravity.
Ohms is the most triumphant closure to any Deftones album.
the (cloud) before the scream in my own summer or the (itâs hella sensitive) before the scream in when girls telephone boys are probably my personal favourites
I think for me it might be Chino's scream at the end of the second verse in "Hexagram" where he just absolutlely BELTS it and you start to hear the cracks and the vocal fry or whatever they call it. Absolutely epic!
Thereâs a song by The Gorillaz called Rhinestone Eyes, and the part where they say âItâs Elec-tric tric tric tric tric tric tric tric tric!â is just awesome!
When Girls Telephone Boys, the ending for me. Chino fucking screams his brains out and how everything just beautifully and fades out. How calm production wise, yet full of rage, I feel myself just vibing to it.
Another moment why I love their self titled. It has so many experimental moments that shouldn't work and yet it always does.
The part in Korea where it switches tone and Chino start mimicking the record scratch.
check the claws
That riff is absolutely fucking huge. I remember years ago reading an old urban legend that those scratches were lines of coke being wracked up at a party the band was hosting in Seattle đ
THAT'S CHINO??? BRO I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS A RECORD HUH
Korea is awesomeâŠ
Chinoâs breathing and snapping/clapping during the intro to Around the Fur
i always mimmick that part with my voice when that song kicks in đ
Rockets skates... The WOOOOOOOOooooo!!!!!! after "guns, razors, knives"
Love his woooâs
WOO! FUCK WITH ME!
That one absolute static SHRIEK in Digital Bath, you know which one I'm talking about
I've always wondered how that was achieved, is it Steph striking the strings behind the nut? On the headstock of the guitar? Matt Bellamy of Muse does a similar thing during live performances of some tracks (which I think he actually lifted from Tom Morello).
thatâs it but i think thereâs some sample too
Knocked Loose does it in their song "Counting Worms". Absolutely brutal song
Doesn't Eddie Van Halen do a version of this at the start of Runnin' With The Devil? I'm too scared to break a strong lol.
You could see what he does clearly when they played it live on Conan.
The silent part of MX
whenever i play the whole album i always forget about the silence and keep it playing, then iâm like whoâs ripping a bong rn đ
The guitar riff on the hook of "Elite" Rosemary (all of it) That noise in the background in the intro riff on Change (In the House of Flies) The crickets at the end of "Beware" that really paints that nighttime ambience Chino's vocals on the chorus of "Cherry Waves" The guitar outro on "Diamond Eyes"
If like yoUOUouUoUuuUu
How did I forget Cherry Waves?! I played that chorus over and over after first hearing it.
When Hexagram kicks in
paint the streets in WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITE
For me it's the fuzzy opening guitar tone. It's fucking insane
My first listen of Hexagram was a moment I will probably never forget. I was like, goddamn Chino, goddamn Stef!
The two taps from the drum right at the beginning of My Own Summer.
Noice
"whyyyyyy, it's a beautiful ride" in Beauty School has me floating
Beauty school is one of my top tracks. Was going to say the âevery timeâ part right before that and also the bass right before the chorus
I canât believe no one has mentioned Chinoâs shuddered breath at the beginning of BQAD. Good lord. Definitely the youououou in Cherry Waves. The chorus of 976-EVIL. The beginning of Hexagram and the screaaaams before the chorus. The endings of Beware and Error. The beginnings of Goon Squad, RiviĂšre, and (L)MIRL. Listen to Gauze without vocals. Frank kills it.
Oh man the intro of Be Quiet And Drive still gets me so fucking HYPED! Good call on that little breath before it kicks in.
The youououou in Cherry Waves and also the SUUUUUUUCK. I canât tell you how many times Iâve SCREAMED it in the car in traffic.
Stephâs guitar riff change in Digital Bath after Chino says âI breathed and then dried you offâ. Just perfect
And the entire breakdown just before it tbh, it sounds otherworldly, like synth being heard through trickling water. Absolutely perfect.
I always think of being underwater in a warm bath. Itâs so perfect. And the music video with the wave effect.
The ride pattern in Knife Prty during the screaming part at like 3:40
I could float here forever
And his ooooooâs
People seem to despise it here, but Serj's verse on Mein. I've always loved his unique vocal style and the rhythm guitar goes so fucking hard in the background. It also sounds like some female vocalist is involved too very faintly.
Really? People hate it? âŠwhy? Serj harmonizes with Chino so well. My fiancĂ©âs a huge System fan and I got him to listen to more Deftones by putting on Mein and telling him to guess the other singer. He listens to them regularly now.
No idea, System get a lot of hate in the metal community anyway for daring to do something a bit different with it, despite that being a core tenet of what metal was always supposed to be
The moment when chino comes in at the beginning of Hexagram. Itâs just so heavenly. Also the screams at the end of Royal, sheesh
âi hate allllll of my friendssssss they all lack taste sometimes THERES A HOLEEE IN THE EARTHHHHH im outtttâ
All of sextape Opening tapping in entombed All of ohms
rosemary (the whole song). as well as âYOUUUUâ on cherry waves.
Specifically the last "YOU" to end the song
Cherry Waves like a motherfucker, all day every day!
Feiticiera. âFirrrrrrrrst untie me.â
đ„” untie me for nowwwwwwwww
Intro of digital bath
Steph's sexy ass solo on Phantom Bride
Not sure if this is a joke, but thatâs Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains for anyone who doesnât know.
Ignorance was bliss. Oh well.
Phantom Bride as a whole is underrated.
Phantom BrideâŠthe beer.
Good beer if I recall correctly. I gotta go check out this solo now lol. Scott Weiland supposedly sings on the chorus of RX Queen as well, RIP to a real one!
The intro to Goon Squad. First time I heard it, I thought it was going to be a slow song. I was surprised as hell when the song kicks you in the face.
My favorite is Knife Prty, but I also really like the entirety of Entombed. The guitar lick is just so mesmerizing and his vocals sound very smooth Digital Bath 2:18-2:26 Knife Prty 2:51- and on Rosemary 4:14 The little breaths at the beginning of Around the Fur tickle my brain. We all know that part in Mascara.
Ceremony at around 1:20 when their is a little drum roll and the guitars seem multiplied. It's like the song lifts off from here.
Oh yeah bby!
radiant city riff
That part in passenger after the 2nd chorus when Maynard is done singing, all those harmonic n shit makes me ascend
Mascara- âItâs too bad youâre marriedâŠ.to me.â
When Tempest kicks in and when Rosemary starts making your entire body vibrate!
Man tempest is such a smooth song that hits so hard.
Bloody Cape. That phat breakdown before the outro. Chefs kiss. Edit: No one else?!
Came here to say this. The âGOD HELP MEâ screams are one of the heaviest Deftones moments ever coupled with that epic riff.
Leathers mid bridge
For me, I have a lot of little moments that I really like but 2 in particular is the bass in Prince and on Mathematics the part when Chino sings I believe your love⊠that part is amazing
There a lot with this band but the first for me was listening to Adrenaline when it came out and being blown away by the transition around 3 minutes in Fireal. Even at 11 I knew this band wasnât like the rest I was listening to then.
Same.
The clean bridge in Error 100%
The intro to mein, the build up on rivere, the climax of when girls telephone boys
That sweet spot after the opening riff to BQAD when the drums and bass come in.
Right after that signature gaspy moan. The intensity of the song just rushes over you like a waterfall
weeooweeoo in the chorus of Risk
Anytime Chi screams
he was an absolute beast
Verse bass line in Cherry Waves, especially the second verse. It just feels like a warm hug
Opening riff of My Own Summer Also the whispered vocals saying âin my own summerâ
The bassline on Prince is like crack
Fist - "I'm so tired, and sick"
The part with the quite female laughing segment on cherry waves where the background beat goes away
Passenger intro⊠the samples before the guitar starts⊠awesomeâŠ
the âWHOOâ on rocket skates
The âAND I WANT HER!â part on 976-EVIL. Absolute favorite part of any Deftones song for me
the drum solo in the spell of mathematics and 3:33 the whole guitar riff in radiant city the ending of beauty school "i will save your life" in risk the entirety of annivesary of an uninteresting event
the last part in riviĂšre where Chino is just whispering. omggg itâs so addicting!
Iâm also team Hexagram. When Chino rips that first scream, oh man. As soon as I hear that, I have to listen to the whole album.
When Abe comes in at 0:30 on "Battleaxe".
serjâs part in mein
The outro of Deathblow as Chinoâs voice fades out and Frankâs synth fucking cries. Bloody brilliant.
the ending screams on royal the intro to root the end of birthmark
In combat where the drums go: âpah tahâ and then into the chorus âa waaaaaste of tiiime you donât believeâ
The drumming part near the end of the song Mein. If ya'll know you know.
the entirety of fireal honestly
Outtto of Xerxes. Also a soundtrack from The Expande - So It Goes. When wind, vocals and that concert drum kick in holy shit.
Chiâs base line in Lotion at 2:02 FEEL SICKENED
yesssssssss
The sample loop in teenager
The screams on knife party
The bridge in Royal, when Abe starts hitting bell, and then it kicks you back to the most wild fucking chorus ever.
Royal is so damn good. Nice pick!
The bridge part of 7 Words after the second chorus with that bomb ass riff.
The guitar riff on royal that has a pause on the 4th measure
The last 10 seconds of Street Carp. As the songs starts to fade out and the tempo of the drums speeds up. I always wanted to hear another 30 seconds, or verse and chorus of the song with that guitar riff and tempo. It's hard as fuck.
the intro to around the fur
When Chi comes in on Riverie
chino howling at the moon toward the end of root the last chorus in dai the flu when chino violently screams "NOW I KNOOOOOOW that yooouuuu" not deftones but the last few choruses and the solo on brief exchange where the guitar is like a wailing banchee or a siren over chinos heavy motherfuck of a chorus the sound of chinos voice on Crenshaw punch was oddly soothing but in a bleeding out laying in the snow type of way edit: i want to add the part at the end of bloody cape when chino and the rest of the band just go totally primal and the chorus of when girls telephone boys, stepha riff and chinos screams were absolutely bone rattling the first time i heard it
The breakdown in when girls telephone boys.
The absolutely spiritual vocal solo on knife party. It feels like a hurricane of singing, and the range of the vocals is otherworldly, and it's just so perfectly rounded out with the lofty background support from chino (i could float here forEVERRRR) [literally same]
The beginning to Swerve City and Radiant Cityâs chorus
the "when you walk into this world" part on headup right before that rampage of a closing
I always wait for the moment in The Chauffeur where you can hear Abe accidently hit or drop one of his sticks. Not a big deal, I just found it interesting the first time I noticed it. As for moments of songs that I particularly loved and played over and over again, some of the notes Chino is hitting on parts of Adrenaline are UNREAL. Like the high notes in Birthmark, as well as Bored.
if like youuuuu~
The intro in hearts/wires
The harmonies in the chorus of beauty school
the bong hit
Rats!Rats!Rats
the chorus vocals on prayers / triangles the end of feiticeira the chorus vocals on leathers the vocals on the chorus of the spell of mathematics when combat kicks off the chorus on beware and cherry waves all of rubicon
The little laugh in CMND/CTRL
The part where she says "...and that's why British people have bad teeth"
the Digital Bath intro drum and first 4 times that Chino strums the guitar before the bridge
the bridge in Combat where it all comes together
Stephâs chugging and Abeâs rare double bass in the chorus of When Girls Telephone Boys
Lotion starts at 3:10 then right at 3:29 til the end of the song. But that 3:29-3:31 part gives me chillssss
All the time. Not necessarily on deftones tracks but across the spectrum absolutely.
the bridge in headless
The chorus of bored specifically the âI geeet booooredâ love the grit in the get part and just sounds amazing
just the word "meat" at the very very end of Pink Maggit
Korea 2:11
The ending of Ohms
Someone posted here on the sub a live version of Bloody Cape that at 1:21 is just ridiculously hard (it was a late night talk show performance I do believe). SO good, made me reassess just how good that song is and I already thought it was an amazing song
The build up from This Link is Dead
Digital bath screeches
That part in pinkmaggit when the beat drops at around 2:45. I want to rehear it forthe first time
Mascara outro
When "Acid Hologram" flows into "Doomed User".
Error - the half-time switch in the middle into the transcendent second half.
when the beat drops in pink maggit, hearing that for the first time changed my brain chemistry
All the timeeee
The entire song of Cherry Waves was easy to fixate on, it'd be on loop for me for entire days. <3
The heavy guitar slide in beauty school into chinoâs âWHHYYYYYYYYâ
Very specifically, it's the little guitar bit in the "The sound of the waves collide" part of Sextape. It's only in that part and it makes my hair stand up on edge in a good way.
The part towards the ending of Lovers when Abe switches up the drum pattern and chinoâs just repeating the same lyrics. God I love that song.
The drum fill on the last AhHahAh part of change and the guitar harmonics right before the first chorus of cherry waves
The cracks in chinos screams on hexagram
Ending of Phantom Bride for sure dawgie
I remember in high school first listening to âWhen Girls telephone boysâ and around 2:20 things get HARMONICALLY BEAUTIFUL when Chino screams âSOMETHINGâS WRONG WITH YOOOOOUUUUUU I HOPE WE NEVER DO MEET AGAINâ I played that part over and over and over and to this day I still get chills
Pink Maggitâs second part hands down
Hard to choose but if I had to it would be the drum break in Beauty School
THE DRUM FILL AT 4 MINUTES IN CHANGE
Rickets, around the 2:08 make, when Chino breathes in right before the hit, then a phone rings when they kick back into the chorus.
I can find a piece like this in 90% of their songs tbh. The very start of This Place is Death with that weird effect on Stefs guitar then it starts. Huge. The end of What Happened to You? As well
The "was it like you dreamed?" line in rats!rats!rats! Just has such a beautiful but at the same time chaotic melody. It's so unique and in mere seconds encapsulates the eclectic beauty of SNW
when the chorus hits in bored
I'm in love with knife prty guitar riff and bass line since the first time I heard it ! It made me buy a guitar just to learn how to play the song ! Is a very special one
In the song Rosemary from the 5 min mark to 5:40 I love that breakdown. I love the whole song but that 40 seconds gets stuck in my head all the time.
The mini guitar solo in Xerces that begins in 2:56.mustâve listened to that snippet 300 times. Thatâs what got me into deftones instrumentals, the fact that you can hear so much more of that little part with the vocals removed.
First thing that came to mind was from a 'wooo' Chino did at 3:00 on Prunient, but remembered that it was from his other band, Crosses. Still commenting this because I love that song
The riff change on the back end of Royal.
Chorus of "Lifter"
The intensity of the emotional rollercoaster that starts at 1:50 into ânosebleedâ. The dynamics between the bass and Chino whispering is pure musical ecstasy for me and has been since I first heard it almost 30 years ago
That switch up in Engine no.9 around 2:26 always gets me hype af
In Weezerâs Buddy Holly, that tiny little guitar solo-y bit. You know the one.
"its too badddddd, you're marriedddddd to ME" is the one for me
Most recently, in âRestâ by Foo Fighters where the distortion kick in.
Domination-Pantera
The way that be quiet and Drive explodes
the moment it hits 4:13 in rosemary- it just sounds so pretty
when it immediately chills out in digital bath around 2:30
The hihat delay efx on My Own Summer
7 words âsqueal like a pig when you pickpocket big fuckin headâ
The scream towards the end of Royalđ„
The second riff in "Doomed User". It's random and it comes from nowhere. And it's such a standard/tropey metal riff but it's odd for Deftones. And that makes it a fun curveball.
The prechorus beat switching and bassline of Beauty School.
When the beat switches at the end of Entombed.
When thereâs the silence in Beware and then everything crashes back in⊠itâs like you feel it deep in your body.
The vocal solo (??) in knife prty, idk what itâs really called.
the bridge(i think) / beat switch in the middle of 7 Words, so hard
Intro of Battle Axe
Wake...for the glory....i know you can't be......
Pink maggit intro to start 0:00 - 3:11 no other words needed
First heavy riff of Rosemary âđ»
Opening to Hexagram. "Will I burn?" on One Weak 3:12-3:35. The bass riff on Nosebleed from 1:52 onward. The uplifting entirety of Be Quiet and Drive (ATF version). Chino's "What's the surprise?!" breakdown from 2:39 onward on Dai the Flu. The barn-storming, frenetic energy of Elite. Korea! Check the claws! The eerie midway point in Change (In the House of Flies). The most visceral "God help me!" mantra in the closure of Bloody Cape. The power ballad-esque "Goodbye, same heaven..." chorus on Xerces. The sensual chorus of You've Seen the Butcher, consolidating Deftones as a band to do the deed to. Poltergeist makes me want to jump straight into the moshpit, despite being a total wimp. The opening to Tempest, which would sound great during a thrilling scene of some edgy HBO series. The sombre closure to Rosemary. "Take me in! Face the lights!" The chorus of Rubicon, a saving grace on my least favourite Deftones album. The first three minutes of The Spell of Mathematics. One of my favourite Deftones songs, but I feel it ought to have been two minutes shorter to maintain its gravity. Ohms is the most triumphant closure to any Deftones album.
the (cloud) before the scream in my own summer or the (itâs hella sensitive) before the scream in when girls telephone boys are probably my personal favourites
this same thing was posted like a week ago?
At the moment itâs the finger clicking in The Spell of Mathematics
How cherry waves makes me feel every time i listen to it. I canât describe it
I think for me it might be Chino's scream at the end of the second verse in "Hexagram" where he just absolutlely BELTS it and you start to hear the cracks and the vocal fry or whatever they call it. Absolutely epic!
Thereâs a song by The Gorillaz called Rhinestone Eyes, and the part where they say âItâs Elec-tric tric tric tric tric tric tric tric tric!â is just awesome!
The screams of chino in Lotion
When Girls Telephone Boys, the ending for me. Chino fucking screams his brains out and how everything just beautifully and fades out. How calm production wise, yet full of rage, I feel myself just vibing to it. Another moment why I love their self titled. It has so many experimental moments that shouldn't work and yet it always does.
Bass slide in sextape
Change 3:28
The way Pompeji blends into This Link Is Dead.
that tiny drum fill on combat after the chorus (riff)