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Favorite songs that start with a drum riff

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Of the top of my head and in no order:

"It's The End of the World As We Know It"-REM
"Cherub Rock"-Smashing Pumpkins
"Good Lord Lorrie"-Turnpike Troubadors

What else?
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Down Under - Men At Work
Lakeside Park - RUSH

Actually, several great RUSH songs with percussion lead in.
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In reply to purplehayes • 8:55p, 2/2/26
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purplehayes said:
Down Under - Men At Work
Lakeside Park - RUSH

Actually, several great RUSH songs with percussion lead in.


Digital Man
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When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
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In reply to shovel pass • 9:01p, 2/2/26
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shovel pass said:
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin


Oh man! Love this one - good catch!
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Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
Rock and Roll - LZ
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
First ones that popped into my head
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Several from Zeppelin.

Hot for Teacher - VH
Painkiller - Judas Priest

And my somewhat guilty favorite as a drummer (and yes - I live in suburbia and I play Rolands):

Quiet Riot - The Wild and the Young



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Ozzy - Over the Mountain
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Alice In Chains - No Excuses
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Man what a fantastic snare sound.

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Two Metallica offerings; the more complicated;



And about as simple as it gets

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In reply to digging tunnels • 10:21p, 2/2/26
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digging tunnels said:

Alice In Chains - No Excuses

This and angry chair, both set the mood of the song so well.
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Sunday Bloody Sunday- U2

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One of my favorites. Karnivool - Deadman.

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GNR - You Could Be Mine

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Primus - John the Fisherman

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ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'

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Megadeth - Trust

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Rosanna by Toto. Jeff Porcaro's blend of the Purdie shuffle with Bonham's Fool in the Rain was genius.

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Let's add a couple millennial pop punk anthems:

First Date - blink-182
My Hero - Foo Fighters
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311 Don't Stay Home


Led Zeppelin Moby Dick
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.

We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
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Let it Burn - Blackberry Smoke


Honky Tonk Nighttime Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd


Money for Nothing - Dire Straits


Gin, Smoke, Lies - Turnpike Troubadours
"Well, if you can’t have a great season, at least ruin somebody else’s." - Olin Buchanan
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Honky Tonk Woman, which is one of my top 10 all-time favorite songs.

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My Hero - Foo Fighters
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In reply to shovel pass • 9:00a, 2/3/26
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shovel pass said:
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin

100%
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Not technically a riff, but on "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross, I think Tony Thompson gave the best, most chaotic drum intro ever on a pop song. I still can't time it right when just trying to air drum.
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Dream Theater - Honor Thy Father is pretty dope
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Slayer - Raining Blood
Sepultura - Territory and Refuse/Resist
Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone
Gojira - Only Pain
Tool - Ticks & Leeches
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Mastodon - The Wolf is Loose
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
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Men at Work "Who Can It Be Now?"
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Creedence- Suzie Q
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In reply to shovel pass • 10:26a, 2/3/26
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shovel pass said:
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin

EOT
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In reply to Cromagnum • 10:59a, 2/3/26
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Cromagnum said:
Megadeth - Trust


Trust was the first song that came to mind.

Second song that came to mind was Phil Collins "I Don't Care Anymore"

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