MY BROTHERS! WE'RE ONE IN THE SAME!

This next post hearkens back to the ealry days of hardcore, when E natural minor was as heavy as it got. The common consensus is that this next riff was actually originated by Discharge, but I'll be referring to it as the "Chunks riff". A simple E-G-F# using down-strokes, some heavy mid-tempo drumming and you got yourself a jam.

This clip contains the following songs:
Discharge - Protest and Survive
Last Rights - Chunks
L.A. Guns - Sex Action
H.T.D. - Toxic Hobos
Urban Blight - Leech
Life's Blood - Never Make A Change
Cold Stare - Words in Your Mouth
Beautiful Creatures - 1AM



With a riff used this much, it's hard to know who was ripping off what. The only one I can confirm as blatant is "Toxic Hobos". I wrote it, and I definitely said "I'm just gonna use that riff from Chunks"

On this next pair, I can quite pin down a stolen riff, but the over all structure and feel of the song are identical. When you hear it, you know it's Chunks.
Last Rights - Chunks

Knife Fight - Burning Bridges Pt. 1



This next one has nothing to do with Chunks, but how many other chances am I going to get to talk about L.A. Guns on a hardcore blog (well, they do have that hardcore record, but anyways), Traci Guns openly admits to having stole the riff from Motley Crue' "Wild Side" for L.A. Guns' "Electric Gypsy". Check them out back to back:


Legend has it, he wrote that track on a old bass that was laying around a crack house. Now that's hardcore.