Ripped off songs

[Silenius]

Yesterday I was listening to HateCrew DeathRoll (CoB) and I realized that the first verse of "Lil' Bloodred Riding Hood" is completely ripped off of the verse of Dissections "Unhallowed". Looking back I also so an article in one of my older RockHrad magazines that metioned this as well.

Does anyone else know of anything about this or other songs that are ripped off. (I heard Dimmu ripped off Arcturus badly on one song but dont know which.)

[Stoic]

madonna's new song hung up is an ABBA, gimme gimme gimme rip off :angry:

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Yesterday I was listening to HateCrew DeathRoll (CoB) and I realized that the first verse of "Lil' Bloodred Riding Hood" is completely ripped off of the verse of Dissections "Unhallowed". Looking back I also so an article in one of my older RockHrad magazines that metioned this as well.
Woah, I'll have to check that out.

Speaking of Hate Crew Deathroll, Bodom Beach Terror is a pretty blatant rip-off of Carcass' Corporeal Jigsore Quandry in some parts.

There is also the whole Pantera-Exhorder thing.

[nirvana_33]

Papa Roach ripped of Iron Maiden's riff from Ghengis Khan (sp?).

[IheartSP]

Bodom is known for ripping things off and stealing riffs exactly, nevertheless they are still pretty damn good.

Bodom ripped off their own song with a little lick in We're Not Gonna Fall, it sounds exactly like a little lick in the beginning of the solo in Black Widow.

[Silenius]

Bodom is known for ripping things off and stealing riffs exactly, nevertheless they are still pretty damn good.

Who wouldnt be good if they took the best parts from other songs and put them into their own?

[tunafish_scumbag]

Papa Roach ripped of Iron Maiden's riff from Ghengis Khan (sp?).

Prowler too. Though they transposed it a few octaves to be nu-metal or whatever they are.

[KittensInMicrowaves]

Sum41 has at various points ripped off Iron Maiden, Metallica, System of a Down, Papa Roach, and various others, there is actually a website about it

http://www.sum-ripoff.tk/

[Leper Affinity]

I didn't know CoB stole so many riffs.

There are also countless bands who have ripped off Carcass relentlessly.

[KittensInMicrowaves]

I didn't know CoB stole so many riffs.

There are also countless bands who have ripped off Carcass relentlessly.

I agree, especially later Carcass stuff. Some of Dead to Fall's first album reminds me a lot of Heartwork, I just can't pinpoint exact riffs or anything

[heavy metal kid]

One of the new Audioslave's song is very similar(i don't think is a rip off) of Metallica's Bad Seed.

[classicrockman]

Sum41 has at various points ripped off Iron Maiden, Metallica, System of a Down, Papa Roach, and various others, there is actually a website about it

http://www.sum-ripoff.tk/
That was interesting!

I've got to spread the word.

[Schyma]

....

Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin

:amaze:

Link: http://www.furious.com/perfect/jimmypage.html

[IheartSP]

wow that was very interesting, I know hate them very dearly for being unorginal bastards.

[grim tr00 kvlt]

Woah, I'll have to check that out.

Speaking of Hate Crew Deathroll, Bodom Beach Terror is a pretty blatant rip-off of Carcass' Corporeal Jigsore Quandry in some parts.

There is also the whole Pantera-Exhorder thing.
Yeah too bad they sound nothing alike.

[heavy metal kid]

The POD one of the S41 rip offs is identical.

[Shazzam]

The following 3 songs all have basically the same (or VERY similar) opening riff.

Metallica - Fade to Black
Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
Def Leppard - Hysteria

[PremierManiac]

The obvious:

Vanilla Ice's 'Ice Ice Baby' riff from Queen's 'Under Pressure'.

[bigskinny2006]

pull harder on the strings of your martyr is almost excatly like ghost of the navigator by iron maiden

[Toaster]

There's this one rap song.. has the riff from Crazy Train looped through it continuously? I don't know the name, but I guess it could be called a ripoff.

[heavy metal kid]

The Diary Of a Madman intro is a classical guitar rip off i don't remember the autor or the song name, but some friend told me that was a rip off when i was playing it, then he told me the name of the song and the autor, but i forgot it.

[FlyingPaul_83]

pull harder on the strings of your martyr is almost excatly like ghost of the navigator by iron maiden


are you serious?

those songs sound nothing alike

when do they sound alike?

[-The Frank]

Link: http://www.furious.com/perfect/jimmypage.html


wow, reading that really made me angry.

[heyheymymy]

Children of Bodom stole some Mozart riff note for note. It's the symphonic Black Metal sounding part in Black Widow

[superflyjojo]

Although I love Cannibal Corpse...

Put Them To Death has a riff eerily similar to A.I.R by Anthrax. And also half the songs off of their first three albums have riffs that were taken straight from the Slayer song book.

[Krabsworth]

There's this one rap song.. has the riff from Crazy Train looped through it continuously? I don't know the name, but I guess it could be called a ripoff.

No, it is called sampling.

[Toaster]

It bugs me how people who don't know the song it's taken from say "That's such a cool groove!" Or, "These guys know how to make a beat!" I mean, the song is Crazy Train's riff played continuously.

[dustyboy316]

Jet stole a riff from Iggy Pop

[Huber]

The intros to Testament's Into the Pit and Lamb of God's Laid to Rest are pretty similar.

[Violent_Bill]

Jet are definatly up there as the biggest notalentofferingnothingtotheworldofmusicwhilerippi ngoffgoodbands bands that I've come across.

[Rayne264]

Jet stole a riff from Iggy Pop
for sure.

that reminds me of a radio interview. jet came to a canadian radio station and the interviewer asked jet if they are giving royalty checks to iggy pop and the guy from jet was like "what are you implying about our band? if you got something to say, say it".

oh..that was funny :lol:

[PepsiMetal]

Jet song I think Cold Hard Bitch is same as ACDC You shook me all night long. At least riff is similar I think.

Megadeth - Trust that little 8 second riff when the song slows down sounds like a slowed down version of Soad's aerials intro riff. Although Im pretty sure neither stole it it's just a coincidence.

Hammerfal - Heeding the call drum intro sounds similar to Judas Priest - Painkiller. Probably neither of these copied off each other either.

[=-fukifiknow-=]

Jet stole a riff from Iggy Pop


Jet BOUGHT an entire drum part from rush

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Priest's main riff from Painkiller sounds a lot like the main riff in Forbidden's Through Eyes Of Glass.

[YDload]

Jet BOUGHT an entire drum part from rush

Not to mention that that "Yeaaah!" from Cold Hard Bitch is a ripoff of "Won't Get Fooled Again."

Anyway, I always thought that Papa Roach's "Last Resort" was a ripoff of "Longview" by Green Day. Sure Iron Maiden is a better target, but "Genghis Khan" is too fast and... well, better for them to even attempt to play.

Also, RATM's "Bulls on Parade" verse riff sounds just like the theme song to Nickelodeon's old game show "GUTS." Try it!

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Speaking of RATM, that intro in Wake Up is very similar to Zeppelin's Kashmir.

[Mother]

The beginning of Norther's - last breath sonds like the guitar part in maiden's Fear of the dark (after the solo).

[BeaZ]

Speaking of RATM, that intro in Wake Up is very similar to Zeppelin's Kashmir.Alot of people say that, I guess it's similar but I wouldn't call it a rip off.

[Jon]

Pretty much everything Guns N' Roses did is ripped off of Hanoi Rocks.

[Kronos]

Nightwish's track Where Were You Last Night is extremely similar in places to Bon Jovi's You Give Love A Bad Name.
Depressingly

[Epicurus]

Mustaine ripping Metallica songs.........

[Kronos]

Priest's main riff from Painkiller sounds a lot like the main riff in Forbidden's Through Eyes Of Glass.
Which came first? Painkiller goes way back to 1990.....

[blackthorne]

http://www.furious.com/perfect/jimmypage.html[/url]

wow now i hate them for being plagiaristic bastards

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Mustaine ripping Metallica songs.........
Other way round buddy. :rolleyes:

[blackthorne]

yeh metallica ripped loadsa megadeth songs

[repcak]

Pocupine Tree - Open Car is ripped of by a Tool song, but i don't know which.

[repcak]

yeh metallica ripped loadsa megadeth songs

wasn't it the other way round?

[AngusRocks85]

The James Bond theme (one of them) is a rip-off of Kashmir by led zeppelin.

[superpeer]

Not to mention that that "Yeaaah!" from Cold Hard Bitch is a ripoff of "Won't Get Fooled Again."

Anyway, I always thought that Papa Roach's "Last Resort" was a ripoff of "Longview" by Green Day. Sure Iron Maiden is a better target, but "Genghis Khan" is too fast and... well, better for them to even attempt to play.

Also, RATM's "Bulls on Parade" verse riff sounds just like the theme song to Nickelodeon's old game show "GUTS." Try it!

Some people say Last resort is a ripp off of Death Certificate by Carcass.


But I doubt that many of these were intentionally ripped off, I think it's mostly just coincidence. Led Zeppelin is an exception, though.

[Toaster]

This has probably been said, but I think it's Lose Yourself by Eminem, is a huge ripoff of Kashmir.

[.:Thrasher:.]

wasn't it the other way round?

well the doctor is calling on risk sounds like one

[ClassicReplay]

A Texas group by the name of Vallejo had a song they recorded with Sony completely stolen by one of the winners of the New Zealand Idol competetitions. At the time the song was ripped off Vallejo was not under a record contract with Sony anymore so sony's label in New Zealand thought they could get away with it and no one would know. Needless to say the song went up pretty high on the New Zealand charts and Vallejo caught wind of it. The last I heard they were sueing Sony because the label did not have their premission and I say good for Vallejo!

[.:Thrasher:.]

A Texas group by the name of Vallejo had a song they recorded with Sony completely stolen by one of the winners of the New Zealand Idol competetitions. At the time the song was ripped off Vallejo was not under a record contract with Sony anymore so sony's label in New Zealand thought they could get away with it and no one would know. Needless to say the song went up pretty high on the New Zealand charts and Vallejo caught wind of it. The last I heard they were sueing Sony because the label did not have their premission and I say good for Vallejo!

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really thats ****ed

[maggot4875]

The intros to Testament's Into the Pit and Lamb of God's Laid to Rest are pretty similar.

obviosley theres going to be riffs that sound alike,doesnt mean the band meant it to sound alike.

[Bartender]

Some people say Last resort is a ripp off of Death Certificate by Carcass.

Aww, you beat me to it.

[Arrakakaka]

Papa Roach ripped of Iron Maiden's riff from Ghengis Khan (sp?).
They also ripped off of a Carcass riff.

Edit - Beaten too..

[IheartSP]

I almost forgot about this one...

The chorus in Blackhearted by Norther, although I love it, it is a pretty blatant ripoff of the pre-solo lead in Sign of the Cross by Iron Maiden.

[Josh]

for some reason, the start of Rush's "2112" reminds me a lot of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" - at about 1 minute into 2112. i don't know why it reminds me of highway to hell, but it does.

i don't know which song came first, but 2112 > Highway to hell.

[Phobophile]

The moog synthesizer part in "Schism" by Tool sounds A LOT alike the one in "Life's Been Good To Me(So Far)" by Joe Walsh.

I'm dead serious...try it.

[espf-250htd06]

yea mettalica defintly ripped off megadeth

and the main riff in ghost of the navigotor sounds excatly like the opening (main( riff in pull harder

[Killtacular]

The main riff to Avenged Sevenfold's Unholy Confessions sounds remarkably like Kataklysm's Shivers of a New World.

[drblowthingsup]

and most annoyingly of all, sweet child of mine got chavified!
:angry:

[Time]

the opening of 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago is pretty much the same as the ending part of Babe Im Gonna Leave You.

[Britton]

Threre are some songs that are ripped off...and some that just sound alike.
When I think about it there are only so many notes...in that case why is a song
ripped off if it sounds like something else. But I know what you mean...just thought I would make a random point.

Metallica ripped off someone with saniterium....but I can't remember the bands name or the song for that matter

[AdamGH]

Play the riff from "Sad But True" over Godsmack's "Timebomb"

[lightningmetal666]

Eminem stole ACDC's back in black rhythm for my name is.

[Shazzam]

Eminem stole ACDC's back in black rhythm for my name is.

I think that could just be a coincidence, alot of songs can have the same rhythm.

[Freezing Moon]

Yeah too bad they sound nothing alike.

Get your ears checked if you can't hear blatant similarities between Cowboys From Hell and Slaughter in the Vatican.

Children of Bodom stole some Mozart riff note for note. It's the symphonic Black Metal sounding part in Black Widow
Too bad there are no parts in ANY Children of Bodom songs that sound like "Symphonic Black Metal".

Mustaine ripping Metallica songs.........

:lol::lol::lol:

[3rdplanet]

Some Atreyu song sounds just like The Hive by In Flames. Don't know if that has been mentioned yet.

[Neoteric]

Some Atreyu song sounds just like The Hive by In Flames. Don't know if that has been mentioned yet.
Right Side Of The Bed? I know but they did change some chords around.

[Tommi Hendrix]

Pretty much everything Guns N' Roses did is ripped off of Hanoi Rocks.
You must be kidding.

Tell me one song that sounds like one from Gn´R!:angry:

[i am the robots]

Umm, the biggest rip-offs I have noticed:

Atreyu - Right Side of the Bed = rip off of In Flames - The Hive (the intro)
Linkin Park - Faint = rip off of Korn - Got the Life (the vocal melody in the chorus)
As I Lay Dying - Forever = rip off of Iron Maiden - The Trooper (the intro)
Kalmah - Heroes to Us = rip off of Dark Tranquillity - The Shadowlit Facade (the intro)

You must be kidding.

Tell me one song that sounds like one from Gn´R!:angry:

Shut up fanboy :rolleyes:.

[grim tr00 kvlt]

Get your ears checked if you can't hear blatant similarities between Cowboys From Hell and Slaughter in the Vatican.

I can only hear similiarities between Anselmo's and Kyle Thomas' vocals.
Other than that, they sound completely different to me.

[Lord_Hypnos]

Children of Bodom stole some Mozart riff note for note. It's the symphonic Black Metal sounding part in Black Widow

Actually thats not really stealing as for starters you can't steal classical music because its not copyrighted and loads of guitarists have used classical licks in their playing before i.e. Randy Rhoads,Yngwie Malmstein etc.

Bodom do have a riff that is the same as Holy Wars... by Megadeth though. I'm not sure but I think theres a riff in Lil' Bloodred Riding Hood which is exactly the same as a part of the main riff in Holy Wars however I only noticed this when I learned to play the songs on guitar.

You'd figure that if Alexi was ripping off so many talented people that his songwriting wouldn't be garbage.

[nirvana_33]

Pink Floyd's - "Brain Damage" intro always kinda sounded like The Beatles - "Dear Prudence" although I wouldn't call it a rip just somewhat similar.

[something erotic]

Shut up fanboy :rolleyes:.

I find it funny that you said that.

Listen to Tool-Maynard's Dick and then listen to Green Day-Boulevard of Broken Dreams and tell me the acoustic parts aren't the exact same thing.

[TojesDolan]

madonna's new song hung up is an ABBA, gimme gimme gimme rip off :angry:
It's a sample, actually.

She asked ABBA for permission to use it. :)

EDIT: Sorry, probably has been brought up already. Silly me.

But I don't know... uh...Shakira ripped off two riffs in her spanish version of "Oral fixation"...

1. She ripped the riff from "Rock lobster" in her song... "Invasion inglesa" , or something around that line...
2. And she ripped off Coldplay's "Clocks" intro for another song.

yup.

[Tommi Hendrix]

Umm, the biggest rip-offs I have noticed:

Atreyu - Right Side of the Bed = rip off of In Flames - The Hive (the intro)
Linkin Park - Faint = rip off of Korn - Got the Life (the vocal melody in the chorus)
As I Lay Dying - Forever = rip off of Iron Maiden - The Trooper (the intro)
Kalmah - Heroes to Us = rip off of Dark Tranquillity - The Shadowlit Facade (the intro)



Shut up fanboy :rolleyes:.
Yeah then tell me you fag
:thumb:

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Get your ears checked if you can't hear blatant similarities between Cowboys From Hell and Slaughter in the Vatican.
Yep. The Law is even similar.

Which came first? Painkiller goes way back to 1990.....
Through Eyes Of Glass was on Forbidden Evil, which was released in 1988.

well the doctor is calling on risk sounds like one
English please.

[Tommi Hendrix]

I think AC/DC ripped off themselves most of the time...

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I think AC/DC ripped off themselves most of the time...
:amaze:

[shamed-angel]

I think AC/DC ripped off themselves most of the time...
Because they sound like ACDC?

[sportsfan4427]

I think AC/DC ripped off themselves most of the time...


that's a thought that should have stayed in your head

[Stoic]

that's a thought that should have stayed in your head

maybe he means that they use licks/ideas taken from their earlier material.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

He is saying (in a very stupid way) they haven't changed their style much over the years.

[PepsiMetal]

yea mettalica defintly ripped off megadeth

What songs did they rip of?

[Blackbird]

Pink Floyd's - "Brain Damage" intro always kinda sounded like The Beatles - "Dear Prudence" although I wouldn't call it a rip just somewhat similar.
Yeh I know exactly what you mean. I love Dear Prudence.

Biggest Rip Off Ever:

Jet - Look What You've Done

of

The Beatles - Sexy Sadie

It's actually criminal.. anyone who doesn't know these songs, or one or the other... check it out, it's shocking.

[heavy metal kid]

What songs did they rip of?

None, maybe The Four Horsemen, but The Mechanix was a Metallica song first, but then Mustaine wrote it, but he was on Metallica.........:confused:

Ktulu and Hangar 18 have the same progression in the intro, but Ktulu was like 6 years before Hangar, but then, Mustaine wrote the intro...:confused:

All the Metallica songs written by Mustaine( or with his colaboration) aren't rip offs because they were written by Metallica( Dave was a member), Megadeth songs with Metallica riffs aren't rip offs, because Dave wrote them.

[PepsiMetal]

Yea, if they're mustaine written songs, when he was in metallica, and now they still play them, then that's not rip off. I thought that guy meant metallica actually made a song after dave left that resembles a megadeth song which would be a rip off. But they probably would never do that.

[Flynn]

The song Like Light To The Flies by Trivium has a lead rythm carbon copy of Megadeth's ~ Poison Was The Cure. After I heard that, I gave my Trivium CD's away.

[Joe]

Sum 41's entire last album. Lil Jon's embarrassment of Randy Rhoads' riff for Crazy Train

[mcmurray]

there's an audioslave song (i forget what it was at the moment, its off the s/t) that had a very similar riff to pearl jam's Bushleaguer

[Defender0FmetaL]

Children of Bodom - Silent Night, Bodom Night song part from 2.17 - 2.24 pretty similar to Hammerfall - Back to Back solo part

Ending of Nightwish song Astral Romance ripp off from Iron Maiden Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter the part that Bruce sing ah ah ah ah

[Mother]

So you know that song by SUM 41 (the one where the video has all these action figures in them) it sounds really similar to nickelbacks - How you remind me....(Verses)

[i am the robots]

The song Like Light To The Flies by Trivium has a lead rythm carbon copy of Megadeth's ~ Poison Was The Cure. After I heard that, I gave my Trivium CD's away.

Wow, a three second portion of a song that sounds only marginally like something else made you give away a really good CD?

I'm a Megadeth fanboy and a Trivium fanboy, I just listened to the songs back to back, and the only part that resembles Poison Was The Cure is the pre-chorus when Matt screams "Those who run with be burned" or whatever.

[PepsiMetal]

Plus most of those short parts are usually not rip-offs just coincidence. I mean after all, guitar doesn't have unlimited notes, frets, and strings so that no one will make up something similar sooner or later.

[i am the robots]

Plus most of those short parts are usually not rip-offs just coincidence. I mean after all, guitar doesn't have unlimited notes, frets, and strings so that no one will make up something similar sooner or later.

I normally don't agree with you, but that's true. I wrote a song last winter that had a riff almost identical to the second intro riff of A Gunshot to the Head of Trepadition by Trivium.

[Violent_Bill]

This annoying song called oh yeah by End of Fashion thats playing on the radio all the time is an obvious rip off of Where is My Mind by The Pixies. It even has the cut off voice thing at the start and then they basicallt took the verse riff and used it for the chorus and used the chorus riff in the verse.

[Permanent Solution]

I'd like to take the time to point out that using the same chord progession to the same tempo as another band does not make it a rip off.

Thanks for everyone's time.

Also, I'm willing to bet if you dig deep enough, you can find a "stolen" or "ripped off" riff/progression/melody for any band. Some people do it for bands they don't like (Sum 41 and Led Zeppelin are two I've seen links for here) and it's fairly pathetic imo.

[sportsfan4427]

maybe he means that they use licks/ideas taken from their earlier material.


yeah i know what he means he just said it a bit funny

[Bartender]

I'd like to take the time to point out that using the same chord progession to the same tempo as another band does not make it a rip off.

Thanks for everyone's time.


Yes, that anti-Sum 41 site confused me greatly.

[Silenius]

Children of Bodom stole some Mozart riff note for note. It's the symphonic Black Metal sounding part in Black Widow
Red Light in My Eyes is Mozart too I think.

EDIT: That's not really a rip-off though, so many bands have classical excerpts/samples.

[guns_n_roses=Slash+Axl]

some female ripped of the clash's song i faught thr law. and retitles it as i faught the war.

[Defender0FmetaL]

Metallica - Fade To Black riff stolen from Pink Floyd-Goodbye Blue Sky

[comptonassrobert]

[QUOTE=I Am Vikingcore]Umm, the biggest rip-offs I have noticed:

Atreyu - Right Side of the Bed = rip off of In Flames - The Hive (the intro)
Linkin Park - Faint = rip off of Korn - Got the Life (the vocal melody in the chorus)
As I Lay Dying - Forever = rip off of Iron Maiden - The Trooper (the intro)
Kalmah - Heroes to Us = rip off of Dark Tranquillity - The Shadowlit Facade (the intro)
QUOTE]

You've got the wrong song, it's not "Forever", it's another song by As I Lay Dying called "the beggining". And although I'm a pretty big As I Lay Dying fan, that's no coincidence, it's a giant ripoff of The Trooper.

[Bazarov]

Metallica - Fade To Black riff stolen from Pink Floyd-Goodbye Blue Sky
I only see a vague similarity in them. They both use a few notes in the same order, but then go in a different direction.

[rhcp pman]

Yeh I know exactly what you mean. I love Dear Prudence.

Biggest Rip Off Ever:

Jet - Look What You've Done

of

The Beatles - Sexy Sadie

It's actually criminal.. anyone who doesn't know these songs, or one or the other... check it out, it's shocking.
Wow, I've heard a lot about Jet ripping off AC/DC and the Who and so on; but this is officially the worst rip off I've ever heard. Lyrics and music...

[mr black]

errrr i hated that mario winnans song "i dont want to know" or what ever he calls himself ....now this guy had the nerves to take a perfectly good instrumental off the fugees :hammer:

[BassCozzy]

I used to know loads
sabbath's intro for paranoid is the dazed and confused chorus
and sabbath bloody sabbath's main riff and no quarters chorus

Papa roachs beeween angels and insects and maidens prowler identicle and papa roach also did a song called blood brothers as did maiden bastards!

Oasis - dnt look bakc in anger (intro) - john lennon - imagine

i'm sure limp bizkit did loads i cnt remember

Nirvana - come as you are , killing joke - eighties

jet ripped off iggy pop,ac/dc and the beatles

[AnimalCruelty]

Every song Sum 41 has ever realeased has been ripped off. I found a website that played a part of their song then transfered into another one and because they were so alike you didn't hear the transfer.It was pretty bad.I'll start looking for the link so i can post it.