Pig Destroyer and Eyehategod are veritable taco stands.Honey Bucket by the Melvins. You know which riff I'm talking about. Probably my go-to taco. Never fails to induce violent headbanging.

Every riff a taco:

zz top's tres hombres gatefold: origin of the taco riff?

MrFood wrote:I'm still not entirely sure I understand what constitutes a taco riff.I heard this the other day and thought 'maybe that's a taco riff' - so help me out on this one:I'm at work right now so I can't listen to the video but if its the NAILS song I think it is then hell yes that's a taco

Hail to the Chimp

Does this qualify?I'm assuming there's an inherent element of cheese in a taco riff. If so, this song is off the charts:

The tacoest of all taco riffs:

Dovey wrote:did someone say 'bacon industry' yet? 'bacon industry'.In my taco riff pantheon, for sure. Not really into most of what the band put out, but the Butthole Surfers' Who Was In My Room Last Night has a pretty nice taco riff. But I'm pretty sure Into the Void is the greatest of all time.

I still do not fully understand the taco riff.Is the opening riff here the taco riff? It opens the song, then a bunch of stuff happens, then it closes the song? Are we writing taco riff songs?

I can't think of any off the top of my head. I don't listen to a lot of metal that has them.There should be a name for riffs that are measured for not their gleefully decadent heaviness, but their gleeful decadent evilness. They should be called Sushi Riffs after Sabbat, their living mastersTacoish