stone roses - I wanna be adored
the baseline through the whole song is amazing but as the fading in intro...leading to the drums....
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
the singular bass opening the song sets an ominous tone of what is to come
these are the two that pop to mind but I will add others...
Re: Favorite Intro's
Posted: Wed February 18, 2026 8:28 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Re: Favorite Intro's
Posted: Wed February 18, 2026 8:34 pm
by BurtReynolds
Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
Set Guitars to Kill - And So I Watch You From Afar
37 Million Horsepower - Dynatron
To Hell And Back - Sabaton
The Hero - Queen
Re: Favorite Intro's
Posted: Wed February 18, 2026 10:23 pm
by washing machine
Intro is possibly my favorite couple of minutes in rock music. I love the guitar tone, I love the bass cueing the shift into the second intro, I love Steve Shelley's sticks, I love how this song effortlessly traces a line from dream pop to hardcore.
Re: Favorite Intro's
Posted: Wed February 18, 2026 11:50 pm
by daft twat
Here in your bedroom - Goldfinger
Re: Favorite Intro's
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 1:38 am
by zeb
Peeps, that apostrophe in the thread title is a real problem.
Re: Favorite Intro's
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 12:22 pm
by Peeps
zeb wrote:Peeps, that apostrophe in the thread title is a real problem.
i never heard that one...do you have a link?
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 1:18 pm
by Peeps
Deep Purple Perfect Strangers - the heavy organ of jon lord to start things off giving way to Ian Paice on drums and Richie Blackmore playing that sweet guitar
Re: Favorite Intro's
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 2:22 pm
by Captain Termite
BurtReynolds wrote:Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
I'd go with Hummer.
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 2:24 pm
by Captain Termite
Jane - Jefferson Starship
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 3:25 pm
by Simple Torture
The radio edit of this song cut out the best part IMO
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 6:24 pm
by Higgs
That Stone Roses one is excellent.
This is pretty cool yet very different.
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 7:39 pm
by Peeps
The Cure - Pictures of You - so haunting. the guitar and drums really play off each other at first an then the guitar kind of takes over. then throw in the keyboard?
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 7:51 pm
by wease
Bonham’s groove starting off When The Levee Breaks. Nothing better
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 8:34 pm
by Matters
As far as classics go:
Gimmie Shelter
Sweet Emotion
Money for Nothing
Welcome to the Jungle
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Thu February 19, 2026 9:30 pm
by liebzz
Paint It Black has a killer intro that makes you practically hold your breath for the kick in.
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Fri February 20, 2026 12:55 am
by LoathedVermin72
I am constantly playing this (long!) intro in my head
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Fri February 20, 2026 7:46 am
by Higgs
At the risk of sounding cheesy, I've always been a fan of the intro to EV's Invincible too.
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Fri February 20, 2026 10:34 am
by liebzz
Higgs wrote:At the risk of sounding cheesy, I've always been a fan of the intro to EV's Invincible too.
I also think that is a great intro. For an artist that spent his career being pegged as too serious and brooding, for him to open the album with something so irreverent set the tone for a looser and more open and fun album in a lot of places.
Re: Favorite Intros
Posted: Fri February 20, 2026 12:20 pm
by Peeps
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills - not sure if there is a better drum intro with only Dr Feelgood in the same stratosphere