Dug out an old punk album the other day, what stood out were the great intro's to a few songs, what do you think are quality riffs/intro's?
A few of mine.
New rose-The Damned
Alternative ulster-Stiff little fingers.

Tyrant - Judas Priest
Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne
Allied Forces - Triumph
Morning will come - Spirit
Brown Sugar - ZZ Top
I know a little - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sabbra Cadabra - Black Sabbath
Welfare Mothers - Neil Young
Freefall - Camel
Free ride - Edgar Winter Group

Gimme Shelter- Rolling Stones

Blind - Korn

Russian Circles - Geneva

Love that song!

Couple for starters. Action Time And Vision - ATV & 20th Century - Boy T. Rex

Just by scrolling through my iPhone I've got:

Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Deftones - My Own Summer
And So I Watch You From Afar - Set Guitars To Kill
Rush - Spirit of Radio
Kong - Leather Penny
Queens of the Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire
Mastodon - Sleeping Giant
Unsane - No Chance
Protest The Hero - C'est Le Vie
The Dead Weather - Blue Blood Blues
This Town Needs Guns - Havoc In The Forum
Humanfly - The Enemy Of My Enemy Is Me
Idlewild - A Modern Way Of Letting Go
Converge - Sadness Comes Home
Metallica - Battery

Always thought that the opening riff of 'Welcome to the Jungle' was an incredible way to kick off an album.

The Beatles - Helter Skelter

How could I forget that one.

Some good intros mentioned already. Some of my faves:

Voodoo Chile - Hendrix
I Wanna Be Your Dog - Iggy & The Stooges
Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye

Teenage kicks- The Undertones.
God save the queen- Pistols
Pretty vacant- Pistols

Trader in death & FOAD - Broken Bones
Checkin out - GBH
My generation ( Bass riff )- The who
More I see - Discharge
White limo - Foo fighters
Halo of flies , Fast zombies rule - The Accused .

Back in black, TNT, If you want blood (you got it), Hell ain't a bad place to be, Thunderstruck - AC/DC

Pinball wizard, The real me, Magic bus - The Who

Runnin' with the devil, Eruption, Little dreamer, Ain't talkin' bout love, ...And the cradle will rock, Mean street, Unchained, Catherdral, Panama - Van Halen

R.E.M. - So. Central Rain
Talking Heads - New Feeling
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

Rainbow - Long Live Rock n Roll

Nazareth - This Flight Tonight

UFO - Doctor Doctor

Stand By Me by Oasis had a great intro

In Blood (Devour This Sanctity) - Belphegor
Crown of Thorns - Mother Love Bone
Blogsvept - Finntroll
Oblivion - Mastodon
Rooster - Alice in Chains
Hammer of the North - Grand Magus
Bury me in Smoke - DOWN
Con Clavi Con Dio - Ghost
Reigning Blood - Slayer
Dragonaut - Sleep
Snakes for the Devine - High on Fire
Thoughts Like Hammers - Enslaved
Heir Apparent - Opeth
Dunwich - Electric Wizard
At War With Satan - Venom

and......... of course........ the best ever........

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

747 (Strangers In The Night) - Saxon

Sonic Boom Six - I wish I could smile
The Specials - Too Much Too Young (Live)
Madness - Madness (Original version)

Rainbow's Spotlight Kid from The Final Vinyl LP, sperb

Evidently Chicken Town - John Cooper Clarke
t.h.i.s.i.s.h.a.r.d.c.o.r.e - pulp
Gimme shelter - Stones (mentioned by Yed already, but warrants another shout)
Kick out the Jams - MC5 (live version with the rude words

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Ceremony - New Order
Ch Ch Check it out - Beastie boys
Nebraska - Brucey
The Stranger - Lord Huron
Skinny Love - Bon Iver

Rage Against The Machine - Bombtrack
Jay Z/Kanye/Frank Ocean - No Church In The Wild
Refused - New Noise
Kanye West - Black Skinhead

Natural one - Folk implosion
White winter Hymnal - Fleet foxes

Underworld - Born Slippy

Motorhead - Killers

My twopenn'oth

'This Charming Man' - The Smiths
'Bigmouth Strikes Again' - The Smiths
Town Called Malice' - The Jam
'The Riverboat Song' - Ocean Colour Scene
'You Really Got Me' -The Kinks
'Be Gone'- British Sea Power