Not really, the documentary was just rather dull, leaving out rather massively important movements in the electric guitar, both heavy and soft.

BBC4 has been pretty good on the heavier stuff.

BBC4 has been good for heavier stuff, but it does tend to retread the same territory and gives the impression that heavy music stopped in the mid-80s. Would be nice to have something that looked beyond Sabbath and into the explosion of genres and sub-genres they helped influence.

grab hold of this series...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Evolution

on the whole quite good - problem being (as with anything) there is only so much you can cover and the chances are there'll always be something where you think "how that hell did they forget about XYZ?"

That seems like a good series! Very comprehensive. Thanks for the heads up.

You're right they will always miss some, but it felt like 'great guitar riffs' was trying to be diplomatic rather than comprehensive in noting the most iconic riffs.

it IS a good series - the presenter loves his metal so that's a good start, the theme tune is The Trooper wink