Some of the songs i first tried to play was

Lordi- Hard rock Helleluja
Axel Rudi Pell- Carousel
The Poodles- Night of Passion

This might seem silly. But the first song I learnt on guitar was the song "Babykiller" by the band Devourment.

When I first started playing I learned the cheese classic "Rock You Like Hurricane". I kind of cringe when I hear it being butchered in a guitar shop these days as I know I played it even worse when I started out.

Todd

Hrm,

That was a long time ago...let me see if my memory can dig that far back.


I guess the first real song i learned all the way thru was Heading out to the highway by Judas Priest.


Daniel

The first cover I ever performed was You've Got Another Thing Comin'.

Black Sabbath - Ironman
and ac/dc TNT and Thunderstruck

I think my first accoustic songs were Clocks by coldplay and Californication by RHCP.
And yes, the first song i learned on my electric guitar was... Smoke on the water And raining blood by slayer. Ofcourse not that fast haha.

wish you were here - pink floyd
and
shook me all night long AC/DC

I first picked up my father's classical guitar to try and play stariway to heaven intro but that was way too hard. Then i moved to "Come as you are" by Nirvana and i think that was thie first riff i could actually play. I was also trying to play fade to black and One by metallica but these one were a bit harder.
I also remember working my fingerpicking with "babe i'm gonna leave you" by led zep and "forbidden games" first because i could not use a pick as the time

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The first song i learnt to play from start to finish was "The Kid's Aren't Alright" by The Offspring....

I've now gone on to learn (to name afew):
Metallica: Fade to black, Nothing Else matters, Sad but true, for whom the bell tolls
Megadeath: Tornado of souls

And some other random part of songs

Stairway

Always a great choice! Wasn't my first song, but it was certainly one that I learned early on.

Knockin' on heaven's door , i learned it after 3 weeks i grabbed the axe or so

Yep, ... Knockin' On Heaven's door --- GNR version. I still love to play it , after 20 years.

I remember starting with the main riffs of these songs:

Smoke on the water - Deep Purple
Dead Horse - Guns and Roses
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Come as you are - Nirvana