At least three bands have used the name Riff:

1) In Argentina, after separation of Pappo''s Blues and Aeroblus, Norberto Napolitano formed a new band called Riff in 1980. They released six studio albums between 1981 and 1997 all with lyrics in Spanish. Riff was a founding stone in Argentinean/Latin American Rock and Roll.

2) American R&B band Riff reached their greatest success in 1991 with the single “My Heart is Failing Me,” which reached No25 on the Billboard Hot 100, No6 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No29 on Billboard Adult Contemporary. Follow-up single “If You’re Serious” reached No88 on the Hot 100 and No7 on Hot R&B. The group would crack the Hot 100 once more in 1992 with “White Men Can’t Jump;” they logged a total of six R&B chart entries. Debut album Riff (1991) was followed by To Whom It May Concern (1993).

3) A Romanian rock band.

4) Crash N'' Burn is a hard rock band from Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that was formed in 1984 under the name ]The Riffs. Later, the band changed its name to Riff and later Crash N'' Burn.

5) Riff, aka Ahmed Refaat, is an electronic music producer and musician from the Khanka neighbourhood, Greater Cairo Region, Egypt. While emerging into the industrial, isolated daily life of the Khanka, Riff sought to establish a musical astral plane combining heavy chaabi tones with the overwhelming warmness of his LO-FI self.