The '80s were a golden age for guitar-driven rock and roll. Coming strong off the hard rock scene of the '70s and bolstered by the emergence of MTV, riff rock has never been as popular as it was ...

The greatest works of art in history have been very much intentional. Every once in a while, though, an artist will create something of legend, completely by accident. That’s exactly what happened to ...

We've been looking at the evolution of the hard rock riff, and we've gotten to the turn of the century. The riff has come a long way since it was born some time ago and in our latest list we can see ...

From raw blues to epic rock grandeur, we rank every Led Zeppelin album—studio mastery, iconic riffs, and hidden gems included ...

A great rock song doesn’t need to have an iconic guitar riff. Everyone from Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty to Oasis and Wilco has strummed through simple chord progressions on many timeless hits.

31 essential classic rock albums, from Zeppelin to Bowie, that shaped an era with riffs, melodies, and timeless, ...

Nah, we’re totally lying. There’s plenty of “Stairway” below, because bitchin’ rock riffs are precisely what we’re looking for. Ladies and gentlemen, whip out the Ben-Gay and prepare yourselves for ...

Black Sabbath icon Tony Iommi keeps a stockpile of guitar riffs on hand. It's something the guitarist reaffirmed in a recent radio interview with Planet Rock when he mentioned he now has "four or five ...

When asked which guitar parts first got him into playing before he picked up a guitar, Skolnick riffed a little bit of The Beatles' "Day Tripper," which Peterson humorously misidentified. "It really ...

Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution. In fact, what makes so many legendary rock songs memorable is the guitar riff, whether it’s layered with heavy reverb or ear-crunching distortion. The first patent ...

Wolfgang defaults to AC/DC songs to test out his guitars for good reason. In that same conversation with Guitarist, he ...

The last time Brad Paisley released an album, it was clouded by the controversy surrounding “Accidental Racist,” a deep cut that leaked just ahead of 2013’s Wheelhouse. Nearly a year and a half later, ...