Explore 10 classic guitar riffs paired with 10 iconic guitar tones that shaped rock, blues, and modern music. This video ...

A Ramones’ classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We’re going to fall out about this, obviously. But here we go. Let’s just start with the idea that a riff is a ...

Paul McCartney once said The Beatles only steal as much from musicians as others steal from them. That seems reasonable enough, and McCartney was the first to acknowledge he lifted the bass line from ...

Chuck Berry started a revolution when he put the guitar front and center, paving the way for classic riffs in rock music. By 1969, Jimmy Page set the standard with “Whole Lotta Love”, and decades ...

As a developing and beginner guitar player, learning riffs from your idols is a great way to push yourself to that next level. By learning classic riffs, you expose yourself to a range of techniques ...

"Fast" Eddie Clarke, guitarist for the original three-piece formation of Motörhead, died Wednesday evening after a bout with pneumonia, the band's manager Todd Singerman confirmed to NPR. He was 67.

Out of Seattle’s best-known grunge bands, Pearl Jam always felt closest to classic rock. Eddie Vedder’s baritone echoed Jim Morrison, while Stone Gossard’s guitar riffs recalled Aerosmith, The Who, ...

Slayer are known as one of the heaviest bands in metal history, but according to Kerry King, his most "perfect riff" actually came during the recording of his new solo album. Given the legendary ...

Tony Iommi recalled how he let the rest of Black Sabbath choose which of his riffs to work into songs. The guitarist also explained why he related more to “Iron Man” than to “Paranoid,” even though ...

“You ever heard of AC/DC?” an older fan was overheard asking a college-aged kid last night on the way into Massachusetts’ Gillette Stadium, site of the group’s Black Ice North American tour opener.