Virtuoso guitar playing has come to define rock ‘n’ roll. Greg Kot looks back at its colourful history. Rock guitar solos? Often they’re overblown, overrated and a waste of precious notes. To those ...

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 about the riff that turned him on to rock, Windstein sheepishly responds, “I hate to say it. ‘Smoke on the Water,’ of course. That was the first riff I got into where it was like, ‘Oh my ...

David Bowie is best known for his flamboyant style and art rock masterpieces, but some of his guitar riffs deserve attention, too.

When we think of top-ranking guitar lists, we often find they are populated with the same old stuff. Every list of riffs will feature Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Page and Beck among others. But what if we ...

If rock’n’roll could be turned into flesh and made to walk the earth, it would look and sound a lot like Keith Richards. It’s not the skull ring, the elegantly wasted appearance or the ...

Artists “The greatest rock ballad of all time!”: The classic song that held the No.2 spot for 10 weeks without ever hitting No.1 Artists “I would come into the studio and people didn’t want to listen ...

Guitar riffage has been a big honking neon sign for bad-assity since rock 'n' roll's early days, but over the years, the popularity -- and acceptability -- of unleashing red-hot licks has come (Led ...

With this being Halloween week, IGN Music decided to compile a list of ten of the creepiest guitar riffs in rock and metal. There's everything from death-metal to college-rock on this countdown so it ...