Great guitar riffs are often the first thing we notice in a 1990s rock song, as it sets the mood before the singer enters.

Part of what made grunge so likable in the 1990s was its focus on gritty, fuzzy, distorted guitar riffs. It was only natural that rock music would evolve in grunge’s direction. And while the genre’s ...

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From Yes to Zep to Steely Dan to Pink Floyd, Jimmy Brown — Guitar World magazine's longtime senior music editor — plays and ...

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 ...

There's a reason certain guitar riffs stop you cold the moment they hit. They don't just open songs - they carry whole worlds ...

Bad Bibles had their genesis in March, when Phil Maves and Daniel Leech started work to create a dark, guitar-heavy sound. Four days earlier, they performed one last gig with their previous band, ...

It’s no secret that the guitar is the backbone of pretty much every song. Whether it’s a railing, electric solo that makes listeners want to break out their best air guitar, a stripped-down acoustic ...

There are a number of factors that might make a song immediately recognizable—a whisper, a cough, a G note… But nothing gets our little black hearts racing quite as rapidly as a guitar riff we know ...

Unknown: "Any metalhead can write a guitar riff, however these guys can write riffs and convert them into well structured songs which aren't the standard blaring bash of instruments that metal can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The guitarist rose to fame as a hired gun, alongside her stint in the all-female tribute band, the Iron Maidens, and later as the ...