Is mainstream America primed and ready for some bone-shaking electric guitar? Are the pop charts eager for some seriously distorted rock riffs, double-tracked and mainlined into each one of your ear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ramones’ classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We’re going to fall out about this, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Most dreams are forgotten within seconds of waking. The world of rock 'n' roll can thank Keith Richards for keeping his tape player running. It was 50 years ago that the Rolling ...

On June 6, 1965, London Records released The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in the United States. Keith Richards’ devastating fuzz distortion riff launched a salvo on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy Page playing guitar onstage in the 1970s. This evocative composition from Houses Of The Holy balances baroque acoustic ...

Thirty-four years ago this summer, Metallica first brought its new style of heavy metal to New Jersey. Thrash metal, fast and furious guitar-driven music with distorted riffs played at warp speed, ...

If loud guitars and raw emotion ever made the hair on your arms stand up, grunge was probably the reason. Born out of Seattle in the late 1980s, grunge was a direct reaction to the polished, ...

From rock to rap-metal, the guitar riff remains music’s ultimate calling card — a few notes that can ignite memories, inspire musicians, and define entire genres. Whether born from a sleepy accident, ...

We're not going to lie to you. Most of the awesomely tight power-chord riffs that Dave Davies played for the Kinks sounded pretty much the same. When you get right down to it, Davies – the younger ...

On June 6, 1965, London Records released the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction in the United States. Keith Richards’ devastating fuzz distortion riff launched a salvo on the ...