Get ready to rock because we are going through the history of guitar smashing! Who was the first rocker to smash a guitar? And how did destroying instruments onstage become a rock 'n' roll rite of ...

Ariel Bellvalaire, the Connecticut guitarist who has performed on Broadway as part of the "Dearly Beloved" Prince tribute, landed a spot in Nick West's "I Am The King — The Michael Jackson Experience, ...

Guitar solos tend to get all the glory, but we’d argue that guitar riffs are even more important. These melodic snippets often define an entire track and, in the case of these six iconic riffs, entire ...

What is rock and roll without energy-pulsating electric guitar solos? Throughout rock and roll history, guitar solos have sent the guitarist and the audience into spirit-like trances and unmatched ...

One day about six or seven years ago, I walked into my family's music room and saw it hanging on our wall: a replica of Eddie Van Halen's iconic red, white, and black "Frankenstrat" guitar that my dad ...

Yacht rock first set sail over 50 years ago, but the sound just keeps getting bigger and bigger. This particular kind of soft rock — paired best with a piña colada and a pool chair — peaked in the ...

Rock music used to rule the world. Stadiums filled with screaming fans, guitar solos that made your heart race, and bands that became legends. But walk into any music store today, and you’ll notice ...

The year before Van Halen put out their self-titled debut, the biggest things in rock were long, ponderous solos and the back-to-basics riffing of the Sex Pistols and Ramones. Then came “Eruption.” In ...

America has had dozens of Presidents, but only four have their faces carved into the side of a mountain in South Dakota. Similarly, some very big and important names will be regrettably but ...