The 1970s are known as the golden era of music, producing millions of iconic hits that showcased innovative techniques and styles. The powerful guitar riffs became this decade's defining sound, ...

These three rock songs, all released in 1972, featured such strong guitar moments that they shifted the genre's tides.

Nah, we’re totally lying. There’s plenty of “Stairway” below, because bitchin’ rock riffs are precisely what we’re looking for. Ladies and gentlemen, whip out the Ben-Gay and prepare yourselves for ...

As a teen growing up in the 1980s, one way I broadened my musical horizons was reading interviews with musicians. So when I recently learned that Guitar Player editor-in-chief Michael Molenda had dug ...

The 1970s. What a decade for music! It was a wild, experimental, and incredibly fertile period that saw genres explode, artists push boundaries, and hit after hit cascade from radios across the globe.

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 ...

The cover image says it all. On the front package of Dengue Fever’s new disk, “Cannibal Courtship,” there’s a strange contraption that seems to both mock and mimic the famous double-necked guitar ...