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 ...

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 ...

One of the most defining factors of rock music is the guitar riffs. Throughout the genre’s history, there have been several songs defined by the musicianship, particularly guitarists. In the musical ...

If you wanted to assemble a time-lapse movie of rock 'n' roll's development, you could begin by illustrating the way riffs have often defined rock's great songs and performances. Elmore James kicked ...

Guitar riffs are the life-blood of a great rock 'n' roll record, making the hair on the back of your next stand on end, or better wrecking your head like a bullet to the brain. So here are 10 of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

Some guitar riffs are so legendary and so iconic that even the mildest fans will recognize them from a distance. These guitar riffs from the 1990s are some of the very best to come out of that decade, ...

Led Zeppelin has countless incredible guitar riffs in their music. Whether it’s the opening of “Whole Lotta Love” or “When the Levee Breaks,” audiences are still amazed by Jimmy Page’s work with the ...

In his latest GW video lesson, the blues-rock superstar recalls how some of his heaviest riffs came together, and to your ...

This is a story about a guitar riff. For the sake of clarity, and because it's one of my favorite riffs of all time, I shall hereafter refer to it as The Riff. As a little kid, I was first exposed to ...

Nicolas Suzor is the Project Lead of Creative Commons Australia, a non-profit organisation that provides free licences and tools that copyright owners can use to allow others to share, reuse and remix ...