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 ...

The most iconic songs in rock n' roll history are bolstered by the greatest guitar riffs and solos of all time and AC/DC's Back in Black is no exception. Guitar World ranked the rock classic as the No ...

Heavy metal had been slowly growing in popularity for decades by the time it hit its commercial peak. The ’80s are considered mainly the heyday of heavy metal in its official definition. That being ...

Our list of nine great '80s hard rock bands that weren't hair metal is a reminder that the decade had plenty of movers and shakers outside of the glammed-up Sunset Strip scene. Some bands initially ...

The ’90s were the age in which Alt-Rock began its rise, but it was the early 2000s when it began to find its most defining moments. Musicians raised on ’70s rock and early grunge began pumping out ...

This little essay used to be called “most iconic opening guitar riffs,” but that title would have been a lie. I try not to lie, unless it is absolutely convenient. So I took out the "most." You see, ...

Forty-eight years ago today — Feb. 10, 1978 — a young hard-rock band from Pasadena, California, exploded onto the music scene with a self-titled debut that would help reshape the sound of rock for ...