Few sounds in music are more distinct and compelling than the rich, textured din of a Guitar Center. Riffs stacked upon riffs, noodling tangled up in more noodling, shredders going wild while, in the ...

You know the riffs, but you may not associate these guitarists with them. But there's no doubt these iconic riffs inspired a whole new generation of guitarists who are tearing it up today. While at ...

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Our next Greatest Riffs Loud List is focused on the once-in-a-generation political powerhouse Rage Against the Machine. Though the band only released three original full-length albums, this was still ...

CEO Gabe Dalporto surveyed GC staff to discover the riffs that just keep coming up – but there are some surprising absences ...

It’s no secret that the guitar is the backbone of pretty much every song. Whether it’s a railing, electric solo that makes listeners want to break out their best air guitar, a stripped-down acoustic ...

Cream‘s “Sunshine of Your Love” features not only one of the greatest guitar riffs of the ’60s, but one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time. It’s a rite of passage for any burgeoning guitar ...

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 fusion subgenre known as blues rock came together in the early 1960s in the US and UK. It didn’t really kick off in a massive way until the late 1960s and early 1970s, during which some of the ...