Queen guitarist Brian May once shared a selection of his picks for the greatest guitar riffs of all time, including shout outs to the Beatles and the Kinks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ramones’ classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We’re going to fall out about this, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Time to enter the 21st century with our Best Metal Riffs lists. From a decade so prominent with excellent heavy music, we've narrowed down the 10 Greatest Metal Riffs from 2000-2009. Though Gojira’s ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy Page playing guitar onstage in the 1970s. This evocative composition from Houses Of The Holy balances baroque acoustic ...

Alternative rock guitar thrives on breaking rules while honoring its roots. From open chords and unusual tunings to inventive riffs and gear choices, mastering this style means blending creativity ...

Tony Iommi recalled how he let the rest of Black Sabbath choose which of his riffs to work into songs. The guitarist also explained why he related more to “Iron Man” than to “Paranoid,” even though ...

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 ...

"There's something about a naive apprehension of art that makes it that much nobler to me," Rick Moody observes in "Two Weeks at Music Camp," one of 13 essays collected in On Celestial Music. He's at ...