The greatest blues, rock and metal songs of all time have one thing in common: a slamming guitar riff that elevates the song to iconic status. Guitar World knew that when it placed ZZ Top's La Grange ...

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 ...

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It’s difficult to narrow down the foundational guitar riffs of rock music. Like everything, music evolves while songwriters borrow, steal, and recycle what’s come before. The most iconic riffs are ...

Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" turns 38: The accidental riff that became a No. 1 hit and defined a generation of hard rock.

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, ...

A catchy riff — whether it be on guitar, bass, synthesizer or some other instrument — can take a song from good to legendary. Just ask some of the artists we've listed below. These are riffs that in ...

View post: 38 Years Ago Today, One of Rock’s Most Famous Guitar Riffs Powered Guns N’ Roses to Their Only No. 1 ZZ Top’s “La Grange” is famed for its iconic blues rock guitar riff. Guitarist Billy ...