I’m curious if there’s data on the number of people who started playing the guitar after hearing certain riffs from the 1970s. Classic rock songs are often known more by the guitar parts than the ...

As the last remaining founder member of legendary rock band Journey, Neal Schon is revered as a guitar hero. But does he ever feel like he’s one of the last of a dying breed? Schon addressed that ...

More often than not, a sick guitar solo makes a classic rock song even better. But on rarer occasions, guitar solos don’t really add anything to already good classic rock songs. Sometimes, those showy ...

Randy Bachman was having severe back pain. His doctor told him that the solution was to stop playing guitar. The main offender was the 1959 Les Paul Standard he’d used to write and record “American ...

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” by Plastic Ono Band and "Father Christmas" by The Kinks are all among the very best classic rock ...

Ace Frehley, original member of Kiss and one of rock’s most influential lead guitarists, has died, per Variety and other outlets. Frehley’s family released a statement: “We are completely devastated ...

What is classic rock? Now that albums that came out in 2003 are 20 years old, the line between what's considered "classic" and contemporary seem to become blurred more and more. But is classic rock ...

Bryan Adams and Green Day don’t seem alike at first. Bryan Adams makes classic rock with strong guitar riffs while Green Day makes loud punk rock. But some fans say Green Day may have borrowed a lot ...

Aire para un Dia, Mood for a Day, by Bill Kanengiser, is based on a tune by Steve Howe, longtime lead guitarist for the British rock group Yes. The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is joined by duo ...

The '70s were defined by music ranging from pop and punk to country rock and metal, but one genre stands out in the classic rock field: hard rock. Easily encompassing many of the above styles, as well ...

To be a top classic rock band you don’t need to have everyone being a star. Sometimes just being able to do what you do well is enough. That can be as part of a band with a couple of musical geniuses.