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 ...

A Ramones’ classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We’re going to fall out about this, obviously. But here we go. Let’s just start with the idea that a riff is a ...

There are a number of factors that might make a song immediately recognizable—a whisper, a cough, a G note… But nothing gets our little black hearts racing quite as rapidly as a guitar riff we know ...

They've become some of the most popular YouTube personalities while gracing your screen with their guitar mastery, but what are the riffs that helped define the playing of the online heroes? Loudwire ...

One of the most defining factors of rock music is the guitar riffs. Throughout the genre’s history, there have been several songs defined by the musicianship, particularly guitarists. In the musical ...

There’s a difference between “good” and “recognizable.” Not that the two can’t be mutually exclusive, but, well, let’s put it this way: you’d probably notice Kim Kardashian in a crowd before you would ...