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 ...

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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’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 ...

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In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul McCartney wrote that George’s guitar riff in “And I Lover Her” made the song more musical. The “Yesterday” singer explained that the song needed something to ...

Life-wise, to use the title of the memoir Keith Richards has written with the assistance of James Fox, the craggy-faced Rolling Stone has ended up in a good place. At age 67 (his birthday was Saturday ...

Listen To This Eddie is a weekly column that examines the important people and events in the classic rock canon and how they continue to impact the world of popular music. The rock and roll world ...

In the 2008 documentary 'It Might Get Loud', Jimmy Page mesmerizes The Edge and Jack White when he begins playing “Whole ...