When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images When it comes to guitar in modern music, Dweezil Zappa says the guitar riff ...

There's a reason certain guitar riffs stop you cold the moment they hit. They don't just open songs - they carry whole worlds inside them.A real riff is a story compressed into a few seconds of sound.

Rock music continued to evolve in 1967, and with it, so did guitar riffs. As fuzz guitar pedals became more ubiquitous, the volume intensified to blistering levels. Guitar effects have as much to do ...

Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode served as the blueprint for rock and roll, influencing legends like The Beatles and Elvis ...

Noise rock supergroup Human Impact (featuring members of Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, and Daughters) are dropping their sophomore effort, Gone Dark, on October 4th. This week they served up the single ...

While they knew how to write rollicking classic rock songs in their sleep, Kiss showed off their more sensitive side with the ballad “Beth.” The track has a riff that sounds like it came from a ...

Some musical moments are so good that they can take over the spotlight. That’s what happened with the three rock songs from ...

Plenty of tracks have gotten stuck in our heads over the years. But what factors are driving this stage oddity? What does ...

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. Black Label Society immediately steps on the gas on “Engines of Demolition” and delivers the hard-rockin’ riffs, bluesy grooves and soulful ballads that have consistently marked ...