Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ramones’ classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We’re going to fall out about this, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you wanted to assemble a time-lapse movie of rock 'n' roll's development, you could begin by illustrating the way riffs have often defined rock's great songs and performances. Elmore James kicked ...

This is a story about a guitar riff. For the sake of clarity, and because it's one of my favorite riffs of all time, I shall hereafter refer to it as The Riff. As a little kid, I was first exposed to ...

Rock and metal fans named the "worst" and "most annoying" guitar riffs on Reddit in a post that has resurfaced. "I'm a person who very rarely hates anything, especially when it comes to music, but ...