In this latest Loud List, we count down our picks for the 20 Greatest Metal Riffs of All Time. Timelessness may be the most important aspect of an iconic riff. No matter how many decades pass, metal's ...

We've teamed up with Unprocessed guitarist Manuel Gardner Fernandes to show off the riffs that taught him! From Metallica to ...

You know the riffs, but you may not associate these guitarists with them. But there's no doubt these iconic riffs inspired a whole new generation of guitarists who are tearing it up today. While at ...

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 ...

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 ...

You’ll notice classics like “Smoke on the Water,” “Iron Man,” and “Enter Sandman” missing. And don’t forget the sweet ones: “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” “Sweet Home Alabama,” and “Sweet Emotion.” One could ...

Chuck Berry started a revolution when he put the guitar front and center, paving the way for classic riffs in rock music. By 1969, Jimmy Page set the standard with “Whole Lotta Love”, and decades ...

Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood are celebrating 50 years of The Rolling Stones this year. The band released a compilation today titled GRRR!, which spans five decades of work, ...

The post Eddie Van Halen’s 10 Greatest Riffs appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Eddie never compromised on his vision for the band, and when singer David Lee Roth departed to pursue a solo career ...

With this being Halloween week, IGN Music decided to compile a list of ten of the creepiest guitar riffs in rock and metal. There's everything from death-metal to college-rock on this countdown so it ...

“Solos come and go, riffs last forever,” Keith Richards declared on the Today show on BBC Radio 4. That’s fighting talk from the man they call the Human Riff. In the guitar-driven rock genre that ...

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band's first recording in Feb. 1917 is often cited as the first jazz record ever, but critic Kevin Whitehead says that the roots of jazz stretch a little further back. This ...