Classic rock is synonymous with iconic guitar riffs. In the 1970s, everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and Aerosmith crafted radio staples with motifs that became just as ...

The guitarist says his iconic riff transformed a song the band nearly abandoned, but more than 40 years later, his ...

It’s difficult to narrow down the foundational guitar riffs of rock music. Like everything, music evolves while songwriters borrow, steal, and recycle what’s come before. The most iconic riffs are ...

This little essay used to be called “most iconic opening guitar riffs,” but that title would have been a lie. I try not to lie, unless it is absolutely convenient. So I took out the "most." You see, ...

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 ...

Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" boasts one of the most iconic guitar riffs in rock history — four notes in G minor, famously played on a Fender Stratocaster, and powerful enough to send an arena ...

Some guitar riffs are so iconic that listeners can identify them within seconds. According to Fender, one of the most instantly recognizable rock riffs ever recorded belongs to Cream's 1967 classic ...

Rock music reached maturity in the 1970s, and with astounding regularity, the bands and solo artists of the day released one head-banging anthem after another — so much so that every year of the ...