View post: PlayStation Store Summer Sale Has Big Games as Much as 90% Off Eric Clapton's "Layla" was inspired by love for Pattie Boyd and features iconic guitar riffs. Eric Clapton and George Harrison ...

"Back in Black" ranked No. 3 greatest guitar riff by Guitar World. AC/DC aimed for a "live as possible" recording with minimal overdubs. The album is best-selling ever without reaching No. 1 in ...

Classic rock music through the years has inspired countless young musicians to learn how to play the guitar. Whether that interest stuck or not depends on the person. However, plenty of now-famous ...

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 ...

The unforgettable riff belongs to one of the band's most iconic songs.

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, ...

Blending music styles has become so common that partitioning songs into specific genres almost seems pointless. But the pop artists below released iconic hits by radically altering their usual sound ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

Walk into any music shop, and you're bound to hear it: those unmistakable, syncopated opening notes that have served as the universal rite of passage for generations of guitar players. Deep Purple's ...

The classic song was inspired by a Jimi Hendrix concert and went on to become one of the most recognizable riffs ever recorded.