The British invasion may have introduced guitar riffs to a whole new generation of players, but did The Beatles or The Stones ...

Petty played the riff on a 12-string acoustic guitar on a track for his debut solo album Full Moon Fever. The single went to No. 7 on the charts. “It turned out to be probably the most famous ...

For me it’s the best of the Police,” guitarist Andy Summers says. “There are a lot of other great tracks, but I’ve always ...

A much more famous part of his guitar playing is his ability to write killer riffs. There are a great deal of Guns N’ Roses songs that are recognisable almost immediately because of how iconic the ...

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It's 1968, the Summer of Love is in full swing, and a young Jimi Hendrix is riding high on the success of "Are You ...

A guitar riff is the hook of a song ... is a good example of a riff (or motif) that remains popular more than 200 years later. It identifies the piece straight away and adds to its cultural ...

For years, people have speculated that the famous guitar riff from “Sweet Child O’ Mine” had originated from a warm-up exercise. However, in a recent interview for the Eddie Trunk Podcast ...

The Dutch YouTuber's most popular videos include him playing famous guitar riffs, comparing different instruments and teaching various guitar skills and techniques. "Just like probably all the ...

Joe Perry's very best performances span years across his career with rock band Aerosmith, and these four are some of our top picks.

The famous theme song was recorded in 1962. Flick played the riff on a 1939 English Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe guitar plugged into a Fender Vibrolux amplifier. The guitar was displayed at the ...