There's a reason certain guitar riffs stop you cold the moment they hit. They don't just open songs - they carry whole worlds ...

His picks are cornerstones of rock guitar, and he doesn’t believe anyone should ignore their genius ...

John Paul Jones said the opening track from Led Zeppelin's debut album, "Good Times Bad Times", had some of the hardest riffs ...

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, ...

It all starts somewhere and Nirvana's riff-forward "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was a big one for Baker early on that made him want to pick up the guitar. "That band as a whole brought that really fun, ...

"I had three older brothers, so I listened to a lot of '70s rock and stuff and I think probably 'Stranglehold' by Ted Nugent was the very first [riff that made me want to learn guitar]," Stock begins.