May 7, 1977, the Eagles soared to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their haunting rock classic "Hotel ...

All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of a glorious six-string explosion — a long, twisted, ...

It's an impressive enough accomplishment for a song to hit #1 at any point in time, but for a track to top the charts before ...

Loving how the genre gifted artists the ability to highlight each element of music, Pardi promised, “There’s always somebody ripping a guitar in a country song or a steel or a fiddle like it’s very ...

Throughout music history, there have been some guitar solos that have become so iconic that they are nearly universally ...

This song's guitar solo was recorded in one take.

The 1980s was a Golden Age of one-hit wonders, but if you had an aversion to MTV-pretty artists and their synthesizer – or (shiver) keytar – heavy, boppy pop tunes, the pickings were slim. Thankfully, ...

Annie Clark has named a Steely Dan solo as her favorite – and explained why it's “sacrosanct” ...

Why it works: Great White frontman Jack Russell had one of the most powerful and distinctive voices of the hair metal era. He ...

From psychedelic grooves to minimalist pulses and stadium-shaking riffs, these are the basslines that have shaped rock music ...