Paul McCartney once said The Beatles only steal as much from musicians as others steal from them. That seems reasonable enough, and McCartney was the first to acknowledge he lifted the bass line from ...

A great rock song begins with an unbelievable riff. These 33 songs are elite examples of exactly that, with some that might ...

Indeed, even on a double album, The Beatles didn’t have room for George’s “Sour Milk Sea” or “Not Guilty.” So it’s safe to say there was some stiff competition at this point in the band’s run. That’s ...

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 ...

If guitar solos are the sentences of music, then riffs are the phrases. Riffs draw us into the song: They're the billboard, the bumper sticker and the pull quote. As much as we like to think we have ...