The guitar solo; odds are, if you've been a music fan for long enough, you've seen and heard quite a few of them, ranging from some ragtag handfuls of notes to minutes of fret-jumping logistical ...

Lemmy had a very unique style of bass playing that he made a career off of, but he was always envious of this other bass ...

The iconic keyboard riff to "The Final Countdown" is cheesy pop-metal perfection, but John Norum's fiery guitar solo gives the song some much-needed muscle. Built around a simple-but-memorable pattern ...

Eric Clapton isn’t just any Rock & Roll Hall of Famer: He’s a three-time inductee, once as a solo artist and once each as the lead guitarist for the Yardbirds and Cream. And this is to say ...

Kirk Hammett has recorded some of the greatest solos in metal guitar. He is Metallica’s lead guitar power-up, and while there ...

He’s amassed a staggering number of new riffs for the next Metallica album ... Polyphia guitarist Tim Henson labeling traditional lead-guitar technique “boomer bends.” ...

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, the guitar hero ... the solo material does not mean Hammett has been putting Metallica on the back burner. He says he’s written 767 riffs for the band’s next ...

As winter fades into spring, our critics share local music to transition us into this new season. An EP capturing a personal turning point full of snapshots of the artist's life. A Boston stalwart's ...