Who was the first rocker to smash a guitar? And how did destroying instruments onstage become a rock 'n' roll rite of passage in the first place? You may be surprised to learn the history of ...

"The electric guitar was affordable to most people." Americans invented rock ‘n' roll. But the British added a certain flair. Young English kids such as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Pete ...

Duane Eddy, the most commercially successful instrumental artist in the history of rock 'n' roll, has died ... calling Eddy “the first rock and roll guitar god." The Hall of Fame goes on ...

“Rock ‘n’ roll was a place I could go and nobody told me ‘No.’ Except my parents,” he explained. “That’s why I was a late starter at taking the guitar seriously. Being a star or an ...

The tenor sax, once a mainstay of rock ‘n’ roll, is relied on far less today—though some of its tonal effects can be duplicated with the use of distorting devices attached to guitar amplifiers.

It's one thing to hear the story of rock 'n' roll; it's another to be fully immersed in it. "Amplified" is a new exhibit in Las Vegas hoping to bring fans of the guitar jamming, drum banging music ...

NEW YORK — Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and ...