Led Zeppelin’s final tour of the US in 1977 should have been their most glorious. But it wasn’t. There was tension, unpleasantness and negativity, and that was just the start ...

“Free Bird” – Lynyrd Skynyrd What starts out as a mellow Southern ballad explodes into a feverish frenzy of crashes and riffs as soon as Allen Collins’s five-minute guitar solo takes flight.

“Stairway to Heaven” was released in 1971 on the mega-selling Led Zeppelin IV. Mr Wolfe noted its similarities to his own song, but never took legal action. He drowned in 1997, aged 45 ...

Get to grips with what they are and how they work, and you’ll find it much easier to choose the best guitar tuner for you: Chromatic tuners - The most common type of tuner - this is likely the place ...

The Lava Genie from Lava Music may look like a guitar invented in Area 51, but it’s really closer to a sampler than a six string. Forget the Keytar — with a stringless fretboard and cut away body, it ...

Over the decades, Scottish musicians have made many classic, cult or under-appreciated albums that have stood the test of time. Today, we look back at Can't Stand the Rezillos, by The Rezillos ...

Over five decades later and metal remains as fearless, boundary pushing and feared/revered as ever, its journey taking on all manner of twists and turns with Sabbath's debut, through the NWOBHM, ...

Fans now have a chance to own a copy of "the coolest guitar in rock." The Gibson EDS-1275 Doubleneck Collector's Edition is a replica of the same guitar used by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page on ...

An important takeaway from the “Stairway to Heaven” decision is the centrality of storytelling in music copyright cases. The case offers important guidelines—particularly for the plaintiffs who want ...

Of all the instruments it takes to create the music we love listening to, the guitar is probably the most universal. From classic rock songs like Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” to modern pop ...