Anyone who witnessed the music boom of the 1980s firsthand can recall the shredding guitar riffs that often took center stage in the decade's biggest hits. And, while those guitars may have been ...

Chuck Berry started a revolution when he put the guitar front and center, paving the way for classic riffs in rock music. By 1969, Jimmy Page set the standard with “Whole Lotta Love”, and decades ...

The ’80s were rock’s ultimate guitar decade. The shredding, fingerboard-tapping, dive-bombs and epic power-ballad solos. And most importantly, gargantuan riffs fans could air-guitar to. Many top ’80s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...