A song inspired by his own wife, Roy Orbison wrote "Oh, Pretty Woman" in 1964, and within months of it's original release, it quickly grew to become one of the best-selling songs of that year. 56 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos of Sylosis, Metallica, Slayer and Machine Head Metal is a genre that prides itself on its technicality – but sometimes a ...

As a developing and beginner guitar player, learning riffs from your idols is a great way to push yourself to that next level. By learning classic riffs, you expose yourself to a range of techniques ...

Bowcott is utilizing a classic Eddie Van Halen guitar for this demonstration, telling the viewing audience, "The thing I love about Drop D is that one finger equals one chord." The guitarist serves up ...

Just three simple chord shapes form this easy guitar riff from Dave Grohl and co Dave Grohl opens the song with this unsettling guitar motif, which includes jarring open-string notes as he moves the ...

Most of the time, a dream only needs a spark. In the case of musicians, it just takes one song to set you on a path to superstardom. The three songs from the 1970s below have inspired countless guitar ...

Continuing the heavy metal thread is "Electric Funeral" from Black Sabbath's stellar second album "Paranoid". The cheery subject matter of complete nuclear annihilation is matched quite well by the ...