An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Few things defined the genre of rock and roll more than the guitar solo. Sometimes powerful and loud, at other times gentle and orchestrated, the ...

Leaving behind an incredibly slender body of work – his far-too-brief career curtailed in a plane crash in 1982 at the age of 25 – the precision, melody and eye-popping technique Randy Rhoads brought ...

You know ‘em, you love ‘em. With the right series of notes they can turn a great song into an iconic song. This was tough to put together because there are just so many amazing guitarists out there ...

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens dazzles fans every night with a nylon-string guitar solo that ever-so-slightly teases bits of Led Zeppelin‘s “Stairway to Heaven” and Van Halen‘s “Eruption.” It’s a ...

What makes a guitar solo great goes beyond a guitarist's technical ability. A guitar solo is a personal expression through an ...

93. The Edge on U2′s “Bullet the Blue Sky” “Bullet the Blue Sky” sticks out like a sore thumb on “The Joshua Tree,” an otherwise modest record in terms of its musical arrangements. The Edge’s guitar, ...