The rise of alternative rock and the dichotomy between punk and heavy metal didn’t keep guitarists in the 1990s from shredding guitar solos.

This solo features a bunch of cool tricks that we can learn from. Firstly, Brian May plays very melodically throughout, there are always strong melody lines that you can hook onto. The way this solo ...

Essential Guitar Solos And What We Can Learn From Them showcases some of the most iconic solos in rock, blues, and metal.

Metallica have created some of the most critically acclaimed music in the world of rock and metal over the course of three decades. And one of the foundations of their music has been Kirk Hammett's ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Sure, everybody loves a guitar show-off, melting picks and blistering fingers as they ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Kirk Hammett of Metallica (Picture: Jeff Yeager/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty) You would think that once an artist had got to the dizzy heights of having their songs in the charts that they would strive ...

Whether you're interested in lessons or just want to buy strings, solo likely has just what you need in a small specialized guitar store. If they don't have what you're looking for, they'll at least ...

George Harrison was the Beatles' acknowledged lead guitarist, but others subbed for him as far back as 1964's "You Can't Do That." There was also the trio approach employed on 1969's "The End," as ...

There’s no better demo to showcase an acoustic guitar’s pristine tonal qualities than a respected flatpicker recording a full album of solo instrumentals using only that instrument. The all-new ...

Mr. Ayers is an author, the president of Beggars Group US and a musician. His memoir “My Life in the Sunshine” will be published in June. When I recently saw the singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker of ...