Rock 'n' roll can be a cruel business. Entire subgenres can find themselves thrown on the trash heap the moment fickle musical fashions move on. But like fashion itself, rock music moves in cycles, ...

The best way to learn is to play. Are you going to get better at basketball by reading about basketball? No, you've got to go play it. Same goes for an instrument like the guitar. Beginners need to ...

Tommy James and the Shondells racked up a bunch of hits, became one of the most important rock bands of the 1960s, then largely disappeared from the conversation until 1987, when two covers of their ...

If you've existed for any amount of time, especially in the internet-o-sphere of self-diagnostic quizzes and meme-able knowledge nuggets, then you've probably heard of the so-called "10,000-hour rule.

The concept of duets has been around for a long time, but something happened in the 1980s that took things to a whole new level. Be they power ballads, moody hair metal tunes, or dance classics, some ...

No Eagles song from 1974 performed better on the pop chart than "The Best of My Love," and it only existed because Glenn Frey tried to play guitar like singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Mitchell's ...

British-born siblings Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb went from being gawky teenagers trying to earn a buck in 1960s Australia to the Bee Gees, giants of the music world. Their list of achievements is ...

The question has been tread to death and comes with about a kajillion provisos that we'll get to: Should a guitar beginner go for an acoustic or electric guitar? While we could straddle the fence with ...

Not only was John Denver a 1970s luminary in his own right, but he also provided the musical fodder with which plenty of other artists in the '60s and '70s found success. As the folk movement of the ...

Rod Stewart's career is long, storied, and successful, but the songs he recorded and released in 1971 strongly suggest that he peaked relatively early on, in that very year. Possessing one of the most ...

So you know how you shouldn't leave a baby or dog in a hot car? Right. Think of your vinyls like precious little children, which you might already do if you're a serious collector. And if you are a ...

Stevie Nicks has never been shy about professing her adoration for Tom Petty and his music. She even stanned Petty so much that she befriended him and convinced him to give her the song "Stop Draggin' ...