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The former Police guitarist told us how the group's evolution in the midst of punk led him to his breakthrough achievement as ...

In the early days of Oasis, Noel Gallagher couldn’t afford to purchase a Gibson Les Paul. So he played Epiphone’s knock-off ...

Guitar Wars nonprofit raises money for music scholarships. Feature image: The ‘Emperor’ enters the theater for Guitar Wars.

We’ve been saying it for years, but the man best known for his soaring vocals with Slash and Alter Bridge also happens to be ...

Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour and Slash are just three of the countless fans of this staple minor mode. Here, Stuart Ryan takes you through the structure of the scale, plus a handful of chords, riffs an ...

“The First Album Ever” — the delightfully juvenile, chronically fuzzy and third (go figure) full-length release from Northwest Arkansas power pop project Idle Valley — shouts from the ...

Last week, we ranked the best rap albums of the year. Today, we’ve assembled a comprehensive list of our favorite rock albums of the year. “Rock” is an arbitrary term nowadays, a placeholder ...