The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Tracking Aerosmith's career trajectory from the beginning to the end of the '80s reveals one of the most remarkable comebacks in rock history. The Aerosmith of the late '80s was a different beast than ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

Just when you thought the 1980s were over, these 1990s bands brought the music of the decade back for another round. At times, the desire for a '90s band to turn the clock back 10 or so years has been ...

Lamb of God's Mark Morton has been going down the rabbit hole of guitar favorites of late, giving props to ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons in a posting on X (formerly Twitter), while sharing his list of ...

There was a time when the guitar was the mightiest instrument in rock and roll. It was so widely respected that artists were able to create music using only the guitar and supporting instruments, no ...

Films like Top Gun and Do the Right Thing offered worthy standalone albums, existing as great works beyond the big screen. These movies, and the songs that helped shape them, also endure alongside ...