This blues legend from Texas brought back the genre in the '80s with his band Double Trouble. He was also behind the guitar ...

Maximum flash, maximum showmanship, maximum spandex, and maximum hair: This was the '80s — or at least, much of it. Guitars pushed to the absolute forefront of the stage, where folks like Eddie Van ...

What makes a great guitar solo? Certainly, showstopping technical precision, aka shredding, is part of the equation. But we’re also partial to the solos that get you from point A to point B without ...

There are many reasons why you might want to play guitar. The right band at the right time. Or a record that feels like it was written to describe exactly what you’re going through at school, in a ...

You're probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era's solos we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite fears that drum machines and synthesizers would eclipse the guitar in pop music, the 1980s were an incredibly fertile time ...

According to Rolling Stone's definitive ranking from earlier this year, "Purple Rain" by Prince is the greatest guitar solo ever recorded. The '80s funk sensation often appears at the top of any ...

For fans of uninhibited guitar heroics, no decade will ever come close to the '80s. Many of these guitarists are routinely ranked near the top of the hard-rock heap. But for every Slash, George Lynch ...

There's strength in numbers — if you need proof, just look at our picks for the top five '80s hard rock guitar duos. But not every hard rock band from the '80s wanted or needed a singular guitar hero.

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, ...