Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Duane Eddy performs onstage at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California on April 27, 2014. Duane Eddy, a Gretsch-wielding rock 'n ...

20 greatest guitar solos that defined classic rock, from Hendrix and Van Halen to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.

The rock instrumental has the unenviable task of grasping the listener's attention, and then keeping it, without relying on words and catchy choruses to do so. Done poorly, the tune feels repetitive ...

Instrumentals, solos, and breaks are at the heart of rock music in all its iterations. And some instrumental moments are so legendary and so good that they are remembered for decades. Let’s look at ...

Ninety-nine point nine per cent of pop and rock music is vocal, but what of the minuscule remaining fragment? Why do people write instrumentals and, just as importantly, should they bother? The list ...

You don’t need vocals to connect with a crowd, and these 10 acts represent the apex of instrumental expression. When you’re talking about instrumental acts, you’ve got to include the guitar greats.

When you think of the typical rock band setup, it’s understandable if the first thought is guitar, bass, and drums. Having a keyboardist as a steady member of the outfit isn’t all that common, ...

While Link Wray's The Rumble, of 1958, is often cited as the first tune without vocals featuring distorted guitar, the rock instrumental came into its own during the early 1970s. Partially inspired by ...