The '80s were a golden age for guitar-driven rock and roll. Coming strong off the hard rock scene of the '70s and bolstered by the emergence of MTV, riff rock has never been as popular as it was ...

The Rolling Stones' ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ takes on Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’ in round one of Ultimate Classic Rock's March Riff Madness competition. It took some serious debating, but we've ...

It's Beantown vs. Tejas as ZZ Top's 'La Grange' faces off against Boston's 'More Than a Feeling' in round one of Ultimate Classic Rock's March Riff Madness competition. It wasn't easy, but we’ve ...

The scrapped standalone Batman movie that Ben Affleck was set to direct and star in nearly a decade ago had all the potential in the world to be an exciting addition to the DC canon, per Jay Oliva, a ...

Yesterday I attempted to clarify the meaning of the phrase “elephants marching riff” by pointing out some reader suggestions that, even if they were cool riffs, did not meet the definition for this ...

Getting through life without hearing the riff to Metallica's "Enter Sandman" seems almost impossible. The song is a household hit and has dominated airwaves, sports stadiums and has been featured ...

Andee Connors and Allan Horrocks run Aquarius Records in San Francisco. Their bi-weekly mailing list is simply one of the greatest things on the Internet – an opinionated, enthusiastic and ...

Few knew it then, but 1966 was a big-bang moment for so much of geek culture. Two men, flashing their campy swagger, donned shiny, form-fitting costumes and led a moralizing TV series that would exit ...