In the spring of 1954, when the nation’s top record was Perry Como’s “Wanted” and the top album was the soundtrack from the movie The Glenn Miller Story, a new musical style was germinating. Bill ...

This video explores the fascinating history of electric guitar distortion, tracing how accidental amplifier damage and ...

From baseball and television to air conditioning and Coca-Cola, the United States has offered the world no shortage of contributions. Few of those contributions, however, can hold a candle to the one ...

More often than not, rock ‘n’ roll is meant to be played one way and one way only: loud. After all, new equipment was created for this very purpose. However, every so often, a band comes around and ...

Throughout the decades, rock musicians have never been afraid to infuse a little humor into the songs that they write. From tongue-in-cheek innuendo to out-and-out goofs, the annals of rock music ...