Despite fears that drum machines and synthesizers would eclipse the guitar in pop music, the 1980s were an incredibly fertile time for guitar. Virtuoso soloists like Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson ...

What rappers are now, rock guitarists were in the ‘80s. They ruled the planet. Here’s a personal example of just how amazing that decade was if you loved rock guitar: In 1989 a hot teenage girl picked ...

For this piece, I could just post a picture of four musical phases of Eddie Van Halen and leave it at that. Apart from making my editor frown, I’d also rob myself of two things I enjoy quite a bit: ...