To use backing tracks or not? It's one of the hottest topics in the world of rock and metal and there are some very nuanced responses to the question when it comes to how you present your band in the ...

Retracing the steps of three rock legends from the 1960s reveals an explosive time in music history. On both sides of the Atlantic, three young guitarists were navigating separate but similar paths en ...

W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has been honest about using backing tracks in the band's concerts. Still, questions have persisted -- with some even suggesting that the group isn't performing live ...

One of rock’s great hypnotic bass lines was improvised in the studio as tape rolled. After Neil Young’s minor-chord guitar intro, bassist Billy Talbot fell in with drummer Ralph Molina’s wanderlust ...

The rock heroes of Steve Brown’s youth now trust their music in his hands. Brown first found fame in the early ‘90s as the singer, songwriter and backing vocalist with Trixter, a band he started in a ...

If there’s one reason why classic rock is beloved today, it likely has to do with the electric guitar. But to be even more specific, it probably has something to do with the electric lead guitar solo.