The Celina, Ohio native's musical legacy is long and varied and his guitar work ranged from OSU anthem "Hang On Sloopy" to ...

Beyond mere musicianship, some guitarists transcend their instruments to become cultural touchstones, wielding their axes ...

It was rock 'n' roll on the Henny Youngman tip. Musically, Simmons and his band, which included Brent Woods and Zach Throne on guitar, and Brian Tichy on drums, were impressive. Simmons ...

All of the things we loved about pounding rock and roll and the glorious guitar,” he noted. “It is an absolute phenom for us to be able to present to you now our teenage aspirations in this ...

But one cannot “Rock and Roll All Nite” for 50 years and suddenly ... we just come with a guitar and a guitar pick. It’s really fun.” Kiss is not entirely in the rearview more, however.

“My Best Friend’s Girl” showed his love for Fifties rock & roll, particularly Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins, with the song’s wiry guitar part and youthful sense of infatuation and angst.

This year, Billy Idol was a first-time nominee on the ballot for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ... His several solos likely had guitar nerds drooling. One of the show’s surprises ...

"Johnny Winter showed me a lot,” said the guitarist, who died May 26. Little did he know he would himself prove influential ...

In April, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2025 slate of annual inductees, generating the now-perfunctory reactions that greet such news: disdain or exasperated relief combined with ...

As he wrote at the time, “I saw my rock’n’roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed ...

In 2002, he voiced his displeasure with a protest outside that year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. While Checker made it clear that he was fine with never gaining entry into ...