With his guitar retuned to a lower pitch, it would be less painful to play, and thus was born the characteristic heavy, low and crunching guitar sound we have come to associate with heavy metal.

But regardless of all that, there's plenty of factual good news: more people are playing the guitar now that ever ... headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.

He talks about growing up in rural Michigan as William Lee Apostol, a kid who started playing guitar practically ... you might not be a guitar god, but you could make a living.” ...

Once human, the late legend God of Rock climbed a soaring chart of rocking and playing in a small pub on Mount Olympus. Sporadically, he unravelled his guitar battle skills. He has gloried with ...

PITTSBURGH ― Metal god Kenneth (K.K.) Downing returns to ... There's a lot of notable guitar playing from myself and AJ on these two albums. In fact it's saturated with solos, which is a good ...