Staff and contributing writers choose their favorite guitar solos of all time, including licks from Television, WAR, Midnight Movers, and more.

Here’s nine of the best and most memorable nu-metal guitar solos and leads, chosen by Tetrarch‘s Diamond Rowe. Now, nu-metal may not be regarded as the subgenre with the flashiest, most nimble and ...

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.

The guitar solo isn’t an endangered species; it’s one that’s evolving to survive in a rapidly changing climate. Guitar gods of the 20th century, like Slash and Eddie Van Halen (or their modern-day ...

Keep in mind that this isn’t just a list of the best guitar players of all time but also of influential lead guitarists, meaning we favored rock and country musicians over solo blues or folk musicians ...

You only had to listen to their ’65 release, Rubber Soul, to see how quickly the changes were coming. On that album, which George Harrison called the first where they were fully fledged potheads, ...

George Harrison may have been the Beatles’ lead guitar player, but that doesn’t mean he took every solo you hear in Fab Four songs. From early in the band’s run through the very last Beatles album, ...

You're probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era's solos we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...