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By Chris Gill Part One: The '70s and '80s The definition of metal changes every decade as musicians continually push the genre to new extremes. But several elements have remained consistent throughout the years: distorted guitar, heavy riffs, and lightning-fast solos. Some of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded can be found on metal classics […]

By Chris Gill Part Two: The '90s and the '00s The definition of metal changed significantly during the ’90s as bands adopted a harder, faster, meaner, and some would say downright evil sound that made the “classic rock” and glam-inspired “hair metal” groups that dominated the previous two decades seem positively quaint. At the same

The year was 1966. Guitars had already been around for some time. People expected them to be more or less of a certain type and design. There weren't any real radical innovations in the manufacture of the guitar. And then came along a company by the name of Ovation. They weren't going to just make

Halloween is now upon us, so why waste any time. Lets kick off our annual Halloween Ugliest Guitar Countdown. Trick or treat, you be the judge! Here's guitars 50 – 30. Update: Ugliest Guitars of 2010 are here! 50 – Eagle rock Submitted by: GLW 49 – Whyred? Submitted by: 1BassLeft 48 – Flower power

If you've got this far without feeling a tingle or two on your spine, you're braver than most. Take a look at these and see if you can stomach anymore… 29 – A Picasso this is not Submitted by: GLW 28 – Star Spangled Springsteen Submitted by: GLW 27 – Put this one in the

The big mother of them all. You don't want to mess with 9 – 10. Please, only seasoned guitarists look at these! They're not for the feint of heart. Ugliest Guitars of 2010 are here! 9 – No. Submitted by: MyFoot 8 – The Greateful Dead Submitted by: shakedown_04092 7 – Fire sale Submitted by:

By: Michael Meloni, Stacey Gurney and the GuitarSite.com Forum. Police today unearthed the bodies of fifty guitars buried under a vacant flat in East London. Sources close to police suggest the guitars were victims of homemade relic jobs gone bad, but an official statement from authorities is yet to be made. “It's too early to

Welcome the second installment of our Extreme Guitars' Ax Facts and Stats series with 3 Doors Down band members; This one featuring guitarist Matt Roberts. The band is currently touring heavily in support of their soon to be released self-titled album due for release May 2008 featuring “It’s Not My Time”. 3 Doors Down has

Welcome to AFS vol.54 with National Product guitarist Stan Moniz. National Product's debut release, Luna, out now on R&M Artist Records features their first single entitled “By All Means” which is already getting heavy airplay at Alternative Radio across the country. National Product was named one of the ’TOP 100 BANDS TO WATCH IN 2008’

With the release of their Pressure The Hinges in March 2007, Hard rocking Solid State recording band Haste The Day has skyrocketed on the charts and equally into the touring limelight. The band has been hard at work touring in support of the new album. Perhaps you have already caught the band co-headlining with autumn