Despite fears that drum machines and synthesizers would eclipse the guitar in pop music, the 1980s were an incredibly fertile ...

For fans of uninhibited guitar heroics, no decade will ever come close to the '80s. Many of these guitarists are routinely ranked near the top of the hard-rock heap. But for every Slash, George Lynch ...

There's strength in numbers — if you need proof, just look at our picks for the top five '80s hard rock guitar duos. But not every hard rock band from the '80s wanted or needed a singular guitar hero.

One of the best rock guitarists from his era is seated on a tour bus, peering into an iPad screen and waiting on me. As I connect via video call with Tracii Guns, he and his band L.A. Guns are out on ...

Activision has the right idea: release the song list for Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s bit by bit. Every press release is going to get the gaming press talking about the title as new songs trickle ...