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, ...

"As Tears Go By" was a top-10 hit for the famed English singer Marianne Faithfull, and came out before the Stones released the song themselves. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is one ...

The Beatles stand atop most categories when it comes to rock bands of theirs or any other era. That’s certainly the case when ranking by the quantity and quality of songs that were based around the ...

While classic rock bands often go over the top with their songs, creating sky-scraping music that rattles your bones, the genre is also known for some milder, softer tunes. Indeed, ever so often, the ...

Conventional wisdom dictates that a well-written song will stand up even when reduced to simple chords on acoustic guitar. But at some point, we’ve all heard songs in which complex or unusual chord ...

The Beatles' penchant for rock is baked right into their winkingly rhythmic name. Still, they were already unplugging for rootsy acoustic songs while Beatlemania was still raging in 1964. As their ...

Led Zeppelin started as a psychedelic blues band in the last 1960s. It didn’t take long for them to prove they had a soft side with their more delicate work in the folk and country genres. They never ...

"What will they do next?" That's the one question that is always on the mind of any Melvins fan as the iconic rock weirdos consistently aim to push themselves and their listeners with quirky new ...