Many albums from 1980 forever changed rock guitar. Here’s a look at three differing styles that helped inspire the legends that followed them.

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The best guitarists of all time ... As the leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty regularly packed guitar thrills into unfashionably short songs: The solo on “Proud Mary” was ...

Sometimes, it’s better when the band can’t fix it. You have one shot to get it right. On good nights, you experience a flow state. The state of mind where you’re not self-conscious. It’s the letting ...

Known for innovation and pushing boundaries, Mooer takes a step into the more traditional and challenges the established ...

One of music’s true mavericks, John ... s solo career. As intense as anything in the Velvets’ illustrious canon, its brilliantly quixotic opening track, “Fear Is A Man’s Best Friend ...

Paired with the talent of John ... guitar solos are completely subjective, so there is no definitive answer. That being said, some solos are so exciting and impossible that people recognise them as ...

joining John Mayer, The Black Keys ... though the chart company lumps in two solo smashes by Dave Matthews himself into the act’s cumulative total. "Same Old Song" takes over the top spot ...

She released the album’s lead single “Dead Man” last July, and in October, the follow-up single “(Isn’t It) Obvious” arrived complete with a John Mayer guitar solo and a Law & Order ...

Additionally, Mayer was awarded Best Direction of a Musical at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Spring Awakening. He received the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing from the Drama League ...

The song is built on the repeated line “just broke up with my girlfriend,” sung by frontman Josh Caterer in a way that sounds like he’s doing his best Morrisey impression. This is contrasted with an ...