The 10 Greatest Classic Rock Ballads of All Time, Ranked

The best rock ballads of all time are also some of the best ballads period, from "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to "Dust in the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2023, We Lost the “Six-Stringed Warrior” and One of the Greatest Guitarists in Rock History

Jeff Beck, the rock guitar virtuoso who got his start with early Led Zeppelin iteration the Yardbirds, died on this day (Jan. 10) in 2023 after a bout with bacterial meningitis. He was 78 years old.

With Led Zeppelin over, Jimmy Page returned to the Telecaster, and embraced a particular, beloved mod

After a few years slightly adrift, the guitar god found his way back into arenas with the Firm in 1985, and leaned on some ...
Louder

“He was grateful just to play some music rather than just dwell on death”: When two members of Yes and one member of Led Zeppelin got together, anything could hav…

The demise of the world’s biggest rock band coincided with two prog icons’ descent into bewilderment. The only evidence of ...
Louder

"Towering riffs come to them as easily as dreaming does to the rest of us": Alter Bridge are at their most Alter Bridge on the unwaveringly confident Alter Bridge

Wisely, they haven’t messed with the Alter Bridge formula on their eighth album. Going down the self-titled route is, in most ...
American Songwriter

The Bassist Who Almost Made It Into Led Zeppelin Before John Paul Jones Still Played a Critical Role in Band’s Debut Album

Chris Dreja had a shot at being one of the founding members of Led Zeppelin, but he had a different creative pursuit in mind.
Clash

Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page Gifted David Bowie This Killer Riff

On the surface, Led Zeppelin's heavy rock bombast is a world away from David Bowie's gender-exploding innovations. Yet few realise that Led Zeppelin ...