Link Wray, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters forever changed rock history with these iconic guitar riffs from the 1950s.

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The early history of rock music is littered with conscious-altering moments. Elvis swiveling his hips on The Ed Sullivan Show; Jayne Mansfield strutting to Little Richard in The Girl Can’t Help It; ...

Paul McCartney stole the bassline of The Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There” from Chuck Berry. He said “I Saw Her Standing There” proved basslines didn’t have to be original. Subsequently, Paul ...

Chuck Berry started a revolution when he put the guitar front and center, paving the way for classic riffs in rock music. By 1969, Jimmy Page set the standard with “Whole Lotta Love”, and decades ...

The future was written for Skindred's Mikey Demus with Back to the Future. In this episode of Gear Factor, the musician credits the 1985 Michael J. Fox film for not only inspiring his love of Chuck ...

According to Variety, Martin announced “With his Chuck Berry riff and the way he punched Biff: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Michael J. Fox.” Using a wheelchair, Fox entered the stage, playing ...

The Gazette newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content. Alright, ‘Johnny B. Goode’ is pretty great. There’s a reason it’s been played over 500 million times on ...

The simple play of a record can change your life forever. That's what happened with Melvins' Buzz Osborne, who tells Loudwire's Gear Factor that it was a Johnny Winter song that made him want to pick ...

Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” is one of the most important classic rock songs. Mike Love said the track inspired one of The Beach Boys’ songs. In addition, Love revealed why he decided the Beach ...

"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry.” John Lennon read those words from a cue card on "The Mike Douglas Show" in 1972 when he introduced his idol. But his ...

The following is an excerpt from the liner notes to Chuck Berry‘s upcoming final album, CHUCK, out June 16th. Author Douglas Brinkley is a Professor of History at Rice University and CNN Presidential ...