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100 Greatest Rock Guitar Songs

A celebration of the songs ruled by an axe.

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Rock 'n Stereo

The glory days of AOR radio, playing everything from America and Earth Wind & Fire to ZZ Top

Southern Rock

Sometimes you just need two drummers

Progressive Rock

King Crimson, Yes, and Genesis along with their progeny like Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater

Power Pop Overthrow

Shake some action here! Big guitars and bigger melodies.

Six Degrees of Eric Clapton

Music from Clapton, his bandmates, and those with whom he's shared the stage...

Top Women of Rock History

The women who've rocked us throughout history: Heart, Joan Jett, Debbie Harry, Pat Benatar, and o...

Classic Rock 1967

The biggest rock songs of 1967 from The Doors, The Moody Blues, Jimi Hendrix, and more!

Classic Rock 1983

This was the year of U2's War, Synchronicity by the Police, and Uh-huh by Mellencamp.

Rock Alphabet: "A" means axe-ceptional

From Aerosmith and AC/DC to Asleep at the Wheel and Arcade Fire, artists whose names begin with t...

Rock Alphabet: "F" is Flippin' Fantastic!

A full ride through Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Free, Flaming Lips, Florence + The Machine, and ...

Rock Alphabet: "H" satisfies the hunger

Feeding your ears with Harrison, Hagar, Hornsby, and Heart ... just to name a few.

Rock Alphabet: "J" is for Jam-Balaya

Here comes our stew of songs featuring ingredients from J. Geils, Etta James, Joan Jett, Journey,...

Rock Alphabet: "N" is Notorius & Nefarious

From Nazareth and New Order to Night Ranger and Nirvana, the potent noise of "N" never-ending.

Rock Alphabet: "O" is Opulence in Stereo

Sounds that make you go "Oh" from The Outsiders, OK Go, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Roy Orbison an...

Classic Rock 1978

Buckle up for an adventure through deep cuts from a year the gave birth to some cataclysmic shift...

Rock Alphabet: "R" is for Righteous

The road to raucous with Rare Earth, Rush, Rundgren, REO, The Replacements, and more!

Rock Alphabet: "S" means Stoked with volume!

Get steeped in Saga, Santana, Stray Cats, Springsteen, Spoon, and Stone Temple Pilots.

Rock Alphabet: "T" is a Tantalizing Trip

Trailing the tracks of Thin Lizzy, T. Rex, George Thorogood, They Might Be Giants and many more!

Rock Alphabet: "U" Unleashes the Uproar

Unleashing the music of Uriah Heep, Utopia, U2, UB40, and more!

Rock Alphabet: "V" vaunts Voltage

This vine of bands ventures through Van Halen, Vampire Weekend, The Vaughn Brothers, The Ventures...

Rock Alphabet: "W" wields Wonder

Whipping up deep cuts from Wings, Winwood, War, The Who, and there'll be no avoiding Widespread P...

Rock Alphabet: "X-Y-Z" Xactly Your scZene.

Prepare for a journey of surprises to wrap this Rockturious voyage.

Classic Rock 1984

The Orwellian year that belonged to Van Halen, The Cars, Henley, U2 and The Scorpions.

More Cowbell!

You've got a fever. The only prescription is great rock with some clanking cowbell.

Rock Instrumentals

Prog-rock classics, guitar heroics, and extended jams

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