Ultimate Guitar Articles (Features) https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/article/rss-article/category?category_id=12 Latest Articles from Ultimate-Guitar.Com en-US Did Guitar Hero Actually Make People Play Guitar? The $2 Billion Franchise's Real Impact On Guitar Sales https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/did-guitar-hero-actually-make-people-play-guitar-the-2-billion-franchises-real-impact-on-guitar-sales-187577 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/did-guitar-hero-actually-make-people-play-guitar-the-2-billion-franchises-real-impact-on-guitar-sales-187577 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:50:16 -0400 UltimateGuitar Lost Recordings: The Buddy Holly Tapes Nobody Was Supposed To Hear https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/lost-recordings-the-buddy-holly-tapes-nobody-was-supposed-to-hear-187547 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/lost-recordings-the-buddy-holly-tapes-nobody-was-supposed-to-hear-187547 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:36:03 -0400 UltimateGuitar How Cradle Of Filth Emerged From A Messy Legal Dispute And Made A Symphonic Black Metal Masterpiece: 'Dusk… And Her Embrace' Turns 30 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/how-cradle-of-filth-emerged-from-a-messy-legal-dispute-and-made-a-symphonic-black-metal-masterpiece-dusk-and-her-embrace-turns-30-187343 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/how-cradle-of-filth-emerged-from-a-messy-legal-dispute-and-made-a-symphonic-black-metal-masterpiece-dusk-and-her-embrace-turns-30-187343 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:43:05 -0400 UltimateGuitar 60 Years Ago, Jeff Beck's Riffs Hinted At Metal Before It Existed: The Yardbirds' 'Roger The Engineer' And Their Leap From Blues To Psychedelia https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/60-years-ago-jeff-becks-riffs-hinted-at-metal-before-it-existed-the-yardbirds-roger-the-engineer-and-their-leap-from-blues-to-psychedelia-187511 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/60-years-ago-jeff-becks-riffs-hinted-at-metal-before-it-existed-the-yardbirds-roger-the-engineer-and-their-leap-from-blues-to-psychedelia-187511 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:34:39 -0400 UltimateGuitar Quiet Riot's Overlooked Song That Could've Rivaled GN'R: 'QR III' 40 Years Later https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/quiet-riots-overlooked-song-that-couldve-rivaled-gnr-qr-iii-40-years-later-187484 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/quiet-riots-overlooked-song-that-couldve-rivaled-gnr-qr-iii-40-years-later-187484 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:13:11 -0400 UltimateGuitar Floyd Rose Made Locking Tremolo From Jeweler's Tools To Stabilize Tuning. Eddie Van Halen Used It For Dive Bombs Instead https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/floyd-rose-made-locking-tremolo-from-jewelers-tools-to-stabilize-tuning-eddie-van-halen-used-it-for-dive-bombs-instead-187499 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/floyd-rose-made-locking-tremolo-from-jewelers-tools-to-stabilize-tuning-eddie-van-halen-used-it-for-dive-bombs-instead-187499 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:17:58 -0400 UltimateGuitar Green Day Couldn't Strip Gary Glitter's Writing Credit And Donated Their Royalties Instead: He's Still Probably Profiting From Prison https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/green-day-couldnt-strip-gary-glitters-writing-credit-and-donated-their-royalties-instead-hes-still-probably-profiting-from-prison-187337 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/green-day-couldnt-strip-gary-glitters-writing-credit-and-donated-their-royalties-instead-hes-still-probably-profiting-from-prison-187337 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:16:38 -0400 UltimateGuitar '70s Doom Metal Revival Is Real: One Band Even Crowdfunded $139k In 37 Minutes On Kickstarter https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/70s-doom-metal-revival-is-real-one-band-even-crowdfunded-139k-in-37-minutes-on-kickstarter-187469 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/70s-doom-metal-revival-is-real-one-band-even-crowdfunded-139k-in-37-minutes-on-kickstarter-187469 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:30:24 -0400 UltimateGuitar 40 Years Later, Steve Vai Proved He Didn't Need To Sound Like Eddie Van Halen To Join David Lee Roth's New Band https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/40-years-later-steve-vai-proved-he-didnt-need-to-sound-like-eddie-van-halen-to-join-david-lee-roths-new-band-187421 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/40-years-later-steve-vai-proved-he-didnt-need-to-sound-like-eddie-van-halen-to-join-david-lee-roths-new-band-187421 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:36:47 -0400 UltimateGuitar Almost No Band Is Safe: Major Labels Will Sign Artists They Intend To Shelve https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/almost-no-band-is-safe-major-labels-will-sign-artists-they-intend-to-shelve-187370 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/almost-no-band-is-safe-major-labels-will-sign-artists-they-intend-to-shelve-187370 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:04:54 -0400 UltimateGuitar Even Critics Assumed Ron Strykert Played Men At Work's 'Overkill' Guitar Solo, But A New Book Reveals It Was Colin Hay All Along https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/even-critics-assumed-ron-strykert-played-men-at-works-overkill-guitar-solo-but-a-new-book-reveals-it-was-colin-hay-all-along-187397 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/even-critics-assumed-ron-strykert-played-men-at-works-overkill-guitar-solo-but-a-new-book-reveals-it-was-colin-hay-all-along-187397 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:09:23 -0400 UltimateGuitar The Actual Origins Of The 'Maiden Gallop': Steve Harris's Influences Aren't So Obvious https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the-actual-origins-of-the-maiden-gallop-steve-harriss-influences-arent-so-obvious-187289 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the-actual-origins-of-the-maiden-gallop-steve-harriss-influences-arent-so-obvious-187289 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:30:53 -0400 UltimateGuitar How Pete Townshend Started Smashing Guitars, And What It First Cost The Who https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/how-pete-townshend-started-smashing-guitars-and-what-it-first-cost-the-who-187385 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/how-pete-townshend-started-smashing-guitars-and-what-it-first-cost-the-who-187385 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:02:03 -0400 UltimateGuitar The Last Quiet Album Before Grunge Took Over: Tom Petty's 'Into The Great Wide Open' After 35 Years https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the-last-quiet-album-before-grunge-took-over-tom-pettys-into-the-great-wide-open-after-35-years-187202 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the-last-quiet-album-before-grunge-took-over-tom-pettys-into-the-great-wide-open-after-35-years-187202 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:23:16 -0400 UltimateGuitar Guitars Are Tuned EADGBE Because Of A 16th-Century Fingering Shortcut https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/guitars-are-tuned-eadgbe-because-of-a-16th-century-fingering-shortcut-187361 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/guitars-are-tuned-eadgbe-because-of-a-16th-century-fingering-shortcut-187361 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:41:36 -0400 UltimateGuitar Queensrÿche Was Mocked For 'Rage For Order.' Geoff Tate Said It Started Prog Metal https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/queensrche-was-mocked-for-rage-for-order-geoff-tate-said-it-started-prog-metal-187322 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/queensrche-was-mocked-for-rage-for-order-geoff-tate-said-it-started-prog-metal-187322 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:54:33 -0400 UltimateGuitar For Canada Day, Crown Lands Name The Canadian Bands America Keeps Overlooking https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/for-canada-day-crown-lands-name-the-canadian-bands-america-keeps-overlooking-187199 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/for-canada-day-crown-lands-name-the-canadian-bands-america-keeps-overlooking-187199 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:20:06 -0400 UltimateGuitar Producer Thought Frank Zappa Had A White Blues Band. But 'Freak Out!' 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But Starz Debut Never Got Its Break In 50 Years https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/lars-ulrich-adored-them-kisss-manager-ran-them-but-starz-debut-never-got-its-break-in-50-years-187154 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/lars-ulrich-adored-them-kisss-manager-ran-them-but-starz-debut-never-got-its-break-in-50-years-187154 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:16:29 -0400 UltimateGuitar The Swampers Built The Muscle Shoals Sound, Then Got Immortalized In 'Sweet Home Alabama' https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the-swampers-built-the-muscle-shoals-sound-then-got-immortalized-in-sweet-home-alabama-187169 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the-swampers-built-the-muscle-shoals-sound-then-got-immortalized-in-sweet-home-alabama-187169 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:46:53 -0400 UltimateGuitar The Liverpool Band That Outshone The Early Beatles, Then Lost Ringo Starr To Them (and Faded Into Obscurity) https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the-liverpool-band-that-outshone-the-early-beatles-then-lost-ringo-starr-to-them-and-faded-into-obscurity-186806 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the-liverpool-band-that-outshone-the-early-beatles-then-lost-ringo-starr-to-them-and-faded-into-obscurity-186806 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:59:27 -0400 UltimateGuitar A Beatles Reunion Rumor Made Klaatu Famous. Then It Destroyed Them https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/a-beatles-reunion-rumor-made-klaatu-famous-then-it-destroyed-them-186785 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/a-beatles-reunion-rumor-made-klaatu-famous-then-it-destroyed-them-186785 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:10:54 -0400 UltimateGuitar How The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Helped Invent Rock And Roll https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/how-the-hawaiian-steel-guitar-helped-invent-rock-and-roll-187124 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/how-the-hawaiian-steel-guitar-helped-invent-rock-and-roll-187124 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:33:35 -0400 UltimateGuitar Analysis: Prince Wasn't Born A Genius, He Built A Cross-Instrument Training System That Made Him One https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/analysis-prince-wasnt-born-a-genius-he-built-a-cross-instrument-training-system-that-made-him-one-187136 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/analysis-prince-wasnt-born-a-genius-he-built-a-cross-instrument-training-system-that-made-him-one-187136 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:27:14 -0400 UltimateGuitar Analysis: Bob Dylan Isn't A Sloppy Guitarist. 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