The guitar face -- the look axemen get when they're too caught up in the majesty of shredding to worry about how ridiculous they look -- is typically associated with metal and classic rock.
I've always wanted to learn to play guitar, and last week I finally started to teach myself. I just have a low cost Epiphone acoustic, and I've only played a few hours, but I'm really liking it so far. It is really hard though.
An acoustic guitar played by Jimmy Page sold for more than $39,000 at an auction recently. The instrument was among a handful of pieces of rock memorabilia sold at Bonhams last week.
Plenty of oddball rock memorabilia gets auctioned off every year, but in the not-too-distant future, one lucky bidder will walk away with a piece of real rock 'n' roll history.
Alice Cooper has enjoyed one of the more distinguished musical careers of the rock era, but he isn't without regrets -- such as giving up the guitar, something he pokes fun at himself for in a new series of ad spots for Fretlight guitars.