If you were a fan of the acoustic guitar, the 1990s were your decade. Everywhere you looked, some new rock artist was playing his or her acoustic. MTV created a whole series around the idea, and at ...

Grunge music blended punk rock and heavy metal and is most associated with bands from Seattle. The songs were dark, full of angst, and seemed to reflect the gloomy weather of the Pacific Northwest.

It featured this acoustic hit and brought the group notoriety as part of the stripped-down unplugged phase in rock of the early-to-mid 1990s. However, Saigon Kick typically had a heavier sound, which ...

Rock and roll isn't all about the amp. The acoustic guitar is definitely preferred in certain situations, whether it's only for parts of a song or for the entire piece. A great unplugged introduction ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...