Here are our guitar gods (and goddesses!): the 30 most influential lead guitarists of all time.

Eric Clapton. His life is a story of breaks, losses, and great music. On March 30, he celebrates his 80th birthday.

"Eddie was not only a guitar god, but Eddie was a gentle soul," Gene Simmons said in his tribute Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

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Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith has been playing guitar for the group for more than four decades now. But his recent work with Richie Kotzen offers a look at what it could have been like if he hadn't ...