Once upon a time, both of the two most popular albums in America featured bitchin electric guitar work by Eddie Van Halen. Once upon a time, Eddie Van Halen held a cigarette in the headstock of his electric guitar, so he could slowly poison himself while he shredded. Once upon a time, the electric guitar was pretty cool. Not anymore.

U2 frontman Bono, who suffered some gruesome injuries last November in a high-speed cycling accident while disguised as a hasidic Jew, kicked off 2015 with some news that will be extremely sad to you if you are Bono: Bono's broken hand and arm may not be able to play Bono's guitar ever again.

Arthel "Doc" Watson, the legendary (and blind) American folk guitarist and songwriter, died in a hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Tuesday. He was 89 years old.

If there are three things I've learned about [people who are attracted to men], it's that they love a) dudes who play guitar, b) dudes who pull off the perfectly-loosened tie and rolled-up sleeves look, and c) dudes who are Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Behold: I bring you all three, in this video from a Sundance event last night. Please watch, swoon, and most importantly, share with all your friends.

After allegedly smacking his girlfriend upside the head with his guitar, dedicated axeman Edwin Summers offered this explanation: "When a woman messes with my guitar, she messes with my world." Did somebody celebrate Nigel Tufnel Day a bit too strenuously? Because that shit sounds straight out of This Is Spinal Tap.

It's natural that band members won't always agree on everything. Case in point: this painfully hilarious video of a horrible band performing a horrible song, followed by an extra-horrible guitar solo, followed by an angry smack to the face. Ouch!

The ethereal actress doesn't only cook beautifully and sing pleasingly. She plays the guitar capably too! She had to learn it, perfectly, for her new movie, Love Don't Let Me Down. She plays a washed-up country singer. Gwyenth, washed-up?? Never!