Get ready to rock because we are going through the history of guitar smashing! Who was the first rocker to smash a guitar? And how did destroying instruments onstage become a rock 'n' roll rite of ...

While watching Metallica reach iconic levels of stardom over the years, Kirk Hammett gained high praise for his talents with a guitar. Rolling Stone even placed him on their list of Greatest ...

Big Band purveyor, Rockin’ Rocky Rockwell, can be credited for initiating the first guitar smash. While delivering a tongue-in-cheek rendition of “Hound Dog” on The Lawrence Welk Show, Rockwell broke ...

Back in 1993, the great John Hiatt sang, “Oh, it breaks my heart to see those stars/Smashing a perfectly good guitar.” Whether allegorical or not, Hiatt – in his song, Perfectly Good Guitar, from his ...