Classic rock usually has a simple formula: Transcendent vocals, electric guitar riffs, and classic drum beats. However, a few classic rock songs from back in the day featured some of the weirdest ...

The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition is a glimpse into the future of music-making—one shaped by engineers, musicians, and inventors pushing the boundaries of sound. Held annually at Georgia Tech ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Finalists this year include the Post-Digital Sax, described as a "cyborg woodwind." The top ten selections include entries from ...

Have you ever seen a picture or painting of an instrument and thought, “What the heck is that?” Join us as we count down our top ten most weird and wonderful instruments. A shimmering, ethereal and ...

Trying to stand out as a musician in the 1980s was like trying to be the weirdest clown at clown school. And we mean that in the best of ways! The decade was full of strange and wonderful stuff. So, ...

Say hello to the badgermin, the strangest instrument ever to accompany a piano. Why did someone decide to convert a badger’s body into a playable theremin? Badgermin don’t care. And, if you find the ...

This rare instrument, called a daxophone, sounds eerily similar to a human voice when played. There's something haunting about it - great soundtrack to a horror movie, or for scaring away unwanted ...