List of rock instrumentals

The following is a list of rock instrumentals, including live performances and drum solos, organized primarily by artist name, then chronologically through the artist's discography.

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Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

A

ABBA

AC/DC

A.C.T

Aerosmith

The Alan Parsons Project

Alice in Chains

Allah-Las

The Allman Brothers Band

The Allman Brothers Band with special guest Eric Clapton.

The Amboy Dukes

See also: Ted Nugent

Amon Düül II

Anathema

Anberlin

And So I Watch You from Afar

Andromeda

Anthrax

Anvil

Aphrodite's Child

Apocalyptica

Ars Nova

Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and various artists

At the Gates

Atomic Rooster

August Burns Red

Axel Rudi Pell

Axel Rudi Pell.

B

The B-52's

Babe Ruth

Bachman–Turner Overdrive

Badlands

Syd Barrett

Bathory

Note: There is a brief instrumental titled 'Outro' that was originally included on Bathory and several other albums and subsequently found on various re-issues of most of Bathory's back-catalogue. Not every version is identical, though all are very similar (for example, the original is 23 seconds long while the version found on Blood Fire Death is 58 seconds long).

Michael Angelo Batio

B. Bumble and the Stingers

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys in 1964. From left: Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson and Mike Love (drummer Dennis Wilson not shown).

Beastie Boys

The Beatles

Jeff Beck

Most of Beck's recordings following the dissolution of The Jeff Beck Group are instrumentals.

Jason Becker

Bee Gees

The Beta Band

Big Ass Truck

Black Flag

Black Label Society

Black Sabbath

Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath in 1973.

Blackmore's Night

Blackmore's Night.

Blaqk Audio

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Blues Project

Blur

Blur.

Tommy Bolin

Bon Iver

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Boston

The Bouncing Souls

David Bowie

See also: Tin Machine
David Bowie in 1978.

The Breeders

Roy Buchanan

Buckethead

Buckethead performing in Seattle in 2008.
Most, if not all, of Buckethead's recordings are instrumentals.

Budgie

Buzzcocks

C

Café Tacuba

Cake

JJ Cale

Calexico

Camel

Camel in 2003.

Camper Van Beethoven

Jerry Cantrell

Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band

Caravan

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

Celtic Frost

Gustavo Cerati

The Chantays

Cheap Trick

The Chemical Brothers

Chicago

Circus Maximus

Eric Clapton

Bruce Cockburn

Cocteau Twins

Coldplay

Phil Collins

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

Colosseum

Alice Cooper

Cracker

Cream

Creation

Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Cure

D

Dick Dale

Most, if not all, of Dale's recordings are instrumentals.

Dark Tranquillity

Darkane

Dave Matthews Band

Death Angel

Deep Blue Something

Deep Purple

Def Leppard

Derek and the Dominos

The Derek Trucks Band

Most of the band's early recordings, prior to their introduction of vocalist Mike Mattison, are instrumentals. Many of these recordings also veer strongly towards jazz fusion with rock elements.

Destroyalldreamers

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

DGM

Diabolical Masquerade

Dick Diver

Dio

Dixie Dregs

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Dokken

Doves

Dream Theater

Dream Theater performing in Brazil in 2008. Vocalist James LaBrie roams the stage while his bandmates perform an instrumental passage.

Dredg

Dungen

Dungen.

Duran Duran

The Durutti Column

Most of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Bob Dylan

E

Eagles

Earthless

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

The Edgar Winter Group

Eels

Electric Light Orchestra

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Epica

Equilibrium

Everclear

Evergrey

Evile

Explosions in the Sky

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

F

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Failure

Faith No More

Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens

Family

Fates Warning

Fear Factory

Firehose

Five Finger Death Punch

The Flaming Lips

Fleetwood Mac

A Flock of Seagulls

Flower Travellin' Band

Focus

Foo Fighters

Foreigner

Les Fradkin

Peter Frampton

Ace Frehley

Marty Friedman

Robert Fripp

See also: Daryl Hall and King Crimson

Fripp has recorded a number of mostly instrumental works, particularly with Brian Eno and David Sylvian, which are typically regarded as ambient and new-age music.

FromUz

Frost*

Funkadelic

G

Peter Gabriel

Galaxie 500

Charly García

Genesis

Genesis performing "Los Endos" in 2007.
Chester Thompson and Phil Collins performing a drum duet.

Gentle Giant

Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert.
See also: Racer X

Gillan

David Gilmour

Gary Glitter

God Is an Astronaut

Godsmack

Good Rats

Gov't Mule

The original lineup of Gov't Mule (shown here performing an acoustic set) regularly performed and recorded instrumentals.

Grails

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Grand Funk Railroad

Grandaddy

Grateful Dead

Green Day

The Guess Who

H

Daryl Hall

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

Jan Hammer

HammerFall

Hammock

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Hardline

Jet Harris and Tony Meehan

See also: The Shadows

George Harrison

Haste the Day

The Haunted

Hawkwind

Heart

Hellecasters

Helloween

Helloween.

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Gary Hoey

Most of Hoey's recordings are instrumentals.

Allan Holdsworth

Nicky Hopkins

The Housemartins

Huey Lewis and the News

The Huntingtons

I

In Flames

In Flames.

Incubus

INXS

Iron Maiden

It's a Beautiful Day

J

Jacobs Dream

James Gang

The Jam

Japan

Jazz Is Dead

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

The Jeff Healey Band

Jefferson Airplane

Jethro Tull

Billy Joel

John Butler Trio

John Dummer Band

Elton John

Eric Johnson

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Janis Joplin

Bradley Joseph

Journey

Judas Priest

K

Kansas

Karate

Karnataka

Karnivool

Kasabian

Katatonia

Kiln

King Crimson

King James

Kiss

Mark Knopfler

Kyuss

Kyuss.

L

Lacuna Coil

Laika & the Cosmonauts

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Lamb of God

Led Zeppelin

John Lennon

Tony Levin

Most of Levin's solo recordings are instrumentals. Notable exceptions are "L'Abito della Sposa" from Double Espresso (2002), most of Resonator (2006) and some of its followup, Stick Man (2007).

Linkin Park

Linkin Park.

Liquid Tension Experiment

Little Feat

Los Lobos

The Lovin' Spoonful

Nick Lowe

Luca Turilli

Steve Lukather

M

Machine Head

Lonnie Mack

Madness

Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Malmsteen.

Man

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manowar

Man Raze

The Marshall Tucker Band

Hank Marvin

See also: The Shadows

Tak Matsumoto

May Blitz

John Mayall (& the Bluesbreakers)

McAuley Schenker Group

Paul McCartney (and Wings)

Meat Puppets

Megadeth

Mercyful Fate

Meshuggah

Metal Church

Metallica

Michael Schenker Group

Mogwai

Most, if not all, of Mogwai's recordings are instrumentals.
Mogwai.

Mono

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Montrose

Gary Moore

Vinnie Moore

Most, if not all, of Moore's recordings are instrumentals.

Morphine

Van Morrison

Mötley Crüe

Motörhead

Moody Blues

Mountain

Muse

Muse.

N

Narnia

Nazareth

Neutral Milk Hotel

The Nice

Nightwish

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails.

Nirvana

NOFX

Ted Nugent

See also: The Amboy Dukes

O

Oasis

Opeth

Opeth.

Orphaned Land

Ozzy Osbourne

Shuggie Otis

The Outlaws

Ozma

P

The Pack A.D.

Pagan's Mind

Jimmy Page

Paradise Lost

Particle

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Pavement

Pell Mell

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Petra

John Petrucci

Liz Phair

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd in 1973 (top) and 2005 (above).

Pivot

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Pixies

Placebo

Chris Poland

The Police

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree.

Premiata Forneria Marconi

Pretenders

The Pretty Things

Procol Harum

Q

Queen

Queen in 1984.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queensrÿche

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Quiet Riot

R

Racer X

See also: Paul Gilbert

The Raconteurs

Radiohead

Rainbow

Ramones

Rare Earth

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Red Sparowes

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

R.E.M.

REO Speedwagon

The Reverend Horton Heat

Rhapsody of Fire

Ride

Riot

The Rolling Stones

Roxy Music

Kevin Rudolf

Rush

Rush.
Neil Peart drumming.

S

Saga

Sailor

Santana

Carlos Santana

Santo & Johnny

Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani.

Savatage

Scorpions

Sentenced

Sepultura

Seventh Wonder

Shadow Gallery

The Shadows

The Shadows in 2009.
A significant number of the band's recordings are instrumentals. See The Shadows discography for more details.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Derek Sherinian

Sigur Rós

Silver Jews

Silverchair

Simple Minds

Slade

Slash

Slayer

Small Faces

The Smiths

Soda Stereo

Soilwork

Sonata Arctica

Sonic Youth

Soulfly

Spheric Universe Experience

Spirit

Split Enz

Bruce Springsteen (and the E Street Band)

Jim Steinman

Steve Morse Band

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Steve Stevens

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Rod Stewart

Sting

Stratovarius

Stratovarius.

Stray Dog

Styx

Sun Kil Moon

Supergrass

Symphony X

T

Tangerine Dream

Only three albums in this band's extensive discography contain any vocal tracks: Cyclone (1978), Tyger (1987) and Inferno (2002). Also, while the band's music does contain rock elements, it is often categorized within new-age, electronic and other genres instead.

Tarentel

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Tea Party

Teenage Fanclub

Tex, Don and Charlie

Television

Testament

They Might Be Giants

Three Dog Night

Tin Machine

See also: David Bowie

Tindersticks

Toad

Timo Tolkki

Tool

The Tornados

Tortoise

Tortoise.
Most, if not all, Tortoise recordings are instrumentals.

Toto

Tourniquet

Traffic

Trans Am

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Triumph

Trivium

Robin Trower

U

U2

UFO

U.K.


V

Steve Vai

Steve Vai.

Van Halen

Van Halen in 1976.

Eddie and Alex Van Halen

Vanden Plas

Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan

Venom

The Ventures

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals. See The Ventures discography for more details.

Vida Blue

W

Tom Waits

Rick Wakeman

Joe Walsh

Warbringer

Warhorse

Mike Watt

Paul Weller

White Heart

James White

Whitecross

The Who

Widespread Panic

Mason Williams

Brian Wilson

Wishbone Ash

Within Temptation

Link Wray

Richard Wright

X

X Japan

Y

The Yardbirds

Yes

Yes.

Yo La Tengo

Neil Young

Z

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa playing in Oslo in January 1977.
A significant portion of Zappa's discography consists of instrumental works, but many of these could be classified as modern classical or avant-garde music rather than rock.

ZZ Top

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