List of rock instrumentals

The following is a list of rock instrumentals, including live performances and drum solos, organized by artist name.

A

ABBA

• Arrival (Arrival)
• Intermezzo No. 1 (Abba)

AC/DC

• Bonny (Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition)
• Chase The Ace (Who Made Who)
• D.T. (Who Made Who)

The Allman Brothers Band

• In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Idlewild South)
• Jessica (Brothers and Sisters)
• Little Martha (Eat a Peach)
• Mountain Jam (Eat a Peach)
• Pegasus (Enlightened Rogues)

B

The Beach Boys

• "Let's Go Away For A While" (Pet Sounds)
• "Pet Sounds" (Pet Sounds)

The Beatles

• Flying (Magical Mystery Tour)

Jeff Beck

• "You Know What I Mean" (Blow By Blow, 1974)
• "Freeway Jam" (Blow By Blow, 1974)
• "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" (Blow By Blow, 1974)

Blaqk Audio

• Stiff Kittens (CexCells)

Boston

• Foreplay (Boston)

David Bowie

• "Crystal Japan" (single)
• "Speed of Life" (Low)
• "Warszawa" (Low)
• "Art Decade" (Low)
• "Weeping Wall (David Bowie song)" (Low)
• "Subterraneans" (Low)
• "Sense of Doubt" (Heroes)
• "Moss Garden" (Heroes)
• "Neukoln" (Heroes)

Buckethead

• Big Sur Moon (Colma)
• Jordan (Guitar Hero II)
• Sketches of Spain (For Miles) (Electric Tears)
• Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse (Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse)
• Spokes for the Wheel of Torment (The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell)

C

Charly García

• Pubis Angelical

D

Dave Matthews Band

• #34 (Under the Table and Dreaming)
• Kit Kat Jam (Busted Stuff)
• Anyone Seen the Bridge? (live-only)

Dick Dale

• Misirlou (Surfer's Choice)

Dream Theater

• "A Mind Beside Itself I: Erotomania" (Awake)
• "Instrumedley" (Live at Budokan)
• "Stream of Consciousness" (Train of Thought)
• "Ytse Jam" (When Dream and Day Unite)
• "A Change of Seasons I: The Crimson Sunrise" (A Change of Seasons)
• "In the Presence of Enemies I: Prelude" (Systematic Chaos)
• "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: I. Overture" (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence)

E

Electric Light Orchestra

• Fire On High (Face the Music)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

• Karn Evil 9: Second Impression (Brain Salad Surgery)
• Toccata (Brain Salad Surgery)

F

Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens

• Top Gun Anthem

Fleetwood Mac

• Albatross (The Pious Bird of Good Omen)

G

Peter Gabriel

• Birdy (note: this album consists of instrumental versions of songs from previous albums)
• Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ (note: entire album is instrumentals)

Genesis

• The Brazilian (Invisible Touch)
• Duke's End (Duke)

Green Day

• Last Ride In (Nimrod)

H

Jan Hammer

• Theme from Miami Vice

Jimi Hendrix

• "Third Stone From The Sun" (Are You Experienced)
• "Pali Gap" (originally released on theRainbow Bridge soundtrack)

J

Billy Joel

• Root Beer Rag (Streetlife Serenade)

Bradley Joseph

• Hear the Masses

K

King Crimson

• Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part III) (Three of a Perfect Pair)

L

Led Zeppelin

• Black Mountain Side (Led Zeppelin)
• Bonzo's Montreux (Coda)
• Bron-Yr-Aur (Physical Graffiti)
• Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin II and The Song Remains the Same and How the West Was Won)
• White Summer (Coda)

M

Metallica

• (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth (Kill 'Em All)
• The Call of Ktulu (Ride the Lightning)
• Melbourne (song) ("performed live by Kirk Hammett")
• Orion (Master of Puppets)
• To Live Is to Die (...And Justice For All)
• The Ecstasy of Gold (S&M)
• The Ecstasy of Gold (We All Love Ennio Morricone)
• Suicide & Redemption (Death Magnetic)

Meshuggah

• Acrid Placidity (Destroy Erase Improve)

Mogwai

Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997) (1997)

• "Summer"
• "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2"
• "Ithica 27ø9"
• "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1"

Mogwai Young Team (1997)

• "Like Herod"
• "Radar Maker"
• "With Portfolio"
• "Mogwai Fear Satan"

Come On Die Young (1999)

• "Chocky"
• "Christmas Steps"

Mötley Crüe

• God Bless the Children of the Beast (Shout at the Devil)

N

Nine Inch Nails

• Just Like You Imagined (The Fragile)

Nirvana

• Grey Goose (Demo, 1989) (With the Lights Out)

O

Oasis

• Fuckin' in the Bushes (Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, contains vocal samples)

P

Pink Floyd

• Any Colour You Like (The Dark Side of the Moon)
• Atom Heart Mother (Atom Heart Mother)
• Cluster One (The Division Bell)
• Dramatic Theme (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• Heart Beat, Pig Meat (Zabriskie Point)
• Interstellar Overdrive (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
• Main Theme (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• Marooned (The Division Bell)
• More Blues (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• Mudmen (Obscured by Clouds)
• Obscured by Clouds (Obscured by Clouds)
• On the Run (Dark Side of the Moon)
• One of These Days (Meddle)
• Party Sequence (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• Pow R. Toc H. (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
• Quicksilver (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• Round and Around (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Ummagumma)
• Signs of Life (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• Sysyphus Parts I-IV (Ummagumma)
• Terminal Frost (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Parts I-III (Ummagumma)
• The Last Few Bricks (Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81)
• The Narrow Way (Parts 1 & 2) (Ummagumma)
• Up the Khyber (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• When You're In (Obscured by Clouds)

Pretenders

• "Space Invader" (Pretenders, 1979)

R

Rush

Main article: Rush instrumentals

• Cygnus X-1 (Rio Version) (Rush in Rio)
• Hope (Snakes & Arrows)
• The Main Monkey Business (Snakes & Arrows)
• YYZ (Moving Pictures)

S

The Shadows

• Apache (The Shadows' Greatest Hits) 1963

Simple Minds

• "Theme for Great Cities" (Sons and Fascination, 1981)

The Small Faces

• "Wide Eyed Girl On The Wall" (The Autumn Stone, 1969)

T

The Tornados

• Telstar

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

• Wizards in Winter (The Lost Christmas Eve)

U

U2

• 4th of July (from The Unforgettable Fire)

V

Van Halen

• Eruption (Van Halen)

W

The Who

• Cobwebs and Strange (A Quick One (UK) / Happy Jack (USA))
• Dogs (Part 2) (B-side Pinball Wizard, Tommy (Deluxe Edition, Two's Missing)
• My Generation (Instrumental) (My Generation (Deluxe Edition))
• Quadrophenia (Quadrophenia)
• Sparks (Tommy)
• The Rock (Quadrophenia)
• Underture (Tommy)
• Overture (Tommy)

Mason Williams

• Classical Gas (The Mason Williams Phonograph Record)

Y

Yes

• "Cans and Brahms" (Fragile)
• "Cinema" (90125)
• "Five Per Cent for Nothing" (Fragile)
• "Masquerade" (Union)
• "Mood for a Day" (Fragile)
• "Sign Language" (Keys to Ascension 2)
• "The Fish (Schindleria Praematerus)" (Fragile)

Z

Frank Zappa

(Note: a significant portion of Zappa's oeuvre is instrumental works, but many of these could be classified as modern classical or avant-garde music rather than rock)

• "Peaches en Regalia" (Hot Rats)
• "Son of Mr Green Genes" (Hot Rats)
• "The Gumbo Variations" (Hot Rats)
• "Blessed Relief" (The Grand Wazoo)
• "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus" (The Grand Wazoo)
• "Eat That Question" (The Grand Wazoo)
• "The Grand Wazoo" (The Grand Wazoo)

See also

• Instrumental
• Instrumental rock
• Rock and Roll
• Heavy metal

External links

• Every instrumental top 20 hit song from 1960 to the present from Tunecaster.com with a sample of each