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.

0-9

10cc

• "How Dare You" (How Dare You!, 1976)

A

ABBA

• "Intermezzo No. 1" (ABBA, 1975)
• "Arrival" (Arrival, 1976)

AC/DC

• "Chase the Ace" (Who Made Who, 1986)
• "D.T." (Who Made Who)
• "Bonny" (Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition, 1992)

A.C.T

• "Personalities III. Tinnitus" (Today's Report, 1999)
• "Relationships IV. Second Thought" (Imaginary Friends, 2001)
• "Relationships VI. Gamophobia" (Imaginary Friends)
• "Dance Of Mr. Gumble" (Last Epic, 2003)
• "Intro" (Last Epic)
• "Silent Screams" (Silence, 2006)

Aerosmith

Brad Whitford, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith.

• "The Movie" (Permanent Vacation, 1987)
• "Dulcimer Stomp" (Pump, 1989)
• "Circle Jerk" (Pandora's Box, 1991)
• "Krawhitham" (Pandora's Box)
• "Let It Slide" (Pandora's Box)
• "Three Mile Smile" (Pandora's Box)
• "Soulsaver" (Pandora's Box)
• "Boogie Man" (Get a Grip, 1993)

The Alan Parsons Project

• "Genesis Ch.1. V.32" (I Robot, 1977)
• "I Robot" (I Robot)
• "Voyager" (Pyramid, 1978)
• "Lucifer" (Eve, 1979)
• "The Gold Bug" (The Turn of a Friendly Card, 1980)
• "The Ace of Swords" (The Turn of a Friendly Card)
• "Mammagamma" (Eye in the Sky, 1982)
• "Sirius" (Eye in the Sky)
• "Pipeline" (Ammonia Avenue, 1984)
• "Hawkeye" (Vulture Culture, 1985)
• "Urbania" (Stereotomy, 1985)
• "Where's the Walrus" (Stereotomy)
• "Paseo de Gracia" (Gaudí, 1987)

Alice in Chains

• "Whale and Wasp" (Jar of Flies, 1994)

The Allman Brothers Band

The Allman Brothers Band with special guest Eric Clapton.

• "Don't Want You No More" (The Allman Brothers Band, 1969)
• "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Idlewild South, 1970)
• "Hot 'Lanta" (At Fillmore East, 1971)
• "Les Brers in A Minor" (Eat a Peach, 1972)
• "Mountain Jam" (Eat a Peach)
• "Little Martha" (Eat a Peach)
• "Jessica" (Brothers and Sisters, 1973)
• "High Falls" (Win, Lose or Draw, 1975)
• "Pegasus" (Enlightened Rogues, 1979)
• "Kind of Bird" (Shades of Two Worlds, 1991)
• "Instrumental Illness" (Hittin' the Note, 2003)

Andromeda

• "Chameleon Carnival" (Extension of the Wish, 2001)
• "Morphing Into Nothing" (II=I (Two Is One), 2003)

And So I Watch You From Afar

• And So I Watch You From Afar (2009)

Anthrax

• "Across The River" (Fistful of Metal, 1984)
• "Worship" (Worship Music, 2011)
• "Hymn 1" (Worship Music)
• "Hymn 2" (Worship Music)

Anvil

• "March of the Crabs" (Metal on Metal, 1982)
• "Pussy Poison" (Backwaxed, 1985)
• "Flight of the Bumblebeast" (Strength of Steel, 1987)
• "White Rhino" (Still Going Strong, 2002)

At the Gates

• "Into the Dead Sky" (Slaughter of the Soul, 1995)
• "The Flames of the End" (Slaughter of the Soul)

August Burns Red

• "Carol of the Bells" (online single, 2007)
• "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 7", 2009)
• "The Little Drummer Boy" (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 7", 2011)

Axel Rudi Pell

Axel Rudi Pell.

• "Open Doors" (Nasty Reputation, 1991)
• "Dreams of Passion" (Eternal Prisoner, 1992)
• "Desert Fire" (Between the Walls, 1994)
• "Sphinx Revenge" (Black Moon Pyramid, 1996)
• "Serenade of Darkness" (Black Moon Pyramid)
• "Prelude to the Moon (Opus #3 Menuetto Prelugio)" (Oceans of Time, 1998)
• "Total Eclipse (Opus #2 Allegro E Andante)" (The Wizard's Chosen Few, 2000)
• "Haunted Castle Serenade (Opus #4 Grazioso E Agresso)" (Mystica, 2006)
• "Emotional Echoes" (Tales of the Crown, 2008)
• "Noblesse Oblige (Opus 5 Adagio Contabile)" (The Crest, 2010)

B

Babe Ruth

• "King Kong" (First Base, 1972)
• "A Fistful Of Dollars" (Babe Ruth, 1975)
• "Caught At The Plate" (Stealin' Home, 1975)

Bachman–Turner Overdrive

• "Free Wheelin'" (Not Fragile, 1974)

Michael Angelo Batio

• No Boundaries (1995)
• Planet Gemini (1997)
• Tradition (1999)
• Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity (2000)

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys.

• "Misirlou" (Surfin' USA, 1963)
• "Stoked" (Surfin' USA)
• "Honky Tonk" (Surfin' USA)
• "Surf Jam" (Surfin' USA)
• "Let's Go Trippin'" (Surfin' USA)
• "The Rocking Surfer" (Surfer Girl, 1963)
• "Boogie Woodie" (Surfer Girl)
• "Summer Means New Love" (Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!), 1965)
• "Let's Go Away for Awhile" (Pet Sounds, 1966)
• "Pet Sounds" (Pet Sounds)
• "The Nearest Faraway Place" (20/20, 1969)
• "I'm the Pied Piper – Instrumental" (Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale), the bonus EP included with Holland, 1973)

The Beatles

• "Cry for a Shadow" (single, 1964)
• "Flying" (Magical Mystery Tour, 1967)

Jeff Beck

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

• "Beck's Bolero" (B-side of "Hi Ho Silver Lining", 1967)
• Blow by Blow (1975)
• Wired (1976)
• There and Back (1980)

Jason Becker

• Perpetual Burn (1988)
• Perspective (1995)
• The Raspberry Jams (1999)
• The Blackberry Jams (2003)

Black Label Society

• "T.A.Z." (Sonic Brew, 1998)
• "A.N.D.R.O.T.A.Z." (Alcohol Fueled Brewtality, 2001)
• "Speedball" (1919 Eternal, 2002)
• "America the Beautiful" (1919 Eternal)
• "Dr. Octavia" (Mafia, 2005)
• "Chupacabra" (Order of the Black, 2010)

Blackmore's Night

• "Memmingem" (Shadow of the Moon, 1997)
• "Minstrel Hall" (Shadow of the Moon)
• "Beyond Sunset" (Under a Violet Moon, 1999)
• "Durch dem Wald zum Bach Haus" (Under a Violet Moon)
• "Possum goes to Prague" (Under a Violet Moon)
• "Mr. Peagram's Morris and Sword" (Ghost of a Rose, 2003)
• "Nur Eine Minute" (Ghost of a Rose)
• "Queen for a Day (Part 2)" (Ghost of a Rose)
• "The Messenger" (The Village Lanterne, 2006)

Black Sabbath

Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath in 1973.

• "Rat Salad" (Paranoid, 1970)
• "Embryo" (Master of Reality, 1971)
• "Orchid" (Master of Reality)
• "FX" (Black Sabbath Vol. 4, 1972)
• "Laguna Sunrise" (Black Sabbath Vol. 4)
• "Fluff" (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 1973)
• "Don't Start (Too Late)" (Sabotage, 1975)
• "Supertzar" (Sabotage)
• "Breakout" (Never Say Die!, 1978)
• "E5150" (Mob Rules, 1981)
• "Stonehenge" (Born Again, 1983)
• "The Dark" (Born Again)
• "Sphinx (The Guardian)" (Seventh Star, 1986)
• "Scarlet Pimpernel" (The Eternal Idol, 1987)
• "The Gates of Hell" (Headless Cross, 1989)
• "The Battle of Tyr" (Tyr, 1990)
• Several intros/outros on many albums were given separate names, but not comprised as separate tracks, some of these tracks appear below:
  • "The Wasp" (intro to "Behind the Wall of Sleep", Black Sabbath, 1970)
  • "Bassically" (intro to "N.I.B.", Black Sabbath)
  • "A Bit of Finger" (intro to "Sleeping Village", Black Sabbath)
  • "Luke's Wall" (outro to "War Pigs", Paranoid)
  • "Jack the Stripper" (intro to "Fairies Wear Boots", Paranoid)
  • "The Elegy" (intro to "After Forever", Master of Reality)
  • "Haunting" (outro to "Children of the Grave", Master of Reality)
  • "Step Up" (intro to "Lord of This World", Master of Reality)
  • "Deathmask" (intro to "Into the Void", Master of Reality)
  • "The Straightener" (outro to "Wheels of Confusion, Black Sabbath Vol 4)
  • "Every Day Comes and Goes" (outro to "Under the Sun", Black Sabbath Vol. 4)

Blaqk Audio

• "Stiff Kittens" (CexCells, 2007)

Blues Project

• "Flute Thing" (Projections, 1966)

Blur

• "The Debt Collector" (Parklife, 1994)

Tommy Bolin

• "Homeward Strut" (Teaser, 1975)
• "Marching Powder" (Teaser)

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

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

• "Green Onions" (Green Onions, 1962)

Boston

• "Foreplay" (Boston, 1976)
• "The Journey" (Don't Look Back, 1978)
• "The Launch" (Third Stage, 1986)
• "A New World" (Third Stage)

David Bowie

David Bowie in 1978.

• "Speed of Life" (Low, 1977)
• "A New Career in a New Town" (Low)
• "Warszawa" (Low)
• "Art Decade" (Low)
• "Weeping Wall" (Low)
• "Subterraneans" (Low)
• "Sense of Doubt" ("Heroes", 1977)
• "Moss Garden" ("Heroes")
• "Neuköln" ("Heroes")
• "Crystal Japan" (Japanese single, 1980)
• "The Wedding" (Black Tie White Noise, 1993)

Buckethead

Buckethead.

Most if not all of Buckethead's recordings are instrumentals.

• "Big Sur Moon" (Colma, 1998)
• "Nun Chuka Kata" (Monsters and Robots, 1999)
• "Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse" (Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse, 2001)
• "Sketches of Spain (For Miles)" (Electric Tears, 2002)
• "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment" (The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell, 2004)
• "Nottingham Lace" (Enter the Chicken, 2005)
• "Soothsayer" (Crime Slunk Scene, 2006)
• "Jordan" (Guitar Hero II, 2006)
• Pepper's Ghost (2007)

C

Café Tacvba

• "Perfidia" (Avalancha de Éxitos, 1996)

Cake

• "Arco Arena" (Comfort Eagle, 2001)
• "Conroy" (B-Sides and Rarities, 2007)
• "Teenage Pregnancy" (Showroom of Compassion, 2011)

Camel

• "Supertwister" (Mirage, 1974)
• "Earthrise" (Mirage)
• The Snow Goose (1975)

Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band

• "Hair Pie: Bake 1" (Trout Mask Replica, 1969)
• "Dali's Car" (Trout Mask Replica)
• "Hair Pie: Bake 2" (Trout Mask Replica)
• "Alice in Blunderland" (The Spotlight Kid, 1972)
• "Flavor Bud Living" (Doc at the Radar Station, 1980)

Cheap Trick

• "Oh Boy" (B-side of "I Want You to Want Me", 1977)
• "Sabre Dance" (Japanese bonus track on Woke up with a Monster, 1994)

Chicago

• "Free Form Guitar" (The Chicago Transit Authority, 1969)
• "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: Anxiety's Moment" (Chicago, 1970)
• "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: West Virginia Fantasies" (Chicago)
• "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: To Be Free" (Chicago)
• "Memories of Love: Prelude" (Chicago)
• "Memories of Love: A. M. Mourning" (Chicago)
• "Memories of Love: P. M. Mourning" (Chicago)
• "It Better End Soon: 2nd Movement" (Chicago)
• "Prelude to Aire" (Chicago VII, 1974)
• "Aire" (Chicago VII)
• "Devil's Sweet" (Chicago VII)
• "Italian From New York" (Chicago VII)
• "Hanky Panky" (Chicago VII)
• "Mongonucleosis" (Chicago VII)

Circus Maximus

• "Biosfear" (The 1st Chapter, 2005)
• "Sane No More" (Isolate, 2007)

Coldplay

• "Life in Technicolor" (Viva la Vida or Death and all His Friends, 2008)

Phil Collins

• "Droned" (Face Value, 1981)
• "Hand in Hand" (Face Value)
• "The West Side" (Hello, I Must Be Going!, 1982)
• "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" (...But Seriously, 1989)

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

• "Elephant Ghost" (The Big Eyeball in the Sky, 2004)
• "Scott Taylor" (The Big Eyeball in the Sky)
• "Jackalope" (The Big Eyeball in the Sky)

Cream

• "Toad" (Fresh Cream, 1966)
• "Cat's Squirrel" (Fresh Cream)
• "Steppin' Out" (Live Cream Volume II, 1972)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

• "Poorboy Shuffle" (Willy and the Poor Boys, 1969)
• "Side o' the Road" (Willy and the Poor Boys)
• "Rude Awakening #2" (Pendulum, 1970)
• "Crazy Otto" (live bonus track on 40th Anniversary Edition reissue of Bayou Country, 2008)
• "Broken Spoke Shuffle" (bonus track on 40th Anniversary Edition reissue of Green River, 2008)
• "Glory Be" (bonus track on 40th Anniversary Edition of Green River)

The Cure

• "A Reflection" (Seventeen Seconds, 1980)

D

Dick Dale

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

• "Misirlou" (Surfers' Choice, 1962)

Darkane

• "Relief in Disguise" (Japanese bonus track on Rusted Angel, 1999)

Dark Tranquillity

• "Mine is the Grandeur..." (The Gallery, 1995)
• "The Mind's Eye" (The Mind's I, 1997)
• "Ex Nihilo" (Damage Done, 2002)
• "Silence in the House of Tongues" (Fiction expanded edition, 2007)
• "Winter Triangle" (Fiction expanded edition)

Dave Matthews Band

• "#34" (Under the Table and Dreaming, 1994)
• "Kit Kat Jam" (Busted Stuff, 2002)
• "Anyone Seen the Bridge?" (live-only)

Deep Purple

• "And The Address" (Shades of Deep Purple, 1968)
• "Wring That Neck" (The Book of Taliesyn, 1968)
• "A' 200" (Burn, 1974)
• "Son of Alerik" (B-side of "Perfect Strangers", 1985)
• "Jam Stew" (bonus track on In Rock reissue, 1995)
• "Contact Lost" (Bananas, 2003)
• "Coronarias Redig" (bonus track on Burn reissue, 2004)
• "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (Rapture of the Deep Special Tour 2 CD Edition, 2006)

Def Leppard

• "Switch 625" (High 'n' Dry, 1981)
• "Disintegrate" (Euphoria, 1999)
• "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" (unreleased track)

Derek and the Dominos

• "Jam I" (The Layla Sessions, 1990)
• "Jam II" (The Layla Sessions)
• "Jam III" (The Layla Sessions)
• "Jam IV" (The Layla Sessions)
• "Jam V" (The Layla Sessions)
• "Tell the Truth (Jam No. 1)" (The Layla Sessions)
• "(When Things Go Wrong) It Hurts Me Too" (The Layla Sessions)

The Derek Trucks Band

Most of the band's early recordings, prior to their introduction of vocalist Mike Mattison, are instrumentals.

DGM

• "Flyin' Fantasy" (Change Direction, 1997)
• "Trapped..." (Frame, 2009)

Diabolical Masquerade

• "1st Movement: Nerves in Rush" (Death's Design, 2001)

Dio

• "Magica Theme" (Magica, 2000)

Dixie Dregs

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

Dokken

• "Mr. Scary" (Back for the Attack, 1987)

Dream Theater

Dream Theater.

• "Ytse Jam" (When Dream and Day Unite, 1989)
• "Bombay Vindaloo" (Live at the Marquee, 1993)
• "Eve" ("The Silent Man" single, 1994)
• "A Mind Beside Itself I: Erotomania" (Awake, 1994)
• "A Change of Seasons I: The Crimson Sunrise" (A Change of Seasons, 1995)
• "A Change of Seasons IV: The Darkest of Winters" (A Change of Seasons)
• "A Change of Seasons VI: The Inevitable Summer" (A Change of Seasons)
• "Hell's Kitchen" (Falling Into Infinity, 1997)
• "Overture 1928" (Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, 1999)
• "The Dance of Eternity" (Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory)
• "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: I. Overture" (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, 2002)
• "Stream of Consciousness" (Train of Thought, 2003)
• "Instrumedley" (Live at Budokan, 2004)
• "In the Presence of Enemies I: Prelude" (Systematic Chaos, 2007)
• "In the Presence of Enemies V: The Reckoning" (Systematic Chaos)
• "Raw Dog" (God of War: Blood & Metal EP, 2010)

The Durutti Column

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

E

Eagles

• "Doolin-Dalton (Instrumental)" (Desperado, 1973)
• "Journey of the Sorcerer" (One of These Nights, 1975)
• "Wasted Time (Reprise)" (Hotel California, 1976)
• "I Dreamed There Was No War" (Long Road Out of Eden, 2007)

The Edgar Winter Group

• "Frankenstein" (They Only Come Out at Night, 1972)

Electric Light Orchestra

• "First Movement (Jumping Biz)" (The Electric Light Orchestra, 1971)
• "Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)" (The Electric Light Orchestra)
• "Daybreaker" (On the Third Day, 1973)
• "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (On the Third Day)
• "Fire On High" (Face the Music, 1975)
• "The Whale" (Out of the Blue, 1977)
• "Another Heart Breaks" (Time, 1981)
• "After All" (B-side of "Rock 'n' Roll Is King", 1983)
• "The Quick and the Daft" (Out of the Blue Deluxe Edition reissue, 2007)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

• "The Barbarian" (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 1970)
• "The Three Fates" (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
• "Tank" (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
• "Infinite Space (Conclusion)" (Tarkus, 1971)
• "Hoedown" (Trilogy, 1972)
• "Fugue" (Trilogy)
• "Abaddon's Bolero" (Trilogy)
• "Karn Evil 9: Second Impression" (Brain Salad Surgery, 1973)
• "Toccata" (Brain Salad Surgery)
• "Fanfare for the Common Man" (Works Volume 1, 1977)
• "The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" (Works Volume 1)
• "L.A. Nights" (Works Volume 1)
• "New Orleans" (Works Volume 1)
• "Two Parts Intervention in D Minor" (Works Volume 1)
• "Food For Your Soul" (Works Volume 1)
• "Piano Concerto No.1" (Works Volume 1)
• "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (Works Volume 2, 1977)
• "Peter Gunn" (Emerson, Lake and Palmer In Concert, 1979)

Everclear

• "El Distorto do Melodica" (So Much for the Afterglow, 1997)
• "Halloween Americana" (Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time for a Bad Attitude, 2000)

Evergrey

• "Till Dagmar" (Monday Morning Apocalypse, 2006)

Evile

• "Hundred Wrathful Deities" (Infected Nations, 2009)

F

Faith No More

• "Jim" (We Care a Lot, 1985)
• "Pills for Breakfast" (We Care a Lot)
• "Woodpecker From Mars" (The Real Thing, 1989)
• "Midnight Cowboy" (Angel Dust, 1992)

Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens

• "Top Gun Anthem" (Top Gun soundtrack, 1986)

Family

• "Variation on a theme of Hey Mr. Policeman" (Music in a Doll's House, 1968)
• "Variation on a theme of The Breeze" (Music in a Doll's House)
• "Variation on a theme of Me My Friend" (Music in a Doll's House)
• "Summer '67" (Family Entertainment, 1969)
• "93's O.K. J" (A Song for Me, 1970)
• "Normans" (Anyway, 1970)
• "Crinkley Grin" (Fearless, 1971)
• "Banger" (It's Only a Movie, 1973)

Fear Factory

• "Full Metal Contact" (Digimortal, 2001)

fIREHOSE

• "Blaze" (Mr. Machinery Operator, 1993)

Five Finger Death Punch

• "Canto 34" (War Is the Answer, 2009)

The Flaming Lips

• "Sleeping on The Roof" (The Soft Bulletin, 1999)
• "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2" (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, 2002)
• "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
• "The Wizard Turns On..." (At War with the Mystics, 2006)

Fleetwood Mac

• "Albatross" (The Pious Bird of Good Omen, 1969)

Focus

• "Hocus Pocus" (Focus II, 1971)
• "Sylvia" (Focus 3, 1972)

Foreigner

• "Tramontane" (Double Vision, 1978)
• "Street Thunder" (The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad—Los Angeles 1984, 1984)

Les Fradkin

• "Lift Off" (One Link Between Them, 2008)
• "Orbiter" (One Link Between Them)
• "Canon in D" (Baroque Rocks!, 2009)
• "Vivaldi's Summer" (Baroque Rocks!)

Peter Frampton

• Fingerprints (2006)

Ace Frehley

• "Fractured Mirror" (Ace Frehley, 1978)
• "Fractured Too" (Frehley's Comet, 1987)
• "Fractured III" (Trouble Walkin', 1989)
• "Fractured Quantum" (Anomaly, 2009)

Marty Friedman

• Dragon's Kiss (1988)
• Scenes (1992)
• Introduction (1994)
• True Obsessions (1996)
• Music For Speeding (2002)
• Loudspeaker (2006)

Funkadelic

• "Maggot Brain" (Maggot Brain, 1971)

G

Peter Gabriel

• "Start" (Peter Gabriel, 1980)
• Birdy (1985) (portions of the album are instrumental reworkings of previously-recorded vocal tracks)
• Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
• Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) (also contains elements from previously-recorded vocal tracks)

Charly García

• "Pubis Angelical" (1982)

Genesis

Genesis performing "Los Endos" in 2007.

Chester Thompson and Phil Collins performing a drum duet.

• "Horizons" (Foxtrot, 1972)
• "After the Ordeal" (Selling England by the Pound, 1973)
• "Hairless Heart" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, 1974)
• "The Waiting Room" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
• "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
• "Ravine" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
• "Los Endos" (A Trick of the Tail, 1976)
• "Wot Gorilla?" (Wind & Wuthering, 1976)
• "Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers..." (Wind & Wuthering)
• "...in that Quiet Earth" (Wind & Wuthering)
• "Duke's End" (Duke, 1980)
• "Naminanu" (B-side of "Keep It Dark", 1981)
• "Submarine" (B-side of "Man on the Corner", 1982)
• "Second Home by the Sea" (Genesis, 1983)
• "The Brazilian" (Invisible Touch, 1986)
• "Do the Neurotic" (B-side of "In Too Deep", 1986)
• "Phret" (B-side of "Shipwrecked", 1997)
• "7/8" (B-side of "Shipwrecked")
• Phil Collins and Chester Thompson drum duets released on Genesis albums:
  • "Drum Duet" (The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs, 1993)
  • "Conversations With 2 Stools" (Live over Europe 2007, 2007)

Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert.

See also: Racer X

• "The Jig" (King of Clubs, 1998)
• "The Jam" (King of Clubs)
• "Gilberto Concerto" (Flying Dog, 1998)
• "Let the Computer Decide" (Alligator Farm, 2000)
• "Whole Lotta Sonata" (Alligator Farm)
• "G.V.R.O." (Burning Organ, 2002)
• "Burning Organ" (Burning Organ)
• "Escalator Music" (Gilbert Hotel, 2003)
• "N.F.R.O." (Gilbert Hotel)
• "W.T.R.O." (Gilbert Hotel)
• "Jackhammer" (Space Ship One, 2005)
• "G9" (Space Ship One)
• Get Out of My Yard (2006)
• Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar (2008)
• Fuzz Universe (2010)

David Gilmour

• "Castellorizon" (On an Island, 2006)

Godsmack

• "Someone in London" (Godsmack, 1998)
• "Vampires" (Awake, 2000)
• "The Oracle" (The Oracle, 2010)

Gov't Mule

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

• "Trane" (Gov't Mule, 1995)
• "Dolphineus" (Gov't Mule)
• "Kind of Bird" (Live at Roseland Ballroom, 1996)
• "Thelonius Beck" (Dose, 1998)
• "Birth of the Mule" (Dose)
• "Devil Likes It Slow" (Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends, 1999)
• "Afro-Blue" (Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends)
• "Third Stone from the Sun" (Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends Collector's Edition, 1999)
• "Pygmy Twylyte" (Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends Collector's Edition)
• "Sco-Mule" (The Deep End, Volume 1, 2001)
• "Sun Dance" (The Deep End, Volume 2, 2002)
• "Babylon Turnpike" (The Deep End, Volume 2)
• "3 String George" (High & Mighty, 2006)

Grandaddy

• "Egg Hit and Jack Too" (A Pretty Mess by This One Band EP, 1996)
• "Under the Western Freeway" (Under the Western Freeway, 1997)
• "Glassy Dusty" (B-side of "Everything Beautiful is Far Away", 1998)
• "Fentry" (Machines Are Not She EP, 1998)
• "E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils of Keeping It Real)" (The Sophtware Slump, 2000)
• "Spitting Up Blood" (The Windfall Varietal, 2000)

Grateful Dead

• "Slipknot!" (Blues for Allah, 1975)
• "Sage and Spirit" (Blues for Allah)
• "Serengetti" (Shakedown Street, 1978)

H

Jan Hammer

• "Miami Vice Theme" (Miami Vice soundtrack, 1985)

HammerFall

• "Raise The Hammer" (Renegade, 2000)
• "Reign Of The Hammer" (Threshold, 2006)
• "Something For The Ages" (No Sacrifice, No Victory, 2009)

Jet Harris and Tony Meehan

See also: The Shadows

• "Diamonds" (1963)
• "Scarlett O'Hara" (1963)
• "Applejack" (1963)

Haste the Day

• "Epitaph" (That They May Know You EP, 2002)
• "Outro" (Burning Bridges, 2004)
• "Eremus" (Pressure the Hinges, 2007)

The Haunted

• "Dark Intentions" (Made Me Do It, 2000)
• "Demon Eyes" (One Kill Wonder, 2003)
• "Privation of Faith Inc." (One Kill Wonder)
• "The Premonition" (The Dead Eye, 2006)

Heart

• "Silver Wheels" (Bebe le Strange, 1980)

Helloween

Helloween.

• "Walls of Jericho" (Walls of Jericho, 1985)
• "Initiation" (Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1, 1987)
• "Invitation" (Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2, 1988)
• "Les Hambourgeois Walkways" (B-side of "Number One", 1992)
• "Irritation (Weik Editude 112 In C)" (Master of the Rings, 1994)
• "Grapowski's Malmsuite 1001" (Japanese bonus track on Master of the Rings)
• "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z" (Better Than Raw, 1998)
• "Beyond The Portal" (The Dark Ride, 2000)
• "Crack the Riddle" (Gambling with the Devil, 2007)

Jimi Hendrix

• "Third Stone from the Sun" (Are You Experienced, 1967)
• "Hush Now" (Get That Feeling, 1967)
• "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" (Electric Ladyland, 1968)
• "Star Spangled Banner" (Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More, 1970)
• "Jam Back at the House" (Woodstock 2, 1971)
• "Pali Gap" (Rainbow Bridge, 1971)
• "Villanova Junction" (Woodstock, 1994)

Nicky Hopkins

• "Edward" (The Tin Man Was A Dreamer, 1973)

Huey Lewis and the News

• "Small World Pt. 2" (Small World, 1988)
• "Slammin'" (Small World)

The Huntingtons

• "Pencil Neck" (High School Rock, 1998)

I

Incubus

• "Battlestar Scralatchtica" (Make Yourself, 1999)

In Flames

In Flames.

• "Dreamscape" (Lunar Strain, 1994)
• "Hårgalåten" (Lunar Strain)
• "Timeless" (Subterranean EP, 1995)
• "The Jester's Dance" (The Jester Race, 1996)
• "Wayfaerer" (The Jester Race)
• "Dialogue With the Stars" (Whoracle, 1997)
• "Pallar Anders Visa" (Colony, 1999)
• "Man Made God" (bonus track on Colony reissue, 2004)

INXS

• "Three Sisters" (Listen Like Thieves, 1985)

Iron Maiden

• "Transylvania" (Iron Maiden, 1980)
• "The Ides of March" (Killers, 1981)
• "Genghis Khan" (Killers)
• "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (Powerslave, 1984)

J

Jacobs Dream

• "Black Watch" (Jacobs Dream, 2000)
• "De Machina Est Deo" (Theater of War, 2001)
• "Pachelbel's Canon in D" (Drama of the Ages, 2005)

Jazz Is Dead

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

Jefferson Airplane

• "Embryonic Journey" (Surrealistic Pillow, 1967)
• "Spare Chaynge" (After Bathing at Baxter's, 1967)

Jethro Tull

• "Cat's Squirrel" (This Was, 1968)
• "Serenade to a Cuckoo" (This Was)
• "Bourée" (Stand Up, 1969)
• "The Pine Marten's Jig" (A, 1980)

Billy Joel

• "Nocturne" (Cold Spring Harbor, 1971)
• "Root Beer Rag" (Streetlife Serenade, 1974)
• "The Mexican Connection" (Streetlife Serenade)

John Butler Trio

• "Ocean" (John Butler, 1998)

Elton John

• "Funeral For a Friend" (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)

Eric Johnson

• "Ah Via Musicom" (Ah Via Musicom, 1990)
• "Cliffs of Dover" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "Steve's Boogie" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "Trademark" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "Song for George" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "Righteous" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "East Wes" (Ah Via Musicom)

Janis Joplin

• "Buried Alive in the Blues" (Pearl, 1971)

Bradley Joseph

• Hear the Masses (1994)

Journey

• "Kohoutek" (Journey, 1975)
• "Topaz" (Journey)
• "Nickel And Dime" (Next, 1977)
• "Majestic" (Evolution, 1979)
• "Departure" (Departure, 1980)
• "Snow Theme" (Dream, After Dream, 1980)
• "A Few Coins" (Dream, After Dream)
• "Moon Theme" (Dream, After Dream)
• "When the Love Has Gone" (Dream, After Dream)
• "Festival Dance" (Dream, After Dream)
• "The Rape" (Dream, After Dream)
• "Cookie Duster" (Time³, 1992)
• "Into Your Arms" (Time³)
• "With a Tear" (Time³)
• "The Journey (Revelation)" (Revelation, 2008)

Judas Priest

• "Caviar and Meths" (Rocka Rolla, 1974)
• "Prelude" (Sad Wings of Destiny, 1976)
• "The Hellion" (Screaming for Vengeance, 1982)
• "Battle Hymn" (Painkiller, 1990)
• "Dawn of Creation" (Nostradamus, 2008)
• "Solitude" (Nostradamus)

K

Karnivool

• "Scarabs" (Themata, 2005)

Kasabian

• "Ovary Stripe" (Kasabian, 2004)
• "Swarfiga" (West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, 2009)

Katatonia

• "Instrumental" (discøuraged ønes, 1998)

King Crimson

• "Groon" (B-side of "Cat Food", 1970)
• "The Devil's Triangle" (In the Wake of Poseidon, 1970)
• "Larks' Tongues in Aspic":
  • Part I (Larks' Tongues in Aspic, 1973)
  • Part II (Larks' Tongues in Aspic)
  • Part III (Three of a Perfect Pair, 1984)
  • Part IV (The ConstruKction of Light, 2000)
• "The Talking Drum" (Larks' Tongues in Aspic)
• "Fracture" (Starless and Bible Black, 1974)
• "Trio" (Starless and Bible Black)
• "We'll Let You Know" (Starless and Bible Black)
• "Red" (Red, 1974)
• "Providence" (Red)
• "Asbury Park" (USA, 1975)
• "The Sheltering Sky" (Discipline, 1981)
• "Discipline" (Discipline)
• "Sartori In Tangiers" (Beat, 1982)
• "Requiem" (Beat)
• "Industry" (Three of a Perfect Pair)
• "VROOOM" (THRAK, 1995)
• "The ConstruKction of Light: Part 1" (The ConstruKction of Light)
• "FraKctured" (The ConstruKction of Light)
• "Heaven and Earth" (recording by ProjeKct X, bonus track on The ConstruKction of Light)
• "Level Five" (The Power to Believe, 2003)
• "Elektrik" (The Power to Believe)
• "Dangerous Curves" (The Power to Believe)

King James

• "Sunset in Rio" (King James, 1994)

KISS

• "Love theme from KISS" (KISS, 1974)
• "Escape from the Island" (Music from "The Elder", 1981)

Kyuss

Kyuss.

• "Molten Universe" (Blues for the Red Sun, 1992)
• "Apothecaries' Weight" (Blues for the Red Sun)
• "Caterpillar March" (Blues for the Red Sun)
• "800" (Blues for the Red Sun)
• "Capsized" (Blues for the Red Sun)
• "Asteroid" (Welcome to Sky Valley, 1994)
• "Thee Ol' Boozeroony" (...And the Circus Leaves Town, 1995)
• "Jumbo Blimp Jumbo" (...And the Circus Leaves Town)

L

Led Zeppelin

• "Black Mountain Side" (Led Zeppelin, 1969)
• "Moby Dick" (Led Zeppelin II, 1969)
• "Bron-Yr-Aur" (Physical Graffiti, 1975)
• "Bonzo's Montreux" (Coda, 1982)
• "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" (Led Zeppelin Boxed Set, 1990)

Linkin Park

Linkin Park.

• "Cure for the Itch" (Hybrid Theory, 2000)
• "Opening" (Reanimation, 2002)
• "Ntr/Mssion" (Reanimation)
• "Kyur4 TH Ich" (Reanimation)
• "A.06" (Underground V2.0, 2002)
• "Foreword" (Meteora, 2003)
• "Session" (Meteora)
• "Sold My Soul To Yo Mama" (Underground 4.0, 2004)
• "Announement Public Service" (Underground 6, 2006)
• "Wake" (Minutes to Midnight, 2007)
• "Lockjaw" (fan club single, 2008)

Liquid Tension Experiment

• Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
• Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)

Luca Turilli

• "Zaephyr Skies' Theme" (Prophet of the Last Eclipse, 2002)
• "Caprice in A Minor" (bonus track on Prophet of the Last Eclipse)
• "Autumn's Last Whisper" (bonus track on Prophet of the Last Eclipse)

M

Machine Head

• "Enter The Phoenix" (The Burning Red, 1999)
• "Declaration" (Supercharger, 2001)
• "Brown Acid" (Supercharger)

Madness

• "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" (Absolutely, 1980)

Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Malmsteen.

• "Black Star" (Rising Force, 1984)
• "Far Beyond the Sun" (Rising Force)
• "Evil Eye" (Rising Force)
• "Icarus' Dream Suite Op. 4" (Rising Force)
• "Little Savage" (Rising Force)
• "Overture 1383" (Marching Out, 1985)
• "Marching Out" (Marching Out)
• "Crying" (Trilogy, 1986)
• "Trilogy Suite Op. 5" (Trilogy)
• "Bite the Bullet " (Odyssey, 1988)
• "Krakatau " (Odyssey)
• "Eclipse" (Eclipse, 1990)
• "Perpetual" (Fire and Ice, 1992)
• "Leviathan" (Fire and Ice)
• "Brothers" (The Seventh Sign, 1994)
• "Power and Glory" (I Can't Wait EP, 1994)
• "Overture 1622 " (Magnum Opus, 1995)
• "Amberdawn" (Magnum Opus)
• "Air on a Theme " (Facing the Animal, 1997)
• Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra (1998)
• "Blitzkrieg" (Alchemy, 1999)
• "Blue" (Alchemy)
• "Asylum" (Alchemy)
• "Molto Arpeggiosa" (War to End All Wars, 2000)
• "Preludium" (War to End All Wars)
• "Instrumental Institution" (War to End All Wars)
• "Baroque 'n Roll" (Attack!!, 2002)
• "Fuguetta " (Unleash the Fury, 2005)
• "Guardian Angel" (Unleash the Fury)
• "Magic and Mayhem " (Unleash the Fury)
• "Caprici di Diablo" (Perpetual Flame, 2008)
• "Lament" (Perpetual Flame)
• "Heavy Heart" (Perpetual Flame)
• Angels of Love (2009)

Hank Marvin

See also: The Shadows

• Hank Marvin (1969)
• Hank Marvin Guitar Syndicate (1977)
• "All Alone With Friends" (All Alone With Friends, 1983)
• Into the Light (1992)
• Heartbeat (1993)
• Hank Plays Cliff (1995)
• Hank Plays Holly (1996)
• Guitar Player (2002)
• Guitar Man (2007)

John Mayall

• "Driving Sideways" (Crusade, 1967)
• "Curly" (Thru the Years, 1969)
• "Greeny" (Thru the Years)
• "Knockers Step Forward" (Thru the Years)

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

• "Hideaway" (Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, 1966)
• "Steppin' Out" (Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton)
• "The Supernatural" (A Hard Road, 1967)

McAuley Schenker Group

See also: Michael Schenker Group

• "There Has To Be Another Way" (Save Yourself, 1989)
• "Perrier" ("Unplugged" Live, 1992)

Meat Puppets

• "Aurora Borealis" (Meat Puppets II, 1984)
• "I'm a Mindless Idiot" (Meat Puppets II)

Megadeth

• "Into the Lungs of Hell" (So Far, So Good... So What!, 1988)
• "Duke Nukem Theme" (Japanese bonus track on Risk, 1999)
• "Silent Scorn" (The World Needs a Hero, 2001)
• "Absolution" (bonus track on Youthanasia reissue, 2004)
• "Dialectic Chaos" (Endgame, 2009)

Meshuggah

• "Acrid Placidity" (Destroy Erase Improve, 1995)
• "Unanything" (Japanese bonus track on Chaosphere, 1998)

Metallica

• "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" (Kill 'Em All, 1983)
• "The Call of Ktulu" (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
• "Orion" (Master of Puppets, 1986)
• "To Live Is to Die" (...And Justice for All, 1988)
• "The Ecstasy of Gold" (S&M, 1999)
• "I Disappear (Instrumental)" (B-side of "I Disappear", 2000)
• "Suicide & Redemption" (Death Magnetic, 2008)

Michael Schenker Group

See also: McAuley Schenker Group and Scorpions

• "Bijou Pleasurette" (The Michael Schenker Group, 1980)
• "Into The Arena" (The Michael Schenker Group)
• "Courvoisier Concerto" (One Night at Budokan, 1982)
• "Ulcer" (Assault Attack, 1982)
• "Captain Nemo" (Built to Destroy, 1983)

Mogwai

Mogwai.

• "Summer"/"Ithica 27 ϕ 9" (1996)
• "New Paths to Helicon, Parts 1 and 2" (1997)
• "Like Herod" (Mogwai Young Team, 1997)
• "Radar Maker" (Mogwai Young Team)
• "With Portfolio" (Mogwai Young Team)
• "Mogwai Fear Satan" (Mogwai Young Team)
• "Chocky" (Come On Die Young, 1999)
• "Christmas Steps" (Come On Die Young)

Gary Moore

• "The Loner" (Wild Frontier, 1987)

Van Morrison

• "Scandinavia" (Beautiful Vision, 1982)

Mötley Crüe

• "God Bless the Children of the Beast" (Shout at the Devil, 1983)

Muse

Muse.

• "Minimum" (B-side of "Muscle Museum", 1999)
• "Nishe" (B-side of "Unintended", 2000)
• "Bedroom Acoustics" (B-side of "Plug In Baby", 2001)
• "Piano Thing" (B-side of "New Born", 2001)
• "The Gallery" (B-side of "Bliss", 2001)
• "Intro" (Absolution, 2003)
• "Interlude" (Absolution)
• "Man Of Mystery" (The Supermassive Selection, 2007)
• "Popcorn" (B-side to "Resistance", 2009)
• The following tracks as originally recorded featured vocals, but were mostly performed live as instrumentals:
  • "Forced In" (B-side of "Uno", 1999)
  • "Execution Commentary" (B-side of "Plug In Baby")
• The following tracks are live bass/drum jams, normally referred to as "Drum & Bass" on the band's setlists:
  • "Helsinki Jam"
  • "MK Jam"
  • "Osaka Jam"

N

Narnia

• "The Return of Aslan" (Awakening, 1998)
• "Gates of Cair Paravel" (Long Live the King, 1999)
• "Shadowlands" (Long Live the King)
• "The Light at the End of the Tunnel" (Desert Land, 2001)
• "Misty Morning" (Desert Land)
• "Ground Zero" (The Great Fall, 2003)
• "Desert Land" (The Great Fall)
• "Hymn to the North" (Japanese bonus track on Enter the Gate, 2006)

Nightwish

• "Moondance" (Oceanborn, 1998)
• "Last of the Wilds" (Dark Passion Play, 2007)

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails.

• "Pinion" (Broken EP, 1992)
• "Help Me I Am In Hell" (Broken)
• "A Warm Place" (The Downward Spiral, 1994)
• "At The Heart Of It All" (Further Down the Spiral, 1995)
• "The Beauty of Being Numb" (Further Down the Spiral)
• "Erased, Over, Out" (Further Down the Spiral)
• Quake (soundtrack for video game, 1996)
• "The Frail" (The Fragile, 1999)
• "Just Like You Imagined" (The Fragile)
• "The Mark Has Been Made" (The Fragile)
• "Complication" (The Fragile)
• "Adrift and at Peace" (Still, 2002)
• "Gone, Still" (Still)
• "The Persistence Of Loss" (Still)
• "Leaving Hope" (Still)
• "Hyperpower!" (Year Zero, 2007)
• Ghosts I–IV (2008)
• "999,999" (The Slip, 2008)
• "Corona Radiata" (The Slip)
• "The Four of Us Are Dying" (The Slip)

Nirvana

• "Grey Goose" (With the Lights Out, 2004)

Ted Nugent

• "Home Bound" (Cat Scratch Fever, 1977)
• "Hibernation" (Double Live Gonzo!, 1978)

O

Opeth

Opeth.

• "Requiem" (Orchid, 1995)
• "Prologue" (My Arms, Your Hearse, 1998)
• "Madrigal" (My Arms, Your Hearse)
• "Epilogue" (My Arms, Your Hearse)
• "Patterns in the Ivy" (Blackwater Park, 2001)
• "For Abscent Friends" (Deliverance, 2002)
• "Ending Credits" (Damnation, 2003)
• "Heritage" (Heritage, 2011)

Orphaned Land

• "Takasim" (El Norra Alila, 1996)
• "Joy" (El Norra Alila)
• "The Calm Before The Flood" (Mabool, 2004)
• "Rainbow (The Resurrection)" (Mabool)

Ozzy Osbourne

• "Dee" (Blizzard Of Ozz, 1980)

Shuggie Otis

• "The Hawks" (Here Comes Shuggie Otis, 1970)

The Outlaws

• "Waterhole" (Outlaws, 1975)

P

Pagan's Mind

• "Prelude to Paganism" (Infinity Divine, 2000)
• "Approaching" (Celestial Entrance, 2002)
• "Back to the Magic of Childhood, Part 1: Conception" (Celestial Entrance)
• "Back to the Magic of Childhood, Part 2: Exploring Life" (Celestial Entrance)
• "Coming Home" (Enigmatic: Calling, 2005)
• "Appearance" (Enigmatic: Calling)
• "The Conception" (God's Equation, 2007)
• "Farewell" (God's Equation)
• "Contact" (Heavenly Ecstasy, 2011)

Particle

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

Pavement

• "5-4=Unity" (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994)

Petra

• "Visions (Doxology)" (Not of this World, 1983)
• "John's Solo/Jesus Loves You/The Race" (Captured in Time and Space, 1986)
• "Bob's Solo" (Captured in Time and Space)
• "Louie's Solo" (Captured in Time and Space)

John Petrucci

• Suspended Animation (2005)

Pink Floyd

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

• "Pow R. Toc H." (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967)
• "Interstellar Overdrive" (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
• "Up the Khyber" (Soundtrack from the Film More, 1969)
• "Party Sequence" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "Main Theme" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "More Blues" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "Quicksilver" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "Dramatic Theme" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "Sysyphus Parts I-IV" (Ummagumma, 1969)
• "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" (Ummagumma)
• "The Narrow Way (Parts 1 & 2)" (Ummagumma)
• "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Parts I-III" (Ummagumma)
• "Heart Beat, Pig Meat" (Zabriskie Point, 1970)
• "Atom Heart Mother" (Atom Heart Mother, 1970)
• "One of These Days" (Meddle, 1971)
• "Obscured by Clouds" (Obscured by Clouds, 1972)
• "When You're In" (Obscured by Clouds)
• "Mudmen" (Obscured by Clouds)
• "Absolutely Curtains" (Obscured by Clouds)
• "Speak to Me" (The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
• "On the Run" (The Dark Side of the Moon)
• "Any Colour You Like" (The Dark Side of the Moon)
• "Signs of Life" (A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987)
• "Round and Around" (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• "Terminal Frost" (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• "Cluster One" (The Division Bell, 1994)
• "Marooned" (The Division Bell)
• "Nick's Boogie" (London '66–'67 EP, 1995)
• "Unknown Song" (bonus track on Zabriskie Point reissue, 1997)
• "Love Scene (Version 4)" (bonus track on Zabriskie Point reissue)
• "Love Scene (Version 6)" (bonus track on Zabriskie Point reissue)
• "The Last Few Bricks" (Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81, 2000)

Pixies

• "Cecilia Ann" (Bossanova, 1990)

Placebo

• "Swallow" (Placebo, 1996)
• "Hong Kong Farewell" (hidden track on selected pressings of original release of Placebo, also bonus track on 2006 reissue)
• "Evil Dildo" (Without You I'm Nothing, 1998)
• "Bulletproof Cupid" (Sleeping with Ghosts, 2003)

The Police

• "Reggatta de Blanc" (Reggatta de Blanc, 1979)
• "Behind My Camel" (Zenyattà Mondatta, 1980)
• "The Other Way of Stopping" (Zenyattà Mondatta)
• "How Stupid Mister Bates" (Brimstone and Treacle, 1982)
• "A Kind of Loving" (Brimstone and Treacle)
• "Shambelle" (Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings, 1993)
• "Flexible Strategies" (Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings)

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree.

• "Up the Downstair" (Up the Downstair, 1993)
• "Not Beautiful Anymore" (Up the Downstair)
• "Burning Sky" (Up the Downstair)
• "Tinto Brass" (Stupid Dream, 1999)
• "Wedding Nails" (In Absentia, 2002)
• "Nil Recurring" (Nil Recurring EP, 2007)
• "The Incident: Occam's Razor" (The Incident, 2009)
• "The Incident: The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train" (The Incident)
• "The Incident: Degree Zero of Liberty" (The Incident)
• "The Incident: Circle of Manias" (The Incident)

Premiata Forneria Marconi

• Generale! (Per un amico, 1972)

Pretenders

• "Space Invader" (Pretenders, 1980)

Procol Harum

• "Repent Walpurgis" (Procol Harum, 1967)

Q

Queen

Queen in 1984.

• "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Queen, 1973)
• "Procession" (Queen II, 1974)
• "God Save the Queen" (A Night at the Opera, 1975)
• "In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)" (Flash Gordon, 1980)
• "Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)" (Flash Gordon)
• "The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Football Fight" (Flash Gordon)
• "In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Execution of Flash" (Flash Gordon)
• "The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Escape from the Swamp" (Flash Gordon)
• "Flash to the Rescue" (Flash Gordon)
• "Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Battle Theme" (Flash Gordon)
• "The Wedding March" ("Bridal Chorus") (Flash Gordon)
• "Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Crash Dive on Mingo City" (Flash Gordon)
• "Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)" (Flash Gordon)
• "A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" (B-side of "A Kind of Magic", 1986)
• "Chinese Torture" (The Miracle, 1989)
• "Bicycle Race" (bonus track on Jazz reissue, 2011)

Queensrÿche

• "Anarchy-X" (Operation: Mindcrime, 1988)
• "Waiting For 22" (Operation: Mindcrime)
• "9:28 a.m." (Promised Land, 1994)
• "Freiheit Ouvertüre" (Operation: Mindcrime II, 2006)

Quicksilver Messenger Service

• "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder" (Shady Grove, 1969)

Quiet Riot

• "Laughing Gas" (Randy Rhoads guitar solo)
• "Battle Axe" (Metal Health, 1983)

R

Racer X

See also: Paul Gilbert

• "Frenzy" (Street Lethal, 1986)
• "Y.R.O." (Street Lethal)
• "Scarified" (Second Heat, 1987)
• "Technical Difficulties" (Technical Difficulties, 1999)
• "B.R.O." (Technical Difficulties)
• "King of the Monsters" (Superheroes, 2000)
• "Viking Kong" (Superheroes)
• "Catapult to Extinction" (Getting Heavier, 2002)

Radiohead

• "Treefingers" (Kid A, 2000)
• "Hunting Bears" (Amnesiac, 2001)

Rainbow

• "Still I'm Sad" (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, 1975)
• "Weiss Heim" (B-side of "All Night Long", 1980)
• "Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)" (Difficult to Cure, 1981)
• "Difficult To Cure (Beethoven's Ninth)" (Difficult to Cure)
• "Anybody There" (Bent Out of Shape, 1983)
• "Snowman" (Bent Out of Shape)

Ramones

• "Durango 95" (Too Tough to Die, 1984)

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers.

• "Prince of Sadness" (unreleased demo from sessions for Freaky Styley, 1985)
• "Pretty Little Ditty" (Mother's Milk, 1989)
• "Instrumental #1" (B-side of "Scar Tissue", 1999)
• "Instrumental #2" (Australian bonus track on Californication, 1999)
• "Behind the Sun (Instrumental Demo)" (bonus track on The Uplift Mofo Party Plan reissue, 2003)
• "Me & My Friends (Instrumental Demo)" (bonus track on The Uplift Mofo Party Plan reissue)
• "Song That Made Us What We Are Today" (bonus track on Mother's Milk reissue, 2003)
• "Salute to Kareem" (bonus track on Mother's Milk reissue)

R.E.M.

• "Rotary Ten" (B-side of "Fall on Me", 1986)
• "White Tornado" (B-side of "Superman", 1986)
• "Last Date" (B-side of "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)", 1987)
• "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" (Automatic for the People, 1992)
• "Zither" (New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996)

Rhapsody of Fire

• "Virgin Skies" (Legendary Tales, 1997)
• "Trolls in the Dark" (Dawn of Victory, 2000)
• "Deadly Omen" (Rain of a Thousand Flames, 2001)
• "Elnor's Magic Valley" (Rain of a Thousand Flames)
• "Elgard's Green Valleys" (Symphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret, 2004)
• "Labyrinth of Madness" (The Frozen Tears of Angels, 2010)

Roxy Music

• "The Numberer" (B-side of "Virginia Plain", 1972)

Rush

Rush.

Neil Peart drumming.

Main article: List of Rush instrumentals

• "2112 - I: Overture" (2112, 1976)
• "2112 - VII: Grand Finale" (2112)
• "La Villa Strangiato" (Hemispheres, 1978)
• "YYZ" (Moving Pictures, 1981)
• "Broon's Bane" (Exit...Stage Left, 1981)
• "Where's My Thing?" (Roll the Bones, 1991)
• "Leave That Thing Alone" (Counterparts, 1993)
• "Limbo" (Test for Echo, 1996)
• "Cygnus X-1" (Rush in Rio, 2003)
• "R30 Overture" (R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour, 2005)
• "The Main Monkey Business" (Snakes & Arrows, 2007)
• "Hope" (Snakes & Arrows)
• "Malignant Narcissism" (Snakes & Arrows)
• "O'Malley's Break" (Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland, 2011)
• Neil Peart drum solos released as separate tracks on Rush albums:
  • "The Rhythm Method" (A Show of Hands, 1989)
  • "O Baterista" (Rush in Rio)
  • "Der Trommler" (R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour)
  • "De Slagwerker" (Snakes & Arrows Live, 2008)
  • "Moto Perpetuo" (Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland)

S

Santana

Carlos Santana in 1973.

• "Waiting" (Santana, 1969)
• "Savor" (Santana)
• "Treat" (Santana)
• "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana)
• "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts" (Abraxas, 1970)
• "Incident at Neshabur" (Abraxas)
• "Se a Cabo" (Abraxas)
• "Samba Pa Ti" (Abraxas)
• "Batuka" (Santana III, 1971)
• "Toussaint L'Overture" (Santana III)
• "Jungle Strut" (Santana III)
• "In a Silent Way" (Fillmore: The Last Days, 1972)
• "Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation" (Caravanserai, 1972)
• "Waves Within" (Caravanserai)
• "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Caravanserai)
• "Song of the Wind" (Caravanserai)
• "Future Primitive" (Caravanserai)
• "La Fuente del Ritmo" (Caravanserai)
• "Every Step of the Way" (Caravanserai)
• "Samba de Sausalito" (Welcome, 1973)
• "Yours Is the Light" (Welcome)
• "Free Angela" (Lotus, 1974)
• "Kyoto" (Lotus - drum solo)
• "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Amigos, 1976)
• "Jugando" (Festival, 1977)
• "Verão Vermelho" (Festival)
• "Revelations" (Festival)
• "Aqua Marine" (Marathon, 1979)
• "Ballin'" (Viva Santana!, 1988)
• "Gumbo" (bonus track on Santana III reissue, 1998)

Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani.

• Not of This Earth (1986)
• Surfing with the Alien (1987)
• Dreaming No. 11 (1988)
• Flying in a Blue Dream (1989)
• The Extremist (1992)
• Time Machine (1993)
• Joe Satriani (1995)
• Crystal Planet (1998)
• Engines of Creation (2000)
• Strange Beautiful Music (2002)
• Is There Love in Space? (2004)
• Super Colossal (2006)
• Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock (2008)
• Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards (2010)

Savatage

• "Prelude To Madness" (Hall of the Mountain King, 1987)
• "Last Dawn" (Hall of the Mountain King)
• "Temptation Revelation" (Gutter Ballet, 1989)
• "Silk And Steel" (Gutter Ballet)
• "Labyrinths" (Edge of Thorns, 1993)
• "Exit Music" (Edge of Thorns)
• "Visions" (Handful of Rain, 1994)
• "Overture" (Dead Winter Dead, 1995)
• "Mozart And Madness" (Dead Winter Dead)
• "Memory (Dead Winter Dead Intro)" (Dead Winter Dead)
• "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" (Dead Winter Dead)
• "Post Script" (Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins, 1995)
• "The Ocean" (The Wake of Magellan, 1997)
• "Underture" (The Wake of Magellan)
• "The Storm" (The Wake of Magellan)
• "Voyage" (B-side of "Commissar", 2001)

Scorpions

• "Night Lights" (In Trance, 1975)
• "Coast to Coast" (Lovedrive, 1979)

Sepultura

• "Inquisition Symphony" (Schizophrenia, 1987)
• "Kaiowas" (Chaos A.D., 1993)
• "Ludwig Van" (A-Lex, 2009)

Seventh Wonder

• "There and Back" (Mercy Falls, 2008)

Shadow Gallery

• "Interlude #1" (Carved in Stone, 1995)
• "Interlude #2" (Carved in Stone)
• "Interlude #3" (Carved in Stone)
• "Celtic Princess" (Carved in Stone)
• "Interlude #4" (Carved in Stone)
• "Interlude #5" (Carved in Stone)
• "Ghost Ship: Voyage" (Carved in Stone)
• "Ghost Ship: Dead Calm" (Carved in Stone)
• "Ghost Ship: Enchantment" (Carved in Stone)
• "Stiletto In The Sand" (Tyranny, 1998)
• "Chased" (Tyranny)
• "Cliffhanger: The Crusher" (Legacy, 2001)
• "Manhunt" (Room V, 2005)
• "Birth Of A Daughter" (Room V)
• "Death Of A Mother" (Room V)
• "Seven Years" (Room V)
• "Dark" (Room V)

The Shadows

The Shadows in 2009.

See also: Jet Harris and Tony Meehan and Hank Marvin

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

• "Apache" (1960)
• "Man of Mystery"/"The Stranger" (1960)
• The Shadows EP (1961)
• "F.B.I."/"Midnight" (1961)
• "The Frightened City" (1961)
• "Kon-Tiki" (1961)
• "The Savage"/"Peace Pipe" (1961)
• "Wonderful Land" (1962)
• "Guitar Tango" (1962)
• The Boys EP (1962)
• "Dance On!" (1962)
• "Foot Tapper" (1963)
• "Atlantis" (1963)
• "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" (1964)
• "The Warlord" (1965)
• "Maroc 7" (1967)

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

• "While We Cry" (Ledbetter Heights, 1995)
• "Ledbetter Heights" (Ledbetter Heights)

Derek Sherinian

• Planet X (1999)
• Inertia (2001)
• Black Utopia (2003)
• Mythology (2004)
• Blood of the Snake (2006)
• Molecular Heinosity (2009)

Silverchair

• "Madman" (Frogstomp, 1995)

Simple Minds

• "This Earth That You Walk Upon" (B-side of "Love Song", 1981)
• "Theme for Great Cities" (Canadian release of Sons and Fascination/UK release of Sister Feelings Call, 1981)
• "Sound in 70 Cities" (Sister Feelings Call)

Small Faces

• "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" (Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake, 1968)
• "Wide Eyed Girl on the Wall" (The Autumn Stone, 1969)

The Smiths

• "Oscillate Wildly" (B-side of "How Soon Is Now?" 12", 1985)
• "Money Changes Everything" (B-side of "Bigmouth Strikes Again", 1986)
• "The Draize Train" (B-side of "Panic" 12", 1986)

Soilwork

• "Entering the Angel Diabolique" (Steelbath Suicide, 1998)
• "Centro de Predominio" (Steelbath Suicide)

Sonata Arctica

• "Revontulet" (Silence, 2001)
• "Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night" (Reckoning Night, 2004)

Spheric Universe Experience

• "Burning Box Gala" (Mental Torments, 2005)
• "Halleygretto" (Mental Torments)
• "Stormy Dome" (Anima, 2007)
• "Black Materia" (Anima)
• "Near Death Experience" (Unreal, 2009)
• "O.B.E." (Unreal)

Spirit

• "Taurus" (Spirit, 1968)
• "Space Child" (Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, 1970)

Split Enz

• "Double Happy" (True Colours, 1980)
• "The Choral Sea" (True Colours)
• "Wail" (Waiata, 1981)
• "Albert of India" (Waiata)
• "The Lost Cat" (See Ya 'Round, 1984)

Jim Steinman

• "The Storm" (bonus EP included with Bad for Good, 1981)

Stratovarius

Stratovarius.

• "Fire Dance" (Fright Night, 1989)
• "Goodbye" (Fright Night)
• "Metal Frenzy" (Twilight Time, 1993)
• "Atlantis" (Dreamspace, 1994)
• "Stratovarius" (Fourth Dimension, 1995)
• "Call of the Wilderness" (Fourth Dimension)
• "Episode" (Episode, 1996)
• "Stratosphere" (Episode)
• "Holy Light" (Visions, 1997)
• "Holy Solos" (Visions of Europe, 1998)
• "Stratofortress" (Elements, Pt. 1, 2003)

Stray Dog

• "Pieces" (While You're Down There, 1974)
• "Worldwinds" (While You're Down There)

Styx

• "Little Fugue in G" (Styx II, 1973)
• "Prelude 12" (Equinox, 1975)
• "The Message" (Pieces of Eight, 1978)
• "Aku-Aku" (Pieces of Eight)

Symphony X

• "Into the Dementia" (Symphony X, 1994)
• "Sonata" (Twilight in Olympus, 1998)
• "Transcendence" (V: The New Mythology Suite, 2000)
• "On the Breath of Poseidon" (V: The New Mythology Suite)
• "The Death of Balance" (V: The New Mythology Suite)
• "Rediscovery (Segue)" (V: The New Mythology Suite)
• "Oculus ex Inferni" (Paradise Lost, 2007)

T

Testament

• "Hypnosis" (The New Order, 1988)
• "Musical Death (A Dirge)" (The New Order)
• "Confusion Fusion" (Practice What You Preach, 1989)
• "Beginning of the End" (Souls of Black, 1990)
• "Signs of Chaos" (The Ritual, 1992)
• "Urotsukidōji" (Low, 1994)
• "Hammer of the Gods" (The Gathering, 1999)
• "For the Glory Of..." (The Formation of Damnation, 2008)

They Might Be Giants

• "Space Suit" (Apollo 18, 1992)
• "Empty Bottle Blues" (They Got Lost, 2002)
• "Theme to McSweeney's" (They Got Lost)
• "Mosh Momken Abadon" (They Got Lost)
• "The Other Side of the World" (The Spine Surfs Alone EP, 2004)
• "No Plan B" (Cast Your Pod to the Wind, the bonus disc included with selected pressings of The Else, 2007)

Timo Tolkki

• Classical Variations and Themes (1994)

The Tornados

• "Telstar" (1962)

Tourniquet

• "K517" (Vanishing Lessons, 1994)

Traffic

• "Glad" (John Barleycorn Must Die, 1970)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

• "First Snow" (Christmas Eve and Other Stories, 1996)
• "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" (Christmas Eve and Other Stories)
• "Wizards in Winter" (The Lost Christmas Eve, 2004)

Triumph

• "Fantasy Serenade" (Just a Game, 1979)
• "Finger Talkin'" (Progressions of Power, 1980)
• "Air Raid" (Allied Forces, 1981)
• "Petite Etude" (Allied Forces)
• "A Minor Prelude" (Never Surrender, 1983)
• "Midsummer's Daydream" (Thunder Seven, 1984)
• "Little Boy Blues" (Thunder Seven)

Robin Trower

• "Caravan to Midnight" (Caravan to Midnight, 1978)

U

U2

• "4th of July" (The Unforgettable Fire, 1984)
• "Bass Trap" (B-side of "The Unforgettable Fire", 1985)

UFO

• "Lipstick Traces" (Phenomenon, 1974)

V

Steve Vai

Steve Vai.

• "Viv Woman" (Flex-Able, 1984)
• "Salamanders in the Sun" (Flex-Able)
• "The Attitude Song" (Flex-Able)
• "Call It Sleep" (Flex-Able)
• "There's Something Dead in Here" (Flex-Able)
• Passion and Warfare (1990)
• "Touching Tongues" (Sex & Religion, 1993)
• Alien Love Secrets EP (1995)
• "There's a Fire in the House" (Fire Garden, 1996)
• "The Crying Machine" (Fire Garden)
• "Dyin' Day" (Fire Garden)
• "Blowfish" (Fire Garden)
• "Hand on Heart" (Fire Garden)
• "Fire Garden Suite" (Fire Garden)
• "Warm Regards" (Fire Garden)
• The Ultra Zone (1999)
• Real Illusions: Reflections (2005)

Van Halen

Van Halen in 1976.

• "Eruption" (Van Halen, 1978)
• "Spanish Fly" (Van Halen II, 1979)
• "Sunday Afternoon in the Park" (Fair Warning, 1981)
• "Cathedral" (Diver Down, 1982)
• "Intruder" (Diver Down)
• "Little Guitars (Intro)" (Diver Down)
• "1984" (1984, 1984)
• "316" (For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, 1991)
• "Strung Out" (Balance, 1995)
• "Doin' Time" (Balance)
• "Baluchitherium" (Balance)
• "Neworld" (Van Halen III, 1998)
• "Primary" (Van Halen III)

Vanden Plas

• "Fire Blossom" (The God Thing, 1997)
• "Journey to Paris" (Spirit of Live, 2000)
• "Spirit Of Life" (Spirit of Live)

The Ventures

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

• "Walk, Don't Run" (1960)
• "Hawaii Five-O" (Hawaii Five-O, 1969)

W

Rick Wakeman

• The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)

Warbringer

• "Nightmare Anatomy" (Waking into Nightmares, 2009)

Whitecross

• "Nagasake" (Whitecross, 1987)
• "The Hammer and the Nail" (Hammer & Nail, 1988)
• "Flashpoint" (Triumphant Return, 1989)
• "The Eternal Fire " (In the Kingdom, 1991)
• "Overdrive" (High Gear, 1992)
• "Groove" (Unveiled, 1994)
• "Re:Animate" (Nineteen Eighty Seven, 2005)

White Heart

• "Let The Children Play" (Don't Wait for the Movie, 1986)

The Who

• "The Ox" (My Generation, 1965)
• "Cobwebs and Strange" (UK release A Quick One, 1966/American release Happy Jack, 1967)
• "Radio London (Instrumental)" (end portion of "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand", The Who Sell Out, 1967)
• "Track Records (Instrumental)" (end portion of "Rael (1 and 2)", The Who Sell Out)
• "Dogs, Part Two" (B-side of "Pinball Wizard", 1969)
• "Sparks" (Tommy, 1969)
• "Underture" (Tommy)
• "Quadrophenia" (Quadrophenia, 1973)
• "The Rock" (Quadrophenia)
• "Hall of the Mountain King" (bonus track on The Who Sell Out reissue, 1995)
• "My Generation (Instrumental)" (bonus track on Deluxe Edition reissue of My Generation, 2002)

Mason Williams

• "Classical Gas" (The Mason Williams Phonograph Record, 1968)

Richard Wright

• "Mediterranean C" (Wet Dream, 1978)
• "Cat Cruise" (Wet Dream)
• "Waves" (Wet Dream)
• "Mad Yannis Dance" (Wet Dream)
• "Drop In from the Top" (Wet Dream)
• "Funky Deux" (Wet Dream)
• "Black Cloud" (Broken China, 1996)

Y

Yes

Yes.

• "The Clap" (The Yes Album, 1971)
• "Cans and Brahms" (Fragile, 1971)
• "Five Per Cent for Nothing" (Fragile)
• "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (Fragile)
• "Mood for a Day" (Fragile)
• "Cinema" (90125, 1983)
• "Masquerade" (Union, 1991)
• "Sign Language" (Keys to Ascension 2, 1997)
• "Australia" (The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection, 2003)
• "New World Symphony" (The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection)
• "Fly from Here: Overture" (Fly from Here, 2011)
• "Solitaire" (Fly from Here)

Z

Frank Zappa

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, 1969)
• "Son of Mr Green Genes" (Hot Rats)
• "Little Umbrellas" (Hot Rats)
• "The Gumbo Variations" (Hot Rats)
• "It Must Be a Camel" (Hot Rats)
• "Transylvania Boogie" (Chunga's Revenge, 1970)
• "Twenty Small Cigars" (Chunga's Revenge)
• "Chunga's Revenge" (Chunga's Revenge)
• "Big Swifty" (Waka/Jawaka, 1972)
• "Blessed Relief" (The Grand Wazoo, 1972)
• "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus" (The Grand Wazoo)
• "Eat That Question" (The Grand Wazoo)
• "The Grand Wazoo" (The Grand Wazoo)
• "Rat Tomago" (Sheik Yerbouti, 1979)

ZZ Top

• "Asleep in the Desert" (Tejas, 1976)

See also

• Heavy metal music
• Instrumental
• Instrumental rock
• Rock and roll
• Rock music
• Surf music

External links

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