List of rock instrumentals

Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes musical instruments and features very little or no singing.

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting.

.38 Special Robin Hood (wild Eyed Southern Boys) Most, if not all, of B. Bumble and the Stingers' recordings are instrumentals.

(Note: Bandstand, from 1972, is the only Family album that does not feature an instrumental track.)

Most of if not all of their albums consist of instrumentals.

The Allman Brothers Band with special guest Eric Clapton .
The Beach Boys in 1964. From left: Al Jardine , Carl Wilson , Brian Wilson and Mike Love (drummer Dennis Wilson not shown).
Black Sabbath in 1970.
David Bowie in 1978.
Buckethead performing in Seattle in 2008.
Camel in 2003.
Deep Purple in 1975.
Dream Theater performing in Brazil in 2008. Vocalist James LaBrie roams the stage while his bandmates perform an instrumental passage.
Paul Gilbert.
The original lineup of Gov't Mule (shown here performing an acoustic set) regularly performed and recorded instrumentals.
Jimi Hendrix
Kiss performing in Paris on March 21, 1999
Yngwie Malmsteen.
Mogwai.
Muse.
Nine Inch Nails.
Pink Floyd in 1973 (top) and 2005 (above).
Queen in 1984.
Rainbow in 1977.
Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Gabriela Quintero y Rodrigo Sánchez in Washington State on 30 May 2011
The Rolling Stones in Milwaukee in 2015
Rush.
Neil Peart drumming.
Carlos Santana in 1973.
Joe Satriani.
The Shadows in 2009.
Tortoise.
Steve Vai
Van Halen in 1976
Yes.
Frank Zappa playing in Oslo in January 1977.