List of rock instrumentals

The following is a list of Rock Instrumentals, including live performances and drum solos.

Criteria

1. Only music in the Rock genre may be placed on this list.
2. If an instrumental has several sections, the parts should be grouped together (Foo Parts I-V, La Villa Strangiato)
3. If one section of a song is an instrumental, that section alone may be placed on this list.
4. Different versions do not count (Pink Floyd’s Careful With That Axe, Eugene and Murderistic Women), unless the song itself has additions, such as a drum solo. This also includes studio/live instrumentals; only one example should be given.
5. If a song has voices or a single line of voice that is not considered lyrics in official publications of the song(s), then the song may be placed on the list.
6. Drum solos are allowed, including live drum solos (Neil Peart's Rhythm Method, O Baterista, and Der Trummler).
7. Live instrumentals (including songs converted to be instrumentals) or impromptu rock performances are also allowed (Queen's Impromptu, Brighton Rock, etc.)

A

The Allman Brothers Band

• Don't Want You No More ( The Allman Brothers Band)
• In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Idlewild South)
• Hot 'Lanta (At Fillmore East)
• Les Brers in A Minor (Eat a Peach)
• Mountain Jam (Eat a Peach)
• Little Martha (Eat a Peach)
• Jessica ( Brothers and Sisters)
• High Falls (Win Lose or Draw)
• Pegasus (Enlightened Rogues)
• Duane's Tune
• Instrumental Illness (Hittin' the Note)

The Alan Parsons Project

• Dream Within a Dream (Tales of Mystery and Imagination)
• I Wouldn't Want to be Like You (I Robot)
• Genesis Ch 1 Vs 32 (I Robot)
• I Robot (I Robot)
• The Gold Bug (The Turn of a Friendly Card)
• Voyager ( Pyramid)
• In the Lap of the Gods ( Pyramid)
• Hyper Gamma Spaces ( Pyramid)
• Sirius (Eye in the Sky)
• Mammagamma (Eye in the Sky)
• Pipeline (Ammonia Avenue)

B

The Beatles

• Cry for a Shadow (with Tony Sheridan)
• Flying
• Revolution 9 (White album)

Jeff Beck

• Beck's Bolero
• Blue Wind
• Cause We've Ended as Lovers
• Freeway Jam
• Scatterbrain

Black Sabbath

• Rat Salad (Paranoid)
• Don't Start (Too Late)
• Laguna Sunrise
• Embryo

C

Cream

• Toad (Wheels of Fire)

D

Doobie Brothers

• Steamer Lane Breakdown

Dream Theater

• Ytsejam ( When Dream and Day Unite )
• Erotomania ( Awake )
• Hell's Kitchen ( Falling Into Infinity )
• Dance of Eternity (Scenes from a Memory)
• Overture 1928 (Scenes from a Memory)
• Stream of Consciousness ( Train of Thought )

E

Electric Light Orchestra

• Daybreaker (On the Third Day)
• Fire on High (Face the Music)
• Another Heart Breaks (Time)

Emerson Lake and Palmer

• Tank ( Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
• The Three Fates (a. Clotho b. Lachesis c. Atropos) ( Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
• The Barbarian ( Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
• Infinite Space [conclusion] (Tarkus)
• Promenade ( Pictures at an Exhibition)
• The Gnome ( Pictures at an Exhibition)
• Blues Variation ( Pictures at an Exhibition)
• The Old Castle ( Pictures at an Exhibition)
• The Hut of Baba Yaga ( Pictures at an Exhibition)
• Nutrocker ( Pictures at an Exhibition)
• Hoedown ( Trilogy)
• Toccata (Brain Salad Surgery)
• Karn Evil 9 Second Impression (Brain Salad Surgery)
• Fanfare for the Common Man (Works Volume I)
• When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine (Works Volume II)

Eric Johnson

• Cliffs of Dover ( Ah Via Musicom)

G

Genesis

• Horizon's ( Foxtrot)
• After the Ordeal (Selling England by the Pound)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

• Moya (Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada)

H

Jimi Hendrix

• Born Under a Bad Sign
• Star Spangled Banner (Woodstock)
• Going South (The BBC Sessions)
• Jelly 292

Henry Cow

• Nirvana for Mice (Leg End)
• Amygdala (Leg End)
• Teenbeat (Introduction) (Leg End)
• Teenbeat (Leg End)
• Nirvana (Reprise) (Leg End)
• Extract from 'With the Yellow Half-Moon and Blue Star' (Leg End)
• Teenbeat (Reprise) (Leg End)
• The Tenth Chaffinch (Leg End)
• Bittern Storm Over Ulm (Unrest)
• Half Asleep, Half Awake (Unrest)
• Ruins (Unrest)
• Solemn Music (Unrest)
• Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon (Unrest)
• Arcades (Unrest)
• Beggining: the Long March (In Praise of Learning)
• Morning Star (In Praise of Learning)
• Groningen (Henry Cow Concerts)
• Udine (Henry Cow Concerts)
• Groningen again (Henry Cow Concerts)
• Industry (Western Culture)
• The Decay of Cities (Western Culture)
• On the Raft (Western Culture)
• Falling Away (Western Culture)
• Gretels Tale (Western Culture)
• Look Back (Western Culture)
• ½ the Sky (Western Culture)

I

Iron Maiden

• Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)

• Transylvania (Iron Maiden)

K

King Crimson

• Peace - a Theme (In the Wake of Poseidon)
• The Devil's Triangle (a. Merday Morn b. Hand of Sceiron c. Garden of Worm) (In the Wake of Poseidon)
• Groon (Cat Food single B-side, also appears on the 30th anniversary remaster of In the Wake of Poseidon)
• The Sailor's Tale ( Islands)
• Prelude: Song of the Gulls ( Islands)
• Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Parts I & II) (Larks' Tongues in Aspic)
• The Talking Drum (Larks' Tongues in Aspic)
• We'll Let You Know (Starless and Bible Black)
• Trio (Starless and Bible Black)
• Starless and Bible Black (Starless and Bible Black)
• Fracture (Starless and Bible Black)
• Red ( Red)
• Providence ( Red)
• Asbury Park ( USA)
• Discipline ( Discipline)
• Industry (Three of a Perfect Pair)
• Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds) (Three of a Perfect Pair)
• No Warning (Three of a Perfect Pair)
• Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part III) (Three of a Perfect Pair)
• Industrial Zone A ( Three of a Perfect Pair (CD))
• Industrial Zone B ( Three of a Perfect Pair (CD))
• THRAK (THRAK)
• VROOOM (THRAK)
• Radio (Parts I & II) (THRAK)
• B'boom (THRAK)
• VROOOM VROOOM (THRAK)
• VROOOM VROOOM (Coda) (THRAK)
• The ConstruKtion of Light (Part I) (The ConstruKction of Light)
• FraKctured (The ConstruKction of Light)
• Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part IV) (The ConstruKction of Light)
• Heaven and Earth (The ConstruKction of Light)
• Fearless and Highly Thrakked (THRaKaTTaK)
• Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken's Lip (THRaKaTTaK)
• This Night Wounds Time (THRaKaTTaK)
• THRaKaTTak (Parts I & II) (THRaKaTTaK)
• The Slaughter of the Innocents (THRaKaTTaK)
• THRAK (Reprise) (THRaKaTTaK)
• Level Five (The Power to Believe)
• Facts of Life (Intro) (The Power to Believe)
• EleKtriK (The Power to Believe)
• Dangerous Curves (The Power to Believe)

L

Led Zeppelin

• Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin II)
• Black Mountain Side (Led Zeppelin I)
• Bron-Yr-Aur (Physical Graffiti)
• Carouselambra (In Through the Out Door)

Liquid Tension Experiment

• Paradigm Shift ( Liquid Tension Experiment )
• Osmosis ( Liquid Tension Experiment )
• Kindred Spirits ( Liquid Tension Experiment )
• The Stretch ( Liquid Tension Experiment )
• Freedom Of Speech ( Liquid Tension Experiment )
• Chris And Kevin's Excellent Adventure ( Liquid Tension Experiment )
• State Of Grace ( Liquid Tension Experiment )
• Universal Mind ( Liquid Tension Experiment )
• Three Minute Warning ( Liquid Tension Experiment )
• Acid Rain ( Liquid Tension Experiment 2 )
• Biaxident ( Liquid Tension Experiment 2 )
• 914 ( Liquid Tension Experiment 2 )
• Another Dimension ( Liquid Tension Experiment 2 )
• When The Water Breaks ( Liquid Tension Experiment 2 )
• Chewbacca ( Liquid Tension Experiment 2 )
• Liquid Dreams ( Liquid Tension Experiment 2 )
• Hourglass ( Liquid Tension Experiment 2 )

M

The Mars Volta

• Tira me a Las Arañas (De-Loused in the Comatorium)

Metallica

• (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth (Kill Em All)
• The Call of Ktulu (Ride the Lightning)
• Orion (Master of Puppets)
• To Live Is To Die (...And Justice for All)

The Monks

• Skylab (theme from The Monks) (Bad Habits)

Ronnie Montrose

• Mach 1 ( The Speed of Sound)
• Black Box ( The Speed of Sound)
• Hyper-Thrust ( The Speed of Sound)
• Monolith ( The Speed of Sound)
• Zero G ( The Speed of Sound)
• Telstar ( The Speed of Sound)
• Sidewinder ( The Speed of Sound)
• Windshear ( The Speed of Sound)
• Vtol ( The Speed of Sound)
• Outer Marker Inbound ( The Speed of Sound)

P

Pink Floyd

• A Saucerful of Secrets (A Saucerful of Secrets)
• A Spanish Piece (Music From the Film More)
• Absolutely Curtains (Obscured by Clouds)
• Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast (Atom Heart Mother)
• Any Colour You Like (Dark Side of the Moon)
• Atom Heart Mother Suite (Atom Heart Mother)
• Careful with that Axe, Eugene (Relics)
• Cluster One (The Division Bell)
• Dramatic Theme (Music From the Film More)
• The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Parts I-III (Ummagumma)
• The Great Gig in the Sky (Dark Side of the Moon)
• Heart Beat, Pigmeat (Zabrinskie Point)
• Interstellar Overdrive (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
• The Last Few Bricks (Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81)
• Love Scene Versions IV and VI (Zabrinskie Point)
• Main Theme (Music From the Film More)
• Marooned (The Division Bell)
• More Blues (Music From the Film More)
• Mudmen (Obscured by Clouds)
• Nick's Boogie (Tonite Let's All Make Love in London)
• Obscured by Clouds (Obscured by Clouds)
• On The Run (Dark Side of the Moon)
• One of These Days (Meddle)
• Party Sequence (Music From the Film More)
• Quicksilver (Music From the Film More)
• Round and Around (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• Signs of Life (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• Speak To Me (Dark Side of the Moon)
• Sysyphus Parts I-IV (Ummagumma)
• Terminal Frost (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• The Narrow Way Parts I and II (Ummagumma)
• Unknown Song (Zabrinskie Point)
• Up The Khyber (Music From the Film More)
• When You're In (Obscured by Clouds)

The Police

• Regatta De Blanc
• Behind My Camel (Zenyatta Mondatta)

Q

Queen

• Brighton Rock (Live at Wembley '86, etc.)
• God Save the Queen (Live at Wembley '86, etc.)
• Impromptu (Live at Wembley '86, etc.)

R

Rush

• 2112 Overture (2112)
• Cygnus X-1 (Rio Version) (Rush in Rio)
• Der Trommler (R30 Live In Frankfurt)
• La Villa Strangiato (Hemispheres)
• Leave That Thing Alone (Counterparts)
• Limbo (Test for Echo)
• O Baterista (Rush in Rio)
• R30 Overture (R30 Live In Frankfurt)
• Rhythm Method (A Show of Hands)
• Where's My Thing? (Roll the Bones)
• YYZ (Moving Pictures)

Rick Wakeman

• Anne of Cleves ( The Six Wives of Henry VIII)

S

Santana

• Butaku
• Europa
• Samba Pa Ti
• Soul Sacrifice (Woodstock)

Joe Satriani

• Surfing With The Alien (Surfing With The Alien)
• Ice 9 (Surfing With The Alien)
• Crushing Day (Surfing With The Alien)
• Always With Me, Always With You (Surfing With The Alien)
• Satch Boogie (Surfing With The Alien)
• Hill of the Skull (Surfing With The Alien)
• Circles (Surfing With The Alien)
• Lords of Karma (Surfing With The Alien)
• Midnight (Surfing With The Alien)
• Echo (Surfing With The Alien)
• Friends (The Extremist)
• The Extremist (The Extremist)
• War (The Extremist)
• Cryin' (The Extremist)
• Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness (The Extremist)
• Summer Song (The Extremist)
• Tears in the Rain (The Extremist)
• Why (The Extremist)
• Motorcycle Driver (The Extremist)
• New Blues (The Extremist)

Steve Vai

• Liberty (Passion and Warfare)
• Erotic Nightmares (Passion and Warfare)
• The Animal (Passion and Warfare)
• Answers (Passion and Warfare)
• The Riddle (Passion and Warfare)
• Ballerina (Passion and Warfare)
• For The Love Of God (Passion and Warfare)
• The Audience Is Listening (Passion and Warfare)
• I Would Love To (Passion and Warfare)
• Blue Powder (Passion and Warfare)
• Greasy Kid'S Stuff (Passion and Warfare)
• Alien Water Kiss (Passion and Warfare)
• Sisters (Passion and Warfare)
• Love Secrets (Passion and Warfare)
• An Earth Dweller (Sex and Religion)
• Touching Tongues (Sex and Religion)
• State Of Grace (Sex and Religion)
• Survive (Sex and Religion)
• Pig (Sex and Religion)
• The Road To Mt. Calvary (Sex and Religion)
• Down Deep Into The Pain (Sex and Religion)
• Bangkok (Fire Garden)
• Blowfish (Fire Garden)
• Crying Machine (Fire Garden)
• Deepness (Fire Garden)
• Dyin' Day (Fire Garden)
• Fire Garden Suite (Fire Garden)
• Hand on Heart (Fire Garden)
• Mysterious Murder of Christian Tiera's Lover (Fire Garden)
• There's a Fire in the House (Fire Garden)
• Warm Regards (Fire Garden)
• When I was a Little Boy (Fire Garden)
• Whookam (Fire Garden)
• Bad Horsie (Alien Love Secrets)
• Juice (Alien Love Secrets)
• Die To Live (Alien Love Secrets)
• The Boy From Seattle (Alien Love Secrets)
• Ya-Yo Gakk (Alien Love Secrets)
• Kill The Guy With The ... (Alien Love Secrets)
• Tender Surrender (Alien Love Secrets)
• The Blood & Tears (The Ultra Zone)
• The Ultra Zone (The Ultra Zone)
• Oooo (The Ultra Zone)
• Frank (The Ultra Zone)
• Jibboom (The Ultra Zone)
• Voodoo Acid (The Ultra Zone)
• Windows To The Soul (The Ultra Zone)
• The Silent Within (The Ultra Zone)
• I'll Be Around (The Ultra Zone)
• Lucky Charms (The Ultra Zone)
• Fever Dream (The Ultra Zone)
• Here I Am (The Ultra Zone)
• Asian Sky (The Ultra Zone)

T

Tool

• Triad

V

Van Halen

• Eruption ( Van Halen)
• Spanish Fly ( Van Halen II)
• Little Guitars (intro) ( Diver Down)
• Strung Out ( Balance)
• Baluchitherium ( Balance)

W

The Who

• Overture (Tommy)
• Sparks (Tommy)
• Underture (Tommy)
• Quadrophenia (Quadrophenia)
• The Rock (Quadrophenia)
• Cobwebs And Strange ("A Quick One (UK) / Happy Jack (USA)")
• The Ox (The Who Sings My Generation)

Y

Yes

• The Fish (Fragile)
• Mood for a Day (Fragile)
• Cans and Brahms (Fragile)
• Five Percent for Nothing (Fragile)
• The Clap (The Yes Album)

Z

Frank Zappa

• The Gumbo Variations (Hot Rats)
• King Kong (Uncle Meat)
• Peaches En Ragalia (Hot Rats)
• Son of Mr. Green Genes (Hot Rats)
• Little Umbrellas (Hot Rats)
• It Must be a Camel (Hot Rats)
• Big Swifty (Waka/Jawaka)
• Waka/Jawaka (Waka/Jawaka)
• The Grand Wazoo (The Grand Wazoo)
• Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus (The Grand Wazoo)
• Eat That Question (The Grand Wazoo)
• Blessed Relief (The Grand Wazoo)
• Sofa No. 1 (One Size Fits All)

NOTE: The CD "Strictly Genteel" is a compilation of Zappa instrumentals.