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hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">Post-rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surf_music" title="Surf music">surf</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Other topics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rock_instrumentals" title="List of rock instrumentals">List of rock instrumentals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_instrumental_bands" title="List of instrumental bands">List of instrumental bands</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Instrumental rock</b> is <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock music</a> that emphasizes instrumental performance and features very little or no <a href="/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">singing</a>. Examples of <a href="/wiki/Instrumental_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrumental music">instrumental music</a> in rock can be found in practically every subgenre of the style. Instrumental rock was most popular from the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, with artists such as <a href="/wiki/Bill_Doggett" title="Bill Doggett">Bill Doggett Combo</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Fireballs" title="The Fireballs">The Fireballs</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Shadows" title="The Shadows">The Shadows</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Ventures" title="The Ventures">The Ventures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_and_the_Hurricanes" title="Johnny and the Hurricanes">Johnny and the Hurricanes</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Spotnicks" title="The Spotnicks">The Spotnicks</a>. <a href="/wiki/Surf_music" title="Surf music">Surf music</a> had many instrumental songs. Many instrumental hits had roots from the <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a> genre. <a href="/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band" title="The Allman Brothers Band">The Allman Brothers Band</a> feature several instrumentals. <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Beck" title="Jeff Beck">Jeff Beck</a> also recorded two instrumental albums in the 1970s. <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">Progressive rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Art_rock" title="Art rock">art rock</a> performers of the late 1960s and early 1970s did many <a href="/wiki/Virtuosic" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtuosic">virtuosic</a> instrumental performances. </p><p>During the 1980s and 1990s, the instrumental rock genre was dominated by several guitar soloists, including <a href="/wiki/Joe_Satriani" title="Joe Satriani">Joe Satriani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai">Steve Vai</a>. The 2000s gave way to a new style of instrumental performer. For example, <a href="/wiki/John_5_(guitarist)" title="John 5 (guitarist)">John Lowery (a.k.a. John 5)</a>, released a series of solo instrumental albums. The 2000s also saw the rise of instrumental music by bands that have been labeled <a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">post-rock</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Instrumental_rock&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Instrumental rock was most popular during <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>'s first decade (mid-1950s to mid-1960s), before the <a href="/wiki/British_Invasion" title="British Invasion">British Invasion</a>. </p><p>One notable early instrumental was "Honky Tonk" by the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Doggett" title="Bill Doggett">Bill Doggett Combo</a>, with its slinky beat and sinuous saxophone-organ lead. <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a> musicians who scored pop hits include <a href="/wiki/Earl_Bostic" title="Earl Bostic">Earl Bostic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arnett_Cobb" title="Arnett Cobb">Arnett Cobb</a>. Several <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a> sax players had hit instrumental songs, including Big Jay McNeeley, <a href="/wiki/Red_Prysock" title="Red Prysock">Red Prysock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Allen_(musician)" title="Lee Allen (musician)">Lee Allen</a>, whose "Walking with Mr. Lee" was quite popular. There were several notable <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> instrumental songs during the 1950s; <a href="/wiki/Little_Walter" title="Little Walter">Little Walter</a>'s rollicking "Juke" was a #1 R&B hit.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Instrumental hit songs could emphasize <a href="/wiki/Electronic_organ" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic organ">electronic organ</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Tornados" title="The Tornados">the Tornados</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Telstar_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Telstar (song)">Telstar</a>", <a href="/wiki/Dave_%22Baby%22_Cortez" title="Dave "Baby" Cortez">Dave "Baby" Cortez</a>'s "The Happy Organ", <a href="/wiki/Johnny_%26_the_Hurricanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny & the Hurricanes">Johnny & the Hurricanes</a>' "Red River Rock"), or the saxophone (<a href="/wiki/The_Champs" title="The Champs">the Champs</a>' "Tequila",<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Black" title="Bill Black">Bill Black's Combo</a>'s "Don't Be Cruel", <a href="/wiki/The_Piltdown_Men" title="The Piltdown Men">the Piltdown Men</a>'s "McDonald's Cave"), but the guitar was most prominent. <a href="/wiki/Duane_Eddy" title="Duane Eddy">Duane Eddy</a> scored several hits (his best known probably being "<a href="/wiki/Rebel-%27Rouser" title="Rebel-'Rouser">Rebel-'Rouser</a>"). Eddy was the first rock & roll artist to release an album in stereo. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Fireballs" title="The Fireballs">The Fireballs</a>, featuring the distinctive guitar work of George Tomsco, began their career in the late 1950s with instrumental hits such as "Torquay" and "Bulldog." The band pioneered the guitar/guitar/bass/drums configuration, paving the way for <a href="/wiki/The_Ventures" title="The Ventures">the Ventures</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Shadows" title="The Shadows">the Shadows</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Surf_music" title="Surf music">surf music</a> scene. The Fireballs were one of a few instrumental bands that successfully transitioned into vocal music, having the biggest hit of 1963 in the US ("<a href="/wiki/Sugar_Shack" title="Sugar Shack">Sugar Shack</a>"). B Bumble & the Stingers gained hit "<a href="/wiki/Nut_Rocker" title="Nut Rocker">Nut Rocker</a>". </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Shadows" title="The Shadows">The Shadows</a>, from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>, had several hit singles from 1960 onwards, including "Kon-Tiki" and "<a href="/wiki/Apache_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apache (song)">Apache</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shadows (alone and accompanying <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a>) featured heavily in the UK charts until 1963 when Beatlemania arrived, combined with DJ indifference to non-vocal singles. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Ventures" title="The Ventures">The Ventures</a>' precise guitar work was a major influence on many later rock guitarists; they also helped shape surf music. The band reached chart success with songs such as "<a href="/wiki/Walk,_Don%27t_Run_(instrumental)" title="Walk, Don't Run (instrumental)">Walk-Don't Run</a>" and "Hawaii Five-O". In the U.S. they greatly escalated the guitar instrumentals and use of the vibrato bar on the lead guitar. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Surf_music" title="Surf music">Surf music</a> was quite popular in the early 1960s, and was generally rather simple and melodic—one exception being <a href="/wiki/Dick_Dale" title="Dick Dale">Dick Dale</a>, who gained fame for his quick playing, often influenced by the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_music" title="Middle Eastern music">music of</a> the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, and frequently using exotic <a href="/wiki/Scale_(music)" title="Scale (music)">scales</a>. </p><p>Around the time of the British Invasion, rock changed appreciably, and instrumental hits came mostly from the <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a> world. Notable artists include <a href="/wiki/Booker_T._%26_the_MG%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Booker T. & the MG's">Booker T. & the MG's</a> and saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Junior_Walker" title="Junior Walker">Junior Walker</a>. </p><p>Just before the <a href="/wiki/British_Invasion" title="British Invasion">British Invasion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Mack" title="Lonnie Mack">Lonnie Mack</a>'s version of <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Berry" title="Chuck Berry">Chuck Berry</a>'s "Memphis" reached #5 on the Billboard Pop chart in June 1963. Employing both the blues scale and distortion, it ushered in the era of <a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a> guitar of <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan" title="Stevie Ray Vaughan">Stevie Ray Vaughan</a>. The early incarnation of Fleetwood Mac with bandleader Peter Green achieved number one chart positions with the guitar-based instrumental "<a href="/wiki/Albatross_(instrumental)" title="Albatross (instrumental)">Albatross</a>" in February 1969. Previously, only three other rock guitar instrumentals had cracked Billboard's top five: the Virtues' "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" in 1959, and <a href="/wiki/Duane_Eddy" title="Duane Eddy">Duane Eddy</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Because_They%27re_Young_(song)" title="Because They're Young (song)">Because They're Young</a>" and <a href="/wiki/The_Ventures" title="The Ventures">the Ventures</a>' "Walk, Don't Run" in 1960. </p><p>In August 1964, <a href="/wiki/Checker_Records" title="Checker Records">Checker Records</a> released the album <i><a href="/wiki/Two_Great_Guitars" title="Two Great Guitars">Two Great Guitars</a></i>, recorded by rock and roll pioneers <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Berry" title="Chuck Berry">Chuck Berry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bo_Diddley" title="Bo Diddley">Bo Diddley</a>, which is one of rock music's first recorded guitar jam sessions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1970s">1970s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Instrumental_rock&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 70s, some musicians released instrumental records such as Dennis Coffey's "Scorpio"(1971), Booker T & the MGs' "Melting Pot", Incredible Bong Band's "Apache", Hot Butter's "Popcorn"(1972) and Rhythm Heritage "Theme from S.W.A.T."(1976).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band" title="The Allman Brothers Band">The Allman Brothers Band</a> is often not considered an instrumental rock band , but they play many instrumentals and include long instrumental passages in longer versions of their songs. A good example is the 22-minute version of <a href="/wiki/At_Fillmore_East#Track_listing" title="At Fillmore East">Whipping Post</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/At_Fillmore_East" title="At Fillmore East">At Fillmore East</a></i> LP. Their instrumentals, "<a href="/wiki/In_Memory_of_Elizabeth_Reed" title="In Memory of Elizabeth Reed">In Memory of Elizabeth Reed</a>" and "Jessica" are popular, with "Jessica" being featured as theme for both the <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(1977_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (1977 TV series)">1977</a> and <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">2002 formats</a> of <i>Top Gear</i>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Beck" title="Jeff Beck">Jeff Beck</a> also recorded two entirely instrumental albums in the 1970s: <i><a href="/wiki/Blow_by_Blow" title="Blow by Blow">Blow by Blow</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Wired_(Jeff_Beck_album)" title="Wired (Jeff Beck album)">Wired</a></i>. Successful among mainstream audiences, both have strong <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> influences, the latter featuring a cover of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Mingus" title="Charles Mingus">Charles Mingus</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jazz_standard" title="Jazz standard">jazz standard</a> "<a href="/wiki/Goodbye_Pork_Pie_Hat" title="Goodbye Pork Pie Hat">Goodbye Pork Pie Hat</a>". </p><p>Several <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Art_rock" title="Art rock">art rock</a> performers of the 1960s and 1970s featured virtuosic instrumental performances (and occasional instrumental songs), but many of their compositions also featured vocals. Early 70s, EL&P gained cover hit "Nut Rocker". <a href="/wiki/King_Crimson" title="King Crimson">King Crimson</a> gained a massive cult following in the late 1960s and 1970s with their explosive instrumental output that merged rock, jazz, classical and heavy metal styles, though their albums also included songs with vocals, <a href="/wiki/Genesis_(band)" title="Genesis (band)">Genesis</a> also had multiple instrumental parts in their long songs, and when Peter Gabriel left the band the drummer Phil Collins suggested continuing as an instrumental act, but the other members didn't like the idea. <a href="/wiki/Alan_Parsons_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Parsons Project">Alan Parsons Project</a> had instrumentals on every album, especially on early releases. <i><a href="/wiki/Tubular_Bells" title="Tubular Bells">Tubular Bells</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Oldfield" title="Mike Oldfield">Mike Oldfield</a>, a progressive rock album released in 1973, was all instrumental (save for some brief spoken words) and is one of the best-selling instrumental albums ever, with 16 million copies sold. A portion of it was used in the soundtrack of the Academy Award-winning film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Exorcist_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Exorcist (film)">The Exorcist</a></i>. </p><p>One of the most acclaimed albums of the band <a href="/wiki/Camel_(band)" title="Camel (band)">Camel</a>, 1975's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Snow_Goose_(album)" title="The Snow Goose (album)">The Snow Goose</a></i>, was entirely instrumental. Many of <a href="/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>'s early compositions were largely instrumental pieces containing structured jams fusing <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive</a> and <a href="/wiki/Space_rock" title="Space rock">space rock</a>. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> was known for intermixing instrumental rock tracks with his <a href="/wiki/Novelty_song" title="Novelty song">novelty songs</a> on his albums. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Jazz_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazz rock">jazz rock</a> of the 1970s often had considerable stylistic cross-over with rock with groups such as Colosseum, <a href="/wiki/Soft_Machine" title="Soft Machine">Soft Machine</a>, Nucleus, <a href="/wiki/Brand_X" title="Brand X">Brand X</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a>, Chase, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Affinity.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Surf rock's "2nd Wave" began in the late 1970s with the release of Edie & the Hot Rods' first single. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1980s">1980s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Instrumental_rock&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1980s, the instrumental rock genre was dominated by several guitar soloists. Swedish virtuoso <a href="/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a> made a name for himself in 1984 by playing in the popular band <a href="/wiki/Alcatrazz" title="Alcatrazz">Alcatrazz</a>, and then by releasing his debut solo album <i>Rising Force</i> later that year, reaching #60 on the Billboard Charts. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Satriani" title="Joe Satriani">Joe Satriani</a>'s 1987 album <i><a href="/wiki/Surfing_With_The_Alien" class="mw-redirect" title="Surfing With The Alien">Surfing With The Alien</a></i> was a surprise hit, containing the popular instrumental ballad "Always With Me, Always With You", and the blues boogie inflected "Satch Boogie" — both staples for guitarists learning their craft. Satriani released a follow-up album, <i><a href="/wiki/Flying_in_a_Blue_Dream" title="Flying in a Blue Dream">Flying in a Blue Dream</a></i>, two years later. </p><p>After Malmsteen left <a href="/wiki/Alcatrazz" title="Alcatrazz">Alcatrazz</a>, he was replaced by the extravagant <a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai">Steve Vai</a>, who had previously been playing with the <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> band. Continuing the tradition (and following a brief stint in <a href="/wiki/David_Lee_Roth" title="David Lee Roth">David Lee Roth</a>'s band from 1986 to 1988), Vai went on to release a number of solo albums; one of the best-known of these was his 1990 release, <i><a href="/wiki/Passion_and_Warfare" title="Passion and Warfare">Passion and Warfare</a></i>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jason_Becker" title="Jason Becker">Jason Becker</a> released two albums with <a href="/wiki/Cacophony_(band)" title="Cacophony (band)">Cacophony</a>. Cacophony were a primarily instrumental group featuring Becker and Marty Friedman (the latter of whom went on to play with the thrash metal band <a href="/wiki/Megadeth" title="Megadeth">Megadeth</a>). After the release of Cacophony's second album <i>Go Off!</i> in 1988, Becker released two solo albums before being diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis" class="mw-redirect" title="Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis">ALS</a>. He now uses a wheelchair and is completely unable to play.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pepeu_Gomes" title="Pepeu Gomes">Pepeu Gomes</a>, a Brazilian electric guitar player, was considered in 1988 by American magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_World" title="Guitar World">Guitar World</a></i> one of the ten best guitar players in the world. Although he has pure instrumental rock songs with no Brazilian flavour, he mixes the Brazilian rhythms and tunes from well known popular songs, or simply composes by himself using <a href="/wiki/Samba" title="Samba">Samba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Choro" title="Choro">Choro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maracatu" title="Maracatu">Maracatu</a> etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1990s">1990s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Instrumental_rock&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1990, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai">Steve Vai</a> released <i><a href="/wiki/Passion_and_Warfare" title="Passion and Warfare">Passion and Warfare</a></i>. A fusion of rock, jazz, classical and Eastern tonalities, <i>Passion and Warfare</i> was a technical break-through in regards to what could be achieved in the field of guitar composition. This was followed up by the 1995 trio album <i><a href="/wiki/Alien_Love_Secrets" title="Alien Love Secrets">Alien Love Secrets</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Fire_Garden" title="Fire Garden">Fire Garden</a></i>, released a year after. </p><p>In 1995, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Angelo_Batio" title="Michael Angelo Batio">Michael Angelo Batio</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nitro_(band)" title="Nitro (band)">Nitro</a> released his CD <i><a href="/wiki/No_Boundaries_(Michael_Angelo_Batio_album)" title="No Boundaries (Michael Angelo Batio album)">No Boundaries</a></i>, which began his solo career. His albums predominantly feature instrumental rock, but have occasionally featured vocals by himself and other vocalists. </p><p>During the 1990s, instrumental music flourished among <a href="/wiki/Indie-rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Indie-rock">indie-rock</a> groups and with the popularity of <a href="/wiki/Post_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Post rock">post rock</a> groups like <a href="/wiki/Tortoise_(band)" title="Tortoise (band)">Tortoise</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mogwai" title="Mogwai">Mogwai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cul_de_Sac_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cul de Sac (group)">Cul de Sac</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Don_Caballero" title="Don Caballero">Don Caballero</a> gained notice for their instrumental math rock, as did neo-surf-rockers <a href="/wiki/The_Mermen" title="The Mermen">the Mermen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Man_or_Astro-man%3F" title="Man or Astro-man?">Man or Astro-man?</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a>'s film <i><a href="/wiki/Pulp_Fiction" title="Pulp Fiction">Pulp Fiction</a></i> made heavy use of rock instrumentals on its soundtrack, spurring some interest in classic instrumentals, and revitalizing <a href="/wiki/Dick_Dale" title="Dick Dale">Dick Dale</a>'s career.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>With the rise of <a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">grunge</a>, guitar-orientated instrumental rock of the type popular in the 1980s became less popular, and there were few artists who continued to thrive in that style. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2000s">2000s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Instrumental_rock&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been many new releases of instrumental rock albums in the 2000s. The majority of the popular performers from the 1980s have made rejuvenated and generally well-received comebacks, with a revitalized sound apparent on their recent releases. Artists such as Steve Morse, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Ron Jarzombek and Joe Satriani have continued releasing instrumental rock music and touring with success. <a href="/wiki/Les_Fradkin" title="Les Fradkin">Les Fradkin</a> has popularized the <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">Beatles</a>' music catalog as <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a>-based instrumental rock on the <a href="/wiki/Apple_iTunes" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple iTunes">Apple iTunes</a> music <a href="/wiki/Download" title="Download">download</a> service. </p><p>The 2000s gave way for a new style of performer. <a href="/wiki/John_5_(guitarist)" title="John 5 (guitarist)">John Lowery</a> (a.k.a. John 5) released a solo instrumental album after leaving <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Manson_(band)" title="Marilyn Manson (band)">Marilyn Manson</a> in 2003. <i><a href="/wiki/Vertigo_(John_5_album)" title="Vertigo (John 5 album)">Vertigo</a></i> is composed of a fusion of <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">metal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> musical styles. The album was a success, and the album after that, <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_for_Sanity" title="Songs for Sanity">Songs for Sanity</a></i>, which features guest appearances by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai">Steve Vai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lee" title="Albert Lee">Albert Lee</a>, became one of the top selling records on the record label Shrapnel. He followed this in 2007 with <a href="/wiki/The_Devil_Knows_My_Name" title="The Devil Knows My Name">The Devil Knows My Name</a>, which features <a href="/wiki/Joe_Satriani" title="Joe Satriani">Joe Satriani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Root" title="Jim Root">Jim Root</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Johnson_(guitarist,_born_1954)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)">Eric Johnson</a>. </p><p>The 2000s saw a rise in the popularity of bands that have been labeled <a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">post-rock</a>; many of these bands have created instrumental rock songs. <a href="/wiki/Constellation_Records_(Canada)" title="Constellation Records (Canada)">Constellation Records</a> has released some of the best-known examples of instrumental post-rock, such as <a href="/wiki/Godspeed_You!_Black_Emperor" title="Godspeed You! Black Emperor">Godspeed You! Black Emperor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Do_Make_Say_Think" title="Do Make Say Think">Do Make Say Think</a>. Other examples include <a href="/wiki/Austin_TV" title="Austin TV">Austin TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mogwai" title="Mogwai">Mogwai</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Cancer_Conspiracy" title="The Cancer Conspiracy">The Cancer Conspiracy</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Mercury_Program" title="The Mercury Program">the Mercury Program</a>, <a href="/wiki/65daysofstatic" title="65daysofstatic">65daysofstatic</a>, <a href="/wiki/God_Is_An_Astronaut" class="mw-redirect" title="God Is An Astronaut">God Is An Astronaut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Circles" title="Russian Circles">Russian Circles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Explosions_in_the_Sky" title="Explosions in the Sky">Explosions in the Sky</a>. </p><p>Within the <a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">indie rock</a> label, bands such as <a href="/wiki/Ratatat" title="Ratatat">Ratatat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delicate_Steve" title="Delicate Steve">Delicate Steve</a> are popular instrumental rock acts. </p><p>Guitarist <a href="/wiki/Omar_Rodriguez_Lopez" class="mw-redirect" title="Omar Rodriguez Lopez">Omar Rodriguez Lopez</a>'s solo albums typically are instrumental (<i><a href="/wiki/Old_Money_(album)" title="Old Money (album)">Old Money</a></i>) or mostly instrumental (<i><a href="/wiki/Se_Dice_Bisonte,_No_Bufalo" class="mw-redirect" title="Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo">Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo</a></i>). </p><p>In the late 2000s a new style of heavy metal called <a href="/wiki/Djent" title="Djent">djent</a> emerged. Some of the leading bands in the scene such as <a href="/wiki/Animals_as_Leaders" title="Animals as Leaders">Animals as Leaders</a> are instrumental acts, while many others started as instrumental acts before later acquiring vocalists. </p><p>A number of <a href="/wiki/Math_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Math Rock">Math Rock</a> artists, such as <a href="/wiki/Toe_(band)" title="Toe (band)">Toe</a>, mainly use instrumentals in their music without many vocals and are thus instrumental acts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Instrumental_rock&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_instrumental_bands" title="List of instrumental bands">List of instrumental bands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rock_instrumentals" title="List of rock instrumentals">List of rock instrumentals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rautalanka" title="Rautalanka">Rautalanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipeline_Instrumental_Review" title="Pipeline Instrumental Review">Pipeline Instrumental Review</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Instrumental_rock&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Anatolian_rock" title="Anatolian rock">Anatolian rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_rock" title="Art rock">Art rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baroque_pop" title="Baroque pop">Baroque rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">Beat music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">Blues rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boogie_rock" title="Boogie rock">Boogie rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_pop" title="Chamber pop">Chamber pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">Christian rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_rock" title="Comedy rock">Comedy rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_rock" title="Country rock">Country rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_rock" title="Electronic rock">Electronic rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_rock" title="Experimental rock">Experimental rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flamenco_rock" title="Flamenco rock">Flamenco rock</a></li> <li><a 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rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tropical_rock" title="Tropical rock">Trop rock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Britpop" title="Britpop">Britpop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emo" title="Emo">Emo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Math_rock" title="Math rock">Math rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">Post-rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoner_rock" title="Stoner rock">Stoner rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sufi_rock" title="Sufi rock">Sufi rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viking_rock" title="Viking rock">Viking rock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional scenes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_rock" title="American rock">American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Desert_Scene" title="Palm Desert Scene">Palm Desert Scene</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_of_Canada" title="Rock music of Canada">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Costa_Rica#Rock_music" title="Music of Costa Rica">Costa Rican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_rock" title="Cuban rock">Cuban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_rock" title="Dominican rock">Dominican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitian_rock" title="Haitian rock">Haitian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Mexico" title="Rock music in Mexico">Mexican</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicano_rock" 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