The following is a list of rock instrumentals. Only instrumentals that are notable are included.

Instrumentals which have charted

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.

1950s and 1960s chartings

1970s and 1980s chartings

0-9

10cc

A

ABBA

AC/DC

Aerosmith

The Allman Brothers Band

Herb Alpert

And So I Watch You from Afar

Animals as Leaders

Ray Anthony

Anthrax

Apocalyptica

Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and various artists

Asia

August Burns Red

Avenged Sevenfold

Average White Band

B

The Bar-Kays

Michael Angelo Batio

The Beach Boys

Beastie Boys

The Beatles

Jeff Beck

Jason Becker

Bee Gees

Bill Black's Combo

Black Flag

Black Sabbath

Blaqk Audio

Booker T. and the M.G.'s

Boston

David Bowie

Bring Me the Horizon

B. T. Express

Roy Buchanan

Buckethead

B. Bumble and the Stingers

Most, if not all, of B. Bumble and the Stingers' recordings are instrumentals.

The Byrds

C

Café Tacuba

Cake

Calexico

Camel

Camper Van Beethoven

Gustavo Cerati

The Champs

The Chantays

The Chemical Brothers

Chicago

Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse

The Dave Clark Five

Bruce Cockburn

Dennis Coffey

The Commodores

Dave "Baby" Cortez

Floyd Cramer

Cream

Creedence Clearwater Revival

King Curtis

D

The Dakotas

Dick Dale

Deep Purple

Deodato

Derek and the Dominos

Destroyalldreamers

Dixie Dregs

Bill Doggett

Down

Dream Theater

The Durutti Column

Bob Dylan

E

Earthless

Duane Eddy

Electric Light Orchestra

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

An Endless Sporadic

Preston Epps

Explosions in the Sky

F

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Family

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

Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens

Fleetwood Mac

A Flock of Seagulls

Focus

Marty Friedman

The Bobby Fuller Four

Peter Frampton

FromUz

Funkadelic

G

Peter Gabriel

Paul Gilbert

David Gilmour

Gary Glitter

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

God Is an Astronaut

Godsmack

Gorillaz

Gov't Mule

Grails

H

Jan Hammer

Hammock

Jet Harris

Jet Harris and Tony Meehan

George Harrison

The Jeff Healey Band

Hellecasters

Jimi Hendrix

Gary Hoey

Hot Butter

I

If These Trees Could Talk

Iron Maiden

J

Jade Warrior

Jazz Is Dead

Jefferson Airplane

Jethro Tull

Johnny and the Hurricanes

Elton John

Eric Johnson

Billy Joel

Bradley Joseph

Journey

Bill Justis

K

Kinks

King Crimson

Kiss

Mark Knopfler

Kokomo

L

Laika and the Cosmonauts

Led Zeppelin

Tony Levin

Linkin Park

Liquid Tension Experiment

Liquid Trio Experiment

The Lively Ones

Kiko Loureiro

The Love Unlimited Orchestra

M

Lonnie Mack

Madness

Taj Mahal

Tak Matsumoto

Yngwie Malmsteen

Manfred Mann

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

The Mar-Keys

The Marketts

Hank Marvin

Hugh Masekela

Dave Matthews Band

Mastodon

Brian May

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

Paul McCartney (and Wings)

Van McCoy

Meshuggah

Metallica

The Meters

MFSB

Midnight Oil

Moby Grape

Mogwai

Mono

Vinnie Moore

Van Morrison

Steve Morse Band

Walter Murphy

Muse

N

Sandy Nelson

New Order

Jack Nietzsche

Nine Inch Nails

Cliff Nobles and Co.

Ted Nugent

O

The Offspring

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozric Tentacles

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

P

Jimmy Page

The Alan Parsons Project

Particle

Pell Mell

Joe Perry

The Joe Perry Project

John Petrucci

Phish

Pink Floyd

Pivot

Chris Poland

The Police

Porcupine Tree

Billy Preston

The Pyramids

Q

Queen

Quiet Sun

R

Rainbow

Ramones

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Sparowes

Rhythm Heritage

Rockin' Rebels, aka The Rebels

Rodrigo y Gabriela

The Rolling Stones

Jordan Rudess

Rush

S

Santana

Carlos Santana

Santo and Johnny

Joe Satriani

Albums:

Savatage

Scorpions

Sepultura

The Shadows

Derek Sherinian

Silver Convention

Slade

Slayer

Slint

Sonic Youth

Soulfly

Steely Dan

Steve Stevens

Rod Stewart

The String-A-Longs

Styx

The Surfaris

Symphony X

T

Tangerine Dream

Tarentel

The T-Bones

Therapy?

Timo Tolkki

The Tornados

Tortoise

Traffic

Trans Am

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

The Derek Trucks Band

U

U2

V

Steve Vai

Van Halen

Eddie and Alex Van Halen

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

The Ventures

The Virtues

W

The Wailers aka The Fabulous Wailers

Rick Wakeman

Mike Watt

The Who

Mason Williams

Brian Wilson

The Edgar Winter Group

Link Wray

Y

The Yardbirds

Yes

Neil Young

Yowie

Z

Frank Zappa