Instrumental rock is a type of rock music which emphasizes musical instruments, and which features no or very little singing.
Examples of instrumental rock can be found in practically every subgenre of rock, often from musicians who specialize in the style, most notably Buckethead, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Link Wray, Eric Johnson, Chuck Berry, Surfaris, Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Shadows, Jeff Beck, Paul Gilbert, Jean Pierre Danel, Booker T and...
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Instrumental rock is a type of rock music which emphasizes musical instruments, and which features no or very little singing.
Examples of instrumental rock can be found in practically every subgenre of rock, often from musicians who specialize in the style, most notably Buckethead, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Link Wray, Eric Johnson, Chuck Berry, Surfaris, Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Shadows, Jeff Beck, Paul Gilbert, Jean Pierre Danel, Booker T and the MGs and The Champs.
Partly as a result of the post-rock movement in the 1990s, and partly because of the scarcity of instrumentals in mainstream rock, there is much crossover between instrumental rock and experimental rock.
Instrumental rock was most popular during rock and roll's first decade (mid-1950s to mid-1960s), before the British Invasion.
One notable early instrumental was "Honky Tonk" by the Bill Doggett Combo, with its slinky beat and sinuous saxophone-organ lead. And bluesman Jimmy Reed charted with "Boogie in the Dark" and ...
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