Can't find any good instrumental bands/songs?

Question

I mostly like rock music and I've been searching through YouTube FOREVER trying to find decent instrumentals but I just can't.

I like blind melon, pearl jam, stained, seether, RHCP, stone temple pilots, days of the new, etc stuff like that and I'm looking for instrumentals that are like basic rock songs without the words, preferably more chill. I've looked up many songs I already know for instrumental versions but they're few.

Any recommendations?

Answer 1

There are not all that many around, in "original artist" form.



The only individual tracks I can think of from Rock bands are "Wring That Neck" & "Contact Lost" by Deep Purple & "Laguna Sunrise" by Black Sabbath.



There are artists / bands that mainly do instrumental work, such as Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene & Equinoxe etc.



For instrumental versions of songs originally released with vocals, you may be looking at orchestral covers of the tracks or stuff like Two Cellos, who again cover well known pieces.



Two of the ones mentioned above:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kHFj8eWF4E



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IZ92b5Na6U





Edit; a bit of lateral thinking... If you just want instrumental "background music", have a browse through the guitar tabs on Songsterr. Many can be played as audio - and quite a few have all instruments plus something to fill in for the missing vocals.

(Ther vary through extremely good to naff to absolutely abysmal, but there is decent stuff on there).



Some examples - you may have to copy & paste the links.

Hit the Play button near the top of the screen once a track has loaded up.



http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/green-day-boulevard-of-broken-dreams-tab-s92866t3



http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine-tab-s23t2



http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/eric-clapton-bad-love-tab-s5010t3



http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/zz-top-sharp-dressed-man-tab-s2433t0



http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/beatles-day-tripper-tab-s354t0



http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/limp-bizkit-take-a-look-around-tab-s11443t1



http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/pearl-jam-jeremy-tab-s15691t1

Answer 2

You should check out Rush-moving pictures, Soundgarden, tubes, floyd, you want instrumental musicianship check out Umphrey's Mcgee

Answer 3

Yes is a band that has long jam sessions in their songs.Also look into King Crimson and Umphrey's mcGhee.

Answer 4

Breaking Benjamin- Failure (instrumental)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy9DbJdZut0