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List Of Instrumental Bands
# *2Cellos *The 440 Alliance *65daysofstatic A *Acoustic Alchemy *Adebisi Shank *And So I Watch You From Afar *Andy James *Angel Vivaldi *Animals as Leaders *Apocalyptica *Apollo 100 *The Aristocrats (band), The Aristocrats *Audiomachine *Austin TV (band), Austin TV B *The Bakerton Group *Because of Ghosts *Behold... The Arctopus *The Bel-Airs *Bell Orchestre *Billy Mahonie *The Black Mages *Blotted Science *Boards of Canada *Bond (band), Bond *Bongripper *Bohren & der Club of Gore *Booker T. & the MG's *Bozzio Levin Stevens *Break of Reality *Buckethead *Budos Band C *The Cancer Conspiracy *Caspian (band), Caspian *The Champs *The Chantays *Chon (band), Chon *Chromelodeon *Codes in the Clouds *Conquering Dystopia *Cougar (band), Cougar *Crime in Choir D *Davie Allan & the Arrows *Carl Weingarten, Delay Tactics *Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio *Depapepe *Dirty Three *Disen Gage *Djam Karet *Do Make Say Think *Don Caballero *Dub Trio *Dysrhythmia (band), Dysrhythmia E *E.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2Cellos
2CELLOS (stylized 2CΞLLOS) were a Croatian cellist duo, consisting of classically trained cellists Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser. Signed to Sony Masterworks since 2011, they released six albums. They played instrumental arrangements of well-known pop and rock songs, as well as classical and film music. The duo performed internationally and were featured on several American television series including ''Glee'' and '' The Bachelor'' (Sean and Catherine's Wedding). Background Hauser is from Pula, Croatia, and Šulić is from Maribor, Slovenia (to a Croatian father and Slovenian mother). They met at a master class in Pula while still in their teens. They were both educated at the Academy of Music in Zagreb. Later on, Šulić studied in Vienna and they both studied in the UK (Šulić at London's Royal Academy of Music and Hauser at Trinity College of Music, now Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music in London and then at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bel-Airs
The Bel-Airs were an early and influential surf rock band from South Bay, Los Angeles, active in the early 1960s. They were best known for their 1961 hit "Mr. Moto", an instrumental surf rock song that featured a flamenco-inspired intro and contained a melodic piano interlude. The song's theme was used in the solo for the song "Seed" by Sublime. Upon splitting up, guitarist Eddie Bertrand formed Eddie & the Showmen in 1964, while guitarist Paul Johnson later joined Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys in 1970. Original Bel-Airs drummer Dick Dodd joined Bertrand in Eddie & the Showmen, and later joined the Standells, playing drums and singing lead on their major 1966 hit, "Dirty Water". Richard Delvy replaced Dick Dodd on drums, Randy Nauert replaced Steve Lotto on bass, and Art Fisher replaced Eddie Bertrand on guitar. Delvy, Fisher Nauert and Roberts went on to found the surf group The Challengers. Johnson has continued in music, both in recording and as a performer. Amon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budos Band
The Budos Band is an American instrumental band from Staten Island, New York, formed in 2005. AllMusic describes the group as a "doom rock Afro-soul big band with a '70s touch" that joins "musical universes from trippy psychedelia and Afro-funk to '70s hard rock and late-'60s soul." They have described themselves as "70's Psychedelic Instrumental Music," and "Afro-soul inspired by Ethiopian music with a soul undercurrent" and "sprinkled a little bit of sweet 60's stuff on top." One reviewer described the band as “sounding as if Quentin Tarantino was the music supervisor for a Bond film". Their more recent albums have incorporated sounds from 1970s jazz, funk, Afro-Beat, underground rock, and proto-metal. They have been signed to Daptone Records throughout their career. History The Budos Band originated at a jam session hosted by the New York band Antibalas. Some of the participants decided to form the new band, which has consisted of an occasionally floating lineup featuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckethead
Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans several genres, including progressive metal, funk, blues, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music. He performs primarily as a solo artist, although he has collaborated with a wide variety of artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Bill Moseley, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, That 1 Guy, Bassnectar, and Skating Polly. He was also a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. He has recorded 325 studio albums, four special releases, and one EP. He has performed on more than fifty albums by other artists. Buckethead performs wearing a KFC bucket on his head, emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker reading ''FUNERAL'' in block letters, and an expressionless plain white mask inspir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Break Of Reality
Break of Reality (BoR) is an American cello rock band consisting of three cellists and a percussionist. The group is associated with the terms "cinematic rock", " cello rock", and "indie classical". Break of Reality's current members are Patrick Laird, Ivan Trevino, Laura Metcalf, and Adrian Daurov. The band's sound consists of many musical influences, such as rock, classical, and indie rock. History The group was formed while the original members were freshmen at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. At the time of its formation, the band consisted of four cellists. The band gave their first formal concert in a small classical venue at Eastman, where they received complaints for being too loud. In 2006, the band released "The Sound Between", a double disc album featuring both electric and acoustic songs. After all graduating from Eastman, the group collectively moved to NYC in 2007, where they developed a fan base through busking in Central Park. The band split a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bozzio Levin Stevens
Bozzio Levin Stevens is an American Supergroup (music), supergroup power trio formed by drummer Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, U.K. (band), U.K., Missing Persons (band), Missing Persons, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck), bassist and Chapman Stick player Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Liquid Tension Experiment) and guitarist Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, Vince Neil). They have recorded two albums via Magna Carta Records, Magna Carta. Their music is mostly improvised and touches on Rock music, rock, Fusion (music), fusion, jazz and instrumental European classical music, classical styles. Discography References Rock music supergroups American progressive rock groups Musical groups established in 1997 {{Rock-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booker T
Booker T or Booker T. may refer to * Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), African American political leader at the turn of the 20th century ** List of things named after Booker T. Washington, some nicknamed "Booker T." * Booker T. Jones (born 1944), American musician and frontman of Booker T. and the M.G.'s * Booker T (wrestler) (born 1965), ring name of American professional wrestler Booker Huffman Also * Booker T. Bradshaw (1940–2003), American record producer, film and TV actor, and executive * Booker T. Laury (1914–1995), American boogie-woogie and blues pianist * Booker T. Spicely (1909–1944) victim of a racist murder in North Carolina, United States * Booker T. Whatley (1915–2005) agricultural professor at Tuskegee University * Booker T. Washington White (1909–1977), American Delta blues guitarist and singer known as Bukka White * Booker T. Boffin, pseudonym of Thomas Dolby Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bongripper
Bongripper is an American doom metal band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. History In 2006 Bongripper self-released their first album titled ''The Great Barrier Reefer'', which is composed of a single 79-minute piece created with the intention of being longer than Sleep's ''Dopesmoker''. In 2007, the band self-released their second studio album titled ''Hippie Killer'' and their third studio album titled ''Heroin''. In 2008, the band self-released its fourth studio album titled '' Hate Ashbury'' and a collaborative EP with Winters in Osaka. This was followed by the band self-releasing their album ''Satan Worshipping Doom'' in 2010. In 2013, Bongripper released two split EPs via Great Barrier Records; one with Hate and another one with Conan. In 2014, the band released their sixth studio album titled '' Miserable'' via Great Barrier Records. Their seventh album titled ''Terminal'' was released on July 6, 2018. In May 2020, the band released ''Glaciers'', an EP record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bond (band)
Bond or BOND (formerly often typeset as bond in deference to the owners of the 007 trademark) is an Australian/British string quartet that specialises in classical crossover and synth-pop music. The quartet has sold five million albums. Creation Bond was formed following initial conversations between Vanessa-Mae composer and record producer Mike Batt and her manager, promoter Mel Bush, after Batt suggested to Bush that the two of them should put together a quartet consisting of "four beautiful, talented musicians" Auditions were held at Baden Powell House in London, and violinist (Eos) and Cellist (Gay Yee) and a viola player were "cast" at that point, using as an audition piece "Contradanza" that Batt had written for Vanessa Mae. It was agreed between them that all was then required was to find the ideal first violinist. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boards Of Canada
Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin, formed initially as a group in 1986 before becoming a duo in the 1990s.Hoffmann, Heiko.Pitchfork: Interviews: Boards of Canada (September 2005) Signing first to Skam followed by Warp Records in the 1990s, the duo subsequently received recognition following the release of their debut album ''Music Has the Right to Children'' on Warp in 1998. They followed with the critically acclaimed albums '' Geogaddi'' (2002), '' The Campfire Headphase'' (2005) and '' Tomorrow's Harvest'' (2013), but have remained reclusive and continue to rarely appear live. The duo's work, largely influenced by electronic music of the 1970s and 1980s, incorporates vintage synthesizer tones, samples from outdated media, analog equipment, and hip hop-inspired beats. It has been described by critics as exploring themes related to nostalgia, as well as childhood memory, science, environmental concern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blotted Science
Blotted Science is an instrumental progressive metal supergroup headed by Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink), bassist Alex Webster ( Cannibal Corpse) and drummer Hannes Grossmann (ex- Obscura, ex-Necrophagist). They formed under the name Machinations of Dementia, but later changed their name to Blotted Science ('' Machinations of Dementia'' would be the title of their first publicly purchasable album). History In 2005 Ron Jarzombek contacted drummer Chris Adler ( Lamb of God) and bassist Alex Webster ( Cannibal Corpse) about a possible collaboration, with the goal of taking Jarzombek's signature left-of-center progressive metal approach into a much heavier, more extreme realm. Although the addition of a vocalist was briefly considered, the trio ultimately decided to remain an all-instrumental band. However, Adler had to bow out due to his demanding schedule with Lamb of God but would collaborate with Jarzombek on the song 'The Near Dominance of 4 Against 5' which appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
