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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2587053" data-attributes="member: 19675">Ronnie Montrose, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Jennifer Batten, Nikky Skopelitis, Shawn Lane, Al Di Meola and Buckethead are all excellent guitarists whose work is primarily instrumental and modern.  Satch and Vai are obvious, but Montrose was doing slick spacy instrumentals before either of them, so give him a listen.  Batten is one of the great female shredders of all time- her version of "Flight of the Bumblebee" is jaw-droppingly fast.  Nikky prefers an ambient/looped feel to his music, which invariably draws from all kinds of cultures.  Shawn Lane started in country, but moved to jazz/metal shred, usually partnered with Jonas Hellborg. Buckethead tends more towards the speed/industrial vibe, and his work can be found under many titles, like Praxis, or Death Cube K, and soundtracks like the Mortal Kombat movies.  Al Di Meola is a jazz legend who is as fast and impressive as any guitarist you can name.Brian Eno, David Sylvan and Peter Gabriel have some excellent instrumental work.  Eno's Nerve Net and Shutov Assembly are especially good for this, and Peter Gabriel's Last Temptation of Christ would work if you're looking for a Middle Eastern Vibe.David Bowie's sideman, Reeves Gabrels has some nice instrumentals as well.Jonas Hellborg, Bootsy Collins and Bill Laswell are legendary bass players whose music is all over the map.  Jonas (a Dane) has an affinity for middle eastern themes, but frequently dips into pure jazz/metal shred.  Bootsy (most famous for funk) has done metal/industrial work with Praxis and Zillotron.  Laswell started off in punk/pop, but has albums people would classify as ambient, dub, funk, industrial, prog rock, world beat and so forth.King Crimson/Robert Fripp instrumentals can be incredible- "Discipline" being one of his coolest.  His students, like California Guitar Trio, also produce interesting instrumental work.  Other collaborators of his formed Emerson, Lake, and Palmer/ELP- also a source of fine instrumentals.Kodo, the tycho drum group, does stuff that is primarily rhythmic, so may or may not work for your campaign.  It could sound too archaic, but the beats can be compelling.Andy Summers bounces between shimmery ambient jazz to prog rock, especially when he partners up with Robert Fripp.  Their instrumental "What Kind of Man Reads Playboy" is high energy.Hawkwind did some awesome psychedelic rock, but only a little of it is truly instrumental.  Still, those that ARE are quite spacey.You could also find usable stuff from the musicians who make up Ministry and Pigface.Praxis (mentioned above) consists of Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Brain, Buckethead, and Bernie Worrell.  They did some fascinating industrial jazz metal albums that range from driving robotic instrumentals to space-bass explorations.</blockquote>

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