Drum solos

The drum solo had also become increasingly popular within rock music instrumentals in the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Some examples include, in chronological order:

• "Wipe Out" - Ron Wilson (The Surfaris)
• "Toad" - Ginger Baker (Cream)
• "Cobwebs and Strange" - Keith Moon (The Who)
• "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" - Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly)
• "21st Century Schizoid Man" - Michael Giles (King Crimson)
• "Soul Sacrifice" - Michael Shrieve (Santana)
• "The End" - Ringo Starr (The Beatles)
• "Moby Dick" - John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
• "Rat Salad" - Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
• "The Mule" - Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
• "Time" - Nick Mason (Pink Floyd)
• "Keep Yourself Alive" - Roger Taylor (Queen)
• "Der Trommler" - Neil Peart (Rush)
• "Power and the Passion" - Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil)
• "Hot for Teacher" - Alex Van Halen (Van Halen)
• "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" - Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
• "Painkiller" - Scott Travis (Judas Priest)

The drum solos exists in concert. Some examples :

• "Moby Dick" - John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
• "The Mule" - Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
• "Toad" - Ginger Baker (Cream)
• "T.N.U.C" - Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad)
• "Soul Sacrifice" - Michael Shrieve (Santana)
• "Top Of The Bill" - Herman Rarebell (Scorpions)
• "Drum Solo" - Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński (Behemoth)
• "Sacrifice" - Mikkey Dee - (Motörhead)
• "100,000 Years" - Peter Criss - (Kiss)