page_title: Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
section_title: Recipients
hierarchical_section_title: Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance / Recipients
caption_attribution_description: English: Yes concert, Indianapolis
context_page_description: The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance was an honor presented to recording artists for quality instrumental rock performances at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
  The award was first presented at the 22nd Grammy Awards in 1980 to Paul McCartney and the band Wings for "Rockestra Theme". From 1986 to 1989, the category was known as Best Rock Instrumental Performance. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to artists "for newly recorded rock, hard rock or metal instrumental performances".
  As of 2011, Jeff Beck holds the records for the most wins, with six. Sting has received three awards, twice as a member of The Police—although he had no part in the band's "Behind My Camel", the 1982 award winner which he did not write and refused to play on.
context_section_description: Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
  Vaughan Brothers consists of Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
caption: Members of the 1985 award-winning band Yes performing in 1977
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