The first would be almost exclusively without electric guitars.
"Nobody wanted to record that kind of music, without guitars," Mr. Nkosi said in an interview for "The Rough Guide to World Music" (1994).
"I did want to try and make a big sounding record without guitars," he said.
Ashtrays carry every conceivable theme, including fornicating rabbits and chickens, frogs singing on the toilet (with and without guitars), drunks galore.
Urías recalls that when he was very young he would often sing while plowing in the fields with his mules, without any accordions, guitars, or musical instruments.
The Voodoo Jets are a power trio from Southern Connecticut who play power pop/rock music without electric guitars.
He was so pleased with the result that he began to explore the idea of using keyboards without guitars in rock music.
As is Indie Non-Rock (I guess that's everything without guitars?)
A successful gig at the 2002 Truck Festival (where Trademark were noted as being the only band without guitars) led to a series of performances in Oxford.
His earliest known released recording without unusual guitars is as a guest bassist for the band Sweet Potato from California's East Bay.