10 Killer Rock Music Bands With No Guitarist

10. Taipei Houston

Taipei Houston are about as green a band as you could hope to hear, with the rock duo only starting out this decade. And while brothers Myles and Layne don’t have a lot of music industry experience under their belts, they do have a couple of edges over competitors – including that their dad is, oh, I don’t know, the drummer for Metallica.

That’s right, ‘Tallica’s own skins gremlin Lars Ulrich has brought two budding musicians into the world and unleashed them on our earholes – with some pretty killer results. Though the pair only officially formed Taipei Houston - named after an intercontinental flight - in the summer of 2021, they hit the ground running and have been touring and releasing foot-stomping, barn-storming rock tracks like nobody’s business.

And the best part of it all? They can make one hell of a noise without a Hetfield, Hammett, Mustaine or six-string in sight. Rather than attempt to ape their dad's work, the boys have taken more of a garage/blues rock approach infused with an electronic flair ala The Dead Weather, with Myles on drums, Layne on vox and pedal board-heavy bass.