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Posted by: AK Rich Aug 3 2012, 09:19 AM

I have always been impressed by 3 piece bands kicking out huge amounts of sound and I thought I would follow Slavenko's idea of the
Glam Metal solo's thread and the Under Rated Metal bands thread and start one on the Power Trio. Under rated, over rated, unknown, your favs or otherwise , anything goes as long as it is a 3 piece. I am sure you guys and gals can come up with some I have never heard before

So to get the ball rolling I will start with an obvious one and another that is maybe not so obvious.
I have always been a huge fan of Rush, the Canadian 3 piece I am sure most of us know.Kickin out the jams and roasting a bunch of chickens on stage while they are at it! (check 4:47 for a good look) . Also I like the little tip of the hat to Cheech and Chong for the ending.



And then follow with some King's X, another fav of mine, maybe not so well known.



I had to add this second vid from them that I ran across because I just thought it was so awesome how the crowd interacts with the band , Doug steps up to start the first verse but the fans just take over the vocals and it sounds amazing, and the expression on his face says it all, what a great feeling that must have been.

Posted by: Dieterle Aug 3 2012, 09:24 AM

[quote name='AK Rich' date='Aug 3 2012, 10:19 AM' post='599155']
I have always been impressed by 3 piece bands kicking out huge amounts of sound and I thought I would follow Slavenko's idea of the
Glam Metal solo's thread and the Under Rated Metal bands thread and start one on the Power Trio. Under rated, over rated, unknown, your favs or otherwise , anything goes as long as it is a 3 piece. I am sure you guys and gals can come up with some I have never heard before



Hey thank you for this vids they are a great start in my day

Feel like 21 now

Dieter

Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Aug 3 2012, 09:30 AM

Heh, how did I knew u'll on first place post Rush ?

The band that is extremely underrated!! I'm sure everybody knows this one!



This one for sure!!




ANd most brutal band from first middle of 80's

Posted by: AK Rich Aug 3 2012, 09:58 AM

Hey thank you for this vids they are a great start in my day

Feel like 21 now

Dieter
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You are quite welcome Dieter! So glad I was able to help get your day off to a good start and feeling like you are 21 again is definately a great way to go!

Cheers! Rich...

Hahahaa right on Slav! I knew you would come thru with something that illustrated the "Power" in Power Trio! And already 2 bands that I haddn't heard of, that Primus tune I know and is one of my favs by those guys.
Very cool man thanks

Posted by: Yash Aug 3 2012, 10:06 AM

How could you forget.... these guys

Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Aug 3 2012, 10:35 AM

But those guys are not so underrated at all!
We were expecting for someone else to post them

Posted by: Yash Aug 3 2012, 11:08 AM

So, you mean that Rush is underrated ??? NO WAY !!!!

Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 3 2012, 12:17 PM

Possibly the first 'power' trio:-
Cream. (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker.)

Bruce and Baker have also teamed up with Jeff Beck.

That Lil' Ol' Band from Texas:-


Blue Murder.
John Sykes, Carmine Appice and my friend Tony Franklin.

Carmine Appice has been in many, many trio's with a plethora of well known people.

That other Texas Trio:-


And who could forget these chaps???




Maybe not quite the 'power' you originally meant but without 2 of these trios a lot of guys from today wouldn't have picked up a guitar!!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Aug 3 2012, 12:28 PM

I don't listen to them but Immortal are a 3 piece

Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Aug 3 2012, 12:48 PM

Yeaah, pure F%$ing Norway Black Metal!
Admit that Instead of them u're listening to Cradle Of Filth , cos they're ur neighbours


This is pure Bushido Black Metal For Our Bensei

Posted by: Ben Higgins Aug 3 2012, 01:18 PM

Have you seen this, it's hilarious ! I love the fact he's completely honest about his limitations



I guess it's pure Norwegian guitar playing ??

Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Aug 3 2012, 01:31 PM

Haha, this is fantastic!!! Didn't saw that one!! I like his huge sound!!!

Posted by: Gitarrero Aug 3 2012, 01:38 PM

Let's start with an underrated one, and one of my favs...Alkaline Trio. For some reason I love this punk/emo band



And a few not so underrated ones, to say the least
Green Day have a second guitarist plus two additional musicians on stage nowadays, but they still play their old songs as a three piece.
I think I don't have to say anything about Nirvana and Muse, right?
And Blink 182 are also a great three pice band!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Aug 3 2012, 01:49 PM

If they don't have to be underrated bands then I'm surprised no one has mentioned MUSE yet !

Posted by: Gitarrero Aug 3 2012, 01:58 PM

Well...I just posted a Muse video

Posted by: Qenzoz Aug 3 2012, 04:01 PM

the Aristocrats (Bryan Beller, Guthrie Govan & Marco Minneman)

Posted by: Nether Aug 3 2012, 04:38 PM

Another pair of trios

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 3 2012, 04:45 PM

This is a great list! I will share 2 powerful trios from Argentina... please check out this two bands!

Posted by: AK Rich Aug 3 2012, 07:52 PM

WOW!! . I got up this morning and got some coffee before sitting down to check this thread and it was like Christmas morning in here!
Now I have a nice playlist for the day.
Thanks for all the great responses everyone! The list is off to a great start, Keep em coming and remember ANYTHING goes as long as it's a 3 piece so that includes any genre as well.
Hey Sensible did you notice that I had posted the very same Blue Murder vid in Slavenko's Glam Metal Solo's thread? Too cool!
Man I love this Community

Posted by: vonhotch Aug 4 2012, 02:46 AM

This is great I love learning about new bands, especially from other countries. Here's a couple of my favorite finds.

These guys are one of my favorites, and they were nice enough to autograph there new record before they sent it too me. Great guys.

Posted by: Nether Aug 4 2012, 09:19 AM

Well, if other countries and all kind of genres are allowed, then I have to add the most famous trio of Spain.
You may recognise the girl on the video clip

Posted by: Ben Higgins Aug 4 2012, 10:40 AM

Penelope Cruz ?

Posted by: Nether Aug 4 2012, 10:50 AM

Yes indeed. This was her first job, she was dating one of the components of Mecano, although she was underage

By the way, your video has made me remember another famous trio

Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 4 2012, 02:45 PM

I did mate, but only after I'd posted here!!
Did I mention that Mr T Franklin is a friend of mine?


One of my other favourite trios:-

Posted by: MonkeyDAthos Aug 4 2012, 02:49 PM

ahh yeah! i love the heavy eyes

Posted by: AK Rich Aug 5 2012, 07:34 PM

I noticed that and have been meaning to ask you. How do you know this guy? Did you guys grow up together or something like that? I really like the guys playing on the fretless, very tasty. Great showmanship as well.

Posted by: AK Rich Aug 5 2012, 08:08 PM

I am really digging on the way this thread is going with alot of different styles and genre's from all over the world. Thanks so much for sharing everyone! Keep em coming if you can think of more!

Rich...

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 5 2012, 08:46 PM

nobody posted this one!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Aug 6 2012, 11:20 AM

How did we miss that ?

Posted by: snackajacks Aug 6 2012, 11:29 AM

California guitar trio :

Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Aug 6 2012, 11:32 AM

Here's something for ya

Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 6 2012, 12:18 PM

I first met him when he was in my village recording at Jimmy Page's Studio. They called the band 'The Firm' and it included Jason Bonham, John Miles, Jimmy, Tony and some other guests. shortly after this he did the Blue Murder thing (it was actually being recorded at the same time) so he gave me tickets and AAA pass to go see them. Since then we stay in touch, although more and more infrequently as he spends most of his time on your side of the Atlantic.
I've seen him sit at an out-of-tune piano, figure out which keys are out of tune and how he needs to compensate for them and then break into 'Bohemian Rhapsody' with Jason and John doing 'spoken' vocals as Yorkshire men. (Think Monty Pythons 'Tell kids today and they just wouldn't believe you' sketch)!!

Posted by: bleez Aug 6 2012, 06:46 PM

these two bands are probably my favourite trios at the moment :

The Atomic Bitchwax - 'Hope you die'



Sasquatch - 'let it in'


Both bands have some awesome tracks but these two songs in particular just blew me away when I heard them.

Posted by: AK Rich Aug 11 2012, 07:23 PM

Hahhaa too good Slav nice find man!


Good stuff Bleez! I gotta say Atomic Bitchwax is one of the coolest band names I have heard in a while!

Posted by: bleez Aug 14 2012, 05:53 PM

LOL! yeah, as soon as I saw the name I HAD to hear them its an awesome name..... I totally dont know if it means anything but it sounds too cool

Posted by: CathShadow Aug 14 2012, 06:09 PM

Sick puppies

Shimon Moore - Guitar/vocals
Emma Anzai - Bass
Mark Goodwin - Drums