Talk:Power trio
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Mountain was a trio only during their reunion decades after the classic era; during 1970-1974 they had either a keyboardist (Steve Knight or Bob Mann) or a second guitarist (David Perry). — A.M. 09:00, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
is ZZ Top a worthy addition to this? — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 05:25, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] POWER Trio
In my opinion, the Power in the title "Power trio" is there for a reason. This reason is that the combination of a single guitar, single bass and single drummer is raw and powerful. Though bands like the Ben Folds Five and CSN are a trio, they do not have a bass, guitar and drum. Therefore, they are not a power trio. Also, should we make a seperate section for bands like Led Zeppelin, The Who and Black Sabbath who have a single guitar, bass and drums though they have a non-instrumentalist vocalist which makes them not a trio?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.69.79.130 (talk • contribs) .
I killed the inane paragraph explaining that CSN and The Beatles were not a power trio, and I'm not sorry I did it, either. I would love to know how The Mods, whoever they are, pioneered some sort of "power trio comeback" when the power trio never went away in the first place! If any groups pioneered a "power trio comeback" it would certainly be Gov't Mule or the North Mississippi Allstars, who were in existence well before The Mods. -- Happydog
I killed the stuff about "The Mods." I thought the claim that they had "invented the power trio comeback" (or whatever it was) was totally ridiculous. I did some research, and these yahoos don't even have an album out; they're a jam band from New York, and they have FOUR members, not three.
I don't think the paragraph explaining why certain bands weren't power trios was inane. Maybe it could have been incorporated in a better way, but in my opinon, a band with three members is a trio, and a band with one gutiar, one bass and one drummer is a power trio. The only exception can be if there's a singer who does not play an instrument, such as Led Zeppelin or the Who.
Since the list is growing and growing and on the verge of becoming useless, since a lot of bands are added that completely differ to the bands that originally coined the term "power trio", I would propose to remove the list from the article. Let's move it here and then decide, how the list could be improved (narrow down on the bands that inspired the term, or group them by year, etc.). If it is deemed necessary, we could remove the list altogether. The article should be able to be insightful on his own. --Johnnyw talk 19:38, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gov't Mule
Shouldn't we take Gov't Mule out of the examples? They have 4 members, not 3, which make up a power trio.
[edit] power trios husker du
when you think about power trios, please dont you forget the best ever - Husker Du nor The Groundhogs (from the 70´s) f.leote
[edit] Remove your favorites
Let's purge this list. Here's my first:
- Violent Femmes, a trio, sure, but not a power trio (laughable, actually), more like Camper Van Beethoven than West, Bruce, & Laing. Ortolan88 20:43, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
- Stray Cats, novelty rockabilly with three guys, removed for lack of power trioness
- Dinosaur Junior, one of my favorite bands of all time, but no power trio Ortolan88 20:46, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I missed it, but can't find reference to the origin of the term. Timescale-wise. Would Status Quo be a p-trio? I seem to remeber that at some stage they would have been. T-rex? 83.180.181.115 16:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Preliminary Cleanup
I performed a bit of a cleanup on the article, but some more work needs to be done. Specifically, individual sections need to be edited. I think the list at the end could stand to be removed entirely. Compare jazz and rock and roll. If people are adamant, perhaps the list can be moved to a more appropriate location. I'll come back to do some more editing later in the day. Let me know what you think of the draft. -- Exitmoose 04:20, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
At second glance, there's already a trios category and a rock trios category. A power trios category seems redundant. Moreover, the more prominent of the "prominent power trios" are already mentioned in the article itself. The list seems unnecessary and just clutters the article, thus I'm cutting the whole thing out. -- Exitmoose 05:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Needs more encyclopedic style and npov in History paragraph. definitely. Awesimo 04:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Los Lonely Boys
Added Los Lonely Boys to the list of current examples. Most certainly a power trio. I just saw them, and they were awesome!
