List of power trios

This is a list of rock groups described as power trios – bands consisting of electric guitar, bass, and drums.

The prototypical power trio is the British band Cream, founded in 1966 with Eric Clapton on guitar/vocals, Jack Bruce on bass/vocals, and Ginger Baker on drums.

A

 * Adrian Belew Power Trio
 * Agent Orange
 * Alkaline Trio
 * American Authors (Quartet from 2006 to 2021, trio since 2021)
 * Arcane Roots
 * Arcwelder
 * The Aristocrats
 * Ash
 * The Atomic Bitchwax
 * Autolux

B

 * Babes in Toyland
 * Back Door Slam
 * Band of Skulls
 * Beck, Bogert & Appice
 * Biffy Clyro
 * The Big Three
 * Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
 * Blink-182
 * Blue Cheer
 * Blue Murder
 * Boris (except for occasional fourth member Michio Kurihara on guitar)
 * Boygenius
 * Bratmobile
 * Brutus
 * Budgie
 * Buffalo Tom

C

 * California Breed
 * Ché
 * Chevelle
 * Clear Blue Sky
 * Cloakroom
 * Coroner
 * Cosmic Psychos
 * Cream
 * The Cribs (except when Johnny Marr was a member)

D

 * Dada
 * Danko Jones
 * Death
 * Die! Die! Die!
 * Dinosaur Jr.
 * Divididos
 * Doctor Victor
 * Dust
 * Dying Fetus

E

 * Earthless
 * Earl Greyhound
 * Elliott Brood
 * Emerson, Lake and Palmer
 * Everclear
 * The Evidence

F

 * Failure
 * The Fall of Troy
 * Feeder
 * Firehose
 * The Fratellis
 * Freak Kitchen
 * Fudge Tunnel
 * Fun Lovin' Criminals

G

 * Galaxie 500
 * Glass Harp
 * Godflesh
 * Grand Funk Railroad
 * Grand Magus
 * Grant Lee Buffalo
 * Green Day
 * Guitar Wolf

H

 * Heroes & Zeros
 * High on Fire
 * Highly Suspect
 * Buddy Holly and the Crickets
 * Hot Tuna (three power trio albums from 1974 to 1977)
 * House of Large Sizes
 * Hüsker Dü
 * Hot Club de Paris

I

 * Interpol

J

 * James Gang
 * Jawbreaker
 * The Jimi Hendrix Experience
 * John Mayer Trio
 * The Joy Formidable

K

 * Kamchatka
 * Karma to Burn
 * Killdozer
 * King's X
 * KXM
 * Khruangbin

L

 * Lifehouse
 * The Lawrence Arms
 * Leño
 * Leusemia
 * The London Souls
 * Los Lonely Boys
 * Low

M

 * Manic Street Preachers
 * Mantra Sunrise
 * May Blitz
 * Meat Puppets
 * Melvins
 * Menomena
 * Metz
 * Minutemen
 * Mischief Brew
 * Modest Mouse (between 1996 and 1997)
 * Mondo Generator
 * Morphine
 * Motörhead
 * Mountain
 * Muse
 * MxPx
 * Motorpsycho

N

 * Nada Surf until 2010, when Doug Gillard joined on second guitar
 * Nebula
 * Niacin
 * The Nice
 * Nirvana
 * Nomeansno
 * November

O

 * One Man Army
 * The Outfield

P

 * Paramore
 * Peer Günt
 * Pepper
 * Peter Bjorn and John
 * Placebo
 * The Police
 * The Presidents of the United States of America
 * Primus
 * Los Prisioneros
 * Prong

Q

 * Qui

R

 * Radio Moscow
 * Raven (quartet 1974–1981, power trio 1981–present)
 * The Rods
 * Rose Hill Drive
 * Rush
 * Russian Circles

S

 * Sasquatch
 * Sausage
 * The Screaming Blue Messiahs
 * Screaming Females
 * Sebadoh
 * The Secret Machines
 * Shellac
 * Shrug
 * Silverchair
 * Sick Puppies
 * Sleater-Kinney
 * Sleep
 * Soda Stereo
 * Soft Machine
 * Spiderbait
 * State Radio
 * Stick Men
 * The Steepwater Band
 * Steve Morse Band
 * Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (until 1985, when Reese Wynans was added)
 * Stöner
 * Stray Cats
 * Sublime
 * The Subways
 * Sugar
 * Sunflower Bean (until 2019, when Danny Ayala was added)
 * Super 400

T

 * Talas
 * Taste
 * Tera Melos
 * The Tea Party
 * Therapy?
 * The Thermals
 * Them Crooked Vultures
 * The Warning
 * Thirty Seconds to Mars
 * Those Darlins
 * Tiger Army
 * Tiny Moving Parts
 * Triumph
 * Triggerfinger
 * TTNG

U

 * U.K.
 * Unearthly Trance
 * Urge Overkill

V

 * Vampire Weekend (began as a quartet and became a rock trio when Rostam Batmanglij left the band in 2016)
 * Vardis
 * Venom
 * Violent Femmes
 * Voice of Baceprot

W

 * Wakrat
 * Walt Mink
 * The Warning
 * West, Bruce and Laing
 * Wild Adriatic
 * White Lies
 * The Winery Dogs
 * Wipers
 * Wolfmother
 * The Wombats

X

 * The XX

Y

 * Yawning Man
 * Yeah Yeah Yeahs
 * Year Long Disaster
 * The Young Gods
 * Young Knives
 * Yo La Tengo
 * Yob

Z

 * Zebra
 * ZZ Top

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