100 Greatest Trios

Taupin-Cetera · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:58 am

The 100 Greatest Trios

01. Cream
02. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
03. Crosby, Stills and Nash
04. Emerson, Lake and Palmer
05. The Bee Gees
06. The Police
07. ZZ Top
08. Rush
09. Nirvana
10. Beastie Boys
11. RUN-DMC
12. The Supremes
13. Martha and the Vandellas
14. The Isley Brothers
15. The Ronettes
16. Shep and the Limelights
17. Johnny Burnette Trio/Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio
18. The Kingston Trio
19. Peter, Paul and Mary
20. The Pointer Sisters
21. The Thompson Twins
22. Crowded House
23. Fine Young Cannibals

I can't think of any others. The Kingston Trio started out as three, but had two replacement members. They always performed as three. The Pointer Sisters started out as four members, but then went down to three.

Bruce · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:27 am

Martha and the Vandellas
Shep and the Limelites
The Belmonts (without Dion)
Isley Brothers
Johnny Burnette Trio
Elvis, Scotty and Bill
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11694

Bruce wrote:

Elvis, Scotty and Bill

HELL....YES.

Bruce · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:07 am

Negative Creep wrote:

Bruce wrote:

Elvis, Scotty and Bill

HELL....YES.

Bruce · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:18 am

Danny and the Juniors
Sugarhill Gang
B-52s
Beck, Bogert and Appice
Big Star
Blue Cheer
Expose
Fat Boys
Ivy League
The Jam
Newbeats
Knockouts
Green Day
Labelle
Heaven 17
Pink Floyd ???
Chad Mitchell Trio
Andrews Sisters
Boswell Sisters
Run-DMC
Violent Femmes
Shangri-Las
Toys
ZZ Top

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Musical_trios

Zach · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:32 am

TLC
Destiny's Child
Dixie Chicks
Motörhead
De La Soul
Blink-182
Hanson
Sublime
Three Dog Night
Goo Goo Dolls
Primus
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Silverchair
Minutemen
SWV
Fingers Inc.
King's X
Venom
Bronski Beat
Everclear
The Outfield
Better Than Ezra
Bell Biv DeVoe
Chevelle
Los Lonely Boys
The Presidents of the United States of America
30 Seconds to Mars
The Real McCoy
Love and Rockets
Eve 6
Eiffel 65
Semisonic
BBMak

Trios during their most significant periods:
Massive Attack
Underworld
Cabaret Voltaire
Tangerine Dream
Skinny Puppy
The Black Dog

piper · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:04 pm

Bruce wrote:

Pink Floyd ???

They were indeed a trio (of David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright) for about a decade post-Roger Waters' split. However, Rick Wright (who was fired from the band in 1979 by Waters), was not an official member again until 1992/93 despite performing on "Momentary Lapse", appearing on their tour and all promotional material.

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19160

piper wrote:

Bruce wrote:

Pink Floyd ???

They were indeed a trio (of David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright) for about a decade post-Roger Waters' split. However, Rick Wright (who was fired from the band in 1979 by Waters), was not an official member again until 1992/93 despite performing on "Momentary Lapse", appearing on their tour and all promotional material.

That shouldn't count. Heck, The Who were a trio from 1989 to 2002. But a true trio should be unaugmented by additional musicians.

piper · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:12 pm

ClashWho wrote:

piper wrote:

Bruce wrote:

Pink Floyd ???

They were indeed a trio (of David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright) for about a decade post-Roger Waters' split. However, Rick Wright (who was fired from the band in 1979 by Waters), was not an official member again until 1992/93 despite performing on "Momentary Lapse", appearing on their tour and all promotional material.

That shouldn't count. Heck, The Who were a trio from 1989 to 2002. But a true trio should be unaugmented by additional musicians.

I don't believe Floyd should count either, especially considering that Jon Carin and Guy Pratt were basically official band-members in all but title during that period as well.

Taupin-Cetera · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:02 pm

The B-52s are not a trio. Not even close.

Bruce · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:05 pm

Taupin-Cetera wrote:

The B-52s are not a trio. Not even close.

Yeah, that sounded weird, that Wikipedia article had them listed as a trio

piper · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:15 pm

Bruce wrote:

Taupin-Cetera wrote:

The B-52s are not a trio. Not even close.

Yeah, that sounded weird, that Wikipedia article had them listed as a trio

They were for the album Good Stuff (made during the period that Cindy Wilson had quit the band) but that album is not well liked, there was basically only a 4 year period she wasn't in the band, and they've been augmented by other musicians since Cosmic Thing anyway.

Brett Alan · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:17 pm **Posts:** 2840

The Chipmunks!

Zach · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:55 pm

Haha!

Johnny · **Joined:** Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:13 am **Posts:** 171

I don't know if you want to count worldwide artists ... but Soda Stereo and Los Prisioneros are HUGE trios in Latin America. Probably 2 of the most important bands in latin rock history.

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