Recommend me some rock power trios

[MovingPitchers]

I have heard and listened to some of the following:

Rush
Muse
ZZ Top
Winery Dogs
Sting and the Police (I think)

Hmmm....who else? Please no Green Day or Blink...I'm looking to improve, not imitate

 

[Noot]

Cream, Mötorhead, Depeche Mode

 

[Jay Mastro]

Jimi Hendrix Experience of course!

 

[hhirbe]

I would think that listening to any bassist that can lay it down in a three piece cam help you improve, Green Day and Blink 182 included...

What exactly are you looking for? Sounds that push you past where you are right now, something to make you rethink the way you structure your part/role in playing as a three piece unit? Try some Husker Du, or Motorhead, or Jane's Addiction if you're looking for ideas geared towards a heavier, bass holding the ground and leading the way edge.

 

[Jay Mastro]

I would think that listening to any bassist that can lay it down in a three piece cam help you improve, Green Day and Blink 182 included...

I'm going to have to agree, Mark Hoppus may not be the most technical bassist but it did his part well, and back about 10 years ago I was really into the punk scene and thought that Mike Dirnt (pre American Idiot) was pretty damn good, I also played with a pick back then though, haven't used a pick since probably 2007

 

[cellkirk74]

Gov't Mule, the earlier stuff.

 

[1960jbass]

Being a Jack Bruce fan.......
West, Bruce, and Laing
BLT (Jack Bruce, Bill Lordan, and Robin Trower)

 

[PlatypusBassist]

ELP, more proggy but good

 

[bhunt1]

Kings X

 

[lbbc]

Grand Funk....some great bass lines

 

[wiro]

How about jazzrock?
Like trio PSP:


Or even a bit more jazzy with Hiromi the Trio Project:

 

[Sorken]

For some harder stuff check out Sodom.

 

[Flad]

Bozzio Levin Stevens

 

[RumblinThunder]

No Means No

 

[buldog5151bass]

Beck Bogart & Appice.

 

[jetgraphics]

>>> Mountain (If you ignore the occasional keyboard) <<<
Felix Pappalardi was most excellent and underrated
... and ... the poster child for the necessity for ear protection when playing too LOUD!

 

[guitarflinger]

James Gang!

 

[ArtechnikA]

Frankly, I'd classify The Who as a Power Trio; whether or not the singer is playing an instrument or not is immaterial to the 3-instrument lineup...

 

[hhirbe]

King Crimsons album "Red". Early COC album "Animosity". Anything by the Minutemen, particularly "Double Nickles on the Dime". Mike Watt is an animal.

 

[KingKrabb]

Anything by the Minutemen, particularly "Double Nickles on the Dime". Mike Watt is an animal.

^I cannot stress this enough.