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. Extract of page 505
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 Bang Beck, Bogert & Appice Biffy Clyro The Big Three Black Midi (2020–2024) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Blink-182 Blue Cheer Blue Murder Boris (except for occasional fourth member Michio Kurihara on guitar) Bowling for Soup (upon the departure of Chris Burney in 2025) 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 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 Gnome 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 Love of Diagrams Low
M 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 Quoting GQ magazine: "...a breathtaking form of 60's power-trio rock." Niacin The Nice Ningen Isu Nirvana Nomeansno November
O One Man Army The Outfield
P 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 Sodom (from 1981 until 2018) Soft Machine Spiderbait State Radio Stick Men The Steepwater Band Steve Morse Band 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 Thin Lizzy (first three albums) Thirty Seconds to Mars Those Darlins Tiger Army Tiny Moving Parts Triumph Triggerfinger TTNG
U U.K. Unearthly Trance Urge Overkill
V Vardis Venom Violent Femmes Voice of Baceprot
W Wakrat Walt Mink The Warning We Are Scientists 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 (since 1992, with the exception of one album in 2015) Yob
Z Zebra ZZ Top
# 50 Foot Wave The 5.6.7.8s
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