10 Best Rock Power Trios
3 is the magic number for these bands...
The rock band tends to be seen as a living entity at times. When a group of musicians come together to form their beautifully chaotic noise, each member brings their personality to the table in order to make the song their own. Once the band is stripped down a bit more, it gets much trickier.
After realizing that amps could enhance the bass tone of any instrument, bands started sprouting up consisting of only 3 people. A trio is not an easy concept to pull off due to the increase in roadwork for each musician.
To get the sounds you want, you have to either be able to make it happen on your own instrument, or pull double duty and play two instruments at once. Where bands of about 4 or 5 tend to have a less exhaustive regiment, each member of a power trio has to carry an equal amount of the weight or the entire project comes crashing down.
In all of these instances, the quality of the music never suffered thanks to the tenacity of the superb musicians involved. From metal to prog to punk, the strength of these musicians really helps put the "power" in Power Trio.
10. Blink-182
As rock entered the 2000's, the camps of rock music tended to be divided into two separate categories: pop punk and nu metal. Out of all the bands to come out of the pop punk scene at the turn of the millennium, Blink-182 was the best in their field when it came to churning out irresistible rock hooks.
Forming in San Diego in the mid 90's, the band was more of a straight-forward skate punk act before landing their first big hit with "Dammit." After losing their original drummer Scott Raynor, the band dynamic changed when masterclass drummer Travis Barker entered the fold. Barker's virtuosic work behind the skins led the band to create more clever song progressions as they grew to embrace more pop styles on albums like Enema of the State.
The band then played on into the rest of the 2000's mining more alternative experimentation with their self-titled album and across their first reunion's output. Even when principal songwriter Tom Delonge was kicked out, the band's addition of Matt Skiba reignited the band's fire for writing pop-punk once again. As the band enters its third decade, they have continued to not disappoint with their infectious odes to adolescence.