The 3+1 bands (3 instruments + singer) really are a separate category again, but just a few not mentioned so far that happen to be some of my fav bands: Jane's Addiction Red Hot Chili Peppers Rage Against The Machine Audioslave edit... and Alice In Chains
Pauly - my attitude to torrent downloads is pretty much the same as yours. I use it to check stuff out, and if I like it I buy the cd.
Back to trio's that have only 3 members...
Good call on Everclear and Goo Goo Dolls
So... NEW 3-piece bands? Any thoughts?
(Message edited by lemonchili_x1 on August 26, 2009)
+1, Rush- Lemon, how in the hell has your musical edumackation omitted one of the greatest bands of all time? With one of the best drummer/composer/serious RIDERs of all time, Neil Peart? You need to get the 30 DVD and Chronicles, do some catching up...
Now, there's a favorite 4 piece blues outfit of mine- drummer, bassist, and 2 guitarists who can burn a riff like nobody this side of the Allman bros- go check out Motor City Josh. If you can order his latest tribute CD to Howlin' Wolf, you'll have a hard time taking it out of your CD player. Worth the effort to get, even if you're in the wrong hemisphere...
3-piece plus singer - we kinda got sidetracked, you know how that happens round here Over the weekend I'll be checking out a few of the bands that have been mentioned - thanks all! (Yeeees, I'll be checking out Rush )
Had practice with the band last night, and we found "the tone" . We can get the sound I was looking for as a 3-piece .
My original query was, and still is, about pure trio's like Cream or Rush or Primus or Green Day. My reason for asking is whether I've missed any bands that have a "heavy" sound with only one guitar. Seems I've missed a few
. We can get the sound I was looking for as a 3-piece 
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