#Prog Mountain

[trevlad-sounds]

Invisible Club 2

28.02.2024

Hello. Trevor here. It’s time to enter the Invisible Club. 16 tracks from 16 artists for how ever long it takes.

The musical keys for this week are D minor, C# minor and D # minor the BPM range is 122-130.

Invisible Club comes out every Wednsday and is a compiment to Invisible Waves with less talk and more action.

This weeks artists are, in order of appearance Ekoplekz, Tommaso Nudo, Baldocaster, Prog Mountain, Erell Ranson, Arkajo, Claude Lavender, Speedy J, Thought Bubble, Moskva-Kassiopeya, Patrick Cowley, Solipsism, Brian Bennett, TFSL, Birds ov Paradise, Wojciech Golczewski and Isfjord. Let’s gooo…

Intro 00:00

Ekoplekz-Brass Tackz 00:33

Tommaso Nudo-Wood Vibrations 04:37

Baldocaster, Prog Mountain-Sudden Departure 11:30

Erell Ranson-Fragments Of Moments 14:17

Arkajo-Rymdkollo 19:49

Claude Lavender-Going Up 27:10

Speedy J-Beam Me Up! - Remastered 2021 29:38

Thought Bubble-Now Boarding 34:56

Moskva-Kassiopeya-Stellarfall 39:12

Patrick Cowley-Love Me Hot 44:42

Solipsism-Human 2.0 49:49

Brian Bennett-Pendulum Force - 7' Edit 54:20

TFSL-The Tale For The Tales 58:21

Birds ov Paradise-Luftiga Ljud 1:08:16

Wojciech Golczewski-Reality Check 1:13:51

Isfjord-Drekktu mig 1:15:38

Outro 1:19:08

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE "DRUM EMPIRE" OF THE SUPER-SEVENTIES.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on dual HAWKWIND drummers Alan Powell (left) and Simon King (right), posing in Kensington, London, UK, c. 1974, during the band's "Warrior On the Edge of Time" era. 📸: Erica Echenberg.

Source: https://gb.readly.com/magazines/prog/2025-04-11/67f1c8869fc4c3c665756405.

[dragonscinders]

Sorry not art but i Have to post about how Julia is actually so the bear from ok goodnight’s album the fox and the bird bc i realized this a few days ago and havnt stopped thinking about it and like AUGUJJHHH OH MY GODD ‼️‼️‼️

(first two are from The Bear last two are from The Mountain)

like….. the almost immediate violent response and steady descent into beasthood in the midst of an ongoing tragedy (for Julia the beast plague obviously and for the bear the drought) because maybe they havn’t known much other than violence so how the hell else are they supposed to be responding to this ??? idk i just think it’s very fun i would be more than willing to explain this further i am just tired and also supposed to be doing classwork rn so im cutting it off here bye

[emotionally-charged-arson]

Political Machinations, Source (Ayreon) Edition

Have some headcanons.

Whatever country on Alpha the story takes place in is a presidential democracy. You never really get into specifics, but there’s two “abnormal” points to consider: legislation moves considerably faster than, say, the US system, and immigrants are allowed to run for president so long as they are naturalized citizens having lived in the country for ten years.

About two years pre-‘Frame takeover, the dominant political party was a group of standard pro-industrialization idiots, whose actions had just come back to bite them in the ass what with the pollution and withdrawal of aid from international powers over petty fights and such. The president (not Russell) eventually resigned halfway through his term in total defeat, kickstarting a new election. This is done two years after another abrupt resignation by Simone Simons (Counselor), his personal therapist, who saw how volatile things had become in the political sphere and didn’t want to be involved anymore.

The next most powerful party in government for the last five years had been a group called the Conservationists, environmentalists led by The Opposition Leader, who we’ll just call Tommy, an argumentative political minister with a history of ecoterrorism early in his career. This is where most of the album characters naturally place their loyalties, on account of them being mostly scientists who like the focus on rejection of unnecessary technology and healing of the planet and such. Said characters form a sort of “inner circle,” existing outside of politics but still using influence to push the party’s agenda, sometimes using underhanded tactics:

The Biologist (Floor) is the technical founder of the party, organizing support and pushing Tommy into politics a little over ten years pre-TDTTWD. She continues influencing policy, public image and recruitment.

The Captain (Tobias) is an engineer with billions in inheritance money and influence over the space program he’s happy to drain into the cause, so long as they entertain his ideas of leaving Alpha entirely. They have an odd, careful agreement that they’ll let him go nuts with his exodus spaceship antics, but only if things are REALLY hopeless. He has personal motivation as well, having known Tommy for over almost twenty years.

He’s also unintentionally helpful to public opinion of the party, as he’s native to the country, while the other “bosses” (Tommy and Floor), are both immigrated.

The Historian (James) conducts funded research in environmental history at the capital city university lots of characters are affiliated with. He’s publicly affiliated with the party, leaving him on thin ice with said uni (on account of them desperately accepting funding from shady sources that support “over-evolution” and rejection of natural preservation as a necessity. This leads to to massive bias in research and teaching within the institution, sometimes going as far as outright censorship). But he’s crafted a very odd strategy to support the Conservationists and still keep his position, that is publishing work with wildly opposing viewpoints so the school can’t accuse him of leaning one way or the other. So like, he’ll write a scathing commentary on increasing lack of breathable air in lower city levels and its causes, and before he can be targeted for it he’ll whip out a journal article about how it’s actually totally fine if all the fish are dying because it’s good for the economy. He feigns neutrality through pure confusion while the actual party uses select research of his to promote their cause.

The Astronomer (Hansi) is in a similar predicament. He’s a high level professor with ties to Floor, who abandoned a teaching career herself to join in on Tommy’s politics and tried to take Hansi with her. He refused initially, too attached to his job security to take a risk like that. He did eventually join in, but only after the party came to more substantial power (and when the state of the planet got substantially worse). His situation is a peculiar one, though. He’s still intent on keeping his job, but uses it for the party’s benefit. In short he preaches their ideology in his completely unrelated astronomy classes, in hopes of educating and swaying younger people (often coming from very wealthy backgrounds) to their efforts. Amazingly, he’s been able to do this for years without being suspected on a large scale. Floor is the only one that even knows about his involvement.

The Prophet and The Preacher (Nils and Zaher) are exactly that. Religious figures that run a local, newly popular religion related to the Universal Migrator.

The Migrator’s existence is a relatively new discovery, made at this capital university, and the nature of it caused people to question already established religions on Alpha. It’s an actual answer to the deepest questions in the known universe, and it destabilized faith in other higher powers while spawning a religion of its own, with Zaher being one of its earliest public figures. A few years later, Nils gained his prescience spontaneously, and attributed it to The Migrator which he learned about through his research in theoretical astronomy. In reality Nils’ visions and the Migrator have almost no relation (it’s actually Time Telepathy but that’s a whole other can of worms), but it’s not like HE knows that. He leaves the university, declares his faith and starts working with Zaher to spread it.

The religion’s popularity skyrockets once Nils gets involved. His visions are, apparently, founded in reality. All at once, the Migrator’s existence and power is proven while also appearing to have more spiritual qualities than its hardcore scientific discovery likes to admit.

More importantly, those visions validate practically everything the Conservationists promote (the end of the world via technology, etc), and at Tommy’s request Nils and Zaher affiliate themselves with him. The party now appeals to a new and LARGE demographic, even if it alienates members of other religions. At this point the Migrator one has become the dominant faith in the country anyways.

Everything is great. We’re influencing politics in a real way. We’re making progress.

Except we’re not doing it fast enough.

So says Russell, some GUY who shows up out of nowhere trying to run for president when Tommy would otherwise have campaigned completely unopposed. His whole shtick, of course, is using the Frame to solve all the world's problems and he presents it in a very hopeful and upbeat tone. He’s recruited the singular competent person from the previous presidential administration, The Diplomat (Mike), who had lots of public favor given that he was the one keeping the shitshow in one piece for years on end. Mike vouches for him and this is very helpful but it’s supplementary to Russell's specific talents.

Against the Conservationists-their endless funding, big name supporters and heaps of evidence and political experience-Russell has something none of them do, even the previous president before him: the ability to pacify the public. Tommy and Floor, two people with insane and unchecked environmental anxiety, are very prone to using scare tactics in their politics. Promises of Alpha's destruction if they don’t heed their warnings combined with Tommy's aggressive rhetoric and tone of voice. The previous president loved deflection and false promises, standard government official behavior. But Russell is a calming, charismatic and genuinely positive person that seems almost docile next to the others, and in that he’s the 'comfortable' option. He makes people feel safe and is offering a fast, even possible solution to their suffering. People LOVE him.

This whips everyone into a panic. The Conservationists supposedly know that the Frame will turn on humanity and out of their fear, that gradually becomes the main focus of their campaign. So much power is turned against Russell that they seem even more aggressive to people than they did before, no matter what they stand for and they start losing credibility. Eventually, obviously, Russell obtains the presidency, a month before TDTTWBD.

As a show of good faith, the losers are invited to Russell's inauguration. Floor, the more reasonable of her group, is hopeful that if they play along for a while then they can corner Russell and talk him out of his Frame plan. All that goes down the drain when Russell lets a snarky comment slip during his speech and Tommy, hopeless and erratic, starts beating his lights out in public. Him and several higher ups on his side are arrested for attempted assassination, setting off a domino effect of trials and investigations (including Hansi and James) over the next few weeks as the party is legally dissolved.

From there, into the main plot, viewpoints of characters begin to unravel. Russell's whole Frame plan existed because he KNEW there was no other option, and soon enough Floor starts understanding that. All of a sudden as the literal apocalypse rages outside, Tobias’ plan has become the most reasonable, the Nils’ visions shift accordingly. Tommy is released from death row on Russell’s orders, and a hinge point of the two’s conflict is wondering if he did that out of actual compassion or because he knew Tommy would have done far more damage as a martyr. Everyone gets to grapple with how little the work they poured their lives into mattered now that Alpha is gone.

Et cetera, et cetera. Sorry I didn’t talk about Chemist, maybe he’ll have his own post. Man is his own mess that doesn’t even become plot relevant until Star of Sirrah.

[girl-dot-tzt]

Nice to meetcha!

Hey what's good I'm Tanith (she/her), been on hrt and prog for awhile. I like mountain biking, kink, anime, snowboarding, and shopping! Not on here too much but I like to post when I can!

[This blog will be a conglomeration of the things I like, that includes nsfw stuff so skedadle if you don't like that. (That means minors should kick rocks)]

A song I like alot lately is:

(This song changes regularly so check the bottom for the playlist)

My favorite anime are Jujutsu-Kaisen and Dandadan! I'm a sucker for new gen stuff!

Friendly reminder that this is a "no discourse allowed" page, I will not engage in discourse on this page.

I won't disagree with you, I will just block you. (Also like, if ur trying to glean actual nuanced opinions from an explicitly nsfw focused blog what are you even doing with your life?)

I'm just here to have fun and arguing with people isn't fun.

Cashapp: $ironicallyd3ad

I do this for attention, but I'm not gonna turn ya down if you wanna be generous

switch, but for most ppl a dom. Stronger than you would expect 😅

Dm me if ya want

This is the playlist with all the songs I've featured for this post, the current song changes regularly 💃💃:

(If you've read this far ask me for bike pics)

[osiiiris]

Simple: I absolutely love Ghost’s instrumental inserts. I always found it a brave choice to reserve space for them on each record. I’ve always seen a good instrumental composition as the moment the musician simply sits there and plays. Plain and simple. It’s a moment of pure creation and experimentation, where music is the absolute center. No words guiding you, only the music setting the atmosphere, and you just have to vibe with it. I also love when long parts of songs consist of only music, but that’s even rarer.

Here are my all-time favorites (not in order):

Genesis The masterpiece. I listen to it very often and get emotional every time. The last seconds with the acoustic guitar feel like the sun rising from behind a mountain after a night full of nightmares and bad choices.

Infestissumam The masterpiece. Again. Yes, pardon me for the sin of unconditionally loving damn good music. It’s incredibly powerful. It fuels my headcanon of Secondo listening to Dies Irae (Verdi) to relax, and the connection with Per Aspera ad Inferi is one of my favorite things in life.

Helvetesfönster I must be honest with you: I don’t exactly love Prequelle and I never paid too much attention to it (even though it contains two of Ghost’s best songs, in my opinion). But I must admit that the instrumentals on that album are just wonderful. If only the album had kept up the medieval mixed-with-prog tone of the instrumentals, I would have loved it.

Miasma A little Italian prog parenthesis. The sax caught me absolutely off guard the first time I listened to it. It started, and I asked myself, with all the quiet in the world: "Is that a fucking sax?" and just proceeded to violently vibe with it.

Honorable mention to Devil Church The composition itself may not be that outstanding, but the transition into Absolution is very interesting and probably goes unnoticed. The church theme fades away, almost in a sinister way, as if the “show,” the illusion, is ending, and Absolution hits you in the face like a final boss devil, forcing you to look inside yourself, rethink your choices, and wonder if you didn’t go too far with what you desired, and now all you want now is to take a step back…

[astriiformes]

Okay, fun question time. One of the various multimedia elements of the LotR Road Trip AU story is that I am planning on making playlists for each member of the Fellowship, the idea being that they're supposed to be snapshots into everyone's music libraries for when they have the aux cord in the car.

My music taste is pretty all over the place, which helps with a project like this, but I can't claim it's as broad as I would like when trying to represent the music tastes of nine different people. So I would love to solicit some ideas from people--genres, artists, even specific songs. You name it.

Here's generally the vibes I've been curating so far, though I'm not entirely married to all of them:

Frodo -- Indie, acoustic, folk? Probably some instrumentals. Chill beats to carry a cursed artifact to.

Sam -- Generally pretty upbeat. For sure some really traditional folk influences but also like. Folk rock. Should be an extremely feel-good playlist.

Merry -- Nerd music, to put it simply. Folk and filk, as well as some of the found-filk folks out there like Hank Green, probably.

Pippin -- Pop music! He's here to have a good time. Would especially love some input from the Gen Z crowd here since my pop knowledge is a little dated for the youngest member of the Fellowship. What Chappell Roan song would be his favorite.

Boromir -- He is puzzling me. I am keeping in mind that he should have some like. Elder millennial vibes. Currently have Green Day, etc on there but I'm trying to decide if that works.

Aragorn -- Dad rock, plus some modern rock. Think about your dad's road trip playlist (I know mine has several) and you're getting the right picture.

Legolas -- Pop and some indie/acoustic songs. Also a little musical theater. I'll be honest I'm making his eclectic on purpose. Definitely a little cheesy, aro/ace jams encouraged.

Gimli -- Metal, industrial, classical. There is no bigger Trans-Siberian Orchestra fan. Possibly also some labor songs, though I'm thinking more like metal/rock covers.

Gandalf -- Prog rock and other wizard music. I am doing something very dumb and silly and putting classic rock songs with meta references to LotR on his (ex: Led Zeppelin's Misty Mountain Hop), but other suggestions are good too.

Please feel free to totally contradict some of these vibes though. Ideally some of these playlists with be a little more all over the place than I would usually lean towards, since the idea is to represent someone's music taste, not make a true character playlist.

So! Help me out here. What do you all think each Fellowship member would listen to?

[bracketsoffear]

What are some songs that *almost* made it onto the brackets?

Lonely: Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush, Keep The Streets Empty For Me by Fever Ray, Lemon Tree by Fool's Garden, and Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day

End: Easy Way Out by Low Roar, The Hanging Tree by Angus + Julia Stone, and The Hearse Song by Rusty Cage

Desolation: Burn It Down {Interpartysystem Remix} by AWOLNATION, Destroy to Enjoy by Will Wood, and Peacemaker by Green Day

Eye: ¡Aikido! (Neurotic/Erotic) by Will Wood, Hatchet Town by Starkid, and Veteran of the Psychic Wars by Blue Öyster Cult

Flesh: Augustus Gloop by Danny Elfman, CryptoSanta by Lemon Demon, Donna Donna by Joan Baez, and Racehorse, Get Married! by Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum

Vast: Major Tom (Coming Home) by Peter Schilling, We All Float by Hooverphonic, Don't You Feel Small by The Moody Blues, and Little Blue Dot by James Bonamy

Dark: Dr. Sunshine is Dead by Will Wood, In The Dark by The Birthday Massacre, Tendrils Of Tenebrae by Steampianist with Kook_Burrow Feat. Vocaloid Oliver, and This Is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas

Spiral: Hotel California by The Eagles, Running Out by Scissor Sisters, The Riddle by Gigi D'Agostino, and Twilight Zone by Golden Earring

Web: Inertia Creeps by Massive Attack, The Spider's Face by Emilie de Autumn, and We Both Reached For The Gun from Chicago: The Musical

Extinction: Christmas at Ground Zero by Weird Al Yankovic, I'd Love To Change The World by Jetta, Minutes to Midnight by Midnight Oil, and War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne.

(Yes, the entire prog rock album retelling of the classic sci-fi novel. The only reason I didn't include it was because the apocalypse wasn't humanity's fault.)

Hunt: A Hunting We Will Go (Traditional), Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen, Mountain Man by Yabadum!, and Up the Wolves by The Mountain Goats

Buried: Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Cage the Elephant, Blue Sky Mine by Midnight Oil, and Diggy Diggy Hole by Yogscast

Corruption: I Got It From Agnes by Tom Lehrer, Lovefool by The Cardigans, and Toxic by Britney Spears

[caughtnyact]

On Repeat Tag Game

Rules: shuffle your on repeat playlist and add the first ten songs, then tag ten people.

Tagged by @the-bear-and-his-sunbird and @mercars-musings <333

This batch of shuffled songs comes from my in-prog Rookanis playlist 👀👀

Coming Down the Mountain - Mipso

Delicate - Damien Rice

Nothing Matters But You - The Young Veins

Dead of Night - Orville Peck

Super Natural - Turnover

Everybody Wants to Love You - Japanese Breakfast

Constant Muse - Denison Witmer

Words and Smiles (Tiger Trap) - QUARTERBACKS

Angels - The xx

We'll Never Have Sex - Leith Ross

No pressure tags: @nevarrantorte @guacamolleee @theyearningghoul @woundedsoul12 @spooky-lil-bee @crimson-and-lavender @lanafofana @draco-illius-noctis @waterdeep-weavemoss @thequeenofthewinter and anyone else that might like to participate <3

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A DOWNED ALIEN SPACECRAFT IN A LAKE OF MIST: SCI-FI ART IN THE SUPER-SEVENTIES.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a HAWKWIND poster design for the band's fourth studio album, "Hall of the Mountain Grill," released by United Artists in. September 1974. Artwork by Barney Bubbles.

"Before his celebrated designs for Stiff, Radar et al, Barney Bubbles created a spectacular body of work for Hawkwind. The band's manager Doug Smith has called Bubbles 'the most important artist of our generation' for the visual identity he created for artists, whereas Peter Saville has simply said "Barney Bubbles should be canonised.""

-- ROCK-EXPLOSION (Classic original rock and pop posters)

Source: www.rock-explosion.com/catpage6.html.

[xenoblade-chronicles-brackets]

Submitted propaganda for aBOreSSs

The first part, heard when facing the Prog Ares, is a good representation of Lao's character up to this point, and fits the battle against the mech. The second part is mechanical and straight-up intimidating, which is the Zu Pharg in a nutshell.

You're never escaping Skell options! But also who tf needs A Tragic Decision when you got this piece? This is better.

Black Mountains - Valak Mountain (Day) is a mod addition

[grandwretch]

ok I personally liked decide better sonically however I think it's insane how cohesive the Crux is as an album considering the length he was working on it especially in regards to the period of inspiration he was pulling from there are several songs on the album that you could 1000% convince me were recorded in 1979 and I think Joe is really refining his sound & a lot of that has to do with linking emotions to certain genres of music he enjoys like... idk I've never been huge british psychedelia fan and have always enjoyed djo's prog rock songs more (woo flash mountain) but the Crux is seriously a feat of writing regardless of genre preference

[gragam]

i listened to more current albums this year than i ever have before so i wanna rank them

8. brat remix album - charli xcx

not really much to say about this. its not like i was excited for it but its impressive that not one of them is even really listenable. charli has a knack for picking the worst features imaginable every single time

favorite tracks: :/

7. sophie - sophie

it feels unfair ranking this against all the other ones bcus of the circumstances surrounding its release and im glad the tracks are out in the world but unfortunately none of them really stood out to me. sorry sophie you will always be the queen

favorite tracks: reason why, live in my truth

6. brat - charli xcx

im maybe overly critical of brat because of its reputation but it has a couple songs i really like and a couple i really dont and mostly a bunch that i dont really care about because this album is way too long. overall i guess i like it but it feels half baked in a way that 2 bonus versions couldnt fix. best thing about this album is that it introduced me to her better albums

favorite tracks: sympathy is a knife, everything is romantic, 365, spring breakers

5. imaginal disk - magdalena bay

this album kind of oversells itself with a really incredible first track before settling into something much less interesting but still very listenable. its stretched a little too thin over too many tracks but theres not really any that id skip. just a good album with a couple of great songs

favorite tracks: she looked like me, fear sex, cry for me, the ballad of matt and mica

4. the book of phytoelectron - susumu hirasawa

his instrumentation is as wonderful as ever and i do really like the album but i selfishly wish it was a regular album instead of a guitar album because i think he has like the best singing voice ever. but there were some tracks that reminded me of his old prog rock band that i really like so that was a nice little treat for me

favorite tracks: the history of omnificence in memory grass, area of red flowers on the snowy mountain range, the valley where the blue flowers on expedition take root in the light (damn), pollination charge: vines that go back to the future, remember it will come

3. i lay down my life for you - jpegmafia

seriously awesome production throughout even if the last couple tracks are sorta underwhelming. i know some people dont like this as much as his other albums and im not Super familiar with his other ones but i think this ones my favorite that ive heard. i have kind of a love/hate relationship with sampling but hes uses them in a way i love

favorite tracks: sin miedo, be right there, its dark and hell is hot

2. mahogakko - hakushi hasegawa

honestly im probably putting this too high theres a lot of dead space between the really good tracks but those tracks are like mind expanding and definitely contributed to me expanding my musical horizons this year. one of the most maximalist albums ive ever heard but still very listenable. the contrast between the off the walls instrumentation and their high soft singing voice really works for me

favorite tracks: departed, gone, mouth flash, kyofunohoshi

chromakopia - tyler the creator

kind of a surprise favorite for me ive never listened to a tyler album before and its definitely less ambitious than some of the others on here but i really enjoyed it. a couple of kind of cringey tracks but overall extremely fun and energetic while also being very heartfelt and touching. i will definitely be exploring more of his discography. i also like that sticky sounds exactly like a lisa the painful song

favorite tracks: st chroma, rah tah tah, i killed you, tomorrow, like him

[solarspike]

CHARACTER INTRO: RAMONA

full name: Ramona Trollbane

age: mid-thirties

gender & pronouns: trans woman, she/her

sexuality: lesbian

class: axe-lobber (for now, their classes will change as their skills develop)

species: mountain dwarf

sign: blade (summer)

favourites -

colour: green

animal: bear

hobby: sparring

place: the pub

food: pie n peas

smell: sweat

music: anything with good drums. she would love prog rock

background -

Ramona grew up in the mountain hold of Kal-Varik, the youngest of twelve sisters. She has always been very skilled with her hands, having learnt basic smithing, fighting, and carpentry by the time she was a teenager. As an adult she accompanied trade caravans travelling to and from New Usbury (the capital of Azerad) and numerous other smaller settlements, including her dwarven cousins in Kalvakurm. She saw a lot of combat in her youth, to the point she became unflinching to it. She kind of went wild in her twenties, travelling far and wide, but for all her years of womanizing she still can't act normal when a pretty lady talks to her.

Although her lack of magical ability meant she'd never earned the respect of her mother, she survived without it, living a vibrant life in Kal-Varik. When she and her fiancee talked about settling down and starting a family, Ramona quit caravanning and started tutoring children in the art of NONMAGICAL armed combat. That was about the peak of her life, when she looks back at it.

[rastronomicals]

11:19 AM EDT April 22, 2025:

West, Bruce & Laing - "Third Degree" From the album Why Dontcha (November 1972)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Top Eleven Power Trios

11. The Jimi Hendrix Experience 10. Rush (through Permanent Waves or so)   9. The Robin Trower Band   8. Boris (when they want to be)   7. Dinosaur Jr.   6. Mountain   5. Triumph   4. West, Bruce & Laing   3. Blue Cheer   2. Beck, Bogert & Appice   1. Cream

And of course, just because you have three members, it doesn't mean you're a Power Trio. New wave conglomeratives with funny haircuts, retro outfits toting along a big standup bass, prog-rockers with their fat stacks of cash and synthesizers, and artsy bands employing a fucking drum machine do not qualify. The Police, ELP, The Soft Machine, The Reverend Horton Heat, Muse, The Nice, Big Black, The Stray Cats, and, for some strange reason, Nirvana, all do not count. ZZ Top barely does.

File under: Power Trios employing fat dudes named Weinstein