3 person bands that kick ass
I'll start.
The Police
Rush.
Youre turn.
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Unfortunately, until Talking Heads, I never saw a woman playing an instrument in a rock band on TV.
When I saw Tina Weymouth on bass, I was stunned.
I liked EL&P because they had classical and jazz chops.
I started out in classical music at a very early age first with piano, and then with violin when I was not quite big enough to play a full size violin. And violins are pretty tiny instruments. I was ten years old and still had four inches left on the bow hair when I had my bow arm stretched out straight. The flip side of that is that people who have small hands can be good violinists. People with big hands need to be on the piano or the string bass.
I like the fact that Jaco Pastorius referred to frets as "speed bumps" 
Depends on what you're used to. That's why he liked the jazz bass. 
Damn sexist bastards in the music business(or even amateurs too).
Another trio band: Genesis.
Rick is quite talented. He is an absolute virtuoso. Also, his album "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" was all the rage at the time as well.
There's a great interview of Dr. Brian May by Rick Wakeman on Youtube. You would not think a keyboard player would know so much about a guitarist, but Rick is complimented by Brian for knowing so much about him. They also share a common interest in astrophysics and go to an annual astronomy conference in Tenerife.
The YouTube channel this is on is called progrock70s.
Rick: "Most people who climb on the roof of Buckingham Palace get arrested."
Brian:"My wife said, 'rehearse'. Rehearsal is something fairly unfamiliar to me."
This is Carole Kaye- look her up. We've all heard her bass work.......... 
so I will acknowledge them as a valid choice 
Bassist/frontman Les Claypool takes credit for the Richmond, California hospital in which he was born being converted to a psychiatric institution.
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De La Soul
The Digable Planets
The Fugees
Love and Rockets. And, after that, Daniel Ash' solo albums are the best. Coming Down, for example. LOVE Daniel Ash!
TYY 
On Edit: Daniel Ash - Day Tripper, from Coming Down album... Best cover of a Beatles song EVER! Should be heard on kick ass stereo, loud!
Man! Why'd it take me so long to come up with them?
Clearly, I need to go to bed.....
Bowing down 
Thank you, edbermac for instilling some decency to this list 
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with not only the greatest guitar player in rock, but also easily the greatest drummer rock has ever known in Mitch Mitchell. Mitchell was a converted jazz drummer, a devotee of the great Elvin Jones (Jimi called him "my Elvin Jones"
and with his playing, both subtle and powerful, helped create the very soulful rock sound of The Experience. By the way, I'm in the audience at that Hendrix concert in Berkley. I was first in line at the ticket booth the morning the tickets went on sale and I got my seat on the left side of the stage, right in front of Jimi.
And Taste, with the great Rory Gallagher on guitar was pretty good too.
The 60s British experimental rock trio The Soft Machine.
The Nice after their guitarist left the band and Keith Emerson carried the main load was even better.
And finally, one of the very greatest power trios ever assembled, The Tony Williams Lifetime (legendary jazz drummer Tony Williams, incredible jazz keyboardist Larry Young who (plays the Hammond organ with his hands and bass pedals with his feet, and rock/fusion guitarist John McLaughlin).
Haven't they been a three-piece for most of their career? Do they have a fourth guy yet? 
