Their collective output may not astound (in terms of quantity that is), but the music sure does

1. Spencer Krug
2. Carey Mercer
3. Jeff Mangum

your turn...

R.E.M.
X.T.C.
Sonic Youth

Peter Gabriel
Underworld
Daniel Lanois

John, Paul and George

There's probably not a SOMBIE who's any sort of regular here who couldn't tell you my holy trinity. After them, the next 3 might be:

Elvis Costello
Pete Townshend
Bruce Springsteen

Not the coolest or most imaginitive ever, but this is mine:

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd

Or, depending on my mood, replace Pink Floyd with The Who.

Matthew Good
Jesse Lacey
Max Bemis

Thelonious Monk
Pete Townshend
James Brown

morrissey
waits
rem

we have a matt good fan in the house? awesome indeed

marley
floyd
bowie

IAN BROWN
MORRISSEY
LIAM GALLAGHER

Tony Iommi
Lemmy
Keith Richards

and depending on the mood....Phil Lynott and Bon Scott

Thom yorke
rem
velvet underground

Beatles
Green Day
U2

Huge, huge. Beautiful Midnight (Canadian, not the US version) is my #1 all-time album. Yet, due to my location, I've never been able to see him. He was supposed to hit Chicago last year, but scrapped the U.S. leg of the tour before tickets even went on sale.

Let me guess...

The Kinks
Steve Earle
and Patty Griffin? (not sure about Patty)

matt good is brilliant. i'm actually from Canada, and he stops by my university to play on-campus usually twice a year (he's supposedly coming back in a month or two, which im stoked for). personally, i think his solo stuff is even better than the stuff he does with the MGB (Avalanche was one of my fav albums of '03)

Jazz Butcher
Blue Aeroplanes
Robyn Hitchcock

The Chemical Brothers

Daft Punk

Günther & The Sunshine Girls

Damon Alburn
Matthew Ryan
Mark Hollis

although Dan Bejar is trying his best for me to consider it a holy quadrilogy(?)

Afghan Whigs
REM
Radiohead

Greg Dulli
John Curley
Rick McCollum

The Minnesota Wrecking Crew: Bob Dylan, Prince & Paul Westerberg.

Though seriously, I don't think I can narrow it down to three. I just love the Beatles and Radiohead and too many other bands too damn much.

Brian Wilson
David Bowie
Burt Bacharach

Gomez
Oasis
The Replacements/Paul Westerberg

Chris Whitley
Tool

Pete Shelley, Morrissey, Brian Slade

That's three, silly. When counting, make sure you use all of your fingers

Avalanche is my second-favorite album of his, though I'd put MGB's Loser Anthems EP between that and Beautiful Midnight. However, White Light Rock & Roll Review is probably my least favorite of his major albums, outside of Last of the Ghetto Astronauts. It's not terrible, but it has a couple so-so tracks and one I actively dislike.

Did you get In a Coma? The special edition is well worth the cash. Excellent DVD, and the new tracks are lovely.

I live by no man's rules!

Pink Floyd
Mogwai
Robert Pollard

I know what you all really meant to say was:


James Brown - the (God)Father

Prince - the Son

Charlie Watts - the Holy Ghost

As of right now:


Flaming Lips (the new one kinda bores me though)
M83
Jayhawks (with Olson - so that only leaves me 4 records).

you got it. mb. In many ways, Patty might be #1.

Musicians or bands? Seems like it's being interpreted loosely, and I think it makes a big difference.

Mine (musicians) would be:

Mikko Aspa
Devin Townsend
Robert Fripp

I think I misread the thread. The three above are who I consider "the holy trinity," but couldn't live without: Stuart Murdoch, Sufjan Stevens, Ted Leo.

Efrim Menuck
David Bowie
Arab Strap

Jack White
Flaming Lips
The Hives

I'm thinking persons...not groups....

Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Marley

Gary Louris
Led Zeppellin
Belle and Sebastian

Neil Young
Thurston Moore
Greg Dulli

king tubby
the rza
brian eno

tough question,

Grateful Dead
Pavement
Phish

If we're talking single people, not bands:

<--Frank Black
Paul "Walnuts" McCartney
Corgan

but Dan Bejar is gaining

for the record, i originally meant single musicians (ex. Thom Yorke as a musician, not Radiohead as a band), but then i got to thinking, what the hell, who am i to tell you who your holy trinity is? besides, if you can't live without the Beatles, for example, it isn't really fair to have to credit only one member of the band. so as long as the number is 3, its fair game... (sorry Phil, no quadrilogy allowed regardless how amazing Destroyer is lol...besides, limiting yourself to three is part of the fun )

In that case

Frank Black
Beatles
Pearl Jam

Favorite record, post Pixies?

I'd put Teenager of the Year up there with the best Pixies.

I never understood why Frank's solo stuff isn't as highly-regarded as the Pixies. If I had to pick one canon, I'd probably take Frank's just on sheer quantity.

TOTY is the best solo Frank, Dog in the Sand is probably the best FB&TC album.

Agreed on all counts...I even dig Honeycomb. Only Frank could make "Song of the Shrimp" cool.