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TRIPLE ENGINE is a power trio, plain and simple. Featuring guitars, bass, drums and shared vocals, this band is all about riffs, solos and thumping grooves: music where the players have the artistic space to stretch their melodic legs and flex their rhythmic muscles within the framework of beguiling, relatable compositions. March 2020: Western Australia is in isolation due to the challenges presented by Covid-19, resulting in the temporary closure of all performance venues. Guitarist Chris Gibbs and bassist Craig Skelton are messaging each other about the effect this is having on them as working - or rather, no longer working - musicians. Craig mentions an idea about a new original power trio, and before the day is over TRIPLE ENGINE is born. Four days later drummer and purveyor of hair Daniel Skelton is on board and debut single ‘Love Thing’ is in the works, having been entirely written via phone and video calls. By July of 2020, TRIPLE ENGINE has recorded and mixed ‘Love Thing’, completed filming of the accompanying debut music video, and has secured its debut performance. And all of this (video shoot aside) without the trio ever being in the same room, let alone the same town! TRIPLE ENGINE is motivated and influenced by the spirit of blues rock trios such as Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and ZZ Top. The prog-rock spirit of Rush and the pop sensibilities of The Police mesh with the gravitas of Zeppelin and the humour of Van Halen to help shape a formidable musical machine.