Triumph (band)
Canadian rock band known for guitar-driven hits and live shows.
The Canadian power trio epitomized arena rock in the 1980s.[1]
Quick Facts
- Origin
- Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Genre
- Hard rock
- heavy metal
- progressive rock
- Years active
- 1975–1993, 2008, 2019, 2025–present
- Label
- Attic
- RCA
- MCA
- TML
- Victory
- Current members
- Mike Levine
- Gil Moore
- Rik Emmett
- Phil X
- Past members
- Rick Santers
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Keeler and Young left soon after, and in the summer of 1975 Moore and Levine met guitarist Rik Emmett at Toronto's Hollywood Tavern.[2] After jamming at Moore's house, Emmett agreed to join the band, now called Triumph.[2] Their commercial breakthrough came in 1979 with their third album, Just a Game, which generated the band's first Billboard Top 40 hit single, "Hold On"[1] The album was certified Gold, their first to sell 500,000 copies in the U.S.[1]
The 1981 album Allied Forces sold over a million copies in the US.[3] In 1988, Emmett left Triumph to pursue a solo career.[1] In 1992 the remaining members recruited Phil Xenidis, a Canadian guitarist.[4] A blues-based quartet featuring Tom Lafferty on guitar, Peter Young on organ, Mike Levine on bass, and Gil Moore on drums and vocals existed before Triumph was formed.[5]
What the cited sources add
The Canadian Music Hall of Fame account states that Triumph co-produced their seventh album Thunder Seven with legendary engineer Eddie Kramer.[1] The same source reports that Triumph's music reached a new generation when "Lay It on the Line" was included in the Guitar Hero 5 video game in 2009.[1] The Blabbermouth article from 2019 states that the classic lineup's three-song set in November 2019 was taped for the documentary "Triumph: Lay It On The Line"[6] The Ultimate Classic Rock article reports that the 2026 Rock & Roll Machine Reloaded tour celebrates the band's 50th anniversary and will visit 24 markets.[7]
The Blabbermouth article from 2025 states that Triumph has sold over 15 million albums worldwide.[8]
References
- "Triumph – Canadian Music Hall Of Fame". facts only, no text reused. canadianmusichalloffame.ca
- Wikipedia, "Triumph (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Triumph's Professional Tour Dates", Michigan Drive In's (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Triumph (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "TRIUMPH Bassist Mike Levine Looks Back At Allied Forces And 'Magic Power'". Bravewords, September 29, 2011, interview with Jeb Wright (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Triumph (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mladen Zarron", mikeladano.com, 2016-01-13 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Triumph (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Loose Blues News", Toronto Blues Society (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Legendary Canadian Rockers TRIUMPH Reunite For Three-Song Performance In Toronto", Blabbermouth.net, November 17, 2019. facts only, no text reused. blabbermouth.net
- Wardlaw, "Triumph Announces 2026 Reunion Tour Dates", Ultimate Classic Rock, December 9, 2025. facts only, no text reused. ultimateclassicrock.com
- "Legendary Canadian Rockers TRIUMPH Announce First Public Performance In 17 Years", Blabbermouth.net, June 5, 2025. facts only, no text reused. blabbermouth.net
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Triumph (band) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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