even if the output was rubbish!
Queen.
The Doors.
Rainbow
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
AC/DC
...
We could be here all night..
Manics
Floyd
Genesis
Madness
Roxy music
Take that
1D
Girls aloud
How many do you want?
Rolling Stones
Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd
Joy Division/New Order
Dr Feelgood
Spinal Tap!
The Who
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Spinal Tap
Smashing Pumpkins
Metallica
Pantera
Stranglers
The Damned
so many
Jimmy Somerville/Bronski Beat/The Communards
Depeche Mode (twice)
From the Jam (lol!)
Echo & the Bunnymen
Genesis
Feeder
Wham
Take That
Manic Street Preachers
Too tired to think of others!
Depeche Mode (twice)
Pretty good with vince clark
awwsome with Alan wilder
utter shite without wilder lol
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Member
Genesis
Feeder
Wham
Take That
Manic Street Preachers
Too tired to think of others!
Too tired to think of others? Three off that list had already been mentioned and I'm pretty sure Wham didn't continue after a member died/left.
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My personal favourites, Tangerine Dream, the original founder, Edgar Froese died in January 2015, but the last album with his input was Quantum Gate, released several months ago. It was the first album in to move the band in a new direction, I liked it, some don't, but isn't that the way it always is.
Yes.
It it was like a revolving door for most of it's existence. At one point Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe, 4 of the founding members were threading the boards together again but couldn't call themselves Yes because some other blokes were Yes.
Thin Lizzy.
They "reunited" a few years ago, did a few festivals then changed their name to Black Star Riders.
Alice in Chains - Doing rather well. Although they can't match the Layne Stayley stuff, I like where they are now.
Slayer: Should have called it quits when Jeff died as Lombardo was no longer in the band as well, so it was left to Araya and King to drag the dead horse around the world.
Metallica: Not quite the same after Cliff died, but did well for a couple of albums. They've been a nostalgia band for decades.
What about that run of 70s band that had several incarnations. The Seekers. The New Seekers. The New New Seekers?
Bucks Fizz!
Faith No More
Oasis
Bananarama
Yes
Joe Cocker
Oh - Buzzcocks! Howard Devoto left after 1 single
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Guitarist and drummer disappeared
Massive Attack. Tricky gone
there really is quite a lot.
Bands with only original members would be easier..
The Beatles managed to scrape along without Sutcliffe and Best
Rolling Stones (Brian Jones)
New Order (Ian Curtis)
Marillion - still going, probably more successful now than they were with Fish, although not getting hit singles. Same with The Stranglers, been going longer now than they were with Hugh Cornwall.
Genesis - the two albums they released after Gabriel left are OK, but when Steve Hackett left they lost a unique part of their sound and might just as well be Phil Collins’ backing band.
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Siouxsie and Steve Severine were the only two members who were constant through the life of the band, Sid Vicious was a drummer for a while, Robert Smith was a guitarist, in 1979, then 1982-84, as was Marco Pirroni, Budgie joined in 1979, remained until 1996, then in 2002, and was Siouxsie’s drummer with The Creatures... (saw Budgie recently, he’s John Grant’s touring drummer, I saw Elbow at The O2, with John Grant, and I thought John’s drummer looked familiar!)
Really, it’s more difficult to find a band that kept a constant line-up over a period of years, it’s the loss of a charismatic front-person that often kills a band, but not always.
King Crimson have changed line-up practically from album to album, although from the 80’s there have been a few consistent members, like Adrian Belew and Mel Collins, Jethro Tull have had something like 40 different members over the years
The Blockheads. Still going strong today, well worth checking out if they're playing near you.
The Charlatans (twice)
Big Country
Call me ignorant but whose death did Fleetwood Mac survive? Ignore that. I didn't see left. That makes it far to easy.
Sex Pistols
Rush: Didn't do too badly after their original drummer left.
Guns n Roses: Not the same after Adler, and ultimately Stradlin, left.
Iron Maiden: Have done rather well since the departure of DiAnno and Burr (as well as a few less unknown members previously).
Killing Joke
Napalm Death. They don’t have an original member in the band plus one member who has died.
The Velvet Underground.
john Cale was ejected. And they even carried on and released an album without Lou Reed (and I think mo had left by then also...).
the. Banshees split in Aberdeen. The other record shop in fact. I was there (the guitarist/drummer wasn’t happy with siouxsie and steve signing autographs). The cure still played and they backed siouxsie an steve for a couple no’s before telling us we’d all get our money back. They did helter skelter iirc.
didnt H leave steps? 🤣
Oh, and let’s not forget the clash (they were a bit loose with drummers and Mick of course).
Too tired to think of others? Three off that list had already been mentioned and I’m pretty sure Wham didn’t continue after a member died/left.
Yep, definitely shattered, I fell asleep in front of the tv after dinner last night after being up from ~0500. So tired I missed the bands I had duplicated from earlier in the thread! 😉
As regards Wham, I was thinking of when Pepsi and Shirlie stopped being backing singers and formed their own group.
Ruts/Ruts DC
Black Sabbath , imho the RJD years were much better than with ossy.
The wonderstuff
Human League
I don't think Siouxsie and the Banshees have been mentioned yet 🙄
Bands with only original members would be easier..
Agreed. Even largely constant bands can see some churn. For example, Pearl Jam went through several drummers until they settled on Matt Cameron.
If I run through my favourite bands then most will have had lineup changes. Though I suppose in some cases you could separate out bands who were split between core or definitive members and people who were there to play all the necessary instruments, to those who were a tight knit group yet managed to continue after someone left.
Eels would not be Eels without E, Dire Straits would not have been Dire Straits without Mark Knopfler, but changes to the rest of the lineup were common. On the other hand, it was unexpected that Live would continue after they kicked out Ed Kowalczyk as their lineup had remained constant from their forming up to that point.
Echo & The Bunnymen
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The Charlatans (twice
*Cough* Four times. Baz Kettley - lead singer, left before they reased anything. John Day/Baker - lead guitarist, left after first album. Rob Collins - keys, died during making of fourth album. Jon Brookes - drums, died a few years ago.
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Primal Scream. Throb - lead guitar multiple drummers and bassists including Mani. Kevin Shields - guitar.
Too many to list. As has been said, band with original line ups would have been far, far, fewer. Alternatively bands who should have called it a day when a member left, yes I'm looking at you "Queen"!
Too many to list.
Except one the OP listed eh? 😆
why can't people check things haven't already been said?? 😥
R.E.M. they always said if a member left that they would call it a day. Well, Bill Berry left and they carried on getting shitter and shitter until they wound the band up. Should have split when Bill left.
