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Queen folded. Queen+ exists, but it's Brian and Roger plus some guy. Don't know what it is, but it isn't Queen.
Don’t know what it is, but it isn’t Queen.
If they say it's Queen and they get 1000s of people going to see them live, then it's Queen. Ain't for you to decide.
Like one of my fave bands from the past Gang of Four - they count in the original post as they lost a bass player. But they're still going with just the original guitarist and 4 new members. So there's 5 of em and only one original. They're the Gang of Four though, cos that is what they call themselves. I don't have to listen to them (I don't) but I can't tell them they're not who they say they are.
i'm disappointed no-one's mentioned the Sugababes yet
Does Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship count, they did lose Airplane and Jefferson along the way.
Sugababes!
Spice Girls!
If they say it’s Queen and they get 1000s of people going to see them live, then it’s Queen. Ain’t for you to decide.
To be fair to Kenny Dez, he's dead right that they don't bill themselves as Queen, it's always Queen +. Most notably Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert, but even prior to that they had worked as Queen + Robbie Williams, Wyclef Jean, Pavarotti, etc
I think the only times they've appeared billed simply as "Queen" without Freddie was the tribute concert, and possibly the Mandela thing.
Too many to list. As has been said, band with original line ups would have been far, far, fewer.
How about a gentlemen's agreement to take "definitive" line ups as the starting point. As many have mentioned, there are probably no (or hardly any) bands that don't have some sort of line up change in the formative period, but there are many more that have established a "definitive" lineup and then maintained that through a whole career.
Anyway, my notable "wouldn't have thought they'd have carried on without that guy but they did" is the Glitter Band.
Hawkwind must be the ultimate revolving door band!
How about a gentlemen’s agreement to take “definitive” line ups as the starting point. As many have mentioned, there are probably no (or hardly any) bands that don’t have some sort of line up change in the formative period, but there are many more that have established a “definitive” lineup and then maintained that through a whole career.
In that case I'll go with Blondie, Jesus & Mary Chain (even if there is some debate as to whether they were ever a true band after the first album), Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand.
INXS - post Michael Hutchence they've bombed
This year there are 2 versions of Yes touring -
The Steve Howe Yes tribute band that had Chris Squire in, and Alan White, then there's Anderson Wakeman Rabin touring too.
Ooo… lots of my favourite bands mentioned already…
I'll add:
Kraftwerk
OMD
Art Of Noise
(Small) Faces
The Cure
The The
Chemical Brothers (discuss…)
UB40 (& UB40)
Bronski Beat
A Certain Ratio
Primal Scream (edit - sorry @jamj1974, I missed your post)
King Crimson
Happy Mondays
Sugerbabes (edit - I missed that @JoB mentioned these greats already)
Roxy Music
Crystal Fighters
Elbow
The Orb
Squeeze
Underworld
REM
Beach Boys
Sisters of Mercy
How do I stop the editor adding in all those line breaks? Never mind…
but even prior to that they had worked as Queen +
Weird, obviously not interested enough to notice the "+" but surely it should be "Queen - " but hey, there you go.
[i]Underworld[/i]
Ah yeah, missed him too really. I saw the dubnobass anniversary gig and there was actually only one of Underworld in it! (Rick Smith was ill, apparently) It was shite too. Very disappointed.
Black Sabbath , imho the RJD years were much better than with ossy.
I am glad it is only your opinion as it is clearly incorrect. Sabbath without Ozzy were not even recognisable as Sabbath (only Heaven & Hell came close). Mob Rules was awful and I didn't even bother after that. Less said the better about other vocalists that tried and failed. But I have nothing against RJD - I still regularly play his 'Dio' era stuff.
The pretenders.
I don’t have to listen to them (I don’t) but I can’t tell them they’re not who they say they are.
I’ve heard some of what the latest incarnation of Go4 are producing, and it sounds sufficiently like old Go4 material for me to be interested.
The Clash.
I hate to say it, as they are one of my all time fave bands, but they went a bit shite after Mick Jones left!
Deftones.
Queensryche
The incredible revolving door that is the Wildhearts- it's not so much that they're a 4-piece that's had 18 members and has split at least 7 times, it's more that they keep coming back for another go. Danny's left twice and been fired once by my reckoning, Rich and Stidi have kept the drum stool warm for each other, and there were spells where neither Jef or CJ was sure which of them was currently on lead guitar. They've changed lineup at least 50 times, more than once mid-tour.
But the really odd thing is, absolutely none of them are dead, despite doing all the drugs and drinking all the drink. One of Danny's legs dropped off, and Scott's in a bad way (though not lifestyle related), and Ginger's become a manic depressive but they're getting to the point that they're actually raising the average age of people from Newcastle. It defies actuarial science.
Whitesnake? More changes than you can shake a stick at.
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I am glad it is only your opinion as it is clearly incorrect. Sabbath without Ozzy were not even recognisable as Sabbath (only Heaven & Hell came close). Mob Rules was awful and I didn’t even bother after that. Less said the better about other vocalists that tried and failed. But I have nothing against RJD – I still regularly play his ‘Dio’ era stuff.
Agreed; Black Sabbath without Ozzy wasn't Sabbath.
I'll add;
Machine Head (Robb Flynn is the only original member of the band left)
Trivium
Soil
KoRn
Boysetsfire
Rancid
Vision of Disorder