Bands that have lost key members

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 04-05-2010, 12:51 AM

The Clash obviously.

BTown · 04-05-2010, 03:14 PM

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Agreed, which is weird because I like Travis Barker and I believe him to be more talented than Raynor...

Travis Barker is easily a much more talented drummer than reynor and is more versatile. Reynor was a lot faster/ better when it came to punk though. Barker has turned into a huge douche nowadays though.
Although I guess I owe it to Barker for being on enema of the state which was my favorite album in elementary school.

midnight rain · 04-05-2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DarwinWasAdopted

I don't think he ever played any shows without Noel/Mitch under that name? He might've without Noel, but Billy Cox was awesome anyway. Buddy Miles, on the other hand....

Whoops, I misunderstood the purpose of the thread.

gunnels · 04-05-2010, 03:35 PM

Thread over.

TheCunningStunt · 04-05-2010, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ElephantSack

No mention of Black Sabbath, eh? I'm just not a Dio guy. The only Sabbath I dig is with Ozzy on vocals.
Same story with The Misfits, AC/DC, and Lynyrd Skynyrd as far as vocalists go.

But when Faith No More picked Mike Patton, it was infinitely for the best.

Good call.

DoctorSoft · 04-05-2010, 04:45 PM

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Weezer was never half as good without Matt Sharp.
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THIS.

Bulldog · 04-05-2010, 05:11 PM

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are now without Mick Harvey, which is a shame really, as that's the end of a creative partnership that lasted about 30 years, and one that's been central to so much of Cave's output. It's not all doom and gloom as Warren Ellis is still on board, but it'll be interesting to see how Harvey's departure affects their sound from here on in. I guess the new Grinderman one'll go some way towards telling us about that whenever it comes out.

ElephantSack · 04-05-2010, 05:20 PM

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Whilst not the front man lee Roth was I'm sure we all agree Hagar was a far superiour vocalist,

Acca Dacca were not a weaker band without Bon, just different. They actully missed Phil Rudd more when he had his hiatus.

Slayer without Lombardo were not as threatening a line up.

You might be right about AC/DC, but I just prefer Bon's style because it was very distinct. When Brian Johnson tries to sing the songs they wrote with Bon, he's obviously killing himself trying to reach that range, and it's always been that way. I think Bon had him aced.

Slayer? I don't know, man. I gotta admit that Lombardo is the original and a world class drummer, but I also dig the work they did with Paul Bostaph. Divine Intervention is my second favorite Slayer album next to Reign in Blood.

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Originally Posted by DarwinWasAdopted

I don't think he ever played any shows without Noel/Mitch under that name? He might've without Noel, but Billy Cox was awesome anyway. Buddy Miles, on the other hand....

What's wrong with Buddy Miles? He wasn't as good a drummer as Mitch Mitchell in my opinion, but I think he was a better singer than Hendrix.

@gunnels

Totally spaced Queen. I forgot they embarrassed themselves by getting back together.

duga · 04-05-2010, 05:26 PM

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Whilst the change in membership would have scuppered the Melon Collie-era momentum, I do agree that Billy Corgan's hubris did them in rather than any loss of "key members"-considering the only key Pumpkin was Billy Corgan.

I would agree with this except now that Jimmy Chamberlin has left, it really is going to affect their sound. Billy may have been the driving force, but even he always admitted it was he and Jimmy that were really the core of the band. He really provided the energy for the band. This is really apparent with how low key Adore was...and how low key the new stuff is.

Although I'll wait to judge whether it has officially put the nail in the coffin for the band...the new material is still not up to par of their mid 90's output, but it is much much better than Zeitgeist turned out to be.

The Bullet · 04-06-2010, 05:03 PM

Don't get me wrong, Chinese Democracy is an amazing album, but uh... It took 15 years.

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Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are now without Mick Harvey, which is a shame really, as that's the end of a creative partnership that lasted about 30 years, and one that's been central to so much of Cave's output. It's not all doom and gloom as Warren Ellis is still on board, but it'll be interesting to see how Harvey's departure affects their sound from here on in. I guess the new Grinderman one'll go some way towards telling us about that whenever it comes out.

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