Thelonious Monkey

He's just being sarcastic, guys.

Chula Vista

Amen.

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Frownland

Actually when I say that they're about the same level of musical genius that's an insanely huge compliment to Zeppelin. I understand them plenty. I think you just miss the appeal of Patton.

If you want to go deeper with it, they're very similar in that their fanboys give them too much credit. Imo, Bonham is the real genius of Zeppelin and Dunn (or Spruance) is (are) the real genius(es) of Bungle, but they both get passed over for Page and Patton in the long run.

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Mondo Bungle

John Paul Jones is Zeppelin

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OccultHawk

You can make a very real case he's the most important member.

OccultHawk

No, I'm not.

OccultHawk

I'll tell you what whenever I hear When the Levee Breaks it's hard to imagine anything more powerful than that drum beat.

Now if someone wants to say Plant I'll tell you that's true, too. There's certainly no weak link.

OccultHawk

Why deny greatness?

Chula Vista

Certain bands are so much greater than the sum of their parts. The Beatles and Led Zeppelin being the two that I'm most attuned to because of my age.

There is absolutely no way either band would have put out the undeniably unparalleled and unique body of work if not for the individual contributions of each incredibly talented member and the synergy they created when they got into a room together.

The Beatles without George Harrison?
Led Zeppelin without John Paul Jones?

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

OccultHawk

The Who is another obvious example. So is Yes. Sabbath.

But your examples never carried on with fake members.