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Bands that effectively died when a band member passed away......

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  • The Plastic Ono Band
  • Slayer
    Lush
  • Grateful Dead when Jerry Garcia passed.
  • Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance (such a great loss Ronnie Lane - his solo stuff after the Faces was brilliant). And Captain Beefheart of course!
  • Stevie wonder
  • The Who - never the same after Mad Moon passed away</

    Oh come on.....are you serious?
    They can still, to this day, fill any main stadium in the world as the headline band.....so how have they faded away?
    With all respect to Moonie, they are probably bigger today than when he tragically kicked the bucket.

  • stonemuse said:

    Ian Dury - Blockheads

    Yup, they only managed 51 gigs last year and released one of their best ever albums the year before with a new one out soon.
  • Skrewdriver
  • Gang Starr
  • McBobbin said:

    Has anyone said The Bee Gees yet?

    Me. But say it again to amplify exactly how great my answer was.

    The Carpenters
    Bee Gees

    ads said:

    Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys
    Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers
    Chris Bell from Big Star
    Some of the BeeGees

    McBobbin said:

    The bee gees

    McBobbin said:

    Has anyone said The Bee Gees yet?

    Me. But say it again to amplify exactly how great my answer was.
    #Amplified
    Tragedy
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  • stonemuse said:

    Ian Dury - Blockheads

    Yup, they only managed 51 gigs last year and released one of their best ever albums the year before with a new one out soon.
    Agreed, great album, but for me they are a different band without Dury.
  • edited April 2017
    doronron said:

    From the ashes of Nirvana came an even better band in the Foo Fighters

    Should get a flag for that nonsense.

    Pantera

    Dimebag was murdered because of the split.
  • Quo - now Parfitt has shuffled off!
  • Gong not Gong without Daevid Allen
  • Blaggers ITA
  • scidbox said:

    Blaggers ITA


    What happened there? On Your Toes is a favourite album of mine.
  • Skrewdriver

    Did you ever see them, I did
  • Morecambe and Wise
  • Skrewdriver

    Did you ever see them, I did
    I did too.
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  • Anyone who thinks The Who effectively died along with Moon and Entwistle obviously didn't see any of their shows at the Royal Albert Hall or on the recent mini-tour of the UK. They were on fire.
  • Nadou said:

    Anyone who thinks The Who effectively died along with Moon and Entwistle obviously didn't see any of their shows at the Royal Albert Hall or on the recent mini-tour of the UK. They were on fire.

    Or at the Shepperds Bush Empire, although Entwistle was still going at the time
  • Skrewdriver

    Did you ever see them, I did
    No mate
  • Nadou said:

    Anyone who thinks The Who effectively died along with Moon and Entwistle obviously didn't see any of their shows at the Royal Albert Hall or on the recent mini-tour of the UK. They were on fire.

    They were fantastic at the RAH. They changed after Moon died but as I said earlier up the thread, Entwistle's death changed their sound more.
  • Nadou said:

    Anyone who thinks The Who effectively died along with Moon and Entwistle obviously didn't see any of their shows at the Royal Albert Hall or on the recent mini-tour of the UK. They were on fire.

    They were fantastic at the RAH. They changed after Moon died but as I said earlier up the thread, Entwistle's death changed their sound more.
    All their best music was recorded when Moon was alive. Creatively they have been dead since he died even if still a great live band
  • edited April 2017
    McBobbin said:

    Nadou said:

    Anyone who thinks The Who effectively died along with Moon and Entwistle obviously didn't see any of their shows at the Royal Albert Hall or on the recent mini-tour of the UK. They were on fire.

    They were fantastic at the RAH. They changed after Moon died but as I said earlier up the thread, Entwistle's death changed their sound more.
    All their best music was recorded when Moon was alive. Creatively they have been dead since he died even if still a great live band
    They only recorded two albums after Moon died and whilst there were a few gems in them, were miles away from their best releases. This was partly due to the era (early 80's) and the writing style of the tracks rather than Moon not being there though.

    Edit. They did release Wire & Glass in 06 but was really like a Townsend solo album with Daltrey singing the songs. Still some decent tracks though
  • McBobbin said:

    Nadou said:

    Anyone who thinks The Who effectively died along with Moon and Entwistle obviously didn't see any of their shows at the Royal Albert Hall or on the recent mini-tour of the UK. They were on fire.

    They were fantastic at the RAH. They changed after Moon died but as I said earlier up the thread, Entwistle's death changed their sound more.
    All their best music was recorded when Moon was alive. Creatively they have been dead since he died even if still a great live band
    They only recorded two albums after Moon died and whilst there were a few gems in them, were miles away from their best releases. This was partly due to the era (early 80's) and the writing style of the tracks rather than Moon not being there though.

    Edit. They did release Wire & Glass in 06 but was really like a Townsend solo album with Daltrey singing the songs. Still some decent tracks though
    I think it's the fact that they were older. I'm pretty sure that most musicians are at their creative peak in their 20s. Ok there's the odd exception like Scott Walker who make more interesting music as they get older, but the albums get further and further apart
  • I saw Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros support The Who, including Entwistle. A gig remembered now with bittersweet fondness.
  • hawksmoor said:

    I saw Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros support The Who, including Entwistle. A gig remembered now with bittersweet fondness.

    If it was at Wembley arena. I was there too.
  • It was at the old Docklands Arena, mate, immediately before the Wembley date you went to, which my brother also went to. We'd beaten Chelsea at home on the Saturday and this gig was, what, on the Tuesday, and I remember thinking, what a week...
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