The Who
Stones
VH

INfreakinXS and TLgaddamC.

thecableguy said:

Styx without Dennis Deyoung = cover band
Journey without Steve Perry = cover band

Anxiety said:

Damn Right!

Mazerati said:

INXS and Journey definitely.

I've always felt that once the lead singer was gone, it was never the same again.

Nick715 said:

The journey replacement sounds like sloppy seconds.

without question...the commodores...the temptations...heatwave (whoever these new guys are, they are horrible )...harold melvin's blue notes (shit,he ain't even alive anymore)

Queen

it's pathetic. not just the new singer and the performances

but also the constant rehashed repacked redone material. it

got old about 1 year after Mercury died. Letitgo already

IstenSzek said:

Agreed. Mercury embodied the spirit of Queen and when he died Queen died with it. However, during the concert after his death, I would say that George Micheal did sing some of Queens songs with diginity.

Hmm....Pink Floyd? What about Genesis post-Gabriel?

CandaceS said:

Genesis post Gabriel is the exception b/c they were successful. However, Genesis post-Collins definitely fits this threads.

IstenSzek said:

Even as a massive Queen fan I agree I would SOOOOO love to see some of the tour but I truly think Freddie would have been livid about it and so on principle I won't...it's just not Queen without Freddie

Natisse said:

Thin Lizzy - Yup, still going and touring, with no Phil Lynott!


The Doors - Well....what can you say about Ian Astbury taking Jim Morrisson's place...?!


Guns N Roses also ceased to exist the second Slash left the band...but, um, I would say that wouldn't I?

Slash said:

As much as I love Jim's vocal style, I must say that Ian did do a hell of a job with his interpretation of the songs. Ususally, the lead replacement fucks up terriblely. But with Ian, I was pleasantly suprised. He did the classics justice. Of course, I have been a long time fan of his since the Cult and of course he is on the same spiritual path as Jim.
[Edited 6/8/05 2:24am]

Hotlegs said:

I always figured the Astbury stole all that "I used to be an Indian in a past life" spiritual stuff off Morrisson in the first place but who am I to judge?

One thing is for sure - The Doors are the band that he always wanted to be in and now his dream came true, so fair play to him for that.

IstenSzek said:

AMEN!

Natisse said:

freddie was queen
there will only be 2 of the original members on that tour i wont go either

Raine said:

I totally agree that it won't be Queen....but...

I am torn on this issue. I mean, sure it won't be anything like classic Queen...but these are songs that Roger and Brian had a major hand in writing, why shouldn't they play them?

Maybe they should've just written a whole bunch of new songs with Paul Rodgers and started from scratch as a 'new' band?


I dunno. I agree that these reformations can tarnish a legend, but at the end of the day the old records are still available, the DVDs of the old shows are still around - Freddy is as alive now as he ever was for the majority of fans.

Slash said:

for me its the fact that their touring as queen not that there playing the songs

page and plant dont call themselves led zeppelin when they work together

Raine said:

Oh yeah, that was what I was getting at really: Drop the name "Queen". After all, with the connotations of the name, it was Freddy who was the embodiment of the whole "Queen" thing.


With Page and Plant you hit the nail on the head; They realise it will never be Led Zep without the 4 original members, but they still play the songs, respectfully and with some interesting new approaches. If they tried to do them the same, they would sound like poor copies, but to take them somewhere new is taking risks but it is admirable.

Here's one:



Metallica should've quit when James Hetfield left (to be replaced by that look-alike imposter with the weak vocals and hippy speak "Metallica loves you!" "We are Metallica! YOU are Metallica!" Twat. )

I don't think any musician should call it quits if they still love making music, but in the spirit of the thread...

Lynrd Skynrd
AC/DC, though I love Back in Black
Van Halen obviously
Genesis
Kiss--post Peter Kriss/makeup
Menudo--after the first of them turned 16
Funkadelic--anyone see that album with the disclaimer "George Clinton had nothing to do with this album?"

and of course:
The Beatles--post Pete Best was just plain worthless!

andyman91 said:



Anyway, definitely The Who.
Limp Bizkit (after Wes Borland left the band, but most likely should have packed it in earlier)
Bad Company (during the 1980's, but the original members came back together in the late 1990's)
Fleetwood Mac (can't overlook Christine McVie's contribution to the band)

At least on a better front, Reverend Run and Daryl McDaniels said that Run DMC will never record or tour again as a unit out of tribute to Jam Master Jay. They said that there would be no Run DMC without Jam Master Jay, even though some people think they could go on with another DJ or backing tracks.

Another smart move was made by the remaining members of Rage Against The Machine when they got Chris Cornell of Soundgarden to replace Zach de la Rocha. Rather then claiming that this was the new incarnation of RATM, they renamed themselves as Audioslave.

728huey said:

Definitely. Though you could also go back to the 90's when they toured without Lindsay Buckingham & Stevie Nicks

andyman91 said:

Now, that was sad.

Ditto Fleetwood Mac..

and Bananarama

728huey said:

yeah, like right around the time they got together and came up with the name Limp Bizkit.


[Edited 6/8/05 18:56pm]

meltwithu said:

I'm sorry..but the Tempts, Commodores & The Bluenotes still sound good...I've heard all of them live & they can SANG.