when one person IS the band

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

i was thinking about how one person can actually be tjhe personification of a whole band, and if that one person left, the band just wouldn't be the same.

some are easy;

no jim morrison = no doors
no steve perry = no journey

some are hard:

no jon anderson >>>>>yes
no paul rodgers>>>>>>bad company

some are iffy:

no brian wilson???????beach boys

have fun and be nice

Greg Carrier · 25 Nov 2006

Chrissie Hynde=The Pretenders

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

Ian Anderson --> Jethro Tull

Michael Hovey · **Joined:** 07 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1040

In my opinion Train just wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for Pat Monahan's wonderful lyrics and vocals, the Dave Matthews Band definitely wouldn't be the same if it didn't have Dave in it, and frankly I can't imagine anyone else singing Isaac Brock's manic lyrics for Modest Mouse.

GoogaMooga · 02 Aug 2006

Eric Burdon - The Animals
Grace Slick - Jefferson Starship
Greg Allman - Allman Brothers Band
Johnny Van Zandt - Lynyrd Skynyrd

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

Steve Wilson > Porcupine Tree.

Steve · 21 Oct 2004

Can't imagine Pearl Jam without Eddie Vedder, REM without Michael Stipe or Guns n Roses without Axl Rose.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

GoogaMooga wrote:

Eric Burdon - The Animals
Grace Slick - Jefferson Starship
Greg Allman - Allman Brothers Band
Johnny Van Zandt - Lynyrd Skynyrd

goog,

both the starship and skynyrd went on without those you name and continue to this day.

i think the animals did cease to exist when burdon joined war.

i too, thought of gregg allman, he is the voice of the band now, but dickie betts sang quite a few lead vocals back in the day.

ren

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

So did Journey... this is supposed to be a subjective rather than objective thread, no?

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

Brian Johnson - AC/DC
Conor Oberst - Bright Eyes
Neil Finn - Crowded House
Butch Vig - Garbage
Jaz Coleman - Killing Joke
Vernon Reid - Living Colour
James Hetfield - Metallica
Gwen Stefani - No Doubt
Chuck D - Public Enemy
Thom Yorke - Radiohead
Andrew Eldritch - The Sisters of Mercy
Bono - U2
Jeff Tweedy - Wilco

Charles · 19 Dec 2007

Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead

Some of the surviving members have carried on in different variations, but Jerry's death ended the band/retired the band name....(where Pigpen, Keith Godchaux and brent Mydland didn't)

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Tricky Kid wrote:

So did Journey... this is supposed to be a subjective rather than objective thread, no?

but steve perry was journey, and i'm being objective

(i just cannot condone neal schon as being the leader of that band)

Charles · 19 Dec 2007

Debbie Harry - Blondie
David Byrne - Talking Heads

Steve · 21 Oct 2004

Can you imagine Nine Inch Nails continuing without Trent Reznor? I can't.

Robert Meagher · 30 Sep 2006

Zappa without Zappa = ?
The Mothers without Zappa = the Grandmothers?

Little Feat w/o Lowell Geroge = what we are stuck with now
George Thorogood & the Destroyers w/o George leaves one with a nice rythmn section not much else.

Canned Heat w/o Alan Wilson or Bob Hite or Henry Vestinte is a drummer with a fill-in band

Turtles w/o Flo & Eddie leaves you not too much.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - without Alex - is all we have left

The Kink w/o Ray Davies?

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

Steve wrote:

Can you imagine Nine Inch Nails continuing without Trent Reznor? I can't.

Well, you picked a band that isn't a band there, Steve.

There is no "Nine Inch Nails". Trent Reznor writes, plays, produces, and sings all of the material. He may use other musicians now in studio (and always has on tour, obviously), but NIN is one guy.

AMW · **Joined:** 26 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 4543

Billy Corgan--Smashing Pumpkins

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

Carlos Santana-->Santana

Hank · 01 Dec 2004

Karl Wallinger is World Party
Matt Johnson is The The
Mick Jones is Big Audio Dynamite
John Lydon is Public Image Limited
Ed Kowalczyk is Live
Wayne Coyne is Flaming Lips
Grant Lee Phillips is Grant Lee Buffalo
Phil Oakey is the Human League
Arthur Lee is Love
Roy Wood is the Move
Prince Be is PM Dawn
Pat Dinizio is the Smithereens
Marc Bolan is T. Rex

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Renny wrote:

i was thinking about how one person can actually be tjhe personification of a whole band, and if that one person left, the band just wouldn't be the same.

some are easy;

no jim morrison = no doors
no steve perry = no journey

some are hard:

no jon anderson >>>>>yes
no paul rodgers>>>>>>bad company

some are iffy:

no brian wilson???????beach boys

have fun and be nice

Um, seriously I guess I'm an idiot for liking Journey BEFORE and AFTER Steve Perry? I think there's a huge amount of people who disagree with this being listed as fact. Neil Schon and Greg Rollie were the founders of the band-how in the world can you have a hard time with Schon leading the band? Without him there is no band! And I love those first three Fusion/Hard Rock albums.
Also, I highly disagree with the Jon Anderson thing-Drama is one of the best Yes albums ever without him. And as far as Bad Co. goes, they had Gold and Platinum albums without Rodgers and I liked those albums-wasn't the same-wasn't supposed to be. I liked both singers that came after him although I'm glad he's back.
I understand this is for fun, believe me, and I'm not mad just baffled-but that No Perry No Journey thing does not work for me. The way you list it as easy makes me feel like "Gee? I guess I'm, wrong for liking the band still. I've been duped!".

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:56 pm

Syd Barrett was The Pink Floyd.

Charles · 19 Dec 2007

Linda wrote:

Syd Barrett was The Pink Floyd.

+1

when one person IS the band

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