Nail Soup Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, chris_b said: The Royal Philharmonic. Those bastards have been trading on the name for 100 years!! True - and same situation for most orchestras, brass bands, choirs etc. @Bilbo will your piece/analysis include a comparison of how in pop/rock original members is 'a thing', but not in other musical forms? (might be interesting to see the final piece) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I’m sure I’ve played with some punk bands who no longer have any of the originals, but I just can’t remember which ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevsy71 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 The Members have no original Members... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kevsy71 said: The Members have no original Members... hmmm... This is an interesting point - JC Carroll is still with the band, and played on everything they've released, but technically wasn't their first guitarist, and Chris Payne can make a very similar argument as their bass player. Are we counting this from the first day that everybody sat down together and said "let's form a band" or from the point where the band first came to prominence, or first released a recording? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 22 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: I’m sure I’ve played with some punk bands who no longer have any of the originals, but I just can’t remember which ones. Don't get me started on the "sham" Sham 69 !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, Monkey Steve said: Are we counting this from the first day that everybody sat down together and said "let's form a band" or from the point where the band first came to prominence, or first released a recording? I think we've had this discussion before on a similar thread, as far as I'm concerned it's from when the band achieved some sort of commercial success 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, chris_b said: The Royal Philharmonic. Those bastards have been trading on the name for 100 years!! they don't count, they're just a covers band 😂 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Nail Soup said: Don't get me started on the "sham" Sham 69 !! Ah yes, the “Official” Sham. I think they’ve one former member, as Pursey/Parsons/Tregunna are in the real Sham - who incidentally are still a darn good band. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 24 minutes ago, Kevsy71 said: The Members have no original Members... There’s a certain sense of irony there 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Dr Feelgood... IIRC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 2 hours ago, chris_b said: The Royal Philharmonic. Those bastards have been trading on the name for 100 years!! I prefer their early stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I think some of the bands I’ve been in fit this category.... as long as you can pull together three or four people to play then we’ll take the gig thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Gong! Although the new line-up is approoved by all PHP's... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, StickyDBRmf said: Gong! Although the new line-up is approoved by all PHP's... Ooooh, good call. I’ve seen them about a dozen times over the last thirty years and i don’t think I’ve seen the same line-up twice. The current bass player, Dave Sturt, is a member on here but I’ve not seen a post from him for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, Len_derby said: Ooooh, good call. I’ve seen them about a dozen times over the last thirty years and i don’t think I’ve seen the same line-up twice. The current bass player, Dave Sturt, is a member on here but I’ve not seen a post from him for a while. Here I go, maybe my favouritist band EVER! Such whimsy and psychedelia wrapped into a jam sandwich. And I finally found a slide that works on the Stick...a Strat whammy bar. Glissandozzzzz 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I joined Love Affair in the mid 70's. Great guys, and we had a lot of laughs, but the band had already had about 30 different members in it - I think I was actually their 10th bass player, replacing a guy called Billy Ball. Mo Bacon, the original drummer, was the band's manager, and the original singer, Steve Ellis, was doing time at Her Majestys request for GBH at the time. Nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) On 05/01/2021 at 12:43, Bilbo said: Soft Machine and Yes come to mind but I need a few more As to Soft Machine, there was also the nice little detail of a post Soft Machine band in one generation consisting of all the members of a previous Soft Machine generation. I think it was Nucleus - not sure. This tidbit at the time seemed unsupported by Wikipedia, but the guy who wrote about it seemed to know exactly what he was talking about. Not important, but I liked the thought. Edited January 6, 2021 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I think Scott Gorham is the closest to an original member of Thin Lizzy. Even then I think he joined about 3-4 albums in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Climax Blues Band. and yes, there’s an underlying feud in regard to an original member that now wants to stake claim on the name... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoon Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 10 hours ago, EBS_freak said: and yes, there’s an underlying feud in regard to an original member that now wants to stake claim on the name... Same situation with The Little River Band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Dr.Feelgood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 05/01/2021 at 16:31, PaulWarning said: they don't count, they're just a covers band 😂 To be fair this thread is all about no originals.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Pretty sure that none of this lot are original members. LPO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAS Bass Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Squire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmedunc Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 05/01/2021 at 16:34, Lozz196 said: There’s a certain sense of irony there 🤣 The Members played North Bar in Blackburn quite a few years ago. I know the promoter who was the owner at the time. Absolutely nobody turned up. That's very unusual for a band from that era playing here. He nearly didn't let them all in and he said "They were a bunch of old blokes in cardigans" 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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