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Topic: Bands who never had a line up change
Posted By: Kingcrimsonprog
Subject: Bands who never had a line up change
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 11:48am
Can anybody think of bands that have been going for at least 15 years since the release of their first album, that have never had a line-up change.

On facebook I asked and got : Protest The Hero, Lamb Of God, Muse, Rammstein, Green Day and ZZ Top


Close calls were: Queen, Rush, Tool, Slipknot who only changed one person
and Metallica, who only changed bassists


Can you think of any ?





(Bands who go the opposite way include Annihilator, Megadeth and Cradle Of Filth.)


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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 12:27pm
King�s X as far as I know?

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Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 12:31pm

Queen never changed their line-up!

 
EDIT: Sorry, I forgot Paul Rodgers!


Posted By: Kingcrimsonprog
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 12:44pm
Originally posted by Tupan Tupan wrote:

Queen never changed their line-up!

 
EDIT: Sorry, I forgot Paul Rodgers!

Yeah, plus the bassist retired.

Still. If you count actual Queen Queen, then they are change free.


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Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 12:58pm
Motorhead changed their line-up several times, but I think they are with the same members since 1992.


Posted By: Drunb
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 1:09pm
Blind Guardian have only changed a drummer once (since Bttalions of Fear), and that's after about 15  years.


Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 1:12pm
Originally posted by Kingcrimsonprog Kingcrimsonprog wrote:

Green Day

Tr� Cool has been in the band only since the second album, before that the drummer was John Kiffmeyer, aka Al Sobrante depending on the release.


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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 2:08pm
Does Cloudkicker count? :P

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Posted By: Kingcrimsonprog
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 2:28pm
Originally posted by Pekka Pekka wrote:

Originally posted by Kingcrimsonprog Kingcrimsonprog wrote:

Green Day

Tr� Cool has been in the band only since the second album, before that the drummer was John Kiffmeyer, aka Al Sobrante depending on the release.


Really ?
I thought John and Tre were the same person. I assumed he just changed his name after the whole 1039 Smothed Out Slappy Hours period to a stage name. I never even thought it was another person... which actually seems more obvious looking at it written down now, lol.


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Posted By: Xaxaar
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 8:44pm
NoMeansNo went through some guitarist changes, but the bassist and drummer have been the same for 33 years.

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Posted By: Wilytank
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 9:11pm
If this counts, Dave Lombardo from Slayer did leave for a while and was replaced by a different drummer, but he eventually came back and the lineup today is still the original lineup.

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Posted By: Drunb
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 1:24am
I don't think Slayer really counts here, as Dave Lombardo did drop out a lot.


Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 1:26am
Gamma Ray had many changes in the early days but has been stable since 1997. 

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Posted By: Drunb
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 2:04am
Burzum hasn't changed any line-ups if that counts Wink



Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 2:27am
^It countsLOL

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Posted By: Nick Dilley
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2012 at 6:10pm
Megadeth still has Dave Mustaine. :p

Oh, and I think guys like Malmsteen get a pass, too, since he never let anyone else in on his thing to begin with....

Wait, that sounded weird..



Posted By: Drunb
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 2:32pm
Originally posted by Nick Dilley Nick Dilley wrote:

Megadeth still has Dave Mustaine. :p

Well... Megadeth has had more line-up changes so I wouldn't count them in.


Posted By: Nick Dilley
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 5:30pm
LOL, I know, but he kind of IS Megadeth. Even though the group has had a ton of other great musicians, and even though the fact that he is the band is due to control issues (most likely), I thought I'd throw it out there! Anyway, you're right, they've had more lineup changes than most bands.
Smile


Posted By: Drunb
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 1:25am
Hahahahahaha true, just like Jeff Waters is Annihilator. 


Posted By: Vobiscum
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2012 at 10:36pm
"Sal Abruscato" came out in 1994, came into place "Johnny Kelly" who stayed until the death of "Peter Steele" that resulted in the break-up. (Type O Negative)




Posted By: vmoore
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2013 at 9:58am
i believe that the band Clutch counts for here

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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2013 at 1:56pm
According to Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch_%28band" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch_(band ) Mick Schauer was a member from 2005 - 2008.

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Posted By: vmoore
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2013 at 3:01pm
Originally posted by UMUR UMUR wrote:

According to Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch_%28band" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch_(band ) Mick Schauer was a member from 2005 - 2008.
just for keyboards though. it has been the same  4 guys that were there from the start. Mick Schauer was never an original member


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Posted By: Kingcrimsonprog
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 2:06pm
Yeah, I'd say Clutch counts.


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