# 60s groups where all original members are still alive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963 "2016-07-02T23:17:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/1 "2016-07-02T23:17:32Z")
I can only find 2 right now but there could be more: Genesis and Black Sabbath I should add that I mean groups that were well known in the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/2 "2016-07-02T23:21:13Z")
[The Seekers.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seekers) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/3 "2016-07-02T23:28:41Z")
Do we get to count Simon & Garfunkel? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/4 "2016-07-02T23:30:50Z")
yes I would count S&G ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/5 "2016-07-02T23:43:27Z")
Herman’s Hermits. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/6 "2016-07-02T23:57:40Z")
OK, this one might be skirting the line. Jack and Jorma, Hot Tuna, are still playing together today. And yeah, they go way back- they’ve been playing together since the 50’s. Ahh, just not as Hot Tuna all that time. In the 60’s when they were playing together they were part of Jefferson Airplane. I have tickets to see them as Acoustic Hot Tuna this august. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/7 "2016-07-03T00:10:51Z")
Weren’t Paul Kantner and Joey Covington in the first lineup of Hot Tuna, as such? ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/8 "2016-07-03T00:12:39Z")
Chad and Jeremy? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/9 "2016-07-03T00:15:37Z")
If Simon & Garfunkel count then so do Crosby, Stills, Nash and sometimes Young. ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/10 "2016-07-03T00:17:56Z")
**Strawberry Alarm Clock** (as far as I know) All of the original members of **The Amboy Dukes** may be still alive. I didn’t find any status of the original members. \*\* Tommy James\*\* is still alive. What about the original gang of **Shondells**? The singer **?** is still alive. How about the rest of **The Mysterians**? ---
**Author:** ![Kasper1014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@Kasper1014](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kasper1014)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/11 "2016-07-03T00:18:16Z")
The Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/12 "2016-07-03T00:18:51Z")
With the exception of the drummer, I believe The Thamesmen are still around. lol actually Mr. Begley Jr. _is_ still around. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/13 "2016-07-03T00:19:15Z")
> [@Kasper1014](#): > > The Rolling Stones Last time I checked, Brian Jones was still dead. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/14 "2016-07-03T00:19:43Z")
> [@Kasper1014](#): > > The Rolling Stones Brian Jones died in 1969 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/15 "2016-07-03T00:22:23Z")
Lots of groups have only lost **one** member. It’s the “everybody still kicking” group that’s the bitch. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/16 "2016-07-03T00:29:10Z")
The Kinks might count, since John Dalton joined them in 1969. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/17 "2016-07-03T00:40:18Z")
The Rutles The Mosquitoes ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/18 "2016-07-03T01:07:23Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I can only find 2 right now but there could be more: Genesis and Black Sabbath Nitpick: Black Sabbath released their first album in 1970. Are we counting only original members, or everyone who’s been in the band? Because John Mayhew, the drummer on Genesis’ _Trespass_, died in 2009. (Their first drummer, Chris Stewart, is still living.) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/19 "2016-07-03T01:13:13Z")
**Golden Earring** (formed in 1961): Not only are all the original members still alive, their current lineup has remained unchanged since 1970. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/20 "2016-07-03T01:19:01Z")
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