# 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:** 2
**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 3, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/21 "2016-07-03T01:25:03Z")
only original members. That’s not too complicated to find out for most groups. Fleetwood Mac only lost their original bass player , Bob Brunning who was before McVie. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/22 "2016-07-03T01:30:02Z")
King Crimson’s original 1969 lineup: Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Pete Sinfield. Procol Harum’s original 1967 lineup: Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, David Knights, Ray Royer, Bobby Harrison, Keith Reid. (The late B.J. Wilson and the still-kicking Robin Trower are not technically original members, although they are usually considered so.) Even counting non-performing lyricists in both cases. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/23 "2016-07-03T01:36:48Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > only original members. That’s not too complicated to find out for most groups. > > Fleetwood Mac only lost their original bass player , Bob Brunning who was before McVie. Were they actually _called_ “Fleetwood Mac”? I’ve always understood that the group’s name was derived from the surnames of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. ---
**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 3, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/24 "2016-07-03T01:41:22Z")
yes they were Fleetwood Mac before McVie. He did not join right away, Peter Green came up with the name because he knew both of them from his previous group with John Mayall. The name was meant to get McVie to join which he eventually did. ---
**Author:** ![Shearer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Shearer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shearer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/25 "2016-07-03T01:47:01Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > 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. Neither of those was well known in the sixties ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/26 "2016-07-03T01:51:28Z")
Everyone who’s ever been in the Moody Blues is alive…except for the original bassist who was in the band for 2 f’n years. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/27 "2016-07-03T01:55:40Z")
Manfred Mann: Manfred Mann himself, Paul Jones, Mike Hugg, Mike Vickers, and Dave Richmond (replaced early on by Tom McGuinness). ---
**Author:** ![Shearer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Shearer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shearer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/28 "2016-07-03T02:02:21Z")
Status Quo ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/29 "2016-07-03T02:14:14Z")
> [@Shearer](#): > > Status Quo How apt ---
**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, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/30 "2016-07-03T02:51:30Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Last time I checked, Brian Jones was still dead. Well…damn him for still being dead! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/31 "2016-07-03T02:56:05Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > The Rutles > > The Mosquitoes Sorry, the Rutles don’t count in this field. Ollie Halsell (who did the singing, and guitar playing, and was the “real” Rutle that Eric Idle fronted for in the film) died in 1992. ---
**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, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/32 "2016-07-03T05:17:48Z")
[Previous thread from 2009.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539547) Many of the examples in that thread no longer apply, but some still do. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/33 "2016-07-03T15:11:07Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > **Golden Earring** (formed in 1961): Not only are all the original members still alive, their current lineup has remained unchanged since 1970. Damn you, you beat me to it. I guess there is more than one Golden Earring fan outside Holland. ---
**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, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/34 "2016-07-03T15:26:38Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > I guess there is more than one Golden Earring fan outside Holland. Hey now, “Radar Love” and “Twilight Zone” were huge hits in the States. And the unchanged-lineup-since-1970 thing is one of my favorite bits of music trivia. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/35 "2016-07-03T15:54:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If Simon & Garfunkel count then so do Crosby, Stills, Nash and sometimes Young. It’s funny how CSN is thought of as a very 60s band when their first album didn’t come out until mid-69. Young didn’t join them until the next album which came out in 1970. But I wouldn’t count them. Dallas Taylor was the drummer and an important member of the group. On the first album Stills played just about all the instruments except drums. He was the drummer on the first two albums and gets credit on the cover of the second. Dallas Taylor died last year. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/36 "2016-07-03T15:56:29Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Last time I checked, Brian Jones was still dead. and doing private concerts for Gen Franco:D ---
**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 3, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/37 "2016-07-03T16:01:59Z")
today July 3rd is the day in 69 that Brian Jones died ---
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> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Herman’s Hermits. Nah, lead guitarist Derek Leckenby died in 1994 when he was only 51 ---
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Not sure if applicable, but… Scorpions 1965-Present. Founding members still around and kicking, although many lineups over time. > **[Scorpions (band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpions_(band))** > > Scorpions are a German rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker. Since the band's inception, its musical style has ranged from hard rock, heavy metal and glam metal to soft rock. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band's only continuous member has During the mid-1970s, with g... ---
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> [@silenus](#): > > The Kinks might count Not since June 2010, when original bassist Pete Quaife died. Note that the OP/thread title only requires that all _original_ members still be alive. Someone who replaced one of the original members could have died without disqualifying the group from this thread (and it might qualify for the “[original outlives the replacement](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=797105)” thread). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963.md?page=3)