# Active bands with no founding members left **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106 "2017-06-29T01:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mrdeals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106/1 "2017-06-29T01:57:23Z")
I always think it’s weird when a project/band is started, and the founding members drop out, but what they created keeps living on and evolving without their input. What active bands do you know of that have no original members left? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106/2 "2017-06-29T02:07:21Z")
GWAR just lost their last and best original member Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) in 2014. I’m still very sad about it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106/3 "2017-06-29T02:09:18Z")
Here’s [a 2YO thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758853) that touches on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106/4 "2017-06-29T04:11:44Z")
_Badfinger_ I think that Prick-a-lick Joey Molland is still out there using the name. He wasn’t strictly “original” but was part of the most well-know line-up, so only slightly egregious. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106/5 "2017-06-29T04:17:02Z")
Here’s a story about this very topic. > **[Bands With No Original Members](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bands-no-original-members/)** > > As we see in this list of bands with no original members, not everybody can be U2. And another. > **[10 Greatest Bands With No Original Members](https://loudwire.com/10-greatest-bands-with-no-original-members/)** > > To some, a band continuing on with no original members is the ultimate sin, but these 10 acts have made it work. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106/6 "2017-06-29T04:22:09Z")
The definitive answer is **Renaissance,** who had no original members remaining by their third album in 1971. Even with that lineup, only Annie Haslam remains – all other current members joined in 2001 or later. **The Little River Band** hasn’t had any original members since 1998, and the only “classic” member remaining is Wayne Nelson (bassist and lead singer on “The Night Owls”). Again, all other current members are from the 21st century. **Yes** lost its final original member when Chris Squire died in 2015. At least Steve Howe & Alan White still date back to the early days. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106/7 "2017-06-29T04:38:24Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Here’s [a 2YO thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758853) that touches on the subject. I thought you were going to be linking to [**this** 2YO thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=759421). ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106/8 "2017-06-29T06:25:21Z")
Or to put it another way, what Theseun bands are there? ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-bands-with-no-founding-members-left/790106/9 "2017-06-29T06:44:57Z")
Since Edgar Froese’s death in early 2015, Tangerine Dream.