# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1565
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31284 "2014-11-17T17:06:04Z")
Bands that refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks While Led Zep has reunited as recently as 2007 (at least the 3 surviving members) I suppose they would qualify …at the moment. They broke up after the death of John Bonham, and have never recorded or toured together as Led Zeppelin. The three surviving members have performed together a mere handful of times in the past 35 years. I think that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31285 "2014-11-17T17:08:00Z")
Bands that refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) ---
**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:** [November 17, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31286 "2014-11-17T17:38:34Z")
Bands that refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) 5. ABBA Rejected a $1 billion offer to reunite. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31287 "2014-11-17T21:06:23Z")
Bands that refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) 5. ABBA 6. The original KISS ---
**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:** [November 17, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31288 "2014-11-17T21:12:23Z")
Bands that refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) 5. ABBA 6. The original KISS 7. Guns N’ Roses ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31289 "2014-11-17T21:29:38Z")
Bands that refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) 5. ABBA 6. The original KISS 7. Guns N’ Roses 8. The original King Crimson ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31290 "2014-11-18T04:40:19Z")
Bands that could but refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) 5. ABBA 6. The original KISS 7. Guns N’ Roses 8. The original King Crimson 9. Talking Heads ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31291 "2014-11-18T05:02:57Z")
Bands that could but refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) 5. ABBA 6. The original KISS 7. Guns N’ Roses 8. The original King Crimson 9. Talking Heads 10. Husker Du The three members of the band are all alive. But they reportedly mutually hate each other and haven’t spoken in over twenty-five years. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31292 "2014-11-18T12:04:32Z")
Bands that could but refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) 5. ABBA 6. The original KISS 7. Guns N’ Roses 8. The original King Crimson 9. Talking Heads 10. Husker Du 11. Creedence Clearwater Revival John Fogerty still despises Stu Cook and Cosmo Clifford, and refused to perform with them at the Rock Hall of Fame induction (John chose to have Springsteen’s band back him up). Tom Fogerty died of AIDS years ago, but John still hates him as much as when he was alive. Fogerty is a genius, but MAN, can he hold a grudge! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31293 "2014-11-18T15:41:00Z")
Bands that could but refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) 5. ABBA 6. The original KISS 7. Guns N’ Roses 8. The original King Crimson 9. Talking Heads 10. Husker Du 11. Creedence Clearwater Revival 12. Heart (the original line-up) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31294 "2014-11-18T17:39:32Z")
Bands that could but refuse to reunite at any price. 1. The Smiths 2. Led Zeppelin (well, Robert Plant has held firm ,anyway) 3. The Kinks 4. Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters) 5. ABBA 6. The original KISS 7. Guns N’ Roses 8. The original King Crimson 9. Talking Heads 10. Husker Du 11. Creedence Clearwater Revival 12. Heart (the original line-up) 13. The Smashing Pumpkins (the original band) The band still exists but Billy Corgan is the only original member still in it. He doesn’t get along with James Iha so they won’t play together. He says he now gets along okay with Jimmy Chamberlin personally but they also stopped working together. And D’arcy Wretzky has quit performing entirely. I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31295 "2014-11-18T17:43:15Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31296 "2014-11-18T17:44:23Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still have perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top Same three guys for four and a half continuous decades with no quits, no splits, no scabs. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31297 "2014-11-18T17:45:42Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31298 "2014-11-18T17:46:23Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush (2 original members since 1974 and one almost-original member who joined them shortly thereafter) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31299 "2014-11-18T17:48:31Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31300 "2014-11-18T18:02:17Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) 6. Cheap Trick Still perform with three of the four original members from 1974. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31301 "2014-11-18T18:11:28Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) 6. Cheap Trick 7. Golden Earring Same four guys have performed together since 1970. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31302 "2014-11-18T18:14:34Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) 6. Cheap Trick 7. Golden Earring 8. Los Lobos The same four guys have been in the band since they started it in 1973, while they were still in high school. A fifth member joined later and he’s still there too. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31303 "2014-11-18T18:17:05Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) 6. Cheap Trick 7. Golden Earring 8. Los Lobos 9. Alan Parsons Project (the lineup rotates, but Alan Parsons has been around since the beginning) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1564) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1566)