# Bands/Groups with no original members **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622 "2018-01-28T00:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/1 "2018-01-28T00:47:12Z")
Are there any current bands/groups where there isn’t a single original member? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/2 "2018-01-28T01:02:37Z")
GWAR Sepultura Opeth Misfits Napalm Death I Declare War Loads of examples of this in metal; that’s just off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Mrdeals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/3 "2018-01-28T01:05:16Z")
Geto Boyz ---
**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:** [January 28, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/4 "2018-01-28T01:19:23Z")
Previous threads [here,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=759421) [here,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=781515) and [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829844) **Napalm Death** is interesting as their debut album, _Scum,_ had two completely different lineups on each side of the record. (No members from either side remain in the band.) The membership of **Renaissance** had completely changed by the time of their third album. (Called _Prologue,_ many people think it’s actually their debut record.) For a short time, the band **Yes** was out of original members once Chris Squire died; but recently, Jon Anderson (who was touring under the name “Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman”) decided he was going to use the “Yes” name after all. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/5 "2018-01-28T01:37:37Z")
Just a guess, but probably bands such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/6 "2018-01-28T01:40:01Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Just a guess, but probably bands such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra? And the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. ---
**Author:** ![Lorne\_Armstrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/7 "2018-01-28T06:17:36Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/8 "2018-01-28T17:11:11Z")
I wanted to say that all the members of [Marillion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marillion) changed between their creation and their second album, but as it turns out guitarist Steve Rothery was an original member (and is in fact still in the band). But still, they had high turnover in their first years. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/9 "2018-01-28T17:28:11Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Misfits Glenn and Jerry are current members. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/10 "2018-01-28T17:57:32Z")
Soft Machine. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/11 "2018-01-28T19:51:34Z")
Thin Lizzy still tours but doesn’t put out new music. I don’t believe anyone is original, though I do believe some of them played in the 70s/80s. I wouldn’t see them since to me Thin Lizzy is Phil. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-groups-with-no-original-members/807622/12 "2018-01-28T23:12:53Z")
Well, The Fall, obviously, after this week’s news.