# Bands that are the same as other bands, except for one person **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753 "2015-04-03T22:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/21 "2015-04-04T11:00:06Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Badfinger was the Beatles minus John Lennon. This is [not](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badfinger) accurate. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/22 "2015-04-04T11:15:12Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > This is [not](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badfinger) accurate. Yeah, I noted that, but wasn’t going to pursue. There are a few posts that aren’t quite right (heck look at mine regarding New Order)… ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/23 "2015-04-04T15:23:12Z")
I don’t think this one has been mentioned, perhaps due the general good taste of this place: Alter Bridge is Creed with a different singer. And of course, that guy is now Slash’s singer. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/24 "2015-04-04T16:17:25Z")
Kevin O’donnell’s Quality Six is the exact same lineup as Andrew Bird’s Ball of Fire. Except for writing credits I think. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/25 "2015-04-04T16:24:21Z")
> [@nastynaven](#): > > geto boys was nwa without eazy e or dr dre. Please cite. Any info I can find suggests no connection (save genre) whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/26 "2015-04-04T17:15:04Z")
Emerson, Lake & Powell and Emerson, Lake & Palmer replacing Palmer for Powell 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/27 "2015-04-04T17:22:42Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > **Tom Tom Club** was basically **Talking Heads** without David Byrne. [The Heads](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Talking,_Just_Head) were a closer match to Talking Heads. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/28 "2015-04-04T17:27:06Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Emerson, Lake & Powell and Emerson, Lake & Palmer replacing Palmer for Powell 🙂 The short-lived ELPowell was followed by the even shorter-lived **3** , which was Emerson, Lake & Palmer with Robert Berry replacing Greg Lake. On a similar tip: Refugee was the Nice with Patrick Moraz replacing Keith Emerson. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/29 "2015-04-04T17:29:23Z")
Mallard was Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band without Captain Beefheart. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/30 "2015-04-04T22:56:47Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Yeah, I noted that, but wasn’t going to pursue. There are a few posts that aren’t quite right (heck look at mine regarding New Order)… Perhaps I misunderstood the OP. I thought we were looking for the indescribable quality that one person brought to an act that all the soundalike or spinoff groups simply couldn’t recapture. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/31 "2015-04-04T23:35:44Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > [The Heads](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Talking,_Just_Head) were a closer match to Talking Heads. I stand corrected! I could have sworn Jerry Harrison was in Tom Tom Club. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/32 "2015-04-04T23:42:22Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Perhaps I misunderstood the OP. I thought we were looking for the indescribable quality that one person brought to an act that all the soundalike or spinoff groups simply couldn’t recapture. Nope, I was just looking for bands that had an identical lineup to another band except for one band member. However, what I wasn’t very clear about was that I was looking for bands with different names. While technically correct, CSN/CSNY and ELP/ELP aren’t exactly the kinds of examples I was looking for. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/33 "2015-04-04T23:52:10Z")
[The Other Ones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Ones) is basically the Grateful Dead without Jerry Garcia. They later changed their name to “The Dead.” ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/34 "2015-04-05T00:19:41Z")
The Beatles are a couple of Quarrymen lineups without Ken Brown / Stuart Sutcliffe plus Ringo ABWH is Yes minus Chris Squire + Tony Levin ---
**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:** [April 5, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/35 "2015-04-05T01:06:27Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Badfinger was the Beatles minus John Lennon. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/36 "2015-04-05T01:57:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [The Other Ones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Ones) is basically the Grateful Dead without Jerry Garcia. They later changed their name to “The Dead.” No post-Garcia lineup has missed ‘replacing’ Garcia with fewer than two other people. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/37 "2015-04-05T02:52:18Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > No post-Garcia lineup has missed ‘replacing’ Garcia with fewer than two other people. One too many negatives in that sentence, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/38 "2015-04-05T19:22:12Z")
No one ‘replaced’ Jerry. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/39 "2015-04-05T19:28:51Z")
The Mitchell Trio was the Chad Mitchell Trio with John Denver instead of Chad Mitchell. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753/40 "2015-04-05T20:44:25Z")
It’s a bit complicated, but for practical purposes, the Foo Fighters are Nirvana without Kurt Cobain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-the-same-as-other-bands-except-for-one-person/716753.md?page=3)