Employee, it seems. Keith Moon was not the original drummer for The Who.
Roland Kirk was a jazz saxophonist, whose “Serenade for a Cuckoo” was on JT’s album, “This Was.” I doubt he was ever a member of the band.
Robert is the cuter of the two. Now wasn’t that simple?
Pearl Jam’s original drummer, Dave Krusen, left the band after they recorded their debut album Ten but before it was released. It’s my understanding that he did leave voluntarily rather than being booted; he had a serious drinking problem and went into rehab. While he missed out on the band’s rise to fame, I assume he still made a fair amount of money off of Ten. The album eventually sold over 10 million copies in the US alone, and IIRC the music for all of the songs on Ten was credited to all of the band members.
Sublime got rid of their lead singer before they hit it big… Oh wait.
I am pretty sure that Pete’s replacement by Ringo had more to do with their respective musical abilities than with their “chemistry” with the rest of the band. Ringo got in because he was the best “beat group” drummer in Liverpool at that time, and he left Rory Storm and joined The Beatles because they were the only beat group in Liverpool with a shot (at that time) at getting a recording contract.
Well, Daevid Allen was an original member of Soft Machine… he didn’t get kicked out of the group, but he did get kicked out of the country… more specifically, when the group went to France after recording its first single, Allen (an Australian) was denied re-entry into England. He stayed in France, forming Gong.
For You was making ze leetle joke.
On the DVD for the 2112/Moving Pictures episode of Classic Albums they mention the version Infovore cites.
The Beatles and the Hurricanes were both working in Hamburg at the same time. So the members of both groups got to hang out and get to know each other.
I believe they’re indeed up to frigid non-outright-aggression now, so, progress !
Bear in mind I haven’t paid attention to what Metallica was up to since they committed St. Anger, so I may not be up to speed.
The original lead singer of No Doubt was John Spence, however he was not kicked out, he committed suicide before the band even recorded an album and Gwen took over lead vocals. Eric Stefani left the band around the time of Tragic Kingdom and became an animator for the Simpsons. For anyone who’s interested, Eric Stefani does the vocals on No Doubt’s song “Paulina” on their album The Beacon Street Collection.
Randy X. Hogan was the original lead singer of Cheap Trick but only briefly. Not sure why he left in such short order. He was replaced by Robin Zander who stuck with the band for the long haul.
I think Guns N Roses had different members of thier original lineup.
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I remember reading something years ago that Stewart remained a full member of the band, only not in the Stones’ public persona. He received a full share of the band’s royalties, he played piano for them in the studio and on stage, and was their full-time road manager.
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Wow. I’ve never heard this before. Thank you. I tip my hat in your direction.
Roy Wood, along with Jeff Lynne, were the founders of ELO, but they didn’t hit it big until after Wood left and Lynne became sole leader of the ship. But I don’t know if he was “booted” or left out of creative differences or whatever.
As a counterpoint, one might mention the strange, transvestite-looking guy who was like a founding member of Roxy Music. As far as I can tell, Roxy Music never really “hit it big”, but that strange transvestite-looking guy became more than slightly massive, on his own and with other bands.
They only ever had middling success in the USA, but they were huge right from the beginning back home in the UK, with every album reaching the Top 10 and several of them going to #1.
Came in to say that.