# Bands that formed in the 60s or later whose founding members are all deceased **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-formed-in-the-60s-or-later-whose-founding-members-are-all-deceased/694036 "2014-07-25T17:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-formed-in-the-60s-or-later-whose-founding-members-are-all-deceased/694036/1 "2014-07-25T17:13:16Z")
Some time ago, I started a thread about [Bands that formed in the 60’s or earlier whose founding members are all still alive](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539547). This is the converse of that. With the recent passing of [Tommy Ramone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Ramone), all the founding members of The Ramones are now deceased. What other bands have seen all their founding members run down the curtain and join the choir invisible? To keep this from being a laundry list of bands from the 30s and 40s, I’m limiting responses to bands that were formed in the 60s or later. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-formed-in-the-60s-or-later-whose-founding-members-are-all-deceased/694036/2 "2014-07-25T17:23:53Z")
I hadn’t heard about Tommy. He was kind of their drummer by default, but that’s still a sad passage. I can’t think of any other bands where all the founding members are dead (founded in the 60’s or later). ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-formed-in-the-60s-or-later-whose-founding-members-are-all-deceased/694036/3 "2014-07-25T17:31:04Z")
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, formed in 1966. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-formed-in-the-60s-or-later-whose-founding-members-are-all-deceased/694036/4 "2014-07-25T17:46:38Z")
Tyrannosaurus Rex. They were only two people to begin with, but not only are both original members dead, but also both members of the second lineup, and only the drummer from the third (quartet) lineup is still standing. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-formed-in-the-60s-or-later-whose-founding-members-are-all-deceased/694036/5 "2014-07-25T20:54:35Z")
Are any of the original Temptations still alive? I know Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams and David Ruffin are all dead. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-formed-in-the-60s-or-later-whose-founding-members-are-all-deceased/694036/6 "2014-07-25T21:31:58Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are any of the original Temptations still alive? I know Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams and David Ruffin are all dead. Founding member Otis Williams is still with them today. (And today they’re at Glenwild Golf Club & Spa in Park City, Utah.)