# I want to go to the \[band name\] concert, but not if \[band member\] is not there! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276 "2019-04-09T13:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/41 "2019-04-10T15:54:27Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I want to go to the [band name] concert, but not if [band member] is not there! I want to go to a Depeche Mode concert, but not if Dave Gahan is not there. (duh!) Scratch that. I want to go to a Depeche Mode concert, but I’m not paying $500 for good seats. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/42 "2019-04-10T18:22:51Z")
The Who haven’t been the Who since Moonie died. I haven’t seen Pete on stage but would love to, but I’d prefer a solo concert, not what today counts as a “Who” concert. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/43 "2019-04-11T02:08:40Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > I’ll give you one. Many Van Halen fans won’t go if Michael Anthony isn’t there, and many of that set don’t care whether it’s Dave or Sam up front. I saw VH when Gary Cherone was their singer. I will not see them again unless Mikey is back in the band. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/44 "2019-04-11T06:16:05Z")
if I remember correctly wham was touring and neither George nor Andrew was involved when George passed on …… and I was like …. why ? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/45 "2019-04-11T06:18:45Z")
could you imagine kiss with out gene and paul? I know for a while it was just gene and hired guns and im told it was okish …… ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/46 "2019-04-12T12:19:39Z")
Rush without Neil Peart or Geddy Lee would be unthinkable. I wouldn’t care too much if Lifeson were replaced… ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/47 "2019-04-13T20:02:01Z")
Kamelot without Roy Khan. I almost considered going to one of their concerts, and then I remember Roy had left the band, and he was the main reason I liked them. I would only consider seeing Yes if it was Jon Anderson singing and Steve Howe on guitar. Seeing as those two are now in completely separate bands that happen to use the name “Yes”, I won’t be seeing either of them. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/48 "2019-04-13T22:00:32Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I’d like to see Pixies but not without Kim Deal. Ain’t Pixies if Kim’s not there. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/49 "2019-04-13T22:48:28Z")
Probably wouldn’t see **Drive-By Truckers** without Cooley. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The question at the core of this thread is at the heart of 90% of all disagreements between Yes fans. 😃 It’s not **Yes** without Steve Howe. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/50 "2019-04-13T23:11:30Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Agreed. I’d rather see his son Jakob’s band [LAW](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y59VasfpbGk). He has a very similar singing voice to his father… ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/51 "2019-04-14T01:14:31Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I want to go to the Guns ‘N’ Roses concert, but not if Slash is not there! > > I don’t give a fuck about Axl. I want to go to the Guns N Roses concert, but not if Buckethead isn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/52 "2019-04-15T23:17:13Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Fleetwood Mac…Lindsay Buckingham. > > The others are fine, but I’d have to see Lindsay to make it worth my while. Me too. I like the rest of the band well enough, but the highlight of the one concert of theirs I went to was when Lindsay got his spotlight time and wailed away and ROCKED for about 20 minutes or so. Best part of the whole concert. ---
**Author:** ![Stuntman\_Mike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stuntman_mike/32/334_2.png) [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/53 "2019-04-16T14:28:03Z")
Iron Maiden without Bruce Dickenson. (Sorry, Blaze). ---
**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:** [April 16, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/54 "2019-04-16T14:54:06Z")
I saw Fleetwood Mac without Buckingham sometime in the late 80s/early 90s, and it wasn’t a terrible show, but there was something very obviously missing. I get that there was a Fleetwood Mac before he got there, but there no longer really is without him, IMO. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/55 "2019-04-18T04:29:49Z")
> [@LLCoolL](#): > > Rush without Neil Peart or Geddy Lee would be unthinkable. > > I wouldn’t care too much if Lifeson were replaced… That’s pretty much exactly what I came in here to say. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276/56 "2019-04-18T05:33:06Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Steely Dan, Walter Becker.☹ You gotta be kidding. I’m very sad he passed, but I was tired of watching Steely Dan live while Becker complained about the Reagan years… in 1994, '99… One of the most brilliant musicians and arrangers ever. But live isn’t missed. (And I’m a huge Danhead) He was like Syd Barret towards the end. Or Brian Wilson. It seemed like his handler was the Dan lineup, but when he got the microphone, I felt sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-the-band-name-concert-but-not-if-band-member-is-not-there/832276.md?page=2)