# Rock bands that are entirely extinct

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**Created:** [April 18, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-that-are-entirely-extinct/619132 "2012-04-18T06:19:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-that-are-entirely-extinct/619132/1 "2012-04-18T06:19:09Z")

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What well-known bands have **no** surviving members from their classic line-ups?

The only one I know of is the Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hendrix, Mitchell, Redding; all deceased.

In my typically morbid way, it occurred to me today that this will soon become increasingly common, but that aside from the JHE it hasn’t happened yet.

Note that I’m not asking about bands where all of the _important_ members have died, I’m talking about bands where _everyone_ from one line-up is now dead.

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**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 18, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-that-are-entirely-extinct/619132/2 "2012-04-18T06:25:27Z")

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A good\* teyknykal \*argument could be made for _Lynyrd Skynyrd_.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-that-are-entirely-extinct/619132/3 "2012-04-18T14:31:31Z")

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The Ramones? All that’s left is their revolving roster of drummers.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-that-are-entirely-extinct/619132/4 "2012-04-18T14:45:37Z")

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I have to quibble on behalf of one of my favorite bass players: yes, the original Jimi Hendrix Experience lineup died with Mitch Mitchell a few years ago, but Billy Cox, who played with Hendrix in the Band of Gypsys lineup and the latter-day reformation of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, is still alive. He’s the last surviving long-term member of Hendrix’s bands - both the percussionists who played with Hendrix at Woodstock are also still alive. I’m sure there’s a high fatality rate for some of the earliest rock bands, but I see one or two guys who played with Bill Haley in the Comets are still around.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-that-are-entirely-extinct/619132/5 "2012-04-18T16:17:56Z")

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> [@Shakester](#):
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> What well-known bands have **no** surviving members from their classic line-ups?
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> The only one I know of is the Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hendrix, Mitchell, Redding; all deceased.

This of course doesn’t rule out a new album release.