# Rush- band with most consecutive years with same lineup?

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**Created:** [March 28, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-band-with-most-consecutive-years-with-same-lineup/397853 "2007-03-28T16:59:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-band-with-most-consecutive-years-with-same-lineup/397853/1 "2007-03-28T16:59:31Z")

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Another current Rush thread got me thinking- those guys have had the same unchanged lineup for like 35 years- gotta be a record. Anyone else ever come close to that?

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-band-with-most-consecutive-years-with-same-lineup/397853/2 "2007-03-28T17:12:19Z")

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They haven’t had the same line-up for 35 years, close though. Golden Earring has had the same line-up since 69 or 70. They still put out albums every couple of years, though the last few have been slow, but they tour all the time in Holland.

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**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-band-with-most-consecutive-years-with-same-lineup/397853/3 "2007-03-28T17:23:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Edward The Head]  
They haven’t had the same line-up for 35 years, close though.  
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Just a couple of months shy of 33.

(As I’ve mentioned here before, my brothers saw them in Pittsburgh for their first show with Neil Peart on drums.)

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**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:** [March 28, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-band-with-most-consecutive-years-with-same-lineup/397853/4 "2007-03-28T17:25:58Z")

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Peter Paul and Mary – same lineup since 1962. That’s 45 years. They’re planning a summer tour, too.

ZZ Top – same lineup since 1970.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-band-with-most-consecutive-years-with-same-lineup/397853/5 "2007-03-28T17:58:53Z")

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This is a duo, not a “band”- but the Everly Brothers, Phil and Don, still perform together.

Of course, from what I hear, they still hate each other, and barely speak after the gigs are over.

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-band-with-most-consecutive-years-with-same-lineup/397853/6 "2007-03-28T18:31:01Z")

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The Four Tops went 43 years with the same line up, from 1954 until the death of a member in 1997.