# Which Band Could This Be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742 "2006-07-16T15:11:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/41 "2007-04-20T10:00:51Z")
Buffalo Springfield. Jim Messina was as much a member as Bruce Palmer. mm ---
**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:** [April 20, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/42 "2007-04-20T12:41:29Z")
[QUOTE=mamboman] Traffic? When did they break up? [/QUOTE] Traffic’s last album was in 1974, so the dates work with a little exaggeration. The last time the original lineup were playing together was in 1971. However, Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi are no longer available. ☹ ---
**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:** [April 20, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/43 "2007-04-20T13:37:53Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Traffic’s last album was in 1974, so the dates work with a little exaggeration. [/QUOTE] Traffic toured and made an album in 1994. Incarnations of the Yardbirds and the Zombies are currently touring–both just passed through town this month. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/44 "2007-04-20T18:14:48Z")
What about Zeppelin with Bonham’s son playing drums? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/45 "2007-04-20T19:30:02Z")
[QUOTE=Meurglys] **Fleetwood Mac** with **Peter Green** , maybe? I saw Peter Green 3 or 4 years ago and, while he was coasting for much of the time, he did step up and play some great stuff a couple of times… I see from Wiki that there has actually been a reunion announced by Mick Fleetwood! Sounds a fair possibility to me… [Peter Green on Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Green_%28musician%29) [/QUOTE] That was going to be my guess. Is Jeremy Spencer still around? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/46 "2007-04-21T05:36:16Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] :smack: Ah, you missed a perfectly good opportunity to say “Damn youngsters! Do they know nothing about good music??”. 😉 [/QUOTE] They don’t give a damn about any trumpet playin’ band. That’s not what they call rock ‘n’ roll. ---
**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 21, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/47 "2007-04-21T12:00:23Z")
Smokey Robinson is playing this year, and the Miracles split up in 1972… ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/48 "2007-04-21T13:39:16Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] What about Zeppelin with Bonham’s son playing drums? [/QUOTE] What about “haven’t played for 35 years”? [QUOTE=mamboman] Buffalo Springfield [/QUOTE] Best call so far, I reckon. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/49 "2007-04-21T13:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=Meurglys] **Fleetwood Mac** with **Peter Green** , maybe? [/QUOTE] That was my immediate thought. Wow, I’m regretting not paying £3 million for a ticket now. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/50 "2007-04-21T14:53:08Z")
Didn’t the Stooges just get back together? When was the last time they played? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/51 "2007-06-02T18:36:34Z")
Can’t see any qualifiers [here](http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/performance.aspx?id=196). The Who doesn’t match the criteria and Shirley Bassey isn’t a band. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/52 "2007-06-02T19:21:51Z")
Wow, a zombie thread resurrected twice. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/53 "2007-06-02T20:24:52Z")
The Zombies! ---
**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:** [June 25, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742/54 "2007-06-25T21:58:38Z")
Apparently it was no one. The only vintage bands who played were the Who and the Stooges, both of whom have toured in recent years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-could-this-be/364742.md?page=2)