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Once again, another thread gets me a thinkin'

Someone asked ealrier about a member leaving bands that then begin to suck. What about the reverse?

How many times has it been good for a person (or people) to leave a band? The first thing that springs to mind for me is Peter Gabriel leaving Genesis. That was win/win for everyone! I don't think Peter Gabriel would have had the success he had or even have been able to create some of the great music he created if he was still in Genesis. I just can't picture Genesis in any form coming up with something as cool as 'Games Without Frontiers.'

At the same time, while I'm certainly not the biggest fan of the Phil Collins lead Genesis, with Peter Gabriel at the helm I don't think they ever would have achieved the success they did. 'Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' may be a cool song, but it's never gonna get radio play like 'Abacab.'

Any one else know of a time that changing things around have worked out for the best?

Yeah, when Rage Against the Machine replaced their ass-clown lead non-singer with the dude from Soundgarden (Chris Somethingorother). Audioslave F-N rocks.

Kraftwerk benefitted when Karl Bartos was brought on board.

Funkadelic/Parliament grew musically when Bootsy Collins joined up.

I don't care for his solo work, but I liked the Doobie Brothers much better when Michael McDonald joined.

I hate the Eagles, but their stuff was more tolerable when Don Felder joined the group.

...and the Village People improved when they replaced the Bee-keeper with the Leather-dude [:D]

[quote][i]Originally posted by hutter[/i]
<br>Yeah, when Rage Against the Machine replaced their ass-clown lead non-singer with the dude from Soundgarden (Chris Somethingorother). Audioslave F-N rocks.
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They just sound like Soundgarden to me. Maybe it's that Chris Cornell's voice is that distinct and that Tom Morello's style is not nearly so distinct from Kim Thayil...

Regarding the question at hand, I would have to say when Elvis Costello replaced Huey Lewis's band with the Attractions, it only went upward and onward.

What's wrong with Audioslave sounding like a great band like Soundgarden? I hate that they disbanded, but Audioslave is a good replacement for Soundgarden, in some ways better, and mucho better than that RATM crap.

Ditto on Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Sometimes change is good.

[quote][i]Originally posted by hutter[/i]
<br>What's wrong with Audioslave sounding like a great band like Soundgarden?
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Oh nothing at all. In fact I was a big fan in the '90s, and never could really get into Rage Against the Machine no matter how "important" they supposedly were.

I think the two albums Kajagoogoo made after Limahl left were both better than "White Feathers".

Depeche Mode obviously did fine without Vince Clarke although I have nothing against Clarke.

Right off the top of my head, I can't think of any others!

Not exactly a line up change, but Paul Rodgers work was much better in "Bad Company" than it was in "Free".

Ultravox did not do better without John Foxx, but they certainly did not do worse with Midge Ure[8D]