When should a band PERMANENTLY dissolve?

[drumbob]

When the key members quit or die. You could never have The Stones without Mick or Keith, but you can have The Who with just Roger and Pete.

[jps]

I am still waiting for Pete and Roger to get together with Paul and Ringo.

MEET THE WHOTLES!

[kiramdear]

I am still waiting for Pete and Roger to get together with Paul and Ringo.

MEET THE WHOTLES!

[brammy]

There are only two types of bands:
ones that have broken up and ones that will break up.

And the only band that will NEVER
permanently dissolve is

( MEET THE WHOTLES!..... )

[wayang]

"When should a band PERMANENTLY dissolve?"

When one of the band members marries the chick lead singer.

[atomic_punk]

My first time stagediving was at a Dead Kennedys show.

I would be very upset if I went to see them and Jello was not the singer. It would be like the Sex Pistols without Johnny Rotten.

[Bighouse]

My first time stagediving was at a Dead Kennedys show.

I would be very upset if I went to see them and Jello was not the singer. It would be like the Sex Pistols without Johnny Rotten.

Well, you better forget about buying tickets if they come to your town then, cuz this is who you'll see:
http://www.deadkennedys.com/members.html

And so, how was that first stage dive? People catch you or did you hit the floor? Don't think I'd have the trust in absolute strangers enough to do one myself!

[wj350]

When Yoko starts showing up in the studio...

Seriously, I think the answer depends to a large extent on how popular/successful the band is, and specifically, how much the public recognizes the members of the band. For the most successful, the public more or less defines the band, not the other way around. I don't think the individual contributions of the members matter as much, whether it be songwriting or what instrument they played.

For example, I think it's reasonable to suggest The Beatles will, forever be John, Paul, George and Ringo. After they split up and all the inside history stuff came about, we found out that at various times, they were a "band" only in the most technical sense of the word. Lots of hits were just one or maybe two of them performing; a lot of those great lead riffs we all loved turned out to be Paul, not George, etc.. But had they lived, and tried touring without one or more of the band, I don't think anyone would truly consider them "The Beatles". Even when they briefly toured without Ringo back in the early '60s, many fans, even back then, felt cheated.

Conversely, when Kurt Cobain died, Nirvana more or less disappeared in a lot if people's minds--similar with Jim Morrison and The Doors. Yeah, the band technically survives, but the key guy or guys the public associates with the band aren't there, so the band isn't there.

The less familiar the fans are with individual members, the better chances the band has of surviving numerous changes/losses.

Lots of folks will suggest the Stones prove this wrong, but not to me--actually I think they're living proof of why a band should have closed up shop years ago.

JMO, YMMV, etc.

[atomic_punk]

My first time stagediving was at a Dead Kennedys show.

I would be very upset if I went to see them and Jello was not the singer. It would be like the Sex Pistols without Johnny Rotten.

Well, you better forget about buying tickets if they come to your town then, cuz this is who you'll see:
http://www.deadkennedys.com/members.html

And so, how was that first stage dive? People catch you or did you hit the floor? Don't think I'd have the trust in absolute strangers enough to do one myself!

It was everything I hoped it would be. Caught and passed around to the side to do it again. Not like "School of Rock" where the sea parts and you crash to the floor.
And Ted is now an architect in San Francisco. Funny how that works out. Who the heck is "Skip"? The rest of the lineup is OK.