The Cat Empire, but they still rock.
I don’t know if all are replaced but a lot. And it’s fine, they make new music which is still fun.
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With days like these, I need to start listening to them again
Whats the one where they are blue, wasn't the point so that members can change with little notice?
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Tull comes close. Anderson at one point said the band was over without barre but he reformed the band this millenia without him so at this point he is the only one who has always been with the band and indeed many people think his name is jethro tull. The band has had a crazy amount of turnover even early in its career and a crazy amount of ex members in other well known bands. Heck in the first or second studio album there is a song about members that left the band before its success. The 20 year album had a little flow chart of band members who ended up in other groups.
I'd bet a bunch of vocal groups from the early days of vinyl would fall into this group. They're probably mostly in Las Vegas and Branson these days.
As a personal memory, I played a few gigs with The Diamonds(most known for their hit 1957 record "Little Darlin'") back in the early 2000s. They were having a bit of a resurgence after a PBS series aired. At one point the original bass singer was back, but he wasn't long for this earth and somebody else was in his place by the second tour I did.
Tangential, but I this made me realize I honestly don't know the member names of most of the bands I listen to. I kinda know their faces if they have videos.
Blood Sweat & Tears had like 200 members, my dad knew one of the founding members and went to one of their concerts a couple years back. Got to talk to them after the show and not one of them had even heard of the guy. Feels like the ultimate example of this
There is a local band called "Bläck Fööss" who were founded in 1970. They made the complete rebuild about one and a half times, and are still successful.
A lot of k-pop boy/girl bands have rotating members that can age out and be replaced.
I don't think Chicago has anyone original left...?
Going off first recordings/releases, Scottish hardcore punks 'The Exploited' only remaining member is Wattie (singer). Going by initial formation and first live shows, none of the 'first' members remain.
Surely The Wiggles have done it by now.
I like to joke that Equilibrium had more member changes than the contestant field of a casting show.
napalm death had this happen on their debut album. first side is one group of guys, second side is a completely different group, except the drummer
Spooky Tooth’s 1970 album “The Last Puff” has no performers in common with their 1974 album “The Mirror”.
The band Foreigner’s only constant member is Mick Jones (incidentally also from Spooky Tooth), but he was absent from some modern tours.
I think Yes also had a period in which there were no commonalities with the original lineup.
I think "The Skatalites" qualify, simply out of the age of the band.
Napalm Death though the current line-up has been the same since their third album with sad exemption of Jesse Pintado who passed away in 2006.
Hawkwind has been going so long it's basically an institution. Fuck knows how Dave Brock is still going
Does Skid Row count? The original band saw people come and go all the time, to the point that nobody really knew who was a member at that point. In 1987, Gary Moore, who hadn't been a member anymore, actually "sold" the name to a US band. The last original member still disputes the sale. So, you have two bands with the same name, with the original band had members replaced multiple times, with even the last remaining original member leaving and rejoining twice.
Sugar Babes, but somehow they are back to the original trio :)
Dr Feelgood was a band where this happened
Journey apparently only has one original member left. I mention them because I remember them having a lot of turnover.
And they still sound as awesome now as they originally did.
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Journey?
Any originals left in that band?
Steve Perry wasn't even the first vocalist.
Little River Band
It's a tragedy really
I wanna say Lorna Shore? It's been a hot minute, but I'm pretty sure all of the original members of the band have left.
I used to play with them back in the firehouse/basement show days when they were doing songs about world of Warcraft and shit lol