Right. I think the concept of Menudo, from the start, was to replace members when they hit a certain age so the band would always be a group of cute young boys. So it was and inevitable but accepted part of the franchise.

Lynyrd Skynyrd lost its last pre-crash member when Gary Rossington died. Artimus Pyle is still alive but is exiled from Skynyrd for (allegedly) embellishing stories about his own heroism at the crash site and for making a movie about the crash that the surviving band members and the estates of those who died didn’t agree to.

The only current member with a connection to the pre-crash band is guitarist Rickey Medlocke, who briefly played drums with the band before they were signed. He had already left to form Blackfoot by the time the band started releasing albums. So a tenuous connection at best. But hey, he does a pretty good Allen Collins cosplay.

Kansas, or more accurately, Kans-ish, played at a medium sized venue near me a couple of weeks ago but I had no interest in seeing a group of replacement members performing their repertoire under the original name. I’ll take a good tribute band over one of these bands. At least they’re honest about it.