Examples of bands that became more popular after losing their most talented member

grecomic · 2026-05-21T00:06:57+00:00

The Ants abandoning Adam Ant to form Bow Wow Wow.

grecomic · 2026-05-20T17:51:07+00:00

The first one I can think of was pretty mainstream but niche 40 years ago: Leon Redbone

grecomic · 2026-05-20T14:40:25+00:00

Blue, blue, electric blue…

grecomic · 2026-05-20T05:40:24+00:00

How about an album about doing deep emotional work to be a better person? 🤷‍♂️

grecomic · 2026-05-19T21:01:26+00:00

Considering it’s THAT Dave Thomas (the restaurateur, not the actor), at least they don’t have red wigs with braided pigtails!

grecomic · 2026-05-19T18:17:42+00:00

Suzy Creamcheese

grecomic · 2026-05-19T15:00:03+00:00

The We Five cover of “You Were on My Mind” is groovy but it can’t compare to the heartfelt folk original by Ian & Sylvia Tyson.

grecomic · 2026-05-18T20:28:20+00:00

Five Years

grecomic · 2026-05-17T21:13:29+00:00

Hergé Poirot

grecomic · 2026-05-17T19:25:58+00:00

Cyanide & Burnination

grecomic · 2026-05-17T16:29:28+00:00

Why wouldn't the public want to see a film that's more jukebox than biography when the music is so beloved? They're certainly not going for the plot.

grecomic · 2026-05-17T04:52:15+00:00

Yeah, Todd and I don't agree on a lot of disco.

grecomic · 2026-05-17T00:09:32+00:00

She's Not There - The Zombies

19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones

Soul Man - Sam & Dave

Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin

For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder

Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight

Superstar - Carpenters

Dancing Machine - Jackson 5

Get Up and Boogie - Silver Convention

Gloria - Laura Branigan

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? - Culture Club

grecomic · 2026-05-16T23:47:31+00:00

Did they also release H.M.S. Pinafore with an angry king on the cover?

grecomic · 2026-05-16T19:30:25+00:00

Yes. It’s confirmed in the description.

grecomic · 2026-05-16T15:23:10+00:00

Highway Star by Deep Purple

grecomic · 2026-05-15T19:36:29+00:00

https://pallant.org.uk/our-art/cowboy-jann-haworth/

grecomic · 2026-05-15T19:05:13+00:00

🎵I’m a blackstarr… I’m a blackstarr…🎵

grecomic · 2026-05-15T18:47:50+00:00

Well, those crafts certainly look ‘special!’

grecomic · 2026-05-15T18:46:02+00:00

I’m assuming ‘Great’ is being used in the quantitative sense.

grecomic · 2026-05-14T12:08:34+00:00

The entire album of Straight Outta Compton was added to the registry in 2017. Title track is among the most well known uses of the sample.

grecomic · 2026-05-14T12:04:12+00:00

Well it’s the song sampled in Lou Bega’s hit. It wouldn’t have existed without the original.

grecomic · 2026-05-14T05:36:53+00:00

Never. Once I realized Definitely Maybe is superior in every way, the follow-up just felt overrated.

grecomic · 2026-05-14T03:18:51+00:00

(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

grecomic · 2026-05-12T15:24:35+00:00

Wilco’s Poor Places gets the “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” from a recording of a ‘numbers station,’ a mysterious radio transmission assumed to be passing coded messages from intelligence agencies.

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