Biggest Band Drop-off After One Quits/Fired - Progressive Rock Music Forum

The Doors. Does that count?

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Genesis - Hackett

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

Hmmm the Yeardbirds --> Led Zeppelin ?

Pink Floyd without Wright is a much bigger "afterdrop" than Waters for me.

Bigger on the inside.

Pete Best (!)

^ I assume Page, but of course Page inherited the Yardbirds name and Zep were 'The New Yardbirds' for a month or two until they became Led Zeppelin. But you know that.

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy

Speaking of going commercial, Ultravox! after John Foxx.

"There is nothing new except what has been forgotten" - Marie Antoinette

2dogs wrote:

Speaking of going commercial, Ultravox! after John Foxx.

The drop is not that great, as both version is both quite awesome

Triumph after Rik Emmett left. They only released one more album and it wasn't very good. Rik gave Triumph some depth and when he left, that depth went with him.

Spock's Beard after Neal Morse left. SB struggled to find their own voice after Neal left. They finally did but initially it was a pretty big drop off.

siLLy puPPy wrote:

Alice In Chains after Layne Staley

That one is huge for me. Sure, Cantrell is just as much AiC as Layne was, even more so from a song writing standpoint but losing Layne's voice and that harmony between him and Jerry made the band lesser. The current AiC isn't bad but it just isn't the same anymore.

The Doors were wise to call it quits after Morrison died. Queen should have followed suit. It's just not the same without Mercury. Yeah, Journey found a singer that could mimic Steve Perry pretty well but it wasn't quite right nonetheless. Sometimes you should just stop.

Edited by Jeffro - August 15 2019 at 08:19

siLLy puPPy wrote:

Cristi wrote:

Queen without Mercury.
They should have stopped. What they are doing now with Lambert plus the god awful biopic is just lame imo

No doubt. Never even bothered to hear Queen sans Mercury. Of course they were declining before he passed on.

Here's some more.

Marillion after Fish

Van Halen after David Lee Roth

AC / DC after Bon Scott

Genesis after Peter Gabriel

Gong after Daevid Allen (still good just not as so)

Yes after Chris Squire (end it already!)

Megadeth after Marty Friedman

Iron Maiden after Bruce Dickinson (thankfully he's back)

Alice In Chains after Layne Staley

Red Hot Chili Peppers after John Frusciante

I disagree on some of the things you say here.
Queen finished on a high note with Innuendo so no declining imo.
Marillion sans Fish - no decline.
AC/DC maybe a little bit
Megadeth - the last one with Marty was pretty weak
Genesis - a gradual decline rather than a drop.
Maiden? Only brave new world is praise worthy so it is decline.
The last two I agree.

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