Unceremonious Prog Dismissals

Dayvenkirq wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Syd Barrett when the rest of Pink Floyd decided it was just too much effort to pick him up for a gig. I thought the entire band (including Syd) agreed on the arrangement that he would write songs and the rest of the band would gig.

It wasn't Jean Luc Ponty who was asked to leave Zappa's band. He left because he wanted to play the hard stuff, not Montana and Dirty Love. Sal Marquez was the one who asked for more money, and was told to hand in his sheet music and leave.

Cozy Powell was dumped out of ELP when Palmer became free of his Asia commitments although the band then didn't get going again for some 4-5 years later. This was not the intention though (usual ego problems).Moraz was dumped out of Yes but then he had presumably brought Refugee to a close thus effectively ending the careers of Brian Davison and Lee Jackson. For that reason my sympathies are limited. I always preferred that Refugee album as well over Relayer although both are good.

Nik Turner's 1st and 2nd departures from Hawkwind!  Not to mention Robert Calvert being dumped in Paris.  Dave Brock: keen practitioner of good HRM!


Edited by Flight123 - May 18 2015 at 09:40

Uhh...in general all the great musicians that Jeff Beck has dumped over the years.

Tom Ozric wrote: AlanB wrote: Martin Turner being forced out of Wishbone Ash in 1980. Things went downhill fast for the band after that. Enter John Wetton, couldn't have been too bad ?? Curious about that album......

Speaking of Wetton, saw him and his Asia cohorts on TV on this "High Voltage" concert from England in 2010, and it was a sad shame. They performed one song I'll never force myself to listen to again, I Believe, and a crowd-pleasing sing-a-long version of Heat of the Moment. To see him, Howe, and Palmer (who cares about Downes) just going through the motions was tear-inducing. To learn here that Wetton played with Wishbone Ash makes me want to buy that album along with that other album he was on by Uriah Heep after High and Mighty (can't recall its name). Anything to help me rid the memory of that TV appearance. Thanks for the reference.

Edited by Rednight - May 18 2015 at 10:34

John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater hiring Derek Sherinian after Kevin Moore left, then proceeding to spend the next couple of years attempting to court Jordan Ruddess via the LTE projects.

I do quite enjoy Ruddess's contributions, but the move wasn't very fair to Sherinian.

Metalmarsh89 wrote: John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater hiring Derek Sherinian after Kevin Moore left, then proceeding to spend the next couple of years attempting to court Jordan Ruddess via the LTE projects. I do quite enjoy Ruddess's contributions, but the move wasn't very fair to Sherinian.

It's weird - I absolutely rave about Jordan Rudess' playing, but in reality the keyswork on the pre-Rudess albums is just as awesome....

Terakonin wrote: I was about to make a thread about this. Adrian Belew not being reinvited to King Crimson. He lobbied so hard to reform the band, and when Fripp finally did, he wasn't even involved. He contributed so much to their sound since 1980 that he was basically just as important as Fripp. If there was anyone other than Fripp I would be happy with leading the Crims, it would be Belew.

Rednight wrote: Obviously, Belew blew.