One-man bands

SPOCK'S BEARD after Neal Morse left has been so out of focus...

Actually, their last three Neal-era albums have had their ups and downs, but IMHO "Snow" had some signals of full frontal creative recovery - and then, Neal left, and all the euphoria and fuel that were still left in SB's music and performance skills was gone. Don't pay attention to the titles of the post-Neal albums -- they're so deceitful!!!

Van Der Graaf Generator without Peter Hammill also springs to mind.

Likewise Thin Lizzy and Phil Lynnott.

The Who should have called it a day after Moon died - they could have gone on working together, just under a different name.

Valarius wrote: Megadeth. Mustaine leaves, so does the band. (They're now back, kinda).

That's a good one.  Motorhead is another band like that with Lemmy essentially always at the helm.

I must say that Krieger had a really good solo career though! Never heard anything by Densmore (If he did anything after Morrison kicked the bucket) or Manzarek though.

mirco wrote: The Doors did a gig last year, they engaged a famous singer which name is elusive to me right now. During the years they hadn't produced new music, they were redoing the old songs over and over. Edit: the famous wasn´t the singer, but the drummer: Stuart Copeland take the place of former drummer, cause the latter suffers from a hearing discapability.

Didn't the Latter also sue them for ruining the great name of the Doors?

Well this is pretty simple... but Emerson Lake & Palmer wouldn't be the same band if any of them left...

It could be Emerson Lake & somebody else

or Emerson & Palmer and somebody else

or Lake & Palmer and somebody else...

but in order for them to be Emerson Lake & Palmer... they all 3 have to be there!!

Another one: Axel Rudi Pell.

If Axel Rudi Pell left the band, they wouldn't be called Axel Rudi Pell anymore? Geddit?

(ARP can also be replaced with Van Halen).

illustrated wrote: Another obvious one... Pnk Floyd. They just weren't the same after Roger Waters left. Albums like The Divison Bell are good, but they are nowhere near the quality of Animals, WYWH, DSOTM, Meddle, Atom Heart Mother... even The Wall. The only reason why I didn't mention Piper is because it was predominantly Syd Barrett.

Actually I know a lot of people who would disagree with you on that.  And evidently according to sales, PF did just as well, if not better after Roger Waters was gone.  Personally I think TDB and AMLOR are just as good, if not better than the Wall, and quite a few earlier Floyd albums.