Tribute bands featuring original members

hahaha

Who Are These Guys?

BTW I can see the Heart tribute band cottage industry blowing up since it looks like the Wilsons have iced the real band.

Between 1994 and 2000, Rednex had six distinct lineups, with two of the performers remaining throughout. All performing members were then fired by one of the producers, who had also been a performer in the first otherwise-recruited lineup.

A new lineup was hired, which had two more variations by 2004.

The original female singer signed a four-year deal to licence the band name in January 2005, and by mid-2006 had fired two of the three remaining male members from the seventh and eighth lineups (replacing one of them with her husband).

These two members, along with the female singer from those lineups, and another male from the seventh lineup, formed a touring "Rednex Tribute." For added authenticity, another replacement member from the eighth lineup joined in 2007.

When the licensing deal ended in January 2009, the producers fired the entire 11th lineup, and rehired four of the five members of Rednex Tribute as Rednex.

(Since January 2012, the entire Rednex workforce has been casualised, with up to 17 active and "reserve" members who can be called in for performances.)

The two singers from Propaganda, Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag, have a Propaganda tribute band called D:uel, named after the band's 1985 hit single Duel.

Another Propaganda tribute band, xPropaganda, features the band's two singers, Susanne Freytag and Claudia Brücken.

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/lovin-spoonful-tribute-reunion-john-sebastian-review-1203520407/

Honestly, "Nile Rodgers & Chic" is really skating trade practices.

Bunch of King Crimson alumni played in 21st Century Schizoid Band which was essentially a KC tribute band.

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets

KC & The Schizoid Band

Pretty sure Skynyrd turned into a tribute band a long time ago---last I heard, Rossington and Medlocke were the last originals aboard (longest-lasting post-plane crash member: backing vocalist Dale Krantz-Rossington [since 1987 or thereabouts], who was v. good lead singer of Rossington-Collins Band). Medlocke mostly recorded w LS as drummer, but main thing before and after that was and is singer-guitarist (VZ talked him into being drummer, because he could, characteristically enough).
The Doors of the Twenty-First Century incl. Stewart Copeland and Ian Astbury, initially--would liked to have seen that line-up, but there were many others, up until Manzarek's death in 2015: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzarek%E2%80%93Krieger
Mike Love's Beach Boys.

Seems like a sideman thing to to do. Zakk Wylde and other Ozzy alumni are doing the Black Sabbath tribute group Zakk Sabbath.

I think there is a Prince group alumni doing some shows and touring. I know they did that big reunion show, but I think there is at least one club touring act I think.

yeah the revolution have toured at least twice. I hear it was great, I missed it.

The show we saw a couple of years back was pretty solid -- half the songs had a featured vocalist (who wisely didn't seek to just imitate Prince), half Wendy and Lisa did the leads, and it was a treat.

Pylon Reenactment Society

(not to be confused with the Pylon Appreciation Society)

Man, I've never seen this thread before but the concept makes me sad

Seems like some of these might be good! I know people who liked seeing Furthur too:
Furthur was a rock band founded in 2009 by former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. The original lineup also included John Kadlecik of the Dark Star Orchestra on lead guitar, RatDog's Jeff Chimenti on keyboards and Jay Lane on percussion, and Joe Russo of the Benevento/Russo Duo on drums.[1] Named after the famous touring bus used by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters in the 1960s, Furthur was an improvisational jam band that performed music primarily from the extensive Grateful Dead songbook, as well as their own original music and that of several other well-known artists. In addition to the original members (with the exception of Jay Lane, who left the band in March 2010 to rejoin his previous band, Primus), the band's lineup included backup vocalists Sunshine Becker of the a cappella ensemble SoVoSó and Jeff Pehrson of the folk rock bands Box Set and the Fall Risk. Also had hip guests from tyme to tyme. Kept going 'til about 5-6 years ago, I think (read something about Weir falling down onstage).

"the concept makes me sad"

it's less sad to me than Yes. In fact I'd respect them more if they called themselves something else at this point.

I wouldn't say the concept makes me sad -- musicians need to work, so why not cash in on famous associations? -- but bands with few-to-no original members is a little baffling. Three out of the four original members of Dr. Feelgood are still alive, but none are in the current lineup.

Similarly, but more contentiously, War keyboardist Lonnie Jordan owns the rights to the name, so "War" is him with no other original members, while "The Lowrider Band" has four original members.

BOC is now Bloom and Dharma with Richie Castellano and Danny Miranda, according to their site. Several live albums advertised there.

The Lowrider Band consists of four of the five surviving original core group members of the multi-platinum selling band War: Howard E. Scott, B.B. Dickerson, Lee Oskar, and Harold Brown. These members lost the right in federal court to use and tour under the name "War" in the mid-1990s to Far Out Productions (producer and manager Jerry Goldstein). The band's original keyboardist Lonnie Jordan now tours using the name "War" under Goldstein's guidance.[1] I'd go see the Lowrider Band!

Lee Oskar's harmonica the deciding factor.

I remember seeing some story about how--not long after the War/Lowrider Band split--Goldstein booked a pair of reunion gigs with Eric Burdon, who was kept in the dark about the lineup change until rehearsals, and was none too pleased when confronted with the (mostly) new band.

"Hey, where's the rest of the band? How dare you tarnish the name of a great band by not including any original members!"

"Um...Eric..."

During the 1990s and 2000s there have been several groups calling themselves Animals in part:

In 1993 Hilton Valentine formed the Animals II and was joined by John Steel in 1994 and Dave Rowberry in 1999. Other members of this version of the band include Steve Hutchinson, Steve Dawson and Martin Bland. From 1999 until Valentine's departure in 2001 the band toured as the Animals. This version featured Tony Liddle on lead vocal, Valentine, Steel, Rowberry, Jim Rodford on bass and Steve "ih" Farrell on backing vocals and hand percussion.
After Valentine left these Animals in 2001, Steel and Rowberry continued on as Animals and Friends with Peter Barton, Jim Rodford and John E. Williamson. When Rowberry died in 2003, he was replaced by Mick Gallagher (who had briefly replaced Alan Price in 1965). Danny Handley joined the band in 2009 initially as lead guitarist but replaced Peter Barton on lead vocals when Barton retired in 2012. It was at this time that Scott Whitley had a brief tenure in the band before New Yorker Roberto 'Bobby' Ruiz took over the bass guitar role. This successful line-up continues to tour the world. Undertaking extensive tours with special guests such as Steve Cropper and Spencer Davis among others.
In the 1990s Danny McCulloch, from the later-1960s Animals, released several albums as the Animals.[19] The albums contained covers of some original Animals songs as well as new ones written by McCulloch.
Eric Burdon formed a new backing band in 1998 and went out as Eric Burdon and the New Animals. This was actually just a rename of an existing band he had been touring with in various forms since 1990. Members of this new group included Dean Restum, Dave Meros, Neal Morse and Aynsley Dunbar. Martin Gerschwitz replaced Morse in 1999, after Ryo Okumoto had a brief stint for 3 weeks and Dunbar was replaced by Bernie Pershey in 2001. In 2003 the band started touring as Eric Burdon and the Animals. After the line-up changed in 2006, original guitarist Hilton Valentine joined with the group for its 2007 and 2008 tours. The group also included Red Young, Paula O'Rourke and Tony Braunagle. After Burdon lost the rights to the name, he formed a new band with completely different musicians.
In 2016, Burdon formed the current lineup of the Animals, including Johnzo West (guitar/vocals), Davey Allen (keys/vocals), Dustin Koester (drums/vocals), Justin Andres (bass guitar/vocals), Ruben Salinas (sax/flute), and Evan Mackey (trombone).[20]

21st Century Schizoid Band

Good one!

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets

BREAKING: Nick Mason from Pink Floyd announces Syd-era Floyd tribute act Saucerful Of Secrets, also featuring Lee from the Blockheads, Gary Kemp off of them Spandaus, 1987-94 Floyd bassist (and subsequent Gilmour sideman) Guy Pratt, and the bloke who did the score for Spaced with Pratt.

― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, July 31, 2018 5:58 AM

Pretty sure Skynyrd turned into a tribute band a long time ago---last I heard, Rossington and Medlocke were the last originals aboard

"band still exists with original members" is not news, gtfo and FP'd.

The Doors of the Twenty-First Century incl. Stewart Copeland and Ian Astbury, initially--would liked to have seen that line-up, but there were many others, up until Manzarek's death in 2015: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzarek%E2%80%93Krieger

c'mon son

Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger had to rename their band Riders On The Storm after they got sued by John Densmore for calling themselves the Doors.

― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:36 PM (eleven years ago)

Manzarek/Krieger/Wolfchild might have started as, or had an intermediary stage as, 21st Century Doors - both good ones.

― Bernard's Butter (sic), Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:38 PM (eleven years ago)

Mike Love's Beach Boys.

Absolute nonsense. Mike is a founder, Bruce has been in the band since 1965, Foskett was in the touring band for the entire 1980s and has extra cred for being Brian's bandleader for his entire touring career until the 50th anniversary Boys voltron group, after which he switched back to the Beach Boys.

Mike's "Endless Summer Beach Band," though, and "Mike & Dean's Dynamic Endless Summer Beach Band" (including Dean of Jan & Dean), now you've got something.

(NB that "Mike & Dean" released an album that was only sold at Radio Shack.)

We would also accept Al Jardine's "Endless Summer Band," featuring various touring Boys and his own sons, one of whom later joined Mike's licensed Boys, and Al's "Beach Boys Family & Friends," featuring a different assortment of sideBoys, his sons, and Brian's daughters.

Zakk Wylde and other Ozzy alumni are doing the Black Sabbath tribute group Zakk Sabbath.

Doesn't qualify, but is fun and worth noting.

I think there is a Prince group alumni doing some shows and touring. I know they did that big reunion show, but I think there is at least one club touring act I think.

Every single member of the band credited as The Revolution now touring as The Revolution, playing the songs of The Revolution, absolutely does not count EXCEPT that as they never played separately from Prince before his death, it's worth an asterisk.

Pylon Reenactment Society

Excellent one, especially for the name.

Furthur was a rock band founded in 2009 by former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh.

Playing their own new songs and various other covers as well as the old band's material just sounds like people being in a band imo? Also

I guess you could put the whole post-Garcia sea of Grateful Dead spinoffs like The Other Ones/The Dead in here, kinda. Or bands playing their old material under a different name for legal reasons (Heaven & Hell instead of Black Sabbath, The Heads instead of the Talking Heads). Maybe that's a whole other thing, though.

― some dude, Friday, February 27, 2009 5:00 AM (eleven years ago)

but bands with few-to-no original members is a little baffling. Three out of the four original members of Dr. Feelgood are still alive, but none are in the current lineup.

There are two other threads for this.

War keyboardist Lonnie Jordan owns the rights to the name, so "War" is him with no other original members, while "The Lowrider Band" has four original members.

Looks like the manager/producer/occasional contributing songwriter owns the name, and Jordan licenses it from him for touring. This is technically a been forced to adopt a different name for legal reasons, and BB Dickerson is no longer playing, but agreed that it sounds like a fun show.

BOC is now Bloom and Dharma with Richie Castellano and Danny Miranda, according to their site. Several live albums advertised there

"band still exists with original members" is not news, gtfo and FP'd.

Eric Burdon and the New Animals

man this one comes so close to qualifying! if he hadn't dropped the "New" later, I'd almost let it through.

Also, we are pleased to report that Jeff Foskett left the Beach Boys again last year, and therefore did not play their recent Trump fundraisers.

I wanna see the New Cars too.

Also the New Beatles!

i have heard good words about the current version of molly hatchet, who afaik have no original members.

Jim Rodford has got to hold some record for being a ringer in the most past their prime Rock acts--IIRC, he was in the Kinks, the Zombies, and Badfinger in addition to the Animals.

there is also (or was also?) a band called "three friends" that played the music of gentle giant, and included gg's guitarist and one of their drummers. they were very well-respected.

i saw a free concert in the park once by "the orchestra" with a keyboardist and violin player who used to play with ELO, and a couple ringers like glen burtnik (who was paul to marshall crenshaw's john in beatlemania) and parthenon huxley who's got a wikipedia page full of credentials. it was neat to see mik kaminski, who has played on some obscure but great british folk records (joe soap - keep it clean!).

i have heard good words about the current version of molly hatchet, who afaik have no original members.

There are two other threads for this.

a band called "three friends" that played the music of gentle giant

originally called "Rentle Giant"! changed to Three Friends when a third original member joined, though he only lasted one tour.



Jim Rodford has got to hold some record for being a ringer in the most past their prime Rock acts--IIRC, he was in the Kinks, the Zombies, and Badfinger in addition to the Animals.

Zac Starkey has clocked up The Who, Spencer Davis Group, Oasis, The Lightning Seeds and The Icicle Works at past-their-primes, though the latter two were only a few years late.

and of course there's the lords of 52nd street, with core members of billy joel's 70s band: Richie Cannata, Liberty DeVitto, and Russell Javors. plus a billy joel imitator.

my brother's high school buddy jon carin has played/toured with the who, pink floyd, roger waters, psychedelic furs, kate bush, elvis costello, and bryan ferry (at the live aid concert). wrong thread, i know, but relates to the zac starkey comment.

The Lords Of 52nd Street is a GREAT one.

does creedence clearwater revisited count?

― ras trevor, Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:33 AM (eleven years ago)

Yes, btw.



jon carin

Pink Floyd, Roger Waters and solo Gilmour is a good scoop.

fun fact: before he hit the big time, jon carin was in a band called industry with mercury coronia, another jericho high school alum, who self-released a semi-famous and deadly rare prog album called Cathedral ‎– Stained Glass Stories.

but back on topic, has anyone mentioned blue coupe with the bouchard brothers from BOC plus dennis dunaway from the alice cooper band?

Zac Starkey has clocked up The Who, Spencer Davis Group, Oasis, The Lightning Seeds and The Icicle Works at past-their-primes, though the latter two were only a few years late.

Jim Rodford has got to hold some record for being a ringer in the most past their prime Rock acts--IIRC, he was in the Kinks, the Zombies, and Badfinger in addition to the Animals.

speaking of castoffs, the martin barre band plays almost exclusively jethro tull material.

awww:

The Kast Off Kinks formed in 1994 to keep the music playing on, and it is what the name implies - the original line-up consisted of the band that played Lola (apart from Ray and Dave) - Avory, Dalton and Gosling - together In 2009, the line-up became the band that played Come Dancing - Avory, Gibbons and Rodford (respectively the Kinks’ longest-serving drummer, keyboard player and bassist) - still with Dave Clarke covering for the Davies brothers. Jim then became very busy playing with The Zombies and Argent, so John Dalton was persuaded out of retirement and now plays very regularly with The Kast Off Kinks .

Almost every other ex-Kink has guested with The Kast Off Kinks, including Ray Davies

Zak has been in the Who for longer than their previous three drummers combined.

Call it four, what the heck; wikipedia has them meeting Moon at a gig they played with a fill-in drummer, using the kit of the original drummer they'd v rudely fired during an audition with a producer.


Also, fun fact: he was offered a full partnership in the Who back around 2000 or so, but he turned it down.

! Being in business meetings with Daltrey and Townshend together must be a HUGE ballache, then.


But it reminds me of a one-off that wasted the opportunity to have a proper band name:

In January 2012, one act dropped out of the last day of Tasmania's MONA FOMA festival, and the booker asked another one if they'd play a second set. The Dresden Do11s were both hanging around for a couple of days to see other performers play, so said yes, but: didn't want to just play a normal show again, given the audience were likely to be repeat customers.

So A. P4lmer asked the booker if he'd play bass with them, expanding the band from a duo; he agreed. She then asked if he would mind playing the entire Violent Femmes first album, for that to be the show: Brian Ritchie, the bassist of then-acrimoniously-split Violent Femmes and Tasmanian resident, said yes, and brought a vibraphone too.

The album's songs need a guitarist to be performed. Happening to go to a PJ Harvey (non-festival) show that night, P4lmer and drummer Brian Viglione went backstage afterward to say hello to one of hers, and left with Mick Harvey having agreed to listen to the Violent Femmes for the first time, to learn all their album's songs in three days on various instruments, and with John Parish signing up to chip in on electric guitar.

(What reminded me:
The Femmes then recruited Viglione as drummer the next year, having settled a five-year lawsuit between Ritchie and Gano (and already managed to drive their original drummer out of a Coachella-prompted reunion after a few shows, with a shitty contract) during the year. He quit after a couple of years, exhausted with the acrimony still existing between Ritchie and Gano to such a degree that they would not even stand in the same room as each other.)

Al Jardine’s Endless Summer w/ Matt Jardine

Al Jardine's "Endless Summer Band," featuring various touring Boys and his own sons, one of whom later joined Mike's licensed Boys, and Al's "Beach Boys Family & Friends," featuring a different assortment of sideBoys, his sons, and Brian's daughters.

Thanks to a tip from DJP on twitter:

Here is Gene Loves Jezebel's wikipedia:

https://i.imgur.com/w18mtqy.jpg

At the red arrow, it says "After the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers tour (1997), Jay Aston refused to work with his brother unless Stevenson and Rizzo were brought back."

Rizzo has previously only been mentioned at the pink asterisk, for having recorded two songs on a best-of in 1995; the band formed in 1980. The wikipedia writers never bother to give his first name, nor what instrument he plays, and yet his presence (or otherwise) has led to two entirely separate versions of Gene Loves Jezebel existing for 23 years, and suing each other in 1997, 2008 and 2018. (Each band has released studio albums under the name!)

Since 2009, a settlement means that Jay Aston's band is Gene Loves Jezebel in the UK, but the tribute band "Michael Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel" is allowed to tour, whereas Michael Aston's band is Gene Loves Jezebel in the USA, but tribute act "Jay Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel" is allowed to tour there.

Michael Aston (who first quit the band in 1989, rejoining in 1993, before the twin brothers split again in 1997) owns genelovesjezebel.com, and has no other original members in his Jezebels. Jay Aston owns genelovesjezebel.co.uk, and has no other original members, BUT does occasionally have three members who played with the band at various points in the 1980s amongst his Jezebels, and in 2017 used them all on a record for the third time ever / first time since 1990.

^that’s amazing

As chronicled by the Mountain Goats in Abandoned Flesh:

They charted once or twice
They were on a major label
When the singer went solo
He left money on the table
The two main guys are related
They're at war with each other
Now there's two Genes loving Jezebel
One for each brother

from this thread: Once Upon a Time in L.A. 2021

The lead singer of The Stylistics left in 2000, and tours as Russell Thompkins Jr. & The New Stylistics, possibly with a 1980-85 Stylistic in his group. Two other original Stylistics continue to be in The Stylistics.

By 1975, there were three original Dramatics out of five in the Dramatics. One of them split and formed a second, competing Dramatics. The first Dramatics then became a near-tribute band called Ron Banks And The Dramatics. Circa 1979 this tribute band (with two original members) won a court case, and the alternate band (with one original member) became a tribute band called A Dramatic Experience (great name).

Also, beating Gene Loves Jezebel to the punch by two decades, since 1975 there have been two lineups of The Delfonics, led by founding-member brothers.

Terry Chambers now has a band called something like EX-TC

EX-CellenT one:

Chambers and longer-term XTC bloke Colin Moulding did one EP and some gigs as TC&I, Moulding specifically having rejected the name EXTC as too on the nose. Chambers continued playing with a couple of the backing members they'd used for their shows, considering carrying on as a gigging concern. On a social meeting, main XTC bloke and will-never-reform hermit Andy Partridge insisted that the name EXTC was too good to not use. Once Chambers had formed a full five-piece band, Partridge came to rehearsal to teach them the tricky parts from his songs.

They played one warm-up show in a local pub in Swindon last March, and cancelled their debut proper gig in Edinburgh due to the novel coronavirus two weeks later.

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Probably just a one-off for this Guitar Festival, but Derek Smalls is co-billed with Sydney rock band You Am I performing as The Majesty Of Tap, and it seems unlikely that he wouldn't play with them.