Bands that declined after a member left

Judas Priest after Rob Halford cut his hair and then went bald

Kiss after the make-up left

The Sugarbabes after they all left

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Spinal Tap after Nigel Tufnel left (temporarily, thank heavens).

VB

Deep Purple post Ian Gillan I would say

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Wow ! Were you in Deep Purple ? And who was Gillian ?

VB

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Not sure that applies to any of your choices :thinking:

It does in my opinion

Hmmm :smirk:

We’re all entitled to an opinion, Terry.

Ymmv

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Ooooh it does Paul. It does :grin:

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Sex pistols - Glen Matlock
The Dickies - Chuck Wagon
Damned - Brian James
The Stranglers - Hugh (although to be fair they had turned to shit long before he bailed)
The Ruts - Malcolm Owen
The cure - lol Tolhurst
The Cramps - Bryan Gregory

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Dylan, after he left and was replaced by that born again christian nutter.

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Pink Floyd post Syd Barrett

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Marillion without Fish just isn’t cricket.

Rolling Stones after Brian Jones.

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Metallica - cliff burton (RIP)

Direstraits.

Well, er…

The Carpenters without Karen

Josh’s One Man Band