Should old bands from the 60's, 70's, 80's ever reform or not. Or should they leave well alone.

 

Is there any good examples where it worked and where it was a disaster.

 

Can't think of many success stories but there must be some.

 

I remember Blondie reforming in the late 90's and getting a #1 single.

depends, mainly no, they lost their youthful edge..

Duran Duran - with the three Taylor's in the line up returned for 2004 Astronaut album after a break of 19 years, they have a follow up album due late summer 2006.

 

The Bangles - returned in 2003 with the album Doll Revolution for the first time since their "indefinite sabbatical" in 1989.

 

Aha - originally split in 1994 but reformed in 2000 and have since released three new studio albums.

 

Currently:

 

Roxy Music are recording their first album since 1982's Avalon & it features Brian Eno for the first time since 1973's For Your Pleasure.

 

Genesis are recording together again but with Peter Gabriel on lead vocals & Phil Collins back on Drums & Steve Hackett back in the fold alongside Mike Rutherford & Tony Banks. The plan is to have an album ready for release in 2007. It will be their first with this lineup since 1975's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.

 

 

It depends why they reform. If it's simply to make a few quid then no. There are a couple of bands I wouldn't mind seeing back, but hell would probably freeze over first (The Smiths/The Jam).

 

Did anyone watch that series on VH-1 the other year - "Bands Reunited"? That was a pretty good show I thought.

As a rule definitely not, but on the other hand The Killing Joke are coming up with things that stands up exceedingly well to their 80s material, The Pixies split up when they still had at least two or three albums still left in them and Jane's Addiction did a pretty top comeback album a couple of years back too...

 

But they are the exceptions...

As a rule definitely not, but on the other hand The Killing Joke are coming up with things that stands up exceedingly well to their 80s material, The Pixies split up when they still had at least two or three albums still left in them and Jane's Addiction did a pretty top comeback album a couple of years back too...

 

But they are the exceptions...

 

have killing joke ever reformed? or just one of those bands that keep chugging on with about 1 of the original members? every few years they seem to put out an album with an interview saying godfathers of rock or something like that. wasnt the last album mostly played by the foo fighters?

have killing joke ever reformed? or just one of those bands that keep chugging on with about 1 of the original members? every few years they seem to put out an album with an interview saying godfathers of rock or something like that. wasnt the last album mostly played by the foo fighters?

 

No, they did actually split up round about '88 or something, Youth went on to be one of the most important producers/remixers of the early Rave/Dance generation. And, no, Dave Grohl did NOT play the most on the last album - he was drafted in as a guest drummer and that's all he did, being such an ardent fan of KJ and all he jumped at the opportunity. KJ have pretty much all their original members - Jaz, Geordie, Youth and Raven, they only had to get a new drummer...