Bands that have lost key members

Uh, where to begin.

Pantera - Dimebag Darell
AC/DC - Bon Scott
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant, & Allen Collins.
Tragic story behind Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Ozzy Osbourne - Randy RhoaRAB
Metallica - Cliff Burton
Led Zeppelin - John Bonham (Who knows how much more they would have gone)
Nirvana - Kurt Cobain
The Who - Keith Moon
The Allman Brothers - Duane Allman
The Doors - Jim Morrison
Kiss - Eric Carr
The Rolling Stone - Brian Jones

Some don't exactly "go flat", they keep going, and move on, but
overall, a band is never the same after one of their own dies.
 
You know, personally, I think Ben Duvall is a great singer, and it's a very daunting task to take Layne's place in the band. I saw them live with Duvall, and it was great.

But Black Gives Way to Blue was a disappointment. It really just sounded like another Cantrell album. Which I like Cantrell's albums, but to call it a new AIC album was kind of improper.
 
he 'left' late last year, that lasted about a week. then there was his stint in rehab earlier this year for painkiller addiction. i think people are taking the fact that Joe Perry is touring as a solo act as the potential demise of Aerosmith but Tyler joined him on stage somewhat recently to perform a few tunes.

there's absolutely no way in hell that Aerosmith would continue with that name without Stephen Tyler at this point. just consider the lawsuits involved to make a move like that happen, let alone the backlash from fans.
 
Smashing Pumpkins?

Probably more to do with the fact they just ran out of ideas and creativity after 3 or 4 good albums than the meraber change.
 
Travis Barker is easily a much more talented drummer than reynor and is more versatile. Reynor was a lot faster/ better when it came to punk though. Barker has turned into a huge douche nowadays though.
Although I guess I owe it to Barker for being on enema of the state which was my favorite album in elementary school.
 
Whilst the change in merabership would have scuppered the Melon Collie-era momentum, I do agree that Billy Corgan's hubris did them in rather than any loss of "key merabers"-considering the only key Pumpkin was Billy Corgan.
 
First thing that comes to mind is Pink Floyd. Syd Barett had to leave the band because of his deteriating mental state. He was the main singer songwriter and they moved on by bringing his school mate and friend David Gilmour. This helped Pink Floyd create a different sound. No longer were they a "pop" group trying to push out singles, but rather a group that had no boundries developing space rock. And that's why I love Pink Floyd.
 
Agree with many of the ones posted.

Dwayne R. Goettel of Skinny Puppy died. They haven't been the same since. I'm happy they reunited so that I was finally able to see them live (3 times now), but their two reunion albums so far are lacking depth.

To a degree, I also feel that Download went flat after their first two albums, again due to Dwayne R. Goettel's death but also because Mark Spybey was no longer involved (except a few tracks here and there). Both brought a lot to the table in this band.

Peter Gabriel left Genesis. The first two albums with Phil Collins on vocals were good, but it didn't take long for things to go flat after that...save for a few excellent pop songs.

King Crimson has had many lineup changes, but I feel the loss of Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Giles, and John Wetton were unfortunate in one way or another.
 
Why Alice In Chains would ever even think about getting back together after Layne's death I will never know.
All though most people never looked at Blink 182 to fondly it seems like they completely erabarrassed themselves after they kicked Scott Reynor out.

Misfits are a given.
D. Boon
Weezer was never half as good without Matt Sharp.
Whenever Hiro Yamamoto left soundgarden and Ben Shephardjoine dit was a turn for the better.
 
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