When bands change line ups and former members start new bands.

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Well, it's a given that bands change members due to creative and musical differences or sometimes for the simple reason that they don't get along anymore.

Let's talk about musicians who will always be associated by a particular band even though they tried to go their own way. Which sadly doesn't always work as my examples will show.
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This is Herman Van Boeyen, the drummer. lead singer of the Dutch eighties Rock band Vitesse, which had over 40 members in just under 19 years of which he was the only constant. You could see the band play and a month later see them play with a different line up, it was crazy.

And among those former band members of his were some very high profile musicians. This clip shows the best known and most stable of all the band's line ups. Van Boeyen, guitarist Carl Carlton, Bass player Ruud Engelbert and Keyboard player Otto Kooijmans, who after they were booted out of the band started Raider of the Lost Corvette. But failed to make an impression.


Far more successful was the previous lineup consisting of Van Boeyen, guitarist/Singer Jan Van Der Mei and Bass Player Peter Van Straaten, who after being booted from the band formed Powerplay, who as it stands are still around, but Van Der Mei also plays in the Beatles Tribute band "The Analogues" where he does the Paul vocals.


But by far the most successful former Vitesse member is THIS guy.
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Herman Brood actually started the band with Van Boeyen and was there through the first FOUR line up changes (How do you like them apples?) And when leaving the band did infinitely better than Van Boeyen could ever get.

Herman Brood and his wild Romance playing the Pinkpop festival, the line up of the Wild Romance includes two further former Vitesse members: guitarist Dany Lademacher (the blonde guy) and Bass player Ruud Engelbert.

So what was the deal, why did Vitesse have so much line up changes? Well according the Golden earring guitarist George Kooijmans, it came down to Herman Van Boeyen not being the most pleasant of guys and I'll leave it at that.
 

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It sometimes is the best for everyone, and sometimes not.
When Ted Turner left Wishbone Ash, his replacement was different, but good.
Laurie Wisefield was not as understated and succinct as Ted, but was more fiery, like Andy Powell.
When Paul Cotton replaced Jim Messina in Poco, I missed Jim’s guitar firepower.
Cotton made the band mellower, and more vocal oriented.
Not a bad thing, and perhaps he made Poco more commercially successful.
Interpersonal chemistry is the “magic” of a band.
Synergy is the goal, IMO.
It’s not super common.
 

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It's certainly common enough to see someone leave a band and then go solo, but that's not the same thing.
 

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Ron Wood is an interesting example, because he was in a successful band before he joined The Rolling Stones. But I would assume that most people associate him with The Stones rather than with The Faces.
 

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Randy Snow was my boss when I was the sole writer/producer for DRGM in Vegas, at the time the largest agency in Nevada. Randy was the guy who penned "What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas." He was a great boss and a great guy. He once said that if nobody ever left an ad agency and brought clients along for the ride, there would only be one ad agency in the world. Same with bands. Like REO Speedwagon sang, you gotta "roll with the changes." The only constant in life is change. It's fun watching kids grow up and enjoying all the good times ... but they eventually move away, and your parental paradigm is forever changed. <sigh>
 

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Think of it as evolution. Shuffling of the genes and interbreeding creates new species. The unfit die out.
 

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When Paul Cotton replaced Jim Messina in Poco, I missed Jim’s guitar firepower.
I would say that this move worked out just fine for Poco, but Jim Messina probably did a lot better with Loggins and Messina. In my mind, Jim Messina is always associated firmly with both bands, but far more people became aware of him because of L&M.
 
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After the Sabs kicked Ozzy out for being an insane, drug-addicted drunk, they both separately put out some of the best music they were ever associated with. But Ozzy is always tied to Black Sabbath.

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Tony Kaye comes immediately to mind. Badger released a couple solid albums. Flash was cool, as was Circa. But he'll always be associated with Yes first and foremost.
 

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Michael Schenker is known as a guitar god regardless of which band he is in-- Scorpions, UFO, Michael Schenker group. Of the three bands, Scorpions definitely wrote the best music, in my opinion. With the other bands it's mostly "just fast forward to get to the guitar lead"....although a few of the songs were OK. Weaker lead vocals and super cheesy lyrics were part of the problem.....

 
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