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New Members Who Made All The Difference
- Thread starter tangentmusic
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A lot of people would argue that the Peter Green era was their best.
Yes they sold more albums and made more money with Buckingham-Nicks but I feel this is their best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRu7Pt42x6Y
The Doobie Bros. with Michael McDonald? J. Geils with Peter Wolf?
What about the Stones with Ron Wood? Yeah, they were already pretty famous with Brian, but Ron was certainly more 'stable' and allowed them to remain a functioning unit for a lot longer than they might have done (we'll ignore Mick Taylor since he was only in a band for a short time).
Oh, and while Pete Best is *now* a decent drummer, he sure wasn't in 1962 (listen to his playing on the middle eight of "Love Me Do" from 'Anthology 1'. Dreadful.
What about the Stones with Ron Wood? Yeah, they were already pretty famous with Brian, but Ron was certainly more 'stable' and allowed them to remain a functioning unit for a lot longer than they might have done (we'll ignore Mick Taylor since he was only in a band for a short time).
Oh, and while Pete Best is *now* a decent drummer, he sure wasn't in 1962 (listen to his playing on the middle eight of "Love Me Do" from 'Anthology 1'. Dreadful.
Anthrax with Joey Belladonna and Frank Bello, The Byrds with Gram Parsons, Elvis' '50s group with DJ Fontana, The Stones with Mick Taylor, UFO with Michael Schenker, Nirvana with Dave Grohl, ELO with Richard Tandy (and later Louis Clark and Kelly Groucutt).
And yeah, Buckingham-Nicks took Fleetwood Mac to super-stardom, but the addition of Bob Welch in the early '70s made for some of their most interesting and satisfying work.
And yeah, Buckingham-Nicks took Fleetwood Mac to super-stardom, but the addition of Bob Welch in the early '70s made for some of their most interesting and satisfying work.
Ian Gillan. He took Deep Purple from relative unknowns with "Hush" to Super-Group status with the "Smoke on the Water" anthem.
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
I was thinking the same thing John and Paul were blown away by Ringo's drumming Pete was no bum but he was no Ringo drummers know how good Ringo is.
Grace Slick made a big difference for the Jefferson Airplane. So did Sandy Denny for Fairport Convention.
Big +1 there. Styx had some success prior to Crystal Ball, but not at the level that they enjoyed after Tommy joined.
Chi Cheng was a legend. Everyone had doubts when Deftones had bass tech Sergio Vega fill his shoes. I think the results were excellent. I think he brought fresh energy to the band and also some excellent riffage!
If "next level" = schmaltzy Pop...then I concur.
FWIW, I really like the Progressive Rock of their 2-3 initial albums.
Gillan & Glover joined DP together, right?
...and DP Mk II had two Classic Rock albums (In Rock & Fireball) pre-"Smoke On The Water" (Machine Head)...Hell, Gillan/Glover did not have too much time left by the time "Smoke" became an anthem.
I'm with you...but going back & re-visiting those early Yes albums with Banks...they were pretty cool. And Banks' post-Yes band, Flash? Also, cool.
Same time frame-
- Justin Hayward & John Lodge joining The Moody Blues.
- Gary Thain with Uriah Heep?
- Martin Barre with Tull?
Yes.... How could I forget Roger! He and Gillan took them from Pop group to a classic Hard Rock group.
"Child In Time" is still a one of a kind vocal performance.
Goose bumps every time.
If "next level" = schmaltzy Pop...then I concur.
FWIW, I really like the Progressive Rock of their 2-3 initial albums.
Jim,
You read right into the point I was making.
I know some people think the Perry era Journey are worthy of idol worship; so, I was treading lightly in my comments.
I'm not sure what DP were about early on...they had some psychedelic/esoteric/Progressive things and also did covers by The Beatles, Joe South, Neil Diamond, Ike & Tina/Motown, Donovan, etc.
I know some people think the Perry era Journey are worthy of idol worship; so, I was treading lightly in my comments.
...who are these heathens?
