raven4x4x
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Posted: July 03 2005, 23:56 |
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Obviously, different musicians coming in and out of the group will change the sound in some way. It of course depends on the individual musicians, but the replacement is never going to be totally identical to the original member. There will always be some difference.
In terms of bands I listen to having line-up changes, I immediately think of Pink Floyd and Yes. I'm afraid I was never a fan of the original Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett, and it's very apparent here that after Syd left and David Gilmour joined the musical direction of the band changed dramatically. As for Roger Waters leaving, the new Pink Floyd really didn't record enough albums for me to make a difinitive judgement on their worth. I do not like Momentary Lapse of Reason, but I don't find anything at all wrong with Division Bell, I enjoy it quite a lot. I don't think that Roger leaving killed the band completely, but I can't make a proper judgement after only two albums.
Yes had a lot of line-up changes, and I don't think it's a co-incidence that they started making albums I like when Steve Howe joined. One of my all time favourite guitarists, it's pretty much guaranteed that I'll like them more with him in the band. Rick Wakeman as well adds a unique element that I particularly like. To be honest, I'm not familiar with any Yes albums past Going for the One, but with people like Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson coming and going I'm pretty sure that I won't like those albums as much.
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I originally considered doing this as a poll, but as there is more than one question, I realized I really couldn't do it that way. 
