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Mod bands who reform - without all of their originals members?


When one of your favourite mod bands reforms and they are missing a vital member, what do we think guys?
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Who are you thinking of?

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I think when it comes to any band reforming it depends on how vital and how much of a presence that original member was to the group.

What's funny over here is that the crappy 80's metal band RATT reformed, but it was only the singer and new members. The other original members were so upset they reformed, as RATT, and had a new singer. So you had two RATTs running around the US gigging. Like one RATT wasn't bad enough.

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The Boss - kick arse band, without their 80s lineup, They rule!


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Don't know about now, but in the eighties the Boss were never a 'kick-ass' band, they were some dodgy pub band full of chancers who did punk covers live.

What about Secret Affair? Should they have had the Shelton line-up or was it okay playing with Paul Bultitude. That was probably okay, but I was slightly uneasy about the thought of The Chords without Martin Mason.
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What about Secret Affair? Should they have had the Shelton line-up or was it okay playing with Paul Bultitude.



Don't think it really makes enough of a difference either way for SA. At least it's the real original members whichever way you look at it.

What about The Truth? It was/is just Dennis Greaves. The other guys were/are the members of another group called Smashing Time..

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Good question!
I suppose it depends on your point of view.
Have the missing member/members died? Or just decided they don't want to be part of the band anymore,before or after they split up,ie:Secret Affair.Seb left & was replaced with Paul,Paul was the drummer for the Business as Usual LP so was still a member of S.A.
I think that if there are at least 3/4 of the original line up there what's the problem?
The Who carried on after Keith Moon,fair enough the weren't as good (IMO) but the drummer was from the Small Faces.(connection to Mod still there).
Billy Hassett was kicked out of The Chords & replaced by a singer from a punk band of all things,but 'One more Minate & Who's Killing Who?'are class tunes.
'!@#$' now I'm off on one.
To cut a long post short,if they still want to play & I have the cash to travel & see them I'll be there.
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I've seen The Undertones a couple of times recently, they play now with a new lead singer as Fergal Sharkey wasn't interested in re-joining. They were excellent gigs regardless.
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Loved The Truth and saw them play a lot - but without Mick Lister, it definitely isn't The Truth, just Dennis Greaves stretching his greatest hits package to two bands.

As for The Undertones without Feargal - when a singer is that important to the band's sound, it just doesn't seem worthwhile going to see them. It's like the recent Jetset reformation - they played live without their singer Melvyn J. It's all well and good seeing the rest of the band play, but it's not the real thing without the singer. Whether the band is as meaningful as the Undertones or as disposable as The Jetset, it's the singer who gives the band its distictive sound. I could watch Secret Affair without Cairns, but not without Page. Both is preferable.

It's better, obviously if you can have the whole band - but at the very least, you need the singer and the songwriter to give it any credibility (and obviously with The Truth, Mick Lister was the co-songwriter).
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I don't agree. Sharkey was just a front man, the driving force behind the Undertones was always the O'Neill brothers, I don't Sharkey ever even wrote a song? The new singer as the same vocal style and is an excellent showman. I'd encourage anyone to check them out if they are playing in your area.
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