Posted by Joe (@joe) on Aug. 12, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
I’m not going to define “credible,” I’ll leave that to your judgment.
Inspired by the mention of Yes below.
I can’t think of any real examples off the top of my head.
Former non-original members of The Allman Brothers have played a few reunion shows as “The Brothers” and I would happily attend one of those concerts, but they didn’t use the Allman name after Duane died, and doing so would have been a pretty questionable move.
Edit: I was thinking that The Brothers performed without Jaimoe, but he actually participated in all of their shows and was an original member. I think I was confused because I remembered that they didn’t include a living original member, but didn’t remember the details. They performed as The Brothers when Dickie Betts was still alive, but he didn’t participate. So that’s what I was actually thinking of.
Dickie wasn’t in The Allman Brothers for the last 15 years either.
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Obvious one I forgot -
Mighty Kurtz
Aug. 12 8:06 PM
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The Pipettes -
Mod Lang
Aug. 12 8:46 PM
- Re: The Pipettes - Ken Aug. 12 10:43 PM
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The Pipettes -
Mod Lang
Aug. 12 8:46 PM
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A whole article on this topic -
Mighty Kurtz
Aug. 12 12:31 PM
- Those are all oldies acts with no hits or credible albums - Mod Lang Aug. 12 4:12 PM
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Calling bullshit on Heart -
Ken
Aug. 12 12:37 PM
- Re: Calling bullshit on Heart - Mighty Kurtz Aug. 12 1:02 PM
- The Isley Brothers? - Mod Lang Aug. 12 12:18 PM
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Re: no original members? -
Mighty Kurtz
Aug. 12 11:42 AM
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If Nick Mason retires -
Mod Lang
Aug. 12 1:40 PM
- You mean if he retires and David Gilmour tours as "Pink Floyd"? - Joe Aug. 12 4:01 PM
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If Nick Mason retires -
Mod Lang
Aug. 12 1:40 PM
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Renaissance -
Ken
Aug. 12 11:25 AM
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This and Soft Machine were the two that came to mind (nt) -
Tabernacles E. Townsfolk
Aug. 12 2:01 PM
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Different people are answering different questions here -
Tabernacles E. Townsfolk
Aug. 12 2:31 PM
- Re: Different people are answering different questions here - Joe Aug. 12 4:04 PM
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Different people are answering different questions here -
Tabernacles E. Townsfolk
Aug. 12 2:31 PM
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This and Soft Machine were the two that came to mind (nt) -
Tabernacles E. Townsfolk
Aug. 12 2:01 PM