Favorite Bands you're so damn GRATEFUL have NOT broken up yet

JH6056

Playing off the other thread about bands that broke up that you still ache for, how about which bands have been around for 10 yrs or more that you are so grateful are STILL together?

My list:

Pearl Jam
The Frames
Radiohead
Public Enemy
Elvis Costello
X
Afghan Whigs
The Replacements

brianlux

JH6056 said:

Playing off the other thread about bands that broke up that you still ache for, how about which bands have been around for 10 yrs or more that you are so grateful are STILL together?

My list:

Pearl Jam
The Frames
Radiohead
Public Enemy
Elvis Costello
X
Afghan Whigs
The Replacements

It's so cool and amazing that the surviving Replacements reunited for a while. I'm not sure if they're doing it any more though. I wasn't surprised Chris Mars didn't join them for the reunion although his contribution to the benefit album for the magnificent Slim Dunlap was great. Lots of love for the 'Mats!

Here's my list:

Dinosaur Jr (and going strong!)
Mission of Burma (amazing after a 19 year gap between disbanding and reforming!)
New York Dolls (although only 2 original members)
Pearl Jam (of course!)
The Who (though they were never the same without Keith and John)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse (long live The Horse!)

and given the notion that Paul and Tommy might do it again, one of my all-time favorites, The Replacements.

JH6056

Brian you are so right - I added the Replacements after I'd already posted, and I actually meant to add the Replacements to my list of bands I was devastated broke up, not that are still together. But your post gives me hope!!! "There are no accidents", right?

brianlux

Right, JH! We never give up on the 'Mats!

I've often wondered about the message spelled out over that reunion tour on Paul's t-shirts:

“I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED YOU. NOW I MUST WHORE MY PAST.”

The article linked below mentions some possibilities:

"Much like everything involving The Replacements, this has lent itself to some debate. We now know that Westerberg seemed to be foreshadowing the breakup announcement, of course. But to what and who was Paul referring, specifically? There are a few theories going around. Let us throw them out here, batshit or not.

One theory is that he is referring to his ex-wife, from whom he recently divorced and was without a source of steady income according to a 2014 Star Tribune article.

Another theory considers the possibility that it’s a reference to Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap, whose severe stroke in 2012 lead to the benefit comp, Songs for Slim, and whose illness and medical bills are often believed to be the impetus for the band’s reunion shows.

Or maybe, and this is just us throwing shit at the wall, Paul’s just talking about The Replacements in general. Maybe he loved that damned drunken shitshow of a band and was bummed that he had to trot out its corpse for the last three years for a paycheck."

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/paul-westerbergs-t-shirts-have-a-message-for-you-about-the-replacements-breakup

JH6056

Thanks, that's fascinating!