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Does anyone know what band has been together the longest

mindimindi Posts: 1,862
edited October 2008 in Other Music
I know Rush has been together, with the same 3 guys for over 30 years, and are still together.

Who else?
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    the stones
  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    cutback wrote:
    the stones
    Same members for over 30 years?
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    mindi wrote:
    Same members for over 30 years?

    oh jeez :D

    aerosmith?

    u2 formed in 1976 but didn't release their first album until 1980
  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    cutback wrote:
    oh jeez :D

    aerosmith?

    u2 formed in 1976 but didn't release their first album until 1980
    I thought Aerosmith too but didn't some of the members leave for awhile and come back?

    Yeah U2 is a good answer.
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  • dave grolschdave grolsch Posts: 730
    some of the bands i have seen this year have always been around:)
    jethro tull,it was the 40th anniversary tour
    moody blues,dont know how long,but its the sixties
    i also caught the wurzels and i think the drummer is 78!
    ps i aint that old only 38,but my dad is a music freak just like me.
    EDIT oops you mean original members?
  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    I know that Neil, Alex and Geddy aren't the original members, John Rutsey was the original drummer. But those three have been together for over 30 years and are still going. Just wondering if there was any other band besides them.
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  • dirtdirt Posts: 398
    Yes still tours with their classic lineup every now and then.
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  • pjfan020pjfan020 Posts: 426
    I think ZZ top is the longest american rock band with all members staying constant.
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  • pjfan020pjfan020 Posts: 426
    dirt wrote:
    Yes still tours with their classic lineup every now and then.

    They're actually going to tour with some guy they found on youtube...their singer is sick and wants the band to hold off for another year or so but they're doing a tour without him.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,644
    pjfan020 wrote:
    I think ZZ top is the longest american rock band with all members staying constant.
    since 1969! :eek:
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  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Haha, what about solo artists? Like Bobby D?
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    It's gotta be either the stones or the who.
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  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    cropduster82 wrote:
    It's gotta be either the stones or the who.
    Not original members. And not members that have been together for over 30 years. And not still making albums and touring.
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    mindi wrote:
    Not original members. And not members that have been together for over 30 years. And not still making albums and touring.

    True. Not original members, but the stones still tour. They had a world tour in like 2005.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,958
    Golden Earring -- 1961 -- all original members


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  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    hartamh wrote:
    I'm thinking maybe the Stones ;)
    I'm thinking the Stones have never had the same members for over 30 years.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,958
    mindi wrote:
    I'm thinking the Stones have never had the same members for over 30 years.

    Brian Jones
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  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    SAME MEMBERS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. The band and its membership went through a number of re-configurations between 1968 and 1974, achieving their definitive form when Neil Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey in July 1974, two weeks before the group's first U.S. tour.


    John Rutsey just died earlier this year. He never really got started with the band even though he has a few writing credits to songs of the band.

    As for a band with it's original members RUSH has to be by far the best band still playing Gracefully Under Pressure. My favorite from g under p...Red Sector A

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  • BonnarooJamBonnarooJam Posts: 155
    I'd guess Aerosmith
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    BonnarooJam wrote:
    I'd guess Aerosmith

    Yeah, Aerosmith first appeared in 73 and based on original members, I'd have to say they are the ones who have been together the longest.
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  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    cropduster82 wrote:
    Yeah, Aerosmith first appeared in 73 and based on original members, I'd have to say they are the ones who have been together the longest.
    Nope
    Other than a period from July 1979 to April 1984, the line-up of Tyler, Perry, Hamilton, Kramer, and Whitford has stayed the same.
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  • NewDamageNewDamage Posts: 1,913
    A band with original members, without ever breaking up or changing lineups at one point?

    I think it has to be ZZ Top as well. Almost 40 years with the original lineup still in tact
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  • Bushleaguer28Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    Its not Aerosmith because they made one album in the early 80s I believe without Perry, so even though they are back now they did technically "break up" at one point. I think it HAS to be ZZ Top
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  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    mindi wrote:
    SAME MEMBERS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS


    lol!
    i know..........
    what's so hard about that?
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  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    So Rush
    U2
    ZZ Top
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,958
    mindi wrote:
    So Rush
    U2
    ZZ Top


    I thought i already gave the answer

    Golden Earring

    They've been together since 1961 (no break ups), all original members, have consistently releasing albums, and have been consistantly touring.

    This was a year before The Rolling Stones
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  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    mookeywrench wrote:
    I thought i already gave the answer

    Golden Earring

    They've been together since 1961 (no break ups), all original members, have consistently releasing albums, and have been consistantly touring.

    This was a year before The Rolling Stones

    Good answer, same members since 1970.

    Golden Earring celebrated their 47th anniversary in 2008 and have been performing almost continuously since their foundation in 1961. They have had the same unchanged line-up of the same four musicians and friends since 1970, augmented time to time with a fifth member.
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  • sweetu4riasweetu4ria Posts: 26
    would be the stones. I never got into their music and wish they'd disappear off the radar already. Just my opinion :)
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