Does anyone know what band has been together the longest

mindi
mindi 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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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    the stones
  • mindi
    mindi Posts: 1,862
    cutback wrote:
    the stones
    Same members for over 30 years?
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  • norm
    norm 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
  • mindi
    mindi 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 grolsch
    dave 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?
  • mindi
    mindi 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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  • dirt
    dirt Posts: 398
    Yes still tours with their classic lineup every now and then.
    drive less - RIDE MORE!
  • pjfan020
    pjfan020 Posts: 426
    I think ZZ top is the longest american rock band with all members staying constant.
    "Tonight we're just gonna play you some good old American Rock and Roll." tom petty-7-15-05
  • pjfan020
    pjfan020 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.
    "Tonight we're just gonna play you some good old American Rock and Roll." tom petty-7-15-05
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,779
    pjfan020 wrote:
    I think ZZ top is the longest american rock band with all members staying constant.
    since 1969! :eek:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Blind Melon
    Blind Melon Posts: 911
    Haha, what about solo artists? Like Bobby D?
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    It's gotta be either the stones or the who.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • mindi
    mindi 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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  • youngster
    youngster 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.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,092
    Golden Earring -- 1961 -- all original members


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  • mindi
    mindi 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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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,092
    mindi wrote:
    I'm thinking the Stones have never had the same members for over 30 years.

    Brian Jones
  • mindi
    mindi Posts: 1,862
    SAME MEMBERS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,252
    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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  • BonnarooJam
    BonnarooJam Posts: 155
    I'd guess Aerosmith
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