Which bands got better after replacing an original member?

Genesis - neither Steve Hackett or Phil Collins were original members.
Yes - Chris and Jon Anderson were original members. It could be argued that Bill Bruford (an original) was also in their best line up but I would say that Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe definitely improved them and some would choose Alan White over Bill.
 
I'd have thought most bands have replaced an original member before gettig any good.Usually when mates get together to form a band they realise at least one isn't that good or committed to it.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Genesis - neither Steve Hackett or Phil Collins were original members.
Yes - Chris and Jon Anderson were original members. It could be argued that Bill Bruford (an original) was also in their best line up but I would say that Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe definitely improved them and some would choose Alan White over Bill.
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Genesis…
I don’t think he’s saying that. He’s saying Hackett & Collins improved Genesis when they replaced Phillips & Stewart. Or have I misinterpreted your comment?
 
city2 said:
Sugar babes
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Agreed. I'm seeing them in a couple of weeks, and I'm dead happy they're back together as the original three of Mutya Keisha Siobhan after all the problems they've had, but for me the Mutya Keisha Heidi line-up is their strongest era. Overload is a cracking single, especially considering how young they were, but the run of Freak Like Me, Round Round, Stronger, Hole in the Head, Too Lost in You, In the Middle, Push the Button, and Red Dress is an insane collection of greatest hits. I'm also a big, big fan of About You Now, which introduced Amelle to the group, but nothing else they did with her really touched the heights of the Angels With Dirty Faces, Three, Taller in More Ways era.
 
Pantera replacing Terry Glaze with Anselmo.
Dubliners replacing Bob Lynch with Luke Kelly.
 
NZBlue said:
Dio joining Sabbath.

They got better, but they stopped being the true Sabbath without Ozzy
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Yeah, this take is a bit conversional for me.

Heaven and Hell with Dio is my favorite Black Sabbath album ever. But many of the albums with Ozzy were great too. And even without Dio and Ozzy, Sabbath produced albums that I really enjoy.
 
Arguably Yes.

Drama - without Jon Anderson - is my favorite Yes album of all. And check out Fly From Here: Return Trip from another album with this same lineup.

At the same time, I really enjoy Yes with Anderson. But Drama for me tips the balance. Yes without Anderson is somehow a little bit better.

That said - check out Anderson performing with Band Geeks. It's fucking awesome.

For example:
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
Arguably Yes.

Drama - without Jon Anderson - is my favorite Yes album of all. And check out Fly From Here: Return Trip from another album with this same lineup.

At the same time, I really enjoy Yes with Anderson. But Drama for me tips the balance. Yes without Anderson is somehow a little bit better.

That said - check out Anderson performing with Band Geeks. It's fucking awesome.

For example:
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Very interesting viewpoint Mr Pond but one I can only partially agree with.
Going back to 1980 Yes had hit the point of no return. Anderson’s lyric writing at the Paris Sessions was diving ever further into the whimsical.He wanted to soften the approach
Drama was indeed a very new, fresh sounding and powerful Yes.
Fly from Here was the beginning of the end. Half of it is excellent but has a lot of awful padding TMYAWMTB and Bumpy Ride especially. I really do like the main theme, Life on a Film Set and Into the Storm.FFH is also the reason they ditched Oliver who wrote the excellent “To the Moment”.
There have been times when I think Yes were better without Jon during his weird phases but “True” has shown he is more than 20% of Yes.
 
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