Bands that should reunite, and bands that shouldn&#039;t

I'd like to see The Beatles get back together.

The Ramones too.

#3 7 years ago

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Quoted from o-din:
I'd like to see The Beatles get back together.
The Ramones too.

What will it take for a Beatles reunion?

#4 7 years ago

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Quoted from Dewey68:
What will it take for a Beatles reunion?

Ringo, Paul, and Pete. The rest have pasted on. Have to say, Beatles with other family members just will not cut it.

Should not.
Just watch the Apple Studio roof top films. Call it a day.

#5 7 years ago

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Quoted from Dewey68:
What will it take for a Beatles reunion?

We would have to go back in time.

#6 7 years ago

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Grateful Dead.

LTG : )

#7 7 years ago

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The guys in Supertramp should burry all of the hatchets, Tour once again, rake in a few more dollars. This will make many fans happy.

#8 7 years ago

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#9 7 years ago

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There are quite a few aging rock bands that should break up so we won't have to suffer thru another grandpa rock pinball machine.

#10 7 years ago

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Quoted from o-din:
There are quite a few aging rock bands that should break up so we won't have to suffer thru another grandpa rock pinball machine.

Where is our Fleetwood Mac pin?

#11 7 years ago

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Quoted from Darcy:
Where is our Fleetwood Mac pin?

It sure as heck better be a Peter Green Fleetwood Mac is all I can say.

#12 7 years ago

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Quoted from o-din:
I'd like to see The Beatles get back together.
The Ramones too.

The Ramones? Okay well I guess second drummer and third bass player are still alive...

#13 7 years ago

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Quoted from Dewey68:
I'm sitting listening to Candy-O by The Cars right now, and thinking how cool it would be to see them play a tour some summer. I know Benjamin Orr is gone, so it wouldn't be the same band.

Ric had stated that the Cars were done. That was many years ago, shortly after Benjamins death. No one could replace Benjamin.

#14 7 years ago

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Rage Against The Machine
The White Stripes
Pink Floyd
The Sisters of Mercy
Bauhaus
Mr. Bungle
Oingo Boingo
The Smiths
System of a Down
The Talking Heads

#15 7 years ago

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Midnight Oil is on a 2017 world tour. Not sure on tour dates, or if they had been on hiatus.

ABBA has been offered millions of dollars to do 10 shows, NYC and LA.

#16 7 years ago

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Heaven forbid Aerosmith ever gets back together or the next thing you know they will have a pinball machine themed after that band.

#17 7 years ago

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Bauhaus

Well it wasn't that long ago they did. Although the concerts were absolutely top notch, the album was ho-hum.
Not embarrassing, but pulled out a bit too quick.

Pink Floyd had a better chance than Smiths with Joyce in there... Absolutely would never happen. Hopefully he dies and then maybe

Quoted from Darcy:
ABBA has been offered millions of dollars to do 10 shows, NYC and LA.

I believe they were famously offered a billion dollars and turned it down?

Quoted from Darcy:
Ric had stated that the Cars were done. That was many years ago, shortly after Benjamins death. No one could replace Benjamin.

But they did get back together lately right? After the "new cars" shannanigins

-1

#18 7 years ago

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The doors. We need the doors to get back together. Raise Jim Morrison from the dead and put them on tour. Then, stern can make a Doors pin.

#19 7 years ago

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Quoted from TheLaw:
But they did get back together lately right? After the "new cars" shannanigins

A 2011 tour USA and Canada. That tour was after the New Cars with Todd Rundgren. Nothing since, Ric had been promoting re-mastered Cars vinyl and CDs.

#20 7 years ago

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Quoted from Darcy:
Ric had stated that the Cars were done. That was many years ago, shortly after Benjamins death. No one could replace Benjamin.

The Cars was one of my favorite groups. They did release a new album -- "Move Like This" a couple years ago. I like it but not nearly as good when compared to original group. No one could replace Benjamin Orr -- so they didn't replace him. I believe it was Greg Hawkes that played bass on the album. Not sure what they did when they went on tour.

The one I was surprised to see still going strong is Gary Numan. Some of his newer stuff such as "Crazier" is awesome.

#21 7 years ago

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RE: bands that should re-unite, the real answer is none of them. they all suck when they do. The Buzzcocks are literally the only exception.

back in the mid-90s, when all of a sudden punk was profitable, every stupid-ass founding father punk band got back together - the sex pistols, the misfits, dead kennedys, descendents, the list goes on. hell, after a flurry of lawsuits a couple years ago, there ended up being two separate Black Flag reunion bands touring simultaneously! pathetic.

gotta give credit to Ian MacKaye / Minor Threat. dude does what he says he's gonna do. when he breaks up a band, it stays broken up. the guys from Minor Threat, despite being the very greatest and one of the most influential punk bands of all time, will never be getting up on a stage and crassly cashing in as a cover version of their younger selves. and ironically, it'd be one of the easiest things to pull off -- they are all still alive and healthy and active, and are friendly with each other. and they could easily make millions upon millions touring. they are true legends -- i'd kill to see them live. but among their contemporaries they alone seem understand it would be bullshit.

#22 7 years ago

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Quoted from 30FathomDave:
Rage Against The Machine
The White Stripes
Pink Floyd
The Sisters of Mercy
Bauhaus
Mr. Bungle
Oingo Boingo
The Smiths
System of a Down
The Talking Heads

If the Sisters ever did reform it would never get as far as a gig before Eldritch's mental ego ruined it.

#23 7 years ago

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I'd love to see The Jam do a tour.

#24 7 years ago

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I'd love to see The Jam do a tour.

I'm glad I saw the last tour they did here. That's like eons ago.

#25 7 years ago

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Rage against the machine for sure ended too early and would be nice to see. But The Misfits only did one or two shows last year,would be nice to have a tour, life's too short.

#26 7 years ago

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The Smiths

#27 7 years ago

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Quoted from o-din:
I'm glad I saw the last tour they did here. That's like eons ago.

About 35 years ?

#28 7 years ago

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Quoted from CaptainNavidad:
The Smiths

Never happen with the original line up.

#29 7 years ago

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Never happen with the original line up.

Yeah, I know. Morrissey really alienated Marr, Joyce and Rourke. Doesn't hurt to dream though...

#30 7 years ago

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The only ones I want back together are the ones that someone croaked it, like,
INXS, The Angels, original BEACH BOYS, NIRVANA, BEATLES etc. etc.

#31 7 years ago

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Quoted from 30FathomDave:
Rage Against The Machine
The White Stripes
Pink Floyd
The Sisters of Mercy
Bauhaus
Mr. Bungle
Oingo Boingo
The Smiths
System of a Down
The Talking Heads

System of a down is playing 7 shows in Europe this summer.

#32 7 years ago

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About 35 years ?

Sounds about right. Maybe a little more. See the band while they are happening and you don't need a reunion tour.

#33 7 years ago

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For me, the most obvious would be Led Zeppplin

#34 7 years ago

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AC/DC instead of Angus/DC

#35 7 years ago

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AC/DC instead of Angus/DC

FK Yeah....... Brian got the shitty end of the stick on that one. No bands to big to forget about the members who made it. PERIOD !!!

#36 7 years ago

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Love to see Roxy Music again.

#37 7 years ago

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Quoted from Darcy:
Ric had stated that the Cars were done. That was many years ago, shortly after Benjamins death. No one could replace Benjamin.

Am I the only one who remembers the Cars did a new album and short tour about 5 years back?

The album was good but the tour sucked. Not a surprise as they were pretty boring live even back in the day.

#38 7 years ago

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Guns and Roses finally got back together, now we need Zeppelin and Talking Heads.

#39 7 years ago

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I wouldn't mind seeing a fat Flock of Seagulls.

#40 7 years ago

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Quoted from beelzeboob:
I wouldn't mind seeing a fat Flock of Seagulls.

It'll never take off.

#41 7 years ago

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Rush. Rush...And Rush

#42 7 years ago

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The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Would like to see Kim Wilson and Jimmie Vaughan back together.

#43 7 years ago

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System of a down is playing 7 shows in Europe this summer.

Well, I'll be damned...

#44 7 years ago

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All for reunions but with one contract clause:
When you lose over half of the original members
OR your cover band sounds better it's time to unplug the amp and go home.

#45 7 years ago

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Flock of seagulls suck live

Get Peter hook back in new order

Smiths will reunite before I die

See depeche mode this summer

English beat (with only original member DAVE wakeling) is still a great show.

#46 7 years ago

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Quoted from rolandthoms:
Flock of seagulls suck live.

Yes, I know. I was kidding because they look like old mutants now.

#47 7 years ago

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