My favorite band, Radiohead. Fits all the criteria.
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Quoted from Drenden:Chevelle
Evanescence
Disturbed
Godsmack
Smashing Pumpkins
To name a few...
Uh... isn’t the only original remaining member of the Smashing Pumpkins one guy, Billy Corgan?
I’ll add another personal favorite, although with electronic music it’s hard to know whether to classify them as a “band” or not. The Chemical Brothers. Still the same guys. Still selling out arenas and stadiums, still putting out chart topping albums. And they’d make an amazing Pinball theme!
Another electronic duo that is still relevant: Daft Punk.
Quoted from usandthem:This isn't my favorite band, but the winner is U2. For all intents and purposes, it's all original members and never broke up then reformed. They adhere to the rules the best. Had 10 consecutive platinum albums from 1983 (War)- 2009 (No Line on the Horizon). No dinosaur band that follows all the rules has come close to having this success. People gave a shit about buying their new records for 26 years. They still sell out arenas. And let's face it, in terms of classic rock, having a monster seller just 11 years ago isn't that bad.
ZZ Top is runner up. They've had more longevity than any of them, but only a short period of relevancy.
You could make an argument for Aerosmith for sure although they've broken the rules.-- Not by much, but they have. Joe Perry had quit the group and they released a record with out him in 1982 ("Rock in a Hard Place"). Not to mention that their four best records were their first four records released over a 3 year period from '73-'76. Sure, they sold a lot of copies of "Permanent Vacation", "Pump", "Get a Grip", and "Nine Lives", but they were shells of their former selves. It was a lot of complete shit largely written by "professional songwriters". (Cheap Trick tried this approach with "The Flame", but at least they were one and done.) They completely lost their way. But either way, they never had a 10 album run like U2.
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I would tend to agree.
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