bands that should reform but won't

[guypjfreak]

TALK TALK

[kaosmark2]

OK - here is the thing, has there been a band that has done good work, split, reformed and then done anything that is as good if not better than in their heyday?

I can't think of one. Bands have reformed and done decent albums, sure, but it seems as though the magic is always gone. Bands split for many reasons and so there's something just a little bit uncool and desperate when they reform. They may be good, but it's never as good, is it? Albums are almost mostly filler and there is never that sense of progression, and a sense the band is just ticking boxes to appease fans, which makes it seem old hat and irrelevant. Redundant. In many ways reforms are a no-win situation creatively. Financially, however, maybe worth it, but that just makes it feel all the more cynical.

The only ones that seem to fully bounce back are the bands who never actually split but agreed as a group to rest, and meet up again when they have charged naturally. Tool springs to mind. They haven't put an album out in almost a decade, but they never technically split.

What I mean is, if a band split, properly split, then that band died at that point, no point. Leave it.

[windy_miller]

DINOSAUR JR!

Farm and Beyond are, IMO, up there with You're Living All Over Me as their best work.

You could argue NIN, but considering that's just Trent using one name I wouldn't really class that as a reunion.

[PastCaring]

I friggin love Dinosaur Jr! They were brilliant at Primavera Porto last year!

[LondonTom]

OK - here is the thing, has there been a band that has done good work, split, reformed and then done anything that is as good if not better than in their heyday?

[kaosmark2]

The Fratellis recent 3rd album is better than their 2nd album they did before they "split up". But I am not sure if that counts given the time they was officially "split up" for?

[WS_Jack_III]

The White Stripes, although if they never ever make another album, they will be one of a few bands who have the honour of never making a bad one.

[PastCaring]

I never did get to see The White Stripes, and really wish I had!

[WS_Jack_III]

I never did get to see The White Stripes, and really wish I had!

[DomDom1984]

I seen The White Stripes once in 2002 and I'm reasonably happy with that. Would have been good to see them at T a year later, but the pull out was understandable.

[adam1234]

The white stripes

The smiths

!Forward Russia!

Larrikin love

[Amy Lawn]

!Forward Russia! played some shows just last month, I'd say more activity in the future is pretty likely.

Suggestions that The Smiths should reform are ridiculous. It's 26 years since they broke up, it's so long that they've been a band that there's really no point, we all know it would be for the money, and completely tragic.

[adam1234]

!Forward Russia! played some shows just last month, I'd say more activity in the future is pretty likely.

Suggestions that The Smiths should reform are ridiculous. It's 26 years since they broke up, it's so long that they've been a band that there's really no point, we all know it would be for the money, and completely tragic.

[Amy Lawn]

I think it was just 1 gig in leeds to celebrate 10 year anniversary of the first album? Could be wrong though?

[adam1234]

Yeah, it was to celebrate the anniversary of the Brudenel Social Club, it shows that they're probably going to come back from the hiatus a

t some point though. It's a question of when rather than if.

[zico martin]

OK - here is the thing, has there been a band that has done good work, split, reformed and then done anything that is as good if not better than in their heyday?

I can't think of one. Bands have reformed and done decent albums, sure, but it seems as though the magic is always gone. Bands split for many reasons and so there's something just a little bit uncool and desperate when they reform. They may be good, but it's never as good, is it? Albums are almost mostly filler and there is never that sense of progression, and a sense the band is just ticking boxes to appease fans, which makes it seem old hat and irrelevant. Redundant. In many ways reforms are a no-win situation creatively. Financially, however, maybe worth it, but that just makes it feel all the more cynical.

The only ones that seem to fully bounce back are the bands who never actually split but agreed as a group to rest, and meet up again when they have charged naturally. Tool springs to mind. They haven't put an album out in almost a decade, but they never technically split.

What I mean is, if a band split, properly split, then that band died at that point, no point. Leave it.

[windy_miller]

Take that?

[zero000]

I know they're shit, but interestingly Motlet Crue have apparently signed a contract which makes them liable to legal action if they reunite following their second, final farewell tour.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/29/motley-crue-sign-death-pact-retirement

[LondonTom]

I know they're shit, but interestingly Motlet Crue have apparently signed a contract which makes them liable to legal action if they reunite following their second, final farewell tour.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/29/motley-crue-sign-death-pact-retirement

[eFestivals]

To be fair I don't actually know if they ever ceased to exist as a band, but i certainly thought I'd never hear of them again..

Dub Sex

Wow. That's a blast from the past.

[Kowalski]

The KLF

The Shamen

LCD Soundsystem

The Music

[windy_miller]

Bands that should reform and have... Slowdive

[dondo]

The KLF

[Osama Jim Laden]

I've just discovered The Bolshoi and am totally sort of obsessed with them at the mo'.. They're beautiful man.. Did any of you's get into/get to see them?

[eFestivals]

bands that shouldn't reform but will: Oasis.