Micheal Anthony, Phil Rudd, Don Felder, Brian Wilson, Jimmy Crespo etc. Quite a list of talented people. Some who have been erased from history.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/band-members-erased/
Dave Mason (Fleetwood Mac)
Despite his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame credentials with Traffic, Dave Mason's mid-'90s tenure in Fleetwood Mac didn't go so well. In fact, it coincided with a commercial and creative nadir for the band. They produced one album, 1995's Time, but Stevie Nicks was gone by then, and Lindsey Buckingham only contributed backing vocals for one song. It became the first Fleetwood Mac album that failed to chart in the U.S. since 1968.
Some, including band co-founder Mick Fleetwood, blamed the absence of Nicks. "We may as well not have made that album," he said in Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters. "In retrospect, it should have stopped." Fleetwood Mac declined to tour in support of Time, and these songs have since gone unplayed...
D'arcy Wretzky (Smashing Pumpkins)
The Smashing Pumpkins appeared to be putting their best-known lineup back together in early 2018 when a nasty dispute re-ignited between stalwart frontman Billy Corgan and bassist D'arcy Wretzky. Of course, they'd never been known for pulling punches. (The band originally fell apart, Corgan once told Rolling Stone, when Wretzky "was fired for being a mean-spirited drug addict.") But this was particularly brutal.
She said he reneged on a pledge to include her; he said she'd been asked and declined. She then said he may have a brain tumor. Also, that Corgan "can't sing for shit." So, that escalated very quickly. To no one's surprise, the reunion tour – and new music with producer Rick Rubin – only included the band's other founding members. "I think what she did demonstrates why she couldn't be involved," Corgan later concluded, adding that the bridge is now burned "forever."
Dave Navarro (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Dave Navarro's three-year stint with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in the '90s should have been highlighted by 1995's One Hot Minute, which produced three singles on the way to a No. 4 ranking on the Billboard charts. But the album sold less than half as many copies as their 1991 breakthrough Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and Navarro was out of the band by 1998.
Thing is, that's a relatively lengthy tenure for guitarists in this particular band – though most of them have been similarly erased. "I still love those guys to death," Navarro told MTV in 1995, "and being a Chili Pepper was one of the best experiences of my life." When they were inducted into the Hall of Fame, however, Navarro was conspicuously absent.
Darryl Jones (Rolling Stones)
Darryl Jones has been the Rolling Stones bassist since 1993, following their split with Bill Wyman. You wouldn't know it from official photographs of the group, however, since they only feature Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood. Jones isn't even regularly included in their music videos. The BBC subsequently called Jones the "Unknown Stone."
Jones takes it all in stride: "In terms of the membership of this very small and exclusive club, I guess I'll always be like the new guy," Jones told the BBC. "In terms of playing with the band, though, I feel like a bit of an old hand now." Understandable, since he's also regularly taken part in the Rolling Stones sessions, as well. Patience may, in fact, turn out to be a virtue with this band. After all, Wood joined the Stones in 1976, but wasn't made a full member for more than a decade....
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/band-members-erased/
Dave Mason (Fleetwood Mac)
Despite his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame credentials with Traffic, Dave Mason's mid-'90s tenure in Fleetwood Mac didn't go so well. In fact, it coincided with a commercial and creative nadir for the band. They produced one album, 1995's Time, but Stevie Nicks was gone by then, and Lindsey Buckingham only contributed backing vocals for one song. It became the first Fleetwood Mac album that failed to chart in the U.S. since 1968.
Some, including band co-founder Mick Fleetwood, blamed the absence of Nicks. "We may as well not have made that album," he said in Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters. "In retrospect, it should have stopped." Fleetwood Mac declined to tour in support of Time, and these songs have since gone unplayed...
D'arcy Wretzky (Smashing Pumpkins)
The Smashing Pumpkins appeared to be putting their best-known lineup back together in early 2018 when a nasty dispute re-ignited between stalwart frontman Billy Corgan and bassist D'arcy Wretzky. Of course, they'd never been known for pulling punches. (The band originally fell apart, Corgan once told Rolling Stone, when Wretzky "was fired for being a mean-spirited drug addict.") But this was particularly brutal.
She said he reneged on a pledge to include her; he said she'd been asked and declined. She then said he may have a brain tumor. Also, that Corgan "can't sing for shit." So, that escalated very quickly. To no one's surprise, the reunion tour – and new music with producer Rick Rubin – only included the band's other founding members. "I think what she did demonstrates why she couldn't be involved," Corgan later concluded, adding that the bridge is now burned "forever."
Dave Navarro (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Dave Navarro's three-year stint with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in the '90s should have been highlighted by 1995's One Hot Minute, which produced three singles on the way to a No. 4 ranking on the Billboard charts. But the album sold less than half as many copies as their 1991 breakthrough Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and Navarro was out of the band by 1998.
Thing is, that's a relatively lengthy tenure for guitarists in this particular band – though most of them have been similarly erased. "I still love those guys to death," Navarro told MTV in 1995, "and being a Chili Pepper was one of the best experiences of my life." When they were inducted into the Hall of Fame, however, Navarro was conspicuously absent.
Darryl Jones (Rolling Stones)
Darryl Jones has been the Rolling Stones bassist since 1993, following their split with Bill Wyman. You wouldn't know it from official photographs of the group, however, since they only feature Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood. Jones isn't even regularly included in their music videos. The BBC subsequently called Jones the "Unknown Stone."
Jones takes it all in stride: "In terms of the membership of this very small and exclusive club, I guess I'll always be like the new guy," Jones told the BBC. "In terms of playing with the band, though, I feel like a bit of an old hand now." Understandable, since he's also regularly taken part in the Rolling Stones sessions, as well. Patience may, in fact, turn out to be a virtue with this band. After all, Wood joined the Stones in 1976, but wasn't made a full member for more than a decade....
