DaveC
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(God forbid) a disaster happened and a band member was killed? Do you think U2 would split up? Or would they get a new member as a replacement?
DaveC said:(God forbid) a disaster happened and a band member was killed? Do you think U2 would split up? Or would they get a new member as a replacement?
Jack In The Box said:without a member no longer it's U2, simply
Zooropa said:I think it's hard to say. Adam would be the most likely candidate to be replaced, if something happened, but the other three, I doubt it. But, The Who went on without Keith Moon, The Stones without Wyman, so who knows. MY gut feeling is that if something happened to Adam, it is possible that U2 may (if they find the right person, someone within their "family") carry on for a little while.
Leeloo said:
Bill Wyman?! He got old and retired. When the Stones started, Mick and Keith were 15 and Wyman was 23. They invited him to join because he was the only guy they knew with a bass. He had a no talent kid brother the age of the others, and if they tried to get rid of the brother, Bill would threaten to walk, so they had to keep him. Eventually, the brother realized he was the weakest link and quit on his own for the sake of the band. However, the Rolling Stones did go on after the death of a founding member, Brian Jones, their original lead guitarist, in 1969. He was replaced by Mick Jones, who quit due to extreme drug problems, and was replaced by Ron Wood. Charlie Watts retired, but later returned, I think.
The Who did go on after Moon died, but were heavily criticized for continuing their last tour days after bassist Enwhistle died in a hotel room before opening night. It's weird this topic came up cause last night I dreamed Townshend died!
Led Zeppelin ended after the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980. They said the band could not go on as it was so they wouldn't want to. I think U2 would be that way too.
Zooropa said:
I didn't mean to imply Wyman was dead, just pointing out that it's hard to say what will happen to a band when a member leaves.
alia612 said:Yeah. Just because Adam's parts are easier to play, I seriously doubt they'd get a replacement. He's as much a part of the band as Bono and Edge and Larry. He means as much to them as they do to him (does that make sense?) They surely would not go on without him (or any of the others, I'm just still using Adam for example)