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This is when a band becomes notable for a constantly changing lineup, with musicians coming, staying for only a few years (or even less than a year), then leaving.
The musicians' time spent with the band is important; just because most (or even all) of a band's lineup has changed doesn't automatically qualify it for this
Here's a clarifying non-example of this trope: in less than a decade (1997-2005), all but one (Abdul "Duke" Fakir) of the Four Tops died or became too ill to stay with the band and were replaced (they were even a trio from 1997-1998). But during their entire run, they've had only ''seven'' members: the original four singers, and the three replacements (who are still with the group.)
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* Asleep at the Wheel. Ray Benson is the only original member.
* Blackhawk was founded by Henry Paul (lead vocal/mandolin), Van Stephenson (guitar) and Dave Robbins (keyboards). After Van Stephenson left due to skin cancer, he was replaced by Randy Threet (who was previously in their backing band), then Anthony Crawford, then Michael Randall. Robbins left and John Coleman replaced him. Threet rejoined. Coleman left. The backing band got assumed into the main band. Robbins rejoined. Is your head spinning yet?
* Shenandoah had a hard time keeping its members together after the mid 1990s. Keyboardist Stan Thorn left and Rocky Thacker replaced original bassist Ralph Ezell. They broke up in 1997 after lead singer Marty Raybon formed the [[One-Hit Wonder]] Raybon Brothers and then went solo. Three years later, Thacker re-established the band with original guitarist Jim Seales, original drummer Mike McGuire, rhythm guitarist Curtis Wright, new keyboardist Stan Munsey and new lead singer Brent Lamb. Lamb left early on and Wright took over lead vocal duties. Thacker left and Ezell rejoined. Wright left and Jimmy Yeary took over on lead. Ezell died and Mike Folsom replaced him. Yeary left and was replaced by Doug Stokes, who was eventually replaced by a returning Raybon. Folsom left and was replaced by Chris Lucas, who has since been replaced by Paul Sanders followed by Brad Benge.
* Highway 101 also had a hard time sticking to one lineup. [[wikipedia:Highway 101#Members|This chart]] on their Wikipedia article says it all. And no, your eyes don't deceive you; the lead singer post alone really did go Paulette Carlson, Nikki Nelson, Paulette Carlson, Chrislynn Lee, Nikki Nelson.
* Dave & Sugar consisted of lead singer Dave Rowland and a revolving door of female backing vocalists, some of whom sometimes shared the lead vocal.
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== Jazz ==
* The Sun Ra Arkestra. Sun Ra would fire a musician by gathering the band
* The [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]]
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* Lordy, Lordy, ''[[Lordi]]''. The longest-lasting lineup lasted only 3 years.
* Friggan Otep. Otep herself is the only remaining member, and they have not had a consistant lineup that has lasted more than a year.
* The Dillinger Escape Plan: They usually work as a five piece, and have had three rhythm guitarists, one vocalist,<ref>
* [[Anthrax]] has been like this. Since releasing their first album, the only two members who've been in the band the whole time are guitarist Scott Ian and drummer Charlie Benante. They've had four singers, two bassists (one left, and came back, with the other filling in on live performances while the first was gone), and two lead guitarists, plus several guitarists who recorded in the studio but were never official members of the band.
* Rose Funeral have been a band since 2005. In that time, 18 members have joined and left. Very few have anything good to say about the personalities of the core members.
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** Purple was originally conceived as a project called "Roundabout", a band which would allow musicians to "get on and off" as they pleased.
* [[King Crimson]] is the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|King]] of this trope. In the 41 years they've been around, they've had 19 members (not including recording/touring guest musicians, with which the number would climb to about 30) pass through, around, and back to the band, only one of which being Guitarist Robert Fripp; he's the only member who is still with the band (and he didn't start making major songwriting contributions until the band's fourth album)- it's so complicated that [[The Other Wiki]] [[wikipedia:King crimson#Personnel .2F album chart|resorted to using a table]]. Now he's [[I Am the Band|become the band]], but only partly by default, as by his words "King Crimson is a way of doing things" (of course by this point his influence on the band's writing is undisputable).
* James have had somewhat of a revolving door lineup; Glennie, Gilbertson and Whelan were first up, then Booth came in, Gilbertson left, Gott came in, Whelan left, Baynton-Power came in, Davies, Diagram and Hunter came in, Diagram left, Gott left, Kulas and Oxxal came in, Booth left, Booth came back, Booth left, ''everyone'' left, Glennie and Gott [[Putting the Band Back Together|restarted the band six years later]], Booth came back, then finally Baynton-Power, Davies, Diagram and Hunter all came back (yes, that does make a lineup that already happened at one point). And I'm sure I'm missing somebody. Jim
* [[Yes]] has had a rotating cast of musicians in all positions, except bass (which has always been Chris Squire).
** It got so ridiculous, Wikipedia actually has not one, but two ''charts'' for tracking the ever-shifting lineup.
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* The [[Grateful Dead]] certainly had a revolving door when it came to keyboard players.
* [[The Sisters of Mercy]]; Andrew Eldritch is notoriously hard to work with, and he's the only original member left.
* The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]. 14 members in 27 years, and only briefly did the band tour with more than 4 members. Although, in all fairness, two of the four members (Anthony Kiedis and Flea) were founding members who never left.<ref>Well, except for a few months in the late 1980s when Anthony Kiedis was fired from the band</ref>
* [[Emerson Lake and Palmer]] are a unique example. The original trio lasted from 1970 to 1978. After a several year period, keyboardist Keith Emerson and vocalist/bassist/guitarist Greg Lake and [[Rainbow (band)|Rainbow]] drummer Cozy Powell as [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Emerson, Lake & ''Powell''.]], from 1986-1988. Lake & Powell would leave, Palmer would re-join, and Lake would be replaced by vocalist/guitarist Robert Berry (not, as you might expect, as Emerson, Berry & Palmer, but as ''3''). by 1992, the original ELP would reunite, break up in 1997, and return in 2010 for reunion shows in the UK and Europe.
* Likewise, Crosby Stills And Nash. They began as CSN, added [[Neil Young]] in 1970, broke up in 1972, and would semi-reunite in splinter groups (Crosby-Nash, and briefly the Stills/Young band), and appear on each other albums through the 1970's. CSN would reunite in 1977, disband in 1984, then return in fits and starts as CSN, CSNY and occasionally Crosby-Nash from 1988 to the present day. :)
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* The Little River Band has replaced ''all'' of its members ''multiple'' times. In fact, the original lineup got in legal trouble in the mid-2000s when they wanted to tour under the name "Little River Band" and the current lineup wouldn't let them.
* [[Thin Lizzy]]. The only constant members were [[I Am the Band|Phil]] [[Face of the Band|Lynott]] (vocals, bass and songwriting) and Brian Downey (drums). After Phil Lynott died in 1986, who will be touring under the name next time it appears is anyone's guess, but if you're lucky it'll at least have one of the members that were in the band whilst Phil was alive (since 1991 that's usually Scott Gorham). Ex-members include Gary Moore, Snowy White and Midge Ure. Their door revolved so much the issue has [[wikipedia:Thin Lizzy band members|its own page]] on [[The Other Wiki]].
* Sloan subverts this: they regularly change who plays which
* The Melvins have had a serious problem with keeping a bassist. While the two founding members have been around since the band's inception they have gone through six official bassists and multiple stand-ins/auditions. Kurt Cobain even auditioned but was rejected because he got so nervous he forgot all of their songs.
* [[Hawkwind]]. They've had about 8 bassists, 8 keyboardists and 8 drummers, and they've gone from 7 members to 3 back up to 5 again, but always revolving around co-founder Dave Brock.
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* The Hit Crew, a "band" used for all the ''Drew's Famous'' CDs that are ubiquitous at party supply and drug stores. They cover every musical genre, and some of the CDs are quite good (and others are terrible). Every single one is attributed to "The Hit Crew" - from New Age to Disco to Metal to Country. The lineup is different from album to album and even song to song.
* [[Rasputina]] - after going through innumerable lineup changes, some of which lasted for several years at a time, founder [[I Am the Band|Melora Creager]] is the only original member left and the only member to appear on every album.
* [[Lords of Acid]] has turned into this as of its most recent (2012)
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