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Compare and contrast the musical applications of [[Growing the Beard]].
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== Straight Examples ==
* By 1970, after [[The Monkees (band)|The Monkees]]' TV series had been canceled ''and'' both Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork (the only members of the band who were actual musicians) had left, the band's future looked bleak. However, Saturday morning reruns of the show did well enough that the two remaining members, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones, made one more album--''Changes'', a return to the bubblegum pop of the group's earliest hits, only not as good. Despite songs from ''Changes'' being inserted into the existing reruns, the LP didn't even make the Billboard Top 200 album chart on its initial release, and [[The Monkees]] were finished until their successful 20th anniversary reunion in 1986. When ''Changes'' (along with the rest of [[The Monkees]]' catalogue) was subsequently reissued, it finally made the charts, peaking at #152.
* When Lou Reed left The [[Velvet Underground]] in 1970, guitarist Doug Yule (whom Reed had brought in to replace John Cale) kept what was left of the band touring for two years, then recorded the album ''Squeeze'' with session musicians. According to the [[Wikipedia]] [[wikipedia:Squeeze (Velvet Underground album)|article]], ''Squeeze'' "could justifiably be regarded as a Doug Yule solo album in all but name". While the album has [https://web.archive.org/web/20041206184531/http://bobchaos.com/squeeze/squeeze1.html its defenders], rock critic David Fricke sums up the general consensus when he describes it as [[Fanon Discontinuity|"an embarrassment to the VU discography."]]
** In Yule's defense, ''Squeeze'' is only '''in''' the VU discography because of [[Executive Meddling]]. He wanted to release it as a solo album and record a Velvets album with the touring band, but couldn't get the budget.
* After Jim Morrison died, the remaining [[The Doors|Doors]] recorded two more albums, ''Other Voices'' and ''Full Circle''. These albums have been largely forgotten and, unlike the rest of the band's often-reissued catalog, are available on CD only as European semi-bootlegs.
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== Aversions ==
* After [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]' guitarist, Hillel Slovak, died, the band went through a lot of effort to replace him. The eventual replacement, John Frusciante, helped turn the band into a mainstream success and is currently regarded as one of the 20 best guitarists of all time. Whether or not RHCP will continue this trend with new guitarist, Josh Klinghoffer, remains to be seen.
* [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] managed to
* [[Pink Floyd]] has averted this trope twice. Roger Waters took over from Syd Barrett, and David Gilmour took over from Waters, but the band's records have just kept on selling.
** It helps that Waters' replacement, veteran bassist Guy Pratt, is proficient enough to play anything Roger ever could have. Pratt also did solid work on the band's post-Waters albums, ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' and ''The Division Bell.'' Not that this was going to be a huge issue: Dave Gilmour is the only stand-out musician in the band, few bassists distinguish themselves by bass-playing alone, and, well... Roger got bass because he didn't impress as lead (and was looking at drums for a while).
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* Another Brazilian band, Titãs, survived the departure of a singer/composer, the death of a guitarist, and the departure of a bassist/singer/composer (and now, of the drummer).
* [[Van Halen]] achieved its greatest commercial success ''after'' David Lee Roth quit the band and was replaced by Sammy Hagar, though the change has always caused great division among fans, with many Roth purists disdainfully referring to the later group as "Van Hagar". After Hagar quit, they tried it again with Gary Cherone (which didn't take at ''[[Dork Age|all]]''). In their two reunion tours since then, they've toured once with Hagar and once with Roth.
* After the Small Faces' frontman Steve Marriott quit the group to form Humble Pie, the remaining members changed their name to the Faces and recruited Rod Stewart and Ron Wood to replace him. If anything, the [[
** They reformed in 2009 with Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall providing lead vocal. Their performance at the Royal Albert Hall was pretty well received but Hucknall's status within the band isn't too clear at the moment.
* Albums by [[The Damned]] have a direct relationship between overall quality and the percentage of David Vanian, Captain Sensible, and Rat Scabies involved.
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