The Band Minus the Face: Difference between revisions

When a musical group loses one (or more) of its key members, such as the lead singer or a similar [[Face of the Band]] figure, it usually breaks up--but not always. Occasionally, a band tries to continue without its "face". Sometimes the group tries to replace the departed member, sometimes not. (If this happens, the new member is dismissed by fans as [[The Other Darrin]] or a [[Replacement Scrappy]].) Either way, more often than not, the result is a [[Dethroning Moment of Suck (Darth Wiki)|Dethroning Moment of Suck]], and the band rarely lasts more than one or two more albums. It can also lead to both [[Canon Discontinuity]] and [[Fanon Discontinuity]], as performers and fans all try to forget the inferior post-face recordings ever existed. However, on rare occasions, a band gets lucky and averts the trope by attracting a new, larger audience.