Depeche Mode

[Brujahpriest]

I was a MASSIVE Mode fan till the mid 90's (roughly) when Alan Wilder left. Their 101 Live film and CD was incredible

I gotta say that did diminish them just a little bit. Many bands seem to loose their binding when even a non critical member of the band leaves.

 

[Tyler Durden]

I gotta say that did diminish them just a little bit. Many bands seem to loose their binding when even a non critical member of the band leaves.

I would argue that he was an extremely critical member of the band (not that you were necessarily suggesting otherwise).

In Mode, none of the other members of the band were musically trained (particularly Fletch who can barely play as well as I can!) and the musical workload, particularly live, fell heavily on Wilder

 

[Brujahpriest]

I would argue that he was an extremely critical member of the band (not that you were necessarily suggesting otherwise).

In Mode, none of the other members of the band were musically trained (particularly Fletch who can barely play as well as I can!) and the musical workload, particularly live, fell heavily on Wilder

This is true, and your right I definitely was not making that assertion, however I have seen alot of bands change if not fail completely after a member left or died. It's even worse to watch a duet (like Switchblade Symphony) pursue other directions and find that listening to them individually feels like something is missing!


Of course I've seen many.. many of these band shifts and of course this morning I cant think of any examples to save my life!