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50 or Bust: Which Bands Will Make It to the Five-Decade Mark?
- Posted on Dec 27th 2012 4:30PM by Pat Pemberton
- Aerosmith
- Arcade Fire
- Foo Fighters
- U2
- One Direction
- Fleetwood Mac
- Kings of Leon
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Radiohead
- Black Eyed Peas
- Crosby, Stills and Nash
- Drive-By Truckers
- Flaming Lips
- Mumford and Sons
- Public Enemy
- The Eagles
- The Roots
- The Who
- B-52s
- Vampire Weekend
- Maroon 5
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- Adam "MCA" Yauch
- Whitney Houston
- Donna Summer
- Kitty Wells
- Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees
- Etta James
- Don Cornelius
- Earl Scruggs
- Dick Clark
- The Band's Levon Helm
- Donald "Duck" Dunn
- Men at Work's Greg Ham
- The Monkees' Davy Jones
- Dave Brubeck
- Fontella Bass
- Hal David
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Ravi Shankar
- Andy Williams
- Bob Babbitt
- Herb Reed
- Bob Welch
- Chris Lighty
- Jim Marshall
- Scott McKenzie
- Tony Sly
With this year's 50th anniversary, the Rolling Stones have achieved a remarkable feat. After all, the longevity of any rock 'n' roll band faces many obstacles, including excessive mortality (The Ramones), bad blood (The Smiths), drug use (Hole), tragedy (The Sex Pistols) and lost will (R.E.M.).
With the Stones recently wrapping a well-publicized mini tour, we wondered what other bands might make it to the half-century mark. So we took a not-so-random look at 20 bands, old and new, and assessed -- on a scale of 1 to 50 -- their chances.
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Chicago tours all the time and they are showing no signs of slowing down.
December 31 2012 at 3:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Kenny
WELL.
Like we all know if The "BEATLES" were still together no other band would stand a chance.
Or if "JOHN LENNON" were alive and on his own no one would stand a chance.
Look how long it's been since their music has been going on and will be for another 10 decades.
"THE MONGOOSE"
How about Santana?
I saw them in concert just last year, and most of the original members and additional members were all there. It was li9ke having two bands for the price of 1 ticket.. Awesome show...Carlos Santana still rocks, old members, new members all blended in..
GIANTS FAN
I am sure ONE DIRECTION and IL VOLO will do it. They are all non-alcoholic virgins, and that helps these days of drugs and aids.....
December 30 2012 at 6:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow could you forget the best band still performing? The Moody Blues, with three of the original four members still have a regular tour schedule, and they sound great!
December 30 2012 at 5:43 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyOkay... Fleetwood Mac? It's not the original line up and even if they're just counting the "Rumours" era Fleetwood Mac, Chrstine McVie isn't coming back, so I'd give them a zero. The Who? Half the band is dead. Heck, even the Stones only has three original members remaining.
December 30 2012 at 8:19 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyYou can't count the Stones... They don't have all the original members in the band!!
December 28 2012 at 7:15 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply
80dolls
no They Might Be Giants? seriously?
December 28 2012 at 1:32 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply
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