View Single Post Old 05-30-2009, 08:10 PM Maiden33's Avatar
Maiden33 Maiden33 is offline In Search of Truth Join Date: May
2005 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 9,896 I think it all has to
do with how things transpired throughout a band's career to get
to the point of having one, or even no (which has happened)
original members. I think if a band had gone through a shitload
of changes before releasing it's "essential" material, no one
really cares about the lineup changes before that, just what
happens after. Take a band like Maiden, who went through
countless changes through their pre-debut years and even the
first 3 albums. But Maiden released it's "essential" material
with a stable and consistent line up. To most people, that's
Maiden. If a band has been around 20+ years, it's common that
they can wind up with just one original member without it being
weird at all. If people just come and go casually every now and
then, it just seems normal as it happens through the years.
Also, for a lot of people, as long