They will never make a record again.

I am really really hoping that Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 make another record, but I am not betting on it.

Gary Glitter, however, shall never record again.

Great White!

"c" as in the "copyright symbol", right?

He is still making records, it's just that no one's listening to 'em.

Let's fucking hope they don't. They'll never make a new record again, but I'm sure some needless compilation and/or live album will plop out onto the marketplace like a massive dollop of steamy dung sooner or later.

i misread the thread title and thought it was "they will never make a GOOD record again."

oops.

Do we believe that Jay-Z belongs in this thread?

Um, the third part of their current trilogy isn't out yet, I guess they'll make at least that one. The second part wasn't even bad, who knows what the third one'll be.

Supposedly they've recorded one.

The Police!

Thank the gods.

Beastie Boys

They are supposedly recording as we speak.

Devo (meaning a full-length album of their own as opposed to stray comp tracks)

This is sad but true. I'd love for them to tour once more, though.

they (de la soul) have two albums coming out in the next year.
supposedly.

Justine Frischman recorded some tracks for the Pleasure LP I think, I know I've got a surprisingly good EP with them together at home.

i wish. the stones are a relentless music spewing machine. as long as the $$$ keep on rolling in they will never cease. not ever. i'm sure even when after they are dead their label will hire musicians to wear their corpses like suits, shit out albums and sell out stadiums. or perhaps preserve their heads in jars a la beastie boys in futurama.
although the latter might be kinda cool.

no, what's wrong with me - it would suck.

(does a little jig)

They are supposedly recording as we speak.

That's been the generic statement from Beastie Central since 2001. If the anti-war song from last year is any indication of the fruits of their labor, I'd rather they never finish it.

:(

were supposedly planning a new album before this tour started.

Didn't J King release a record when he came out of jail? Or was that all some bizarre ruse on his part to drum up some more publicity?

What about the B-52's?

OK, Chuck wins.

2Pac to thread.

I'll second TV on the Radio.

-- Tuomas (lixnix...), February 12th, 2006 6:47 PM. (Tuomas) (link)

Yeah, it's almost comical in some instances (sad in others).

The Pixies have made two records since they reformed!

(well, one .aac and one tribute album contribution)

New album later this year. They've been recording, so no question.

I'll second TV on the Radio.

David Sitek produced, and the band members contribute to the debut album by Celebration. And TVOTR are playing ATP, so...

i'm quite sure about theese:
the aislers set (i do know the website says 'new album coming' and dearly hope it's actually true)
coldcut (comeback did flop by critical and commercial terms... didn't it?)
whirlpool productions
the postal service (the album was an extented version of the dream of evan and chan, they were very open about it - how could they possibly repeat that? also: no new dntel solo releases since 2002. that john lennon cover only prooves this.)
90 day men (or have they officialy broken up but i have not heard about it?)
deus (hopefully)

possible:
madonna (unless it's acoustic, singer/songwriter style or roxette-like ballads... ok, she'll do it.)
new order (same as madonna but they won't actually do it. they'd rather record another dull self copy. oh wait, they already did. however, new order is not about giving up.)
modest mouse (unless they go all-weezer... does anybody have an idea if their contract allows them to break up?)

however, if i were record company executive i'd scan this thread for artists whom' return would provide the best spectacle.

fridge announced they have something in the coming but i won't believe it until it's out. mark hollis might aim for a one record per decade cycle but that's just as likely as a talk talk reform. tv on the radio will return this year.

oh, and btw, in tradition of this thread i'm talking absolutely out of my ass.

So how many of those 2006 predictions were wrong? Portishead at least.

I was wrong about Kraftwerk but Derrick May is still correct, right?

apparently May has twiddled some knobs for the new Tekken film(!) soundtrack but doesn't really count

Black Sabbath with Ozzy is looking pretty damn unlikely at this point. And they're all still alive and toured together this decade...

B-52's put out a full-length in '08.

Meat Puppets :(

― The Equator Lounge (Chris Barrus), Monday, February 13, 2006 1:12 PM (3 years ago)

They've put out two since this post.

lolz this thread is funnyu

Bobby Orlando and Cristina Monet.
― Affectian (Affectian), Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:03 PM

sleater-kinney
(please prove me wrong ladies!!!)

Aside from the cheaters who cite dead or long broken up bands, just about everyone will be wrong. I'd never have guessed Mission of Burma would be resurrected due to Miller's tinnitus. I'm less sure about, say, Husker Du, The Replacements and The Smiths, but I'd bet big money one of them will do it.

I think Kate Bush is through, frankly.

the fact that bands tend to "partially" reunite throws a lot of this discussion into a grey area...I mean, if Westerberg and Tommy Stinson record a Replacements album with a new drummer and guitarist, is that a legitimate resurrection?...I never thought the New York Dolls would ever get back together...but then again, have they really?

David Johansen and Syl were always the brains and soul of the band

My Bloody Valentine

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Monday, May 19, 2003 3:38 AM (6 years ago)

This one is now up for debate. We'll see!

New Devo album on the way!

That's great news for people who like ironing, cycling uphill and one-ply toilet paper.

Sly Stone is still a likely contender, sadly.

Though I guess Fastnbulbous is essentially right. For example, I would've never guessed Grace Jones would release a new album 19 years after the previous one, let alone that it would be good, but she did and it was.

How about Amy Winehouse?

And, well... Phil Spector obv.

Tony Orlando & Dawn. XTC. Chris Brown. James Chance. People like that, you get the idea.

Stereolab (not counting Chemical Chords 2 or whatever the next b-side comp will be)

Bauhaus

REM, let's hope.

I would put money on a Sleater-Kinney reunion happening. It will be worth so much reunion $$ eventually that they will cave.

Whitney Houston.

More albums from Boy George may seem a bit unlikely ATM.

Oh she'll bounce back.

I could see XTC making another one ... if by XTC you mean simply Andy & Colin. The hopes of Terry and Dave coming back are entirely out of the question, of course.

Well that's optimistic...I kinda thought Colin had thrown in the towel for good.

Whitney Houston.

― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:52 AM

Do you mean after the album she's releasing this fall?

I would put money on a Sleater-Kinney reunion happening. It will be worth so much reunion $$ eventually that they will cave.

You know, I wish. But S-K was never some festival headliner cash-cow. I doubt they'd get penny-one more than they got before, for playing the exact sized venues. The fact that they just sort of broke up - amicably, right? - leads me to believe this will never happen.

Now, Fugazi, on the other hand, will never release another album. Likely never will Genesis, either.

Electrik Red.

The Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston predictions seem a bit grim now... Though Houston did released one more album in 2009.

Derrick May still hasn't produced any new solo material, has he?

Whitehouse.

Genesis, maybe? Not sure whether Phil Collins has officially retired or not.

galaxie 500

The Field Mice

cocteau twins

the postal service (the album was an extented version of the dream of evan and chan, they were very open about it - how could they possibly repeat that? also: no new dntel solo releases since 2002.
― b0ring, Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:34 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Funnily enough they announced the 10 year anniversary edition of this record yesterday, with two new songs on it. Doesn't count, I suppose. There have been Dntel records since then.

I didn't know about it before reading it on Wikipedia, but apparently Salt-n-Pepa have kinda reformed, or at least they've had gigs and even a tour together... So they seem like a good candidate for this thread.

So, in the "They Did" pile, we have Blur, MBV obv..

And the "They haven't" pile: Kraftwerk.

Oh, did anyone say Television?

Oh, and Morrissey also.

Didn't Kraftwerk release an EP or something a couple of years after I started this thread?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France_Soundtracks

Hmm, apparently it came out only three months after this thread started. I'm bad at predictions!

Derrick May still holds on, I think?

Even like full-on Kraftwerk fans seem to have collective amnesia over Tour de France Soundtracks and it's like 10x as good as anything on The Mix or even Electric Cafe!

Just looking at 2009, these have been proven to be wrong:
Black Sabbath with Ozzy
sleater-kinney
Kate Bush

Yeah, I'm surprised that anyone thought Sabbath/Ozzy would never happen, although they pretty much have said so now.

And Kate Bush always seemed to be 'come the time', and she's done at least two since the thread starter.

sly stone made a record.

and people went "oh well"

sly stone made a record.

― sleepingsignal

and people went "oh well"

― Mark G

To be fair, the first time that happened was 1976...

https://theweekdayworrier.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/sly76.jpg

Hüsker Dü. Never going to happen, ever. Those dudes will probably never be in the same room again

Happy Mondays? They're technically still together aren't they?

sly stone made a record.

what record

The Avalanches

This one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Back!_Family_&;_Friends

http://www.discogs.com/Sly-Stone-Im-Back-Family-Friends/master/429961

that is all old shit except for three new songs

ie totally in keeping with Sly occasionally doling things out in drips and drabs over the last 3 decades

I would put money on a Sleater-Kinney reunion happening. It will be worth so much reunion $$ eventually that they will cave.

― Nate Carson, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:12 AM (6 years ago)

man it's crazy how wrong this thread has been, there have been a lot of surprise "final" albums from so many of these groups (though I'd wager that they are *now* correct answers - I don't see Devo pulling out another one, for example)

The last one was apparently a bad experience for them, from a business perspective. But they have always moaned about the music biz ever since day one. I could actually see them doing another one in a year or two, more in the "Hardcore" style.

XTC seems pretty over

I would be surprised if another Fleet Foxes album happens. I think he will do new music at some, but Fleet Foxes are done.

Sorry; "he" = Robin Pecknold

There's been talk of a new Who album since 2009; I'll be shocked if it ever happens (though at least they went out on a high note).

Billy Joel

Happy Mondays? They're technically still together aren't they?

A new lineup (replacing the various semi-ersatz reunion lineups) put out an album in 2007 - Shaun Ryder and Gaz Whelan (the drummer) were the only original members. The classic lineup (ie the original lineup plus Rowetta) reformed for the first time or shows in 2012 and '13, but aren't "together" per se, and were very thoroughly split up when this thread started. Earlier this year Black Grape were apparently rehearsing for a reunion tour, dunno if anything came of it.

They did a 'singers in thejungle' type show for Watch channel, repeat is on soon

They did a 'singers in thejungle' type show for Watch channel, repeat is on soon

― Mark G, Saturday, September 26, 2015 7:07 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was just about to mention this... I haven't seen it, but I keep seeing the advert come on every now and then. Them and Scouting For Girls.

XTC seems pretty over

― Οὖτις, Friday, September 25, 2015 6:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yup, I'd be very surprised if we got another XTC record in the future.

I was just looking at the 2001-release Psychedelic Furs' Greatest Hits set. In the liner notes, both in the essay and the interview with R. Butler & John Ashton, it is mentioned that the band was working on new music which to my knowledge has never been issued, so...

The Psychedelic Furs

Oh, Roxy Music.

not checked the old thread entries, but just in case here is my all too obvious addition : age of chance.

will never happen.

now, a few years ago i would have said the same thing re cabaret voltaire, but it seems that RHK has claimed the name and so, there have been a few releases under this name.

that may happen re AOC, but i very much doubt it.

XTC seems pretty over
― Οὖτις, Friday, September 25, 2015 6:30 PM (Yesterday)

Yup, I'd be very surprised if we got another XTC record in the future.

They probably count as broken up by now, tbrr

AC/DC

xpost:

Yeah. I mean, Andy Partridge has always had some project or another on the go, but aside from putting out the Fuzzy Warbles albums which are basically just demos from his archive, he doesn't seem to be very much interested in putting out a new solo album consisting of songs these days. I don't know why that is, but I get the feeling that he feels like his best work in that vein is behind him. So unless he somehow decides he wants to make music like that again, and he makes up with Colin Moulding... apparently Partridge and Dave Gregory are on good terms now.

I didn't know about it before reading it on Wikipedia, but apparently Salt-n-Pepa have kinda reformed, or at least they've had gigs and even a tour together... So they seem like a good candidate for this thread.

They've been touring (and appearing in commercials!) regularly in at least the US and Australia for six or seven years. Might be smart enough to realise that they don't have a good record in them anymore.

This is an interesting thread question. Like which bands have enough integrity not to reunite for a certain amount of money like say a million dollars. None i'd say. None which could need the money. And most musicians are notoriously short of cash.

Oh, and it was called "Singing in the rainforest", and it was the entire original Happy Mondays lineup plus Rowetta. Pretty great it was, can't imagine the Charlie Simpson or the Myleene Klass ones being anything like as good.

Anyways, carry on. Is Pulp defacto split or hiaitus?

Pulp did a one-off single during the reunion, but it was a new recording of a song demo-ed while they still existed. They're definitely split, and extra-split with Russell halfway through the reunion, to the degree that he does not appear even in archive footage in their documentary.

Rolling Stones

Keith Richards has been saying in promo interviews for his new solo album that the Stones are planning another album.

Oh, and it was called "Singing in the rainforest", and it was the entire original Happy Mondays lineup plus Rowetta

Wikipedia says that PD was not present and not referred to.

This Guardian article captions a photo with Rowetta as Rowetta, Paul Ryder as Shaun Ryder, Shaun Ryder as Bez, pretends a tribesman doesn't exist, labels a keyboard player who may or may not be but presumably isn't PD as Gaz, Bez as Mark Day, Gaz as Paul, and Mark Day as PD. Truly astounding proofreading.

Stones did a predictably terrible album two years after the thread started, an albums-worth of unfinished Exile songs for an anniversary re-release, and some new songs I will never hear for a best-of 2 or 3 years ago.

If Keef's new album sells any copies or concert tickets, Jagger will probably rush a new Stones album out by June next year on the fumes of jealousy.

This is an interesting thread question. Like which bands have enough integrity not to reunite for a certain amount of money like say a million dollars. None i'd say. None which could need the money. And most musicians are notoriously short of cash.
e t
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, September 26, 2015 5:51 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The Smiths are probably the big one that are known for being offered big sums and never accepting it, right?

Chad Clark has said that he turned down a festival offer to reunite Smart Went Crazy, probably wasn't a million but it was a large amount of money for them

Among bands that actually could reunite (no dead or disabled members), The Smiths and ABBA are probably the biggies in that class.

As late as the early 2000s, Dave Clark was turning down huge sums for a Dave Clark Five reunion, a ship that's presumably since sailed as a couple of the original guys are now dead (including singer Mike Smith). Aside from The Beatles, they were like the one big British Invasion band not to do a reunion and/or slog on out to the oldies circuit.

ABBA turned down a billion dollars to reunite.

Lewis Taylor

As late as the early 2000s, Dave Clark was turning down huge sums for a Dave Clark Five reunion, a ship that's presumably since sailed as a couple of the original guys are now dead (including singer Mike Smith). Aside from The Beatles, they were like the one big British Invasion band not to do a reunion and/or slog on out to the oldies circuit.

I've heard that Dave Clark is notorious for holding out for unrealistic money and never receiving it. It's the main reason why the DC5 stuff never stayed in print or got properly reissued, which resulted in their gradual disappearance from the radio -- oldies stations can't keep playing the same decades-old copy of "Glad All Over" -- which resulted in their current audience being vastly smaller than it would've otherwise been.

more on that here

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harold-bronson/the-dave-clark-five-dave-_b_5091519.html

I cant see The Jam or The Smiths reforming

in pretty much every interview I read with Tina Weymouth or Chris Frantz they make clear that they and Jerry Harrison would be keen to do a Talking Heads reunion but David Byrne is pretty dead set against, so Talking Heads I guess? Maybe a similar situation to The Jam, where one member is successful enough to not feel the need get the band back together (as well as fractious personal relationships in the case of Talking Heads)

also, while I was looking up interviews to see what the up to date situation was with these guys I discovered that Maxim gave Chris Frantz his own personal ws column, hadn't seen this before:

http://www.maxim.com/women/article/15-beautiful-women-chosen-drummer-talking-heads

Aside from The Beatles, they were like the one big British Invasion band not to do a reunion and/or slog on out to the oldies circuit.

― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, September 27, 2015 12:38 AM (21 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wait, are people forgetting that 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love' existed?

Stones did a predictably terrible album two years after the thread started,

Wrong.

I cant see The Jam or The Smiths reforming

― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, September 27, 2015 3:00 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, I can't see The Jam ever reforming. As much as I like The Jam, I see this as a good thing - I think Weller would struggle to sing many of those songs now, his voice has changed way too much.

Aside from The Beatles, they were like the one big British Invasion band not to do a reunion and/or slog on out to the oldies circuit.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, September 27, 2015 12:38 AM (21 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wait, are people forgetting that 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love' existed?

― Turrican, Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:02 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh come on those so don't count

morrissey, if he really needed the cash,might reform the smiths with marr but not the other 2 just to spite them I guess.

beatles reunion was the result of harrison wanting to cash in among other things so decidedly counts imo

wasnt he in debt?

He had his mind set on it

beatles reunion was the result of harrison wanting to cash in among other things so decidedly counts imo

― balls, Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:38 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but Lennon was dead - they could never make another record again. all original members need to be alive. so 'cut me some slack' doesn't count as a nirvana reunion

I've always hoped that if Morrissey and Johnny Marr ever play together again, without Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, they go out as "Morrissey and Marr", a la Page and Plant. But yeah, I imagine any reunion would only happen if the Mozzer were in serious financial straits, in which case the value of the Smiths name would probably preclude any more modest billing.

Supposedly, Harrison only agreed to participate in the Anthology dealie because his film company had gone under (and had debts to be paid off), and it turned out that his business manger had been cooking the books for years.

I understand that one of the bigger festivals has been steadily raising the $$$ for a Spacemen 3 reunion, but it isn't going to happen.

I should have clarified by saying "Reunion Tour" or something, but honestly I kinda forgot about those Anthology songs. So the DC5 STAND ALONE.

Off-topic, but I thought it was odd in that HuffPo article that Bronson claimed radio stopped playing their hits. In Houston anyway, all of those singles he cited were in regular oldies rotation for pretty much as long as we had a proper oldies station (so, until the mid-2000s). Not figuring in that 2-disc set (which really should have been released alongside a 15 or so track 'Singles' collection), I always figured this was down to stations be serviced with promo discs with the songs. The same reasoning could possibly explain how some Cameo-Parkway tracks like "The Twist" and "96 Tears" could be heard on the radio, but not be purchased unless you could find vinyl.

Wait, are people forgetting that 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love' existed?

― Turrican, Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:02 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh come on those so don't count

― flappy bird, Sunday, September 27, 2015 10:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Of course they do.

beatles reunion was the result of harrison wanting to cash in among other things so decidedly counts imo

― balls, Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:38 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but Lennon was dead - they could never make another record again. all original members need to be alive. so 'cut me some slack' doesn't count as a nirvana reunion

― flappy bird, Sunday, September 27, 2015 10:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

All four original members of The Beatles are on 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love', which were primarily written by Lennon and were released as Beatle tracks. Kurt Cobain had nothing to do with 'Cut Me Some Slack', so it's not the same thing. Besides, you're conveniently ignoring the differences in which both bands functioned.

Yeah, I can't see The Jam ever reforming. As much as I like The Jam, I see this as a good thing - I think Weller would struggle to sing many of those songs now, his voice has changed way too much.

I think it would reinvigorate the material or reinvigorate the players for them to try to figure out how to approach it in middle age, but that's just me.

Does Shaun really say in that Guardian article that the Mondays hadn't written a song since '92? What was Uncle Dysfunktional then??

he probably means the original group.

Yeah, that was mentioned on that show

hah, was just hoping that Shaun forgot they made a comeback record. I didn't even know the lineup was different.

also apparently Ryder does want to do another Mondays album in the next couple years so maybe scratch that one?

Talk Talk

(Hell a new 'O'rang record would be a miracle, even)

Mark probably otm re Television :(

Crass

Beatles don't count - or you'd have to count every band where there's just ONE holdout keeping it from ever happening, since, like, they could get murdered and the others could dub over some of their demos without the deceased's knowledge or consent. it was more of a beatle reunion than anyone ever seriously expected, but it's something different from this thread.

Yeah, this was meant to be "Bands that are still going, that won't be making any more new recs"

Nostalgia acts (like Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders) count, bands that are gorn (e,g. Crass) do not.

grimes

Blue Oyster Cult

Yellow Magic Orchestra :(

Porcupine Tree have never officially disbanded but Steven Wilson seems more interested in his solo career these days so I'm not convinced we'll see another PT record again.

In related news, King Crimson (including PT's drummer) have been debuting new material on their current tour but I'm not sure it portends a new KC record.

The Stone Roses. There was a lot of talk circa the reunion gigs in, what, 2011? But nothing has emerged since and I can't see it ever happening. I don't think there's been any official announcement. I imagine they each got to buy themselves a nice house out of the reunion. Sometimes, if I think about it, I get a little sad that we only ever got to hear Reni drum on like 40 songs or something. That's criminal.

Don't think The Verve ever officially announced a third (or is it fourth?) split? But who cares.

I suspect Fugazi never will but who knows.

After that little flurry of activity do we think Kate Bush is done now?

After a comeback album, two more albums and actual honest to goodness live dates, I'd say Kate Bush is not done.

Jam guys have worked together, haven't they? Could imagine them reuniting for a benefit or something.

I'd say for bands with all members living or otherwise healthy, the Smiths and Husker Du are two likely nevers. Fugazi could be a maybe, but they've always said it's more a practical matter. They live in different places and would need to rehearse for like a year first to recapture what they had.

Lungfish it seems it well and truly done, though I would love to be wrong

Jam guys have worked together, haven't they? Could imagine them reuniting for a benefit or something.

Foxton and Weller guested on each other solo records relatively recently (in 2010 -- first time they'd spoken to each other since 1982), and yeah, I could almost see some kind of low-key reunion situation happening. Oddly, Foxton and Buckler have since fallen out, Buckler having quit From The Jam.

Are Madness done?

Buckler having quit From The Jam

From the From the Jam

Are Madness done?

Good question! Just checked Wikipedia, their last album was only three years ago but Chas Smash has left since then (I didn't know either of these things) and he wrote about a third of it. I wouldn't rule it out I guess.

Bedders and Chrissy Boy have also taken breaks from Madness in the 21st Century and come back, and that last album was kinda their best*? I'd give them another decade before counting them out.

*album qua album

At the Drive-In is another definite no.

Foxton and Weller guested on each other solo records relatively recently (in 2010 -- first time they'd spoken to each other since 1982), and yeah, I could almost see some kind of low-key reunion situation happening. Oddly, Foxton and Buckler have since fallen out, Buckler having quit From The Jam.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, September 29, 2015 2:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There's bad blood between Weller and Buckler, apparently. From the sounds of it, Weller still hasn't forgiven Buckler for comments he made regarding some of the early Style Council material to his face when Weller played some tracks to him, and his attitude in the studio regarding the songs from The Gift near the end of The Jam. Buckler quit From The Jam around the time Foxton and Weller buried the hatchet. I personally can see a Jam reunion and I hope to god it never happens.

*can't see a Jam reunion, rather.

Interesting, didn't know that about Buckler and Weller.