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.

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.
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― 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.