Relevant music trivia: Saliva (of Click Click Boom fame) still produces music, but is an entirely different band than the one people probably think of or hear on the radio.
An interesting philosophical question about when might be the right time to rename a band. Do the current members even feel like they have a real identity? When they tour and play the hits from the first 4 albums, are they just a cover band?
Imagine what must go through the minds of the original members of a band like that.
Like, imagine they start a band in high school, spend years touring, and eventually all leave the band one by one as they get older. But then, one day, years after the last one left, they all get together for a reunion at somebody's house when they hear on the radio that their band is going to be playing a show in town soon. They look around the room and realize that every original member of the band is right there, but they are somehow not that band.
I bet they all individually think "hell yeah, I'm playing in Saliva..." and none of them ever broaches the subject of whether they're actually the band they think they are
Eh, there's a ton of well known acts where the frontman is the only permanent member. Heck, virtually every pop artist operates in that realm. Might be less common in rock, but it's not uncommon.
The entire band changing over, including the frontman and/or creative force? That's extremely rare.
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u/chmilz 6h ago
Relevant music trivia: Saliva (of Click Click Boom fame) still produces music, but is an entirely different band than the one people probably think of or hear on the radio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saliva_(band)#Timeline