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Originally Posted by Vanilla
Isn't it interesting how frequent it was from 60's till present day of bands that changed line ups really often? Do you guys thing drugs and alcohol addictions was a substantial factor?
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I'd say drug and alcohol were the main issues here. The problem mostly ocurred where either the addiction was running out of control or the person with the severe addiction was the minority in the band, and was therefore kicked out. Whereas on the other hand, bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin saw nobody leaving as they were all heavy drug users and drinkers anyway. So it's kind of a balancing act.
Then there is the clash of personalities within a band and also people jumping ship because they felt that success could be found elsewhwere.
I've always seen and still do, that bands that have had multiple line-up changes, to be inferior to bands that have kept a stable line-up, it's not always the case but around 80% of the time I would say it was so.