Grateful Dead alums plan first tour in 5 years

[d107]

It looks like the old Dead are gettin' on.

Surviving members of the Grateful Dead say they'll regroup for a 19-city tour, their first since 2004, beginning April 12 in Greensboro, N.C.

The group, which now just calls itself The Dead, announced its plans Thursday.

Original band members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann have toured sporadically since the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry Garcia, but struggled to get along personally and artistically. They told Rolling Stone in November that they've worked out their differences, aided by a successful October benefit concert in Pennsylvania for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama.

[Lukester]

This is like the new Doors or Guns n' Roses...desperate move to make moola if u ask me. No Thanx.

[revnecro1273]

maybe so, but it is a lot different imo..they at least have the majority of the members along for the ride

[Lukester]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

maybe so, but it is a lot different imo..they at least have the majority of the members along for the ride

But when KEY MEMBERS are no more the band should dissipate (and maybe start a new project under a new name). It's just my take. You know it makes no diff what I say.

[Bobtheicon]

Glad these bands didn't dissipate due to missing "key members":

AC/DC - Bon Scott
Black Sabbath - Ozzy
Van Halen - DLR
Iron Maiden - Paul Dianno (sp?)
Pink Floyd - Syd Barrett / Roger Waters
Misfits - Danzig
Kiss - Peter Criss / Ace Frehley

off the top of my head, I'm sure there are more that I'm missing.

I'm all for bands carrying on. I really think it is more for the joy of the music and artistic expression than for the money.

[Bobtheicon]

The Who - Keith Moon

[Bobtheicon]

Genesis - Peter Gabriel

[Bobtheicon]

Lukester - what about your boys Metallica?
Not talking about Dave, but Cliff was certainly a key member of that band. Imagine if they dissolved when he died? -- Wow....

[Lukester]

I know what you're saying Bob and I agree on most of the ones u named but not all. Maybe I'm thinking too much about movies where a sequel or "part 2" most often disappoint the viewer 99% of the time. But still.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by Bobtheicon

Lukester - what about your boys Metallica?
Not talking about Dave, but Cliff was certainly a key member of that band. Imagine if they dissolved when he died? -- Wow....

was going to say the same thing

how about journey? the new dude, the filipino dude, sounds great

[revnecro1273]

hell..look at the line up for cannibal corpse..everyone thought they would blow azz after chris barnes left and was replaced by george corpsegrinder..then jack owen left..now they have 2 original members left and are still going strong 20 years later

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by Bobtheicon

Glad these bands didn't dissipate due to missing "key members":

AC/DC - Bon Scott
Black Sabbath - Ozzy
Van Halen - DLR
Iron Maiden - Paul Dianno (sp?)
Pink Floyd - Syd Barrett / Roger Waters
Misfits - Danzig
Kiss - Peter Criss / Ace Frehley

off the top of my head, I'm sure there are more that I'm missing.

I'm all for bands carrying on. I really think it is more for the joy of the music and artistic expression than for the money.

saw misfits without danzig and they were solid

[Lukester]

I think we can name more bands out there in the nay than the yea. But there's always an exception to the rule.

[revnecro1273]

one band i will say should disband is sepultura..they released an album recently and have 1 original member left and 2 from the peak days of the band.none of the cavalera brothers to be found...have not been a fan of them since max left..but if i am not in china in february, i may go to bulgaria to see them live...as i have said before..i have always wanted to see a show in another country

[Lukester]

Probably the most successful in changing members quite often is Deep Purple with at least 8 band editions. They haven't done much since Perfect Strangers. Steve Morse is a great guitarist but...