WOULDN'T IT BE nice if we lived in a world where the original lineups of the bands we love ohso-dearly stuck it out and stayed together for the kids?
It's a nice thought, but it's nothing more than a pipe dream. The grizzled reality is we live in a world where some of the most famous acts still take to the stage and have one, or even none, of their original members among their ranks.
This demands the question: how much are original lineups worth? While we can hope and pray that if our favorite bands lose a member, it's not anyone “important,” history dictates that even keeping the essential members can be too much to ask. Still, we've also seen that replacing even the most seemingly integral cog in the wheel isn't impossible. And don't look
