Well, both Yes & Jethro Tull have had a big (and fairly constant) turnover in personnel...but, the difference with Fleetwood Mac over other bands who've had a revolving door of musicians is that with Fleetwood Mac, the FRONT LINE (singers/songwriters) were the ones who would change...with other bands, the front person(s) would basically remain and it would usually be the rhythm section that would change.
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Originally Posted by boots
They went from being a blues band, and hired Buckingham Nicks which really placed FM on an even bigger stage than where they were.
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One little pet peeve of mine. There seems to be this popular perception that Fleetwood Mac was a blues band until Stevie & Lindsey showed up...that couldn't be further from the truth. In reality, they weren't even still a blues band when Peter Green left in 1970. And, they sure as hell weren't a blues band during the
Future Games through
Heroes Are Hard To Find incarnations, either.
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Originally Posted by Boots
The Rolling Stones lost Brian Jones to a drowning, and Ron Wood came on board and the group continued to be mighty successful.
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Don't leave out the four years of Mick Taylor's contributions!!! He helped lift the Stones to a new height of popularity before handing over the reins to Woody.