History Main / RevolvingDoorBand

* Music/{{Paramore}}'s one consistent member is lead singer Hayley Williams; in total, 7 band members have either joined and/or exited the band. The band has seen a different lineup for the recording sessions of each album, the most recent of which being the return of founding drummer Zac Farro during the ''After Laughter'' sessions in 2017.

* Music/{{Anthrax}} has been like this. Since releasing their first album, the only two members who've been in the band the whole time are guitarist Scott Ian and drummer Charlie Benante. They've had four singers, two bassists (one left, and came back, with the other filling in on live performances while the first was gone), and two lead guitarists, plus several guitarists who recorded in the studio but were never official members of the band.

* The Grass Roots began in 1965 as a studio project instigated by producers[=/=]songwriters Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan, playing FollowTheLeader with Music/TheByrds. After some initial success, Barri and Sloan hired an actual band called The Bedouins to become The Grass Roots. But with the producers controlling most of the band's material and even hiring session musicians to play on the recordings, the band clashed with them and were essentially fired. Another band was hired to assume the role of The Grass Roots in 1967--The 13th Floor, with bassist[=/=]lead singer Rob Grill, lead guitarist Creed Bratton, rhythm guitarist Warren Entner and drummer Rick Coonce. Right off the bat they scored a huge hit with "Let's Live for Today", with Bratton playing the song's EpicRiff. The next year they had another major hit with "Midnight Confessions", but Bratton became the band's Music/MichaelNesmith figure, demanding more control over their music, which the record label wasn't willing to give them. After a disastrous appearance at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in 1969,[[note]]Bratton took some LSD that a fan had given him before the show, and was too tripped out to play properly[[/note]] Bratton was asked to leave the band. After that they went through literally dozens of members as they had a few more hits. By 1974, Grill was the only 13th Floor member remaining, and he went solo three years later, though he rejoined in 1980 to lead them onto the oldies circuit. Ironically, despite his short tenure, Bratton is now the band's most famous member because of his role on ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''.

* Music/{{Renaissance}} was originally formed by two former members of Music/TheYardbirds, lead singer Keith Relf and drummer Jim [=McCarty=], with Relf's sister Jane and two other members. The band released their debut album in 1969, but fractured while recording the second. Shortly after that second album was completed, the last two original members, Jane Relf and keyboardist John Hawken, left Renaissance. Guitarist Michael Dunford and singer Annie Halsam joined in 1970 and 1971 respectively, and were relative constants until Dunford's death in 2012, with around two dozen other members rotating out of the lineup over the years. Halsam now leads Renaissance with a lineup of members mostly recurited in the 2000s and 2010s.

* Music/{{Renaissance}} was originally formed by two former members of Music/TheYardbirds, lead singer Keith Relf and drummer Jim [=McCarty=], with Relf's sister Jane and two other members. The band released their debut album in 1969, but fractured while recording the second. Shortly after that second album was completed, the last two original members, Jane Relf and keyboardist John Hawken, left Renaissance. Guitarist Michael Dunford and singer Annie Halsam joined in 1970 and 1971 respectively, and were relative constants until Dunford's death in 2012. Halsam now leads Renaissance with a lineup of members mostly recurited in the 2000s and 2010s.

* Music/{{Renaissance}} was originally formed by two former members of Music/TheYardbirds, lead singer Keith Relf and drummer Jim [=McCarty=], with Relf's sister Jane and two other members. This band released their debut album in 1969, but fractured while recording the second. By the time that second album was released in 1970, the entire original quintet that appeared on it had been replaced - Jane Relf and keyboardist John Hawken were the last original members to leave. Guitarist Michael Dunford and singer Annie Halsam joined in 1970 and 1971 respectively, and were relative constants until Dunford's death in 2012. Halsam now leads the band with a lineup of members mostly recurited in the 2000s and 2010s.

* Music/{{Renaissance}} was originally formed by two former members of Music/TheYardbirds, lead singer Keith Relf and drummer Jim [=McCarty=], with Relf's sister Jane and two other members. This band released their debut album in 1969, but fractured while recording the second. By the time that second album was released in 1970, the entire original quintet that appeared on it had been replaced - Jane Relf was the last original member to leave. Guitarist Michael Dunford and singer Annie Halsam joined in 1970 and 1971 respectively, and were relative constants until Dunford's death in 2012. Halsam now leads the band with a lineup of members mostly recurited in the 2000s and 2010s.

* Music/KingCrimson is the [[IncrediblyLamePun King]] of this trope. Since they were founded in 1969, they've had 19 members (not including recording/touring guest musicians, with which the number would climb to about 30) pass through, around, and back to the band. It's so complicated that Website/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_crimson#Personnel_.2F_album_chart resorted to using a table]]. The only constant is guitarist Robert Fripp, who has been with the band from the very start (and he didn't start making major songwriting contributions until the band's fourth album). Now he's [[IAmTheBand become the band]], but only partly by default, as by his words "King Crimson is a way of doing things" (of course by this point his influence on the band's writing is indisputable).

* The Little River Band has replaced ''all'' of its members ''multiple'' times. In fact, the original lineup got in legal trouble in the mid-2000s when they wanted to tour under the name "Little River Band" and the current lineup wouldn't let them.
** To make things more insane, the band was formed in Australia and is identified as an Aussie band, the current LRB lineup doesn't have any Australian members. The longest-serving band member, Wayne Nelson, is from Illinois and joined the band in 1981.

* Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan usually work as a five-piece and have had three rhythm guitarists, one vocalist[[note]]Not counting Music/MikePatton and Sean Ingram, who were never official members to begin with[[/note]], one bassist and two drummers leave over 13 years or so. Lead guitarist Ben Weiman is the only current member of the band from the original lineup, and even he very briefly quit once. In two separate cases, members have been forced to leave due to medical injuries rendering them unable to play their instruments: Original bassist Adam Doll was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident, while guitarist Brian Benoit suffered nerve damage in his left hand. Benoit may or may not end up returning to the band - he's able to play guitar again, but can no longer play it at the technically-demanding level required by most of the band's material.

* Music/{{Periphery}} have also been together since 2005. Thanks to a recent shedding of members, the only remaining founding member is [[IAmTheBand Misha Mansoor]], and they have particular difficulty retaining singers - they don't even average a new one every two years, having had four in their seven-year life.

* Music/QuietRiot has blown through a good amount of members in the course of it's 40+ year long history. Drummer Frankie Banali and bassist Chuck Wright (both of whom had been on-and-off members during their most famous period in the 80s) were the glue that held the band together from it's ''fifth'' reunion in 2010 (which was organized by Banali with blessings from the family of deceased founding vocalist Kevin [=DuBrow=]) onwards until Banali's 2020 death, when his touring fill-in [[Music/TypeONegative Johnny Kelly]] took over the role.

* Bronski Beat's only remaining original and only consistent member is Steve Bronski.

This is sometimes an artifact of which musicians are “the band” according to the record company contracts. Music/{{Yes}} was always a band with many members rotating in and out, but the rights to the band name were owned to his dying day by Chris Squire. Music/{{Paramore}} is a band because Haley Williams insisted she didn’t want to be a solo artist, but the record contracts have always been with Williams alone. Not to be confused with IAmTheBand, where the bandleader(s) will cheerfully tell you it’s just them and whatever musicians happen to be standing nearby at the time.

* Music/{{Yes}} has had a rotating cast of musicians in all positions, except bass, which had been Chris Squire until he died in 2015. Prior to his own death in 2022, drummer Alan White was also a constant since joining in 1972. When Squire died in 2015, former guitarist Billy Sherwood took his place. Currently, no original members remain in Yes, with Steve Howe and Alan White being the only remaining members from their classic lineups. (Howe joined in 1971.)

* Music/BlackSabbath had a pretty stable lineup (Music/OzzyOsbourne on vocals, Tony Iommi on guitar, Geezer Butler on bass, and Bill Ward on drums) until Ozzy left the band in 1979. Since then, they have gone through ''nine'' vocalists (Dave Walker in 1977, Music/RonnieJamesDio from 1979-1982, Ian Gillan in 1983, Ron Keel and David Donato in 1984, Jeff Fenholt in 1985, Glenn Hughes from 1985-1986, Ray Gillen in 1986, Tony Martin from 1987-1991, Dio again from 1991-1992, Rob Halford for a brief period in 1992, Tony Martin again from 1993-1997, Ozzy again from 1997-2006, Dio for a third time from 2006 until his death in 2010, and Osbourne again since) ''seven'' bassists (Craig Gruber in 1979, Butler again through 1985, Dave Spitz from 1985-1986, Bob Daisley in 1986, then Spitz again, Jo Burt in 1987, Lawrence Cottle from 1988-1989, Neil Murray from 1989-1991, Geezer again from 1991-1994, Murray again from 1994-1997, and Butler since 1997) and ''nine'' drummers (Vinny Appice from 1980-1982, Bill Ward again from 1982-1983, Bev Bevan from 1983-1984, Ward for a third time from 1984-1985, Eric Singer from 1985-1987, Bevan again in 1987, with Terry Chimes the same year, Cozy Powell from 1988-1991, Vinny Appice again from 1991-1993, Bobby Rondinelli from 1993-1997, Appice yet again in 1998, Ward for a fourth time from 1998-2006, Appice for a fourth time from 2006-2010, Ward for a ''fifth'' time from 2011-2012, and Tommy Clufetos since). Guitarist Iommi is the only constant band members.
** Ozzy Osbourne's backing band has gone through nine guitarists, eleven bassists, nine drummers, and eight keyboardists.

* TowerOfPower. They've been together for 43 years, and have had at least 60 members.

* RotaryConnection: Each of their six albums had lineup changes, with only Minnie Riperton and Charles Stepney involved in all of them. This was one reason the final album was billed as performed by The New Rotary Connection, although it is still considered part of the RC canon.

* Music/PrimalScream, apart from singer Bobby Gillespie. The band was formed by Gillespie and guitarist Jim Beattie, with a number of other members in their early years. Guitarist Andrew Innes arrived too late for the first two singles but has remained in the band ever since he joined it in 1987, and has been its principal songwriter with Gillespie over the course of the band's 11 albums (Beattie left after the unsuccessful first LP, for which he and Gillespie received sole songwriting credits). Keyboardist Martin Duffy has also been a relatively constant, having been there since 1989. Aside from those three core members, however, the group has had more than 20 members, including bass guitarists Mani of Music/TheStoneRoses and Debbie Googe of Music/MyBloodyValentine

* Spanish vocal group Fórmula Abierta was formed in 2002, after the first season of talent show ''Operación Triunfo'', by contestants Álex, Javián, Geno and Mireia. Álex left before the end of the year and Miguel Ángel Silva from the second season of ''Operación Triunfo'' would take his place in 2003 until the group disbanded in 2004. In 2017, the group reunited with its original four members, but Mireia had to pull out just a few days later, and in January 2020, Geno left the band and was replaced with Tessa, who, like Miguel Ángel Silva, was an ''[=OT2=]'' alum. Javián is the only member to have been in the band through the entirety of its two runs at this point.

* Music/MikeAndTheMechanics were a supergroup formed by Music/{{Genesis|Band}} guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford in 1985 as a vehicle for his solo compositions, after Rutherford had produced one solo album, ''Smallcreep's Day'', in 1980 with a different singer throughout, followed by 1982's ''Acting Very Strange'', which had Rutherford himself singing. They comprised of Rutherford, keyboardist Adrian Lee, vocalist Paul Young (not the "Everytime You Go Away" one) of Sad Café, keyboardist/vocalist Paul Carrack (ex-Music/{{Squeeze}}) and drummer Peter Van Hooke of ManfredMann. By 2004's ''Rewired'', particularly after Young's death, the band had been reduced to Rutherford and Carrack; the album was credited to "Mike + The Mechanics featuring Paul Carrack". Rutherford formed a completely new lineup for the album's follow-up, "The Road".

* Northern Irish Punk band Stiff Little Fingers have gone through four drummers, three bassists (including losing their original bassist just before they got a record deal and replacement Ali [=McMordie=] leaving in the early '90s and coming back in the late 2000s) and two guitarists in their time together. Only lead singer, guitarist, and lyricist Jake Burns has been a constant member.

* Music/IronButterfly went through 59 lineups (Arguably 60, but the Doug Ingle/Ron Bushy/Erik Braunn/Lee Dorman happened twice) in 46 years--including hiatuses. None of these members, not even relative constants Ingle and Bushy, have been in the band consistently since its formation.

* Music/DeepPurple, which had nine different line-ups, with drummer Ian Paice as the only constant member -- and true to the "revolving" part, three times the band returned to the Mark II formation that recorded ''Music/MachineHead''.

* Music/pPurple, which had nine different line-ups, with drummer Ian Paice as the only constant member -- and true to the "revolving" part, three times the band returned to the Mark II formation that recorded ''Music/MachineHead''.

** Another BlackMetal example: Although Music/{{Nachtmystium}} is usually described as a band, the project is in reality just [[IAmTheBand founding member Blake Judd]] and whatever additional members he has managed to recruit to provide additional instrumentation at any given line. The band's lineup from one album to the next is hardly ever the same. It has been rumored over the years that this is due to Judd being difficult to work with and perhaps a contemptible person in general (as many ex-members of Nachtmystium have indeed claimed; Charlie Fell even stated that the best thing that he ever did in his time with that band was smashing Judd's head through a tour bus window). In light of recent drug, theft, and fraud scandals surrounding Judd, this is not difficult to believe.

* Music/DeepPurple, which had eight different line-ups, with drummer Ian Paice as the only constant member -- and true to the "revolving" part, three times the band returned to the Mark II formation that recorded ''Music/MachineHead''.

* Music/ThinLizzy. The only constant members were [[IAmTheBand Phil]] [[FaceOfTheBand Lynott]] (vocals, bass and songwriting) and Brian Downey (drums). After Phil Lynott died in 1986, who will be touring under the name next time it appears is anyone's guess, but if you're lucky it'll at least have one of the members that were in the band whilst Phil was alive (since 1991 that's usually Scott Gorham). Ex-members include Gary Moore, Snowy White and Midge Ure. Their door revolved so much the issue has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_Lizzy_band_members its own page]] on Wiki/TheOtherWiki.

* Music/KingCrimson is the [[IncrediblyLamePun King]] of this trope. Since they were founded in 1969, they've had 19 members (not including recording/touring guest musicians, with which the number would climb to about 30) pass through, around, and back to the band. It's so complicated that Wiki/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_crimson#Personnel_.2F_album_chart resorted to using a table]]. The only constant is guitarist Robert Fripp, who has been with the band from the very start (and he didn't start making major songwriting contributions until the band's fourth album). Now he's [[IAmTheBand become the band]], but only partly by default, as by his words "King Crimson is a way of doing things" (of course by this point his influence on the band's writing is indisputable).

* The ex-members of Sabaton in turn formed Music/{{Civil War|Band}} with Nils Patrik Johannson as lead vocalist. They added a third guitarist in 2014, but then one of the ex-Sabaton guitarists and the bassist quit in 2014, and they fired Johannson due to personal problems in 2016 and replaced him with Kelly Sundown Carpenter.

* John Mayall's Bluesbreakers have featured 32 musicians from 1963-1970 and 1982-2008, and have been a farm system of sorts for some of England's most influential rock and blues musicians. Bluebreakers alumni include but are not limited to Music/EricClapton, three-fifths of the original Music/FleetwoodMac (the aforementioned Mick Fleetwood and John [=McVie=], and Peter Green), and ex-Music/TheRollingStones guitarist Mick Taylor.

* The Hit Crew, a cover band used for all the ''Drew's Famous'' [=CDs=] that are ubiquitous at party supply and drug stores. They cover every musical genre, and some of the [=CDs=] are quite good (and others are terrible). Every single one is attributed to "The Hit Crew" - from New Age to Disco to Metal to Country. The lineup is different from album to album and even song to song.