History Main / LongRunnerLineup

** Greater Western Sydney's arrival in 2012 created the lineup that most Aussies know and love (or hate) to this day.

*** The current MAC lineup (Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan) has been intact since Marshall, which had returned to the MAC in 1997, voluntarily left in 2005. That made it the only Division I FBS conference whose core membership remained unchanged during the conference realignments of the early 2010s. The core membership also didn't change in the early-2020s realignment triggered by Oklahoma and Texas announcing their departure from the Big 12, though not by lack of trying on the MAC's part... until reports came out that [=UMass=] would join in 2025.

* '''Music/{{Blur}}''' was Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree from 1989 to 2002 when Coxon left the band. After going on hiatus in early 2004, the original lineup reunited in 2009 and has remained together since.
* ThrashMetal band '''Coroner''' has had the same lineup since 1985. Note that they broke up in 1996 and reunited in 2010. Also note that the band's self-titled album, recorded in 1995, contains session musicians on some tracks.

* '''Music/JudasPriest''' had three such line-ups, both with Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, and Ian Hill:

* '''Music/NoDoubt''' (founded 1986) has been Music/GwenStefani, Tony Kanal, Adrian Young, and Tom Dumont since 1995, but didn't become Type 4 until 2009 because they took a hiatus from 2004–2008. They took a longer hiatus from 2015–2024.

* '''Music/{{Slade}}''' consisted of Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell from their inception as the N'Betweens in 1966 up until 1991 when both Noddy Holder and Jim Lea withdrew from the band.

* After years of existence as a RevolvingDoorBand around frontman Josh Homme, '''Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge''' has since settled into this, with Homme joined by fellow guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, bassist Michael Shuman, keyboardist/guitarist Dean Fertita and most recently drummer Jon Theodore since 2013.

* '''Music/{{Queen}}''': After a few months during which they were trying out various bassists, they kept the same lineup from early 1971 to late 1991 (when Music/FreddieMercury died). Afterwards, John Deacon retired in 1997, leaving the band to carry on as a duo of Brian May and Roger Taylor plus a guest vocalist, the current one being Music/AdamLambert since 2011.

* ''Music/{{Macabre}}'' has been Charles "Nefarious" Lescewicz, Lance "Corporate Death" Lencioni, and Dennis "The Menace" Ritchie since forming in 1985.

*** The current MAC lineup (Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan) has been intact since Marshall, which had returned to the MAC in 1997, voluntarily left in 2005. This also makes it the only Division I FBS conference whose core membership remained unchanged during the conference realignments of the early 2010s. The core membership also didn't change in the early-2020s realignment triggered by Oklahoma and Texas announcing their departure from the Big 12, though not by lack of trying on the MAC's part.

*** The current lineup will remain intact until 2024, when the conference itself will almost certainly fold. The only two schools that ''haven't'' announced their departure yet are Oregon State and Washington State.[[note]]Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah are off to the Big 12; Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington to the Big Ten; and Cal and Stanford to the ACC.[[/note]]

* '''Music/TheBeastieBoys''' were Mike D, MCA, and Ad-Rock from 1984 to MCA's death in 2012.

* '''Music/MikeAndTheMechanics''' just made it to 10 years with its original lineup of Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack, Paul Young, Adrian Lee, and Peter Van Hooke (1985–1995). After Lee and Van Hooke left, the remaining trio soldiered on until Young's death in 2000, with Rutherford and Carrack calling it quits in 2004. In late 2010, Rutherford restarted the band with a completely new lineup of himself, Anthony Drennan, Tim Howar, Luke Juby, Andrew Roachford, and Gary Wallis; this lineup has remained stable to this day (January 2023).

* '''Music/{{Sade}}''' was formed in 1982 with Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Paul Spencer Denman, and Paul Anthony Cook. In 1983, Andrew Hale joined the band and in 1984 Cook left. Dave Early had a brief stint from 1984 to 1985. Since then, the band has been the same for over well over three decades.

* '''Music/NoDoubt''' (founded 1986) has been Music/GwenStefani, Tony Kanal, Adrian Young, and Tom Dumont since 1995, but didn't become Type 4 until 2009 because they took a hiatus from 2004–2008.

* '''Music/Devo''':

* '''Music/XJapan''' has been Music/{{Toshi|mitsuDeyama}}, Music/{{Yoshiki|Hayashi}}, [[Music/TomoakiIshizuka Pata]], Heath, and Music/{{Sugizo}} since the 2011 death of Music/{{Taiji|Sawada}} (who had left in 1997 but returned in 2010). The band still considers Taiji a member, as well as Music/{{hide|toMatsumoto}}, who had been a member when the band broke up in 1997 and died a year later, long before the band got back together in 2007.

** '''Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference''': This league, currently a non-football conference (though it had I-AA/FCS football from 1994–2007), has had one lineup stay intact for the required period. The lineup of Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Loyola (MD), Manhattan, Marist, Niagara, Rider, Saint Peter's, and Siena stayed intact from the 1997 arrival of Marist and Rider to 2013, when Loyola left for the Patriot League (below) and Monmouth and Quinnipiac joined.

* '''Music/TheFall''' were well-known for being an extreme example of a RevolvingDoorBand, with 66 members passing through its ranks in its 40 years of existence. However, near the end of the band's career, they lasted nine straight years (2007-2016) with the same lineup: Frontman and only constant member Mark E. Smith, his wife Elena Poulou, Dave Spurr, Pete Greenway, and Kerion Melling. This lineup ended when Poulou divorced Smith in 2016, but the three other members remained with The Fall until Smith's death ended the band for good in early 2018.

* After years of existence as a RevolvingDoorBand around frontman Josh Homme, '''Music/{{QueensOfTheStoneAge}}''' has since settled into this, with Homme joined by fellow guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, bassist Michael Shuman, keyboardist/guitarist Dean Fertita and most recently drummer Jon Theodore since 2013.

* '''Music/AlterBridge''' has been Myles Kennedy, [[Music/{{Creed}} Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall, and Scott Phillips]] since they formed in June 2004.

* '''Music/{{Creed}}''': After their second guitarist left in 1995, the band was Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips, and Brian Marshall until Marshall left in 2000 (a bassist was hired to perform on tour); they broke up in 2004, and after a hiatus (during which the ones other than Stapp formed Music/AlterBridge with Myles Kennedy) the original quartet reunited in 2009 and split again three years later.