Sammy Hager also has a heckuva resume without Van Halen.

Some bands get better with a shake-up of personnel or when a new guy stepped-up to the microphone. The Moody Blues, Springsteen's E Street Band and Journey are some notable examples of bands that benefitted from fresh blood after the first album or two.

The Moody Blues were in the first wave of the British Invasion, but it's hard to imagine they would have survived with the "Go Now" pop sound advocated by Denny Laine when he was in the band. It wasn't until Justin Hayward and John Lodge began to assert themselves that the classic Moody Blues sound began to emerge.

Journey without Steve Perry.

E Street Band -- Born To Run album wouldn't be what it was if Springsteen had used the same line-up as Greetings From Asbury Park or The Wild, The Innocent...

Any of youse New Jersey guys remember Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom, Springsteen's band from around 1970 or so?

tony b.