When a musical group loses one (or more) of its key members, such as the lead singer or a similar Face of the Band figure, it usually breaks up--but not always. Occasionally, a band tries to continue without its "face". Sometimes the group tries to replace the departed member, sometimes not. (If this happens, the new member is dismissed by fans as The Other Darrin or a Replacement Scrappy.) Either way, more often than not, the result is a Dethroning Moment of Suck, and the band rarely lasts more than one or two more albums. It can also lead to both Canon Dis Continuity and Fanon Discontinuity, as performers and fans all try to forget the inferior post-face recordings ever existed. However, on rare occasions, a band gets lucky and averts the trope by attracting a new, larger audience.
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| - When a musical group loses one (or more) of its key members, such as the lead singer or a similar Face of the Band figure, it usually breaks up--but not always. Occasionally, a band tries to continue without its "face". Sometimes the group tries to replace the departed member, sometimes not. (If this happens, the new member is dismissed by fans as The Other Darrin or a Replacement Scrappy.) Either way, more often than not, the result is a Dethroning Moment of Suck, and the band rarely lasts more than one or two more albums. It can also lead to both Canon Dis Continuity and Fanon Discontinuity, as performers and fans all try to forget the inferior post-face recordings ever existed. However, on rare occasions, a band gets lucky and averts the trope by attracting a new, larger audience.
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| - When a musical group loses one (or more) of its key members, such as the lead singer or a similar Face of the Band figure, it usually breaks up--but not always. Occasionally, a band tries to continue without its "face". Sometimes the group tries to replace the departed member, sometimes not. (If this happens, the new member is dismissed by fans as The Other Darrin or a Replacement Scrappy.) Either way, more often than not, the result is a Dethroning Moment of Suck, and the band rarely lasts more than one or two more albums. It can also lead to both Canon Dis Continuity and Fanon Discontinuity, as performers and fans all try to forget the inferior post-face recordings ever existed. However, on rare occasions, a band gets lucky and averts the trope by attracting a new, larger audience. Many bands both avert this trope and play it straight; it isn't uncommon for a band to survive the departure of one key member only to later see their popularity fade after the loss of a different member. In a related phenomenon, sometimes a famous singer's backing band takes a "vacation" from its leader, releasing its own original material while still under the singer's employ. Compare and contrast the musical applications of Growing the Beard. Examples of The Band Minus the Face include:
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