Bands Who Broke Up and Never Got Back Together 

The stories of 7 beloved bands that said goodbye, and actually meant it when they broke up. Help support longer deep dive episodes of this show by LIKING/SHARING this video! Special thanks to Hannah for all the amazing work on this one 👏 Rules for making the list: 1. Band must have been broken up for at least 10 years. 2. The breakup can’t have happened because of the death of a member. 3. One off reunions for charity, award shows, or something don’t count as “getting back together” or reuniting.

Three things are certain in life: 1. Death 2. Taxes *3. Noel & Liam Gallagher hating one another!*

I'm just impressed that Oasis lasted as long as they did considering they were threatening to implode from very early on.

OutKast, if they are eligible for being a band. They might be a group.

It breaks my heart I never got to see The White Stripes play while they were together

I think Oasis should never reunite because Liam and Noel are on two different styles of creativity ATM that I don't think they would work well creavitly anymore. I still want them to reunite as brothers for the shake of their mom though

I’m glad MCR isn’t on this list, still happy they’re finally back...

I’d add Creedence Clearwater Revival to this. There was so much in-fighting with them, especially leading up to their final album together, that John Fogerty and the other two surviving members (since John’s brother Tom, the first of the band to leave, died in 1990) still hate each other and are suing each other to this day. There’s a really good video by Todd in the Shadows on their breakup and last album.

7 Bands We Want To Break Up And Never Get Back Together

The Jam unfortunately! They've given us 7 fantastic albums, but I wish that they would come back, although it's unlikely that they'll ever come back.

So the Smiths is the band most likely to reunite from all on the list? Wouldn't see that coming.

This was a really impressive list, Jon. Nicely done

I loved this! So well done and got me interested in revisiting some old favorites. I’d love to see longer videos exploring and contrasting two similar or polar opposite bands because you are so good at these.

Such a great video, happy I came back to watch it! I was a little bit intimidated that it was 20 mins but overall it went by fast and I appreciate all the work put into this awesome video 👏🥰

I actually hope The Smiths never reunite because Morricunt has already and thoroughly desecrated their legacy, just like how Punk Rock Betrayer Johnny Ro'en obliterated the Sex Pistols' legacy and good will.

A very talented band that broke up for more than ten years and haven’t reunited has to be Botch. They were right up their with bands like Converge, Dillinger, and Coalesce for pioneering the insanely, good mathcore genre. Also, Porcupine Tree is another one that comes to mind.

I just graduated high school today and listened to plenty of White Stripes songs🥲🥲 I love and miss the Smiths, Oasis, and especially the White Stripes 😭😭 I love how Jack White keeps the Stripes legacy alive❤️❤️ He’s my favorite for a good reason!!! Love the video Jon!! Great dose of quality videos😁😁

Your channel deserves to live forever

Pantera, RIP Dime and Vinnie

i’ve been subscribed for years and you finally talk about the smiths! maybe a throwback review of maybe the queen is dead could be a good idea? love your work jon!

Fun is never coming back it's been almost ten years. I'm happy with what Jack Antonoff is doing as an artist.

Always appreciate the work you put in to compiling these, Jon. Did you know Danny Elfman is releasing a record this week? From all the teasers we've heard since last December, it seems like a disgruntled alt metal-adjacent symphony of art rock. Very Bowie-esque, ha. So, good timing on the Oingo Boingo nod.

"Faaack you Liam!" "Nah mate, faaack you Noel!" *Various onomatopoeic punching sounds*

I like how when Jack White went solo, he kept the monochromatic album covers, but used blue instead of red

Husker Du and the Replacements too. Love both those bands. Imagine going to see local acts and both them were playing for $5? Crazy they came from the same city.

I’d add in the KLF. They literally had a legally binding contract that prevented them reforming or talking about their final project for over twenty years.

August 29th, 2009. As soon as I woke up, I saw the headline *OASIS SPLIT UP*. I cried all the way to school and back that day. One of the darkest days ever.

I just want the Gallaghers to be brothers again :’)

The smiths reunion offer was faaaar bigger that oasis’ And as a band there is a reason the smiths, despite being together for 5 years are still regarded as one of the greatest of all time I know the video wasn’t about that I just wanted to mention it as I think that despite oasis being talked about incessantly over in Britain they never broke America to the level of other British bands (like the smiths, stones or the Beatles) Love the video man, the detail is awesome

I actually have an interesting idea for a ranked episode you could do in the future. You could rank all of Liam and Noel’s albums including Oasis, High Flying Birds, Beady Eye and Liam’s solo albums. I’d be pretty down for that

love all the spicy metaphors you use lmao

Talk Talk could be an honorable mention. They weren't nearly as popular in the US as they were in Europe, unfortunately. RIP Mark Hollis. He had such a unique voice.

Liam has gotten better over the years and currently I enjoy his solo work more than Noel's which I never expected. Noel needs to just suck it up and do the reunion

I miss you Modern Baseball! But I love Jake and Ian’s new band Slaughter Beach, Dog

susie and the banshees should have been on this list !! would love for you to cover some of their work in one of your videos jon! they are a great band

I’m just imagining the other members of Oasis like children of divorce going “I go to Liam’s every Monday-Wednesday then I spend every Thursday-Friday with Noel and then they alternate weekends except for Christmas with Noel and Easter with Liam”

Mild correction. Bes is and Butthead didn’t toast White Zombie’s videos, they raved about them. They were a big part of what made them “cool” and helped launch the bands career.

Hüsker Dü & Talking Heads were two of my all time favourite bands. On one hand, it's sad that they are no longer together, on the other hand, it's good that they went out before they became a parody of their former selves, like the Rolling Stones or Aerosmith.

Jon, not sure if you've listened to Bob Mould's solo stuff or his 90s band Sugar, I highly recommend it!!

I would have put REM on this list too. Also Sugar and Bob Mould's solo stuff (especially the last 4 or 5 albums) are a great follow up for the Du

Other bands that broke up and never reunited: Sonic Youth, Botch, R.E.M., Porcupine Tree, Rites of Spring, The Birthday Party, Strapping Young Lad (do The Blood Brothers and pg. 99 count?)

It's saddening how Daft Punk ended their career together. I hoped that they would've collaborated with Gorillaz someday. Maybe they will someday under a different name?

I was thinking Dead Kennedys but I remembered they got back together without Jello the original singer and lyricist. Wonder how many bands did that.

REM should certainly at least reunite for another tour & the original lineup of Genesis with Peter Gabriel & Steve Hackett would be an amazing one off versus the watered down & commercialized version coming to a city near you this fall.

I love the Smiths! And I love Morrissey`s solo career. One of the few bands in the 80`s that didn`t sound like shite.

Bjork´s old band The Sugarcubes is one that comes to mind and of course Abba, arguably the most successful band ever to never reunite one single time after they split in the early 80´s. Kind of surprised that they weren´t on here, also since it´s an interesting story with the band having two married couples, that both got divorced.

I’ve only been to two rock concerts, and one was the last tour that the White Stripes did together. The first was David Bowie with Nine Inch Nails as the opener.

Silverchair is another band that unfortunately will never get back together, however frontman Daniel Johns has a solid solo discography so far

I’m surprised you didn’t mention sonic youth. After Thurston and Kim’s creative differences grew tiresome and they divorced they called it quits. There’s a slight chance of a reunion with Thurston saying that it’s a hiatus relying on how him and Kim feel about getting together again for the band, but Kim has said that they’re never going to come back.

Kinda surprised he didn't mention Credence Clearwater. There is absolutely zero chance of them ever reuniting.

I'd love to see you talk about The Smiths more! Also I was recently listening to TWS and I realized they've been broken up for a decade now, that hit

The Jam were the biggest band in Britain when they split at the height of their powers, many middle age Mods would love to see them together, but Paul Weller has said Never. It kind of keeps their memory intact and they influenced many Brit Pop bands.

REM are the only band I know who were together a long time (31 years), broke up amicably, and will probably never get back together in a significant way.

Hey artv. Just wondering but do you have plans on reviewing the new version of "Catching Fire" by Sum 41?

I'm so grateful that my parents took me to see the White Stripes when they were touring to support Icky Thump, I was 11 and it was absolutely mindblowing.

There's a good interview of the og members of white zombie I think loundwire did and one of the members said zombie fucking hates the guy and bc of that alone there will never be an og reunion

I’d put CCR on this list too. Its been 50 years and they still all hate each other

Oh shit Danny's doing oingo boingo songs as of this year!!!

"time zips by like a cheetah" poetic stuff

Cool vid :)

The Necessaries are my personal favorite. After releasing two excellent albums in the early 80’s Arthur Russell their cellist, keyboard player and co lead singer jumped out of the car window and into the Holland Tunnel while the band was on the way to what was considered a crucial show for the group. Russell died in 1992 ( a decade after the incident, and although it was already unlikely they’d all play together again they most certainly won’t be now )

As of today Mars Volta is back and in action so I am glad they can't be added to this list!

I noticed you left out The Simpsons theme when you talked about Danny Elfman. We'll forgive you this time. But next time we'll have to release the hounds.

Love the list, Jon. I have one little qualm. To be honest, the possibility for a Smiths reunion is probably closer to a zero than a three. Johnny Marr and Morrissey have cut off musical and personal ties for 35 years now. Marr highly dislikes Morrissey's far-right leaning politics, and Marr's son shows constant vitriol towards Moz on social media. It makes no sense for Marr to associate with Morrissey anymore, who continues to grow more and more disliked by the public with each poorly thought-out statement he releases. Even back in 2006-7 where they entertained the possibility of a reunion for, like, three days, Morrissey only agreed to it if Mike Joyce wouldn't be a member of the newly-formed Smiths. I'm not sure how much of a reunion that would have been with only three quarters of the band present regardless of how integral you think the rhythm section is to the band. The Smiths is over for the better, I would expect an Oasis reunion before they ever come back together.

And now Daft Punk should be added in as I got a feeling they're done as a Duo now and doing there own thing, but hey loved what they did together and can't wait to see what they offer as Solo Artists.

I got to see Rob Zombie in 2012 headline pointfest as just "Zombie" and played a bunch of both bands hits. He had John 5 Piggy D and Ginger Fish with him then :P (my personal favorite of his lineups)

Coldest take in the history of RU-vid: saying Noel's solo work is better than Liam's fantastic work. Liam's 'One of Us' being especially delightful.

Are you gonna review Marinas new album? All the singles are so good!

Looking back on The Smiths, I know now that’ll never happen. 😔 RIP Andy.

Morrissey released 3 really good albums in the past 5 years and Johnny Marr has been releaseing albums pretty consistantly shame nobody ever talks about them

Saw your comment on the Wolf Alice album review from Melon kick his arse Jon

You can probably do a few videos on this subject: The Kinks, (sadly) Rush and Led Zep (most likely) to name a few.

The only way I see the White Stripes doing even a temporary short lived reunion is if they do a 3 song performance should they be inducted in the rock n roll hall of fame.

As a long time Oasis fan from the mid 90's still going... I am always of the belief that the fighting of the Gallaghers was always more exaggerated than the media made it out to be. Brothers fight... until they had the big one that ended the group. There are rumors what led to the building animosity... and it was NOT about Liam's clothing label Pretty Green... that was the last thing among a mountain of reasons. I had heard the real reason is Liam not knowing what topic to stay off of when pressing Noel's buttons... apparently Liam found a real trigger point with Noel... and it has to do with the legitimacy of his personal Family... namely one of his children. Liam loves his brother Noel but he cannot help himself to fire off his mouth to hurt Noel because he feels hurt Noel doesn't listen to him anymore.

Three of my favorite bands, Talking heads, Oingo Boingo, and The Smiths. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Hi John Would love to hear your thoughts on Coldplay's new "Higher Power" and John Mayer's new "Last Train Home"

im excpecting to see oasis, powderfinger and silverchair on here and the smiths of course

It's so good not seeing mcr on the list

One vocal group that comes to mind for men is The Statler Brothers. They broke up in 2002, after being together for _forty-seven years_ . Lew DeWitt quit in the 1980s due to Crohn's Disease, which eventually took him in 1990. Bass singer Harold Reid died in 2020, at the age of 80, Phil Balsley turns 83 next month, Don Reid is now 77, and DeWitt's replacement Jimmy Fortune is a relatively youthful 67. I'm pretty sure the Statler Brothers are fairly content in their retirement.

Iced Earth is one that hurts for me. Their last album was incredible and they had an awesome lineup, but then their leader decided to go to DC in January for that dumpster fire.

3 and 4 hurt, hurt deeply

Unwound, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dead Kennedys come to mind as well. I know Dead Kennedys are still technically a band with everyone but Jello, but does anyone really care? And they haven't released any new music since the Jello days. So yeah, I'd put them here too. You could say the same thing with Black Flag w/ Greg Ginn.

I think the beatles count as well, they did break up in 1970 but got made music in 1996. Although John Lennon passed away and technical it wasn't the beatles

"The Smiths" are still the greatest band ever.

your pretty accurate bro, blew my mind you got the TH on here, and No, Byrne is way to good to play in a new wave band, he made his money, obviously that's all it was for, Tom Tom Club have done some stuff though, and the band are phenomenal musicians, that live movie they did is possibly one of the best concert movies ive ever watched, I wished I couldve seen them live, thats the fkd up thing, they were kind of weak on album, it wasnt till I saw that live video that I realized how mind blowing they were. .

Thank you for introducing me to HUSKER DU.

Noel and Liam have both discussed the idea of reuniting a lot and whilst Liam seems more keen than Noel,they both have suggested if there was enough money in it they'd do it. Also, if you havent listened to Liams Solo stuff (Beady Eye has been dead for years now) you should deffo listen you might enjoy a few of them

I was late to the Hüsker Dü party, as in found them after Sugar. To my ears they picked up the banner from the Buzzcocks

you can always tell when morrissey talks about the smiths he pretends he doesnt care about the band but deep down he really does miss those days and cares about the music

The white stripes just dropped a single lol. It’s on Spotify

What about the Beatles and CCR because they broke up and never reunited?

I like the solo stuff Noel & Liam have done its not revolutionary but nice, its much better than the final couple albums even though many may disagree.

Not surprised Oasis is on here. I understand your reasoning why they're not #1 but was shocked that they aren't

Another group that comes to mind is REM, who decided in 2011 that they'd done everything they wanted to do and just wanted to call it a day (Bill Berry had already had to call it quits due to complications from a brain aneurysm in 1997).

Be Here Now, Morning Glory?!....l love Oasis but they never topped Definitely Maybe....Another great video BTW ❤️

Talking Heads... sigh....love them sooo much. With David it's odd, there's no artist that I LOVE that I hate more. His ego crushed the band and his ego made the band

I would like to make mention that both Gallagher's have actually tossed the idea of getting together again back and forth a bit. Not saying it will ever happen, but they've talked about it.

Would you be open to checking out “Somewhere City” by “Origami angel”? I think you might like it and the band in general. They aren’t broken up, it’s just a recommendation ❤️

Now the Smiths can’t get back together now that bassist Andy Rourke died yesterday

Hi John how are you today