Musicians Kicked Out Of Groups Just Before They Made It Big 

No doubt in my mind that Pete Best missed out the most. At least he had his good looks (as we all know that is the real reason he was let go). lol :)

The Beatles dude.

Jason. Twice. But he has had quite a life, despite, and I respect him.

Grunge - Definitely Pete Best

Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd. He was kicked out just before Pink Floyd got really big.

Slash auditioned for Poison and almost auditioned for Megadeth. The most glamorous of glam and the pioneers of thrash and speed metal.

Plus his parents worked for the record company.

You know fat man (dont like axe rose he is a tool less useful then a axe hench the intentional mis spell) says the band name guns 'n roses is his, well i reckon mr gunn should sue fat man for the wealth he has attained by using the word guns by association of his name as time has shows the name is partially related to the bands fame, as lets be honest fatman wouldnt miss it

without izzy, he was the main songwriter, they would have never made it, when he left the band went down very quick

Maybe they could find a good guitarist instead of this one

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LOL!

so they kicked him out...

@@neurontech7216 then he joined antifa.. And they say..

too bad lars didnt go with him ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IhMRdMdPipo.html

Yeah, Metallica was the better band in the 80s (not by much) while Megadeth had better music in the 90s.

Spot on.

@@herculesbrofister265 as a drummer I kinda like Lars (just not the damn snare In St Anger) because the drums aren't meant to be flashy they are the glue. While it won't be as advanced as Slipknot or bands similar (or you know.. Meshugga) it doesn't have to be. It just needs to hold it in place and that's why I like Lars. The way he drums is simplistic but it makes a good bind with the guitar, bass and singing and by AJFA and Black album he did pretty damn good. But hey that's just my opinion but what do I know...

And the worst part is that Dave have talent and got kicked out by a guy who gets wasted as hell and still canceling concerts because he needs to go in to rehab, what a freaking joke.

Maybe it was too much even for them. Sometimes, people don't get along with others who are too much like themselves.

@@copp214 that's true.

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Nah, he was just a really bad drummer. Search for Beatles demo tapes.

I would argue he was the luckiest person in history. He was in the right time and the right place to have been able to be a part of the greatest rock band of all time at its inception. Clearly, he wasn't up to the task of helping the Beatles get to the next level. To anyone who would argue with me otherwise, please point me toward the highlights of Pete's post-Beatle career. Thanks.

TheMusicalGenius I agree, and although I don’t think I’ve ever heard him play drums, Ringo was kick ass. I don’t think he got nearly the props he should have. Imo

Arcadian So why didnt he just quit the Beatles instead of sobbing about being fired?

Saul Goodman just because you wrote a few riffs and lyrics doesn't automatically gives you the right to own the song

Dave is thrash metal even Scott Ian has said it without Dave thier prolly wouldn't be Metallica or that metal.

Dave Mustaine wrote four songs for Kill 'Em All plus riffs of song Ride the Lightning and the intro of The Call of Ktulu.

Ya, all 4 songs mustaine contributed to. What would they have done without him. Oh, I know, they would go on to be one of the greatest bands, EVER.

željko šimić bruh youre tripping lol.

John rutsey was replaced by the greatest drummer of all time enter the warrior Neil Peart

Andaman Production SAMEEEE

Or Lemmy getting kicked out of Hawkwind for "doing the wrong drugs."

damn dude thats a fucked comment haha

Funny how they’re both dead, and he’s alive

He did the best, served his country honorably, and still consults for them. He WON.

I'd definitely say he's the winner..He won't be remembered as well as Kurt Cobain, he has an interesting life and came out alive. Not many people can say they were in Nirvana, Soundgarden AND Special Forces..people probably think he's a bullshitter at the bars.

And so were they.

Michael Lewis but at least megadeth made it big too

Im glad Dave got kicked out of Metallica. That eventually gave us two amazing thrash metal bands instead of one

So would I, and I would reveal intimate secrets about the band in retaliation, and try to destroy them. I go down, I take them down with me.

its why they invented baseball bats

@KRXWL3Y No. He deserved to be kicked out. Dude put their bassist in the hospital. Besides, we got Megadeth from the split.

What? You’d rather have no Megadeth and no Kirk Hammett?

yeah it was pretty sad but it was the best choice for everyone plus we got Kirk Hammett and Megadeth

@@joeyportia6476 James Hetfield kicked Mustaines dog, and Lars Ulrich trashed a womens prized collection of family photos. If you're under the impression Metallica were all angels and Mustaine was evil you're sadly mistaken. And I can tell you from personal experience Mustaine is a great dude.

@@TheSonic1685 I never said Lars and James were angels. But Mustaine was the most unstable one at the time. He’s matured now, but even he admits that he was out of control during the early 1980s. Everything I said matches Dave, James, and Lars’s version of events, except for the dog story. How come it took Dave 30 years to come up with it? I’m not buying it.

I'm not sure if I got your drift, but joining the army doesn't make you pro-war... In fact, it makes most people very anti-war.

i was just about to say this!

HeadBangerAust he wasn't even a bass player. He had no clue how to play bass.

Pestilence Plauge truth

I have always felt that the utter lack of musical talent is what defined sex pistols and the punk scene in general.

Simon Thokaar I used to think the same thing dude, but discovered a lot of the musicians actually did have talent, but they chose to keep it simpler in response to the over saturation of progressive bands like Genesis and crappy bands like the eagles. The Dead Kennedys are a great example I would say

Glen is back with them now.

They were never the same. :)

Tragic.

Best comment right there.

Yet Cornell and Cobain are the ones who topped themselves. Maybe they were too moody.

Don't worry, we did : )

Chris was under the influence of pharmacueticals.

Lana Johnson I don't get why you say it like that. He was on drugs just like Cobain. Off topic, I have my doubts either committed suicide

That's a different video all together Musician's who got Kicked out of Successful Bands. And it's a long list.

He died

True but he got dismissed first about a month or 2 before.

Yeah but they were already famous by the time he left

Fine observation I Ko.Very true.

Jay-Z's and R. Kelly's skin flutes :P

Really a vocal group, like the Supremes.

Haha for real... 90s bands were the shit.... Made all that money with no talent whatsoever.

@@Perririri *...and they can Hum on it, like no other.* *"Itchy Gitchy Gooo Gooo Gag Gag". xD* *Ooops Nevermind..............I thought they sang "Lady Marmalade"*

The 90's was FULL of bullshit ass-shakers called a "band": Destiny's Crackbaby In*Stink Backdoor-boys That whole bag of dicktips. NOT BANDS

Very true. Sykes is an amazing guitarist. Especially Thin Lizzy era. David Coverversion screwed him over on 1987!

Center of attention in a smaller, *better* band imo.

Metallica? A band that actually has the lyric "I've even f#cked a school girl's tw#t. That's not a band, that's just disgusting!

Clifton Photographer That is actually a cover of a UK rock n roll band by the name of the Anti-Nowhere League. In fact most every damn thing on Garage Inc. is cover songs. Not counting a couple of old demos. Try to know your shit

you need jesus. we dont.

Kicking mustaine out was the best thing hetfield ever did for Dave

DiAnno went before they got real exposure in the US. 'Killers' was a modest success but 'NotB' got a lot more exposure. In part this was due to Capital restructuring Harvest, the US label, and pushing Maiden as metal where as 'Killers' was mostly found in the Prog section.

They were already huge in Europe and Japan with Di'anno. Just because they hadn't broken into the US doesn't mean they weren't big. They were already mainstream at home and continental Europe. That's like saying Aria isn't big even though they're the #1 rock band in Russia or Die Toten Hosen aren't big because they're *only* huge in Germany.

Yes they were big here in the UK, but Grudge is American. Although really it was 'Number of the Beast' that propelled them to real mainstream success. Even knocking Barbora Stiesland from the number one slot on the album chart.

Kylie McInnes I do like the Killers album but overall I think I like Bruce better

right

Who the fuck is Alannah Myles ???

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tT4d1LQy4es.html

I liked his story!so anti establishment that he walked on a little personal show for a town since it was the mayor who showed up and announced him ready to play!He put the guitar down and walked off!

He hold the band down. If he stood, Pink Floyd would continue to make crappy music

Its was the opposite for him. They so desperately wanted to keep him because he gave them their best lyrics and direction, not to mention he was their front man. When he suffered brain damage from drug use so much he couldn't play anymore they kept him as a manager for a couple of albums until it was hopeless.

Me While his drug usage didn't help, he actually had schizophrenia.

John Rutsey from RUSH

Yeah but John Rutsey wasn't kicked out of Rush. His manager thought it to be wise to not do extensive touring with his diabetes problem. And the fact he was more of a classic rock drummer than a progressive one. There was no ill wills or hard feelings between him and the members of Rush.

Neil Peart’s dead

@@racersabandonedretail361 Aw, man. I was enjoying this thread. Why bring sad reality into it? Ima cry abit now. (Peace, dude.)

areasevenpro glad Dave Evans got fired then

Pete Willis was the first guy that crossed my mind.

But Clive Burr was still in Maiden when get got big. During the Number of the Beast tour they were in the charts already ,or am i wrong?

Maiden was starting to get big during The Number of the Beast, as they were still supporting acts for larger bands such as Judas Priest and Scorpions during that tour. It's been heavily debated that Burr quit or was fired after the 1982 tour, but Maiden's success hit the sweet spot after Nicko took over as drummer.

Chris Stewart and Genesis; Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac

yeah, pretty much...... first two albums were already classics when they came out :D

itkojecockot eh they were popular but I hated the killers album

Outlaw I also like the debut better, but "Killers" was great album too......

Fuck D'ianno, he's a bitter cry baby.

The problem with Di'anno was he just wasn't a good fit of the band, and he was drug addict that couldn't be counted on and he didn't have the vocal range Bruce has. Iron Maiden going with Bruce Dickinson made Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden.

Yeah, he he served his country instead of getting high and drinking his life away. #RU-vidKlown

Haha, fighting for rich cunts who want more money means something apparently

@@TheMegaGamingWizard You think pride is killing innocent civilians just to take their oil and implement banks into their countries to make them poorer and the rich richer. Is that what pride is to you? Killing other people for a rich man's cause, killing people so companies can sell weapons, killing people so the government can control oil reserves is not pride and if you call it pride, its because you are a brainwashed dumb fuck. Why don't you look up what pride means and tell me?

@@mr.gilbert2790 I looked it up. First thing that came up was some LGBTQFU2BOOHOO bullshit. But the definition of real pride is basically satisfaction of ones own achievements. Why shouldn't he be proud for his own accomplishments? You probably don't understand that because you've never achieved shit, then again I haven't amount to much in my own life so i can't really talk big but i do know how to give respect to people who clearly earned it. Is the military right about everything? Fuck no, but they still do the dirty work you and me to live "normal decent lives" whatever that means, otherwise we'd get taken over by...well anyone really. And here's the thing, i know human nature those people over there would do the exact same thing to us if we were in THEIR position and they would be the one's taking our resources and shit. Sorry but in the real world nothing is kumbaya my lord kumbaya. It's survival of the fittest and it still applies to humans as well as animals which we fucking are. Speaking of brainwashing, you probably believe in "THE MAN!" Oooh scary, kinda like the boogeyman, because they both don't exist. I wish we can live in a oh so perfect world where everyone can share, have peace, love and basically take part in a worldwide circle jerk of happiness. That's not gonna happen, peace never lasts, love doesn't exist, and everyone is stingy so no one shares, and most people are fucking miserable. And yes we live in a system that disposes military age men for rich people's personal gain the same shit that's been going on since the beginning of mankind, different day. wtf do you want me to do about it? Most importantly wtf can YOU (uncle sam is pointing at you) do about it? Nothing. That's what. Us humans fight to live, and in some ways we live to fight. We do this to keep shit going, oh fucking well.

@@mr.gilbert2790 "You think pride is killing innocent civilians" Yes becuse everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan is a civilian... I mean terrorists are technically civilians... but are they innocent? No. " just to take their oil and implement banks into their countries to make them poorer and the rich richer." Come up with a new material people of your ilk were saying this shit for 300 years and every time you had a chance to shine you became even worse (Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Mingh, Robspierre etc...) "Killing other people for a rich man's cause, killing people so companies can sell weapons" If companies love to kill people how do they profit? I mean who are they selling products to if everyone is dead? War in Iraq has nothing to do with oil or selling weapons etc... it is due to bad policy that was implemented decades ago like petrodollar where America has sold its economic independence to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. But majority of people who love to talk politics tend to be shallow people with 0 knowledge of strategy, tactics and geopolitics its much easier to parrot bay area slogans. Your country is not in the pockets of bankers and corporations but Saudi Arabia, Qatar and China who are doing what they are doing for religious and ideological reasons... Corporations are profit driven and profit can only be obtained in a market and market is nothing but masses of people. NBA has fucked American people to please the Chinese market so the so called "corporations" actually have a master its called the CHINESE. You might complain that corporations have sold you out however they are not the ones running the show.

Dave Evans, original AC/DC singer. Kicked out after their first gig

And management used the excuse that he had diabetes and couldnt handle the road.

Yes, but he did get replaced by the greatest rock drummer in history, Neil Peart.

I love neil so much and rush too. They pretty much shaped my playing . But it is interesting how things happen. You can almost hear Neils passive aggressive approach on destroying working man live. Its strange .

Nathan Never Why was Rutsey kicked out?

Squirrel covers due to musical differences between him and the band, the media used the excuse he had diabetes to cover it up.

Yes, and didn't Matlock write most if their songs, at least co-wrote them?

Matlock is a good musician, however, Steve Jones played the bass on NMTB. Glen is on Anarchy in the UK.

Sven Knutsen i think so , in the classic albums thing they all admit he was the best songwriter in the group

The clash were already massively huge long before that. In fact they were pretty much done at that point.

What about Keith Levene?

Topper was into heroin and was in and out of the Clash

Such a shame, he was a very talented guy...best musician in the Clash.

Not really. He was kicked out but by that time the band was over. Terry Chimes replaced him for the 1982 US Tour. But Headon played on all the albums but the first.

Oh yeah I forgot about that one.

was going to comment about this

Should have or should've.

I agree but I see why he didn’t do Van Halen because Matt wasn’t the only switch they made

To hear Best tell it it was because the girls liked him best, LOL

Because Lennon and McCartney and Epstein were turds.

M. M., no... You're the turd here. Why would you have Pete Best on the drums when he sucks at playing them? If it wasn't for Lennon and McCartney your favorite band wouldn't even exist.

Best was (ironically, according his name) a bad drummer (did not even keep the time). He was taken in because they did not have drummer 1960 and no time to search for too and he had time, enough money and his mother was a manager of Beatles for some time. But he was sacked when they were able to hire Ringo Starr, the best drummer in Mersey Side.

Best WAS considered more popular with the girls. Best was NOT a lousy drummer, he was excellent and admired. For decades, it was always admitted that it was envy. If Best wasn't talented, he wouldn't have been a Beatle in the first place.....💁

haha he gave my mate a spliff in the The three hammers pub, mill hill, north London. I guess he was visiting Guigsy, as he lives there.

Their first album was already a big hit

It's a shame Noel was such a dick head in those days,his ego ended up destroying the band ultimately.First Tony,then Guigs and Bonehead walked away shortly after.Those guys are one of the defining features of Oasis.A group of lads from nothing that reached the top through sheer determination.Noel's head got inflated from the success and his ego to be bigger than the beatles is where things got fucked up.

He was involved in making their best album so how does that count?

Finally someone said it. Also, I read that before Liam, there was another lead singer of the band when it was still called The Rain. He was subtly kicked out by the group when Liam started hanging out more and more with the band.

h_brzl_cs he wasn't kicked out...HE LEFT

I watched an interview where Kurt said he was becoming not satisfied with Chad's drumming and that his style wasn't fitting how their new songs were evolving. And in a later interview Chad reflected that he understood why they let him go. Sounds like essentially he was kicked.

Donovan Davis. Yea I've always felt bad for Chad and wondered how bitter he was. Well hopefully he at least gets royalty checks from Bleach.

I Always Wondered How Kurt Would've Felt About Seeing Chester Bennington Singing In Bloom Kurt: Cobain It Feels So Awkward Hearing Chester Singing It I Mean I Don't Know How Chester Could Pull That Off With Ease He Already Did Sonic Boom Which Is A 1993 Classic Song Redone By Chester I'll Give Him Props For Doing That Did I Mention That In Some Parts Of Sonic Boom Chester Sounds Too Much Like Johnny Gioeli Of Crush 40

@@futuregohan4837 Why is every word you type capitalized?

Look at him now, LMFAO!

@@have_a_good_cry_libtard5733 Look at YOU now, LMFAO!

Kate _ you like queen and Beatles

He was kicked out the day before they started recording their debut album. I think that counts.

yeah, i don't think mustaine was kicked out for drinking more, or being violent. i think he was kicked out because james didn't want anyone else writing songs, and Dave mustaine was too good to not right songs. i really think Hetfield can only stand to be around lesser musicians and has to be in charge all the time, otherwise he melts down. just the impression i'm under from a fan perspective.

They aren't lies, it's true, even pete admit that he was having drinking problems

At least Flo tasted the fame of The Supremes' early success. After singing with them on their first album as their fourth member, Barbara Martin left them in 1962 to raise her baby. Two years later, she was listening to "Baby Love" all day on the radio.

Thank you for keeping me from watching the video all the way through

clark tippens I was thinking the same thing.

I love those Rod Evans albums......