This One Thing Could Have Saved The Classic Heart Line Up 

Michael and Steve are a special rhythm section.

For me, the coolest thing is that the guys from Rush still hold each other in very high regard, even after all these years. That's entirely too rare.

Heart's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance with the classic lineup proves they can still perform in peak form.

Rush had a great run without a lineup change indeed, but the record goes to ZZ Top, who lasted 51 years without a change after Frank Beard joined in 1970. The current record holder for an active band is now U2, which has gone 43 years without a change.

I once bought a bass from Steve at a Seattle store he was at for a while. I had no idea who he was, other than a gentleman and very knowledgeable about the bass I was interested in. The new band with Mike and Somar nails the old Heart sound better than the original band ever did.

Heart is such an awesome band.

After watching this I checked out Fossen/Derosier's band Heart by Heart and they are f'n amazing! I'm not a big cover band fan but Heart by Heart is a much more edgy and rockin' band than any band that I've seen billed as Heart. There's only one Ann Wilson but this guy's wife is incredible!

I remember seeing the Canadian band Max Webster in Toronto in the late 70's. It was awesome.

Had the Brothers not been involved with the Sisters.

You can't put an old head on young shoulders. Were that possible, the Fisher brothers would in the beginning have gotten their lawyers on board and made themselves owners of the brand. They would then have kept it strictly professional with the Wilson sisters, avoiding the damage they all inflicted on their personal reputations as well as the band's image.

Not dating & marrying each other would've gone a long way toward saving the band.

I'd love to see the original Heart reunite. My very favorite albums from them however were in the mid 80s. Their self-titled album of 1985 & Bad Animals of 1987. Awesome albums! Those two albums were also very inspirational to me as an aspiring rock keyboardist in high school. I was fortunate to catch them on tour for Big Animals. The keyboard work on those albums was phenomenal! I was never clear exactly who did what though, if it was mostly Howard, Nancy or some studio musicians playing on the tracks. Regardless, incredible work. The Dreamboat Annie album comes next for me. Also loved songs like Mistrial Wind. The ideal tour would be their original line-up, and their mid 1980s lineup combined when the band reached their peak in popularity! Let's not forget how huge those 2 albums I mentioned were, and really got the Heart name out there as they re-invented the band. The Heart line-ups of the 90s to present never seemed as magical to me. Also gigantic changes in the rock music format going on where older bands were almost forced to sound different just in order to get a record deal. Think of all the great 70s bands who largely retained their sound in the 80s with a few twists, but in the 90s sounded drastically different.

Heart by heart is really awesome! Few years back is when I first checked them out! It is something to think about if the original line up could of progressed through the 80’s! I rem. When they went really glam / but they seemed to of done well! They got a lot of mtv. Airplay at that time !

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What about Howard?? He's been in Bad Co. for years now, does he have any interest in a Heart reunion??? He was a major part of their sound.

Love the interview John. Cheers! 🤘🎸

I saw Heart open for Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow

I have wondered what could have been if that original band had not been fired. Imagine them in the 80s!. Although bebe le strange was great , after that they were good but never the same level of greatness..

John, that's a good point. Maybe if the group would have taken a break (maybe a year off), maybe the band (the '70s lineup) wouldn't have fallen apart. They could have given Roger time to get himself together mentally, instead of firing him. Plus, when they fired him, it made it weird for his brother, Mike, to stick around as their manager, and it affected Mike's relationship with Ann because he wanted both Ann and Roger in the group. But I don't know if their record company or management would have okayed them taking a break.

Tiran Porter was certainly no Entwistle, Squire or Pastorius. Those guys were great and unique. As to Canadian artists, the Guess Who and Burton were truly great. How about Triumph?

Don't forget about Trooper who a great Canadian Band and had some great songs.

70's Heart >>> Buckingham/Nicks era Fleetwood Mac all day, every day. IMO.

Great video.... Forgive me but, is John Beaudin Ray Walston?

So was it the romantic relationships?

Direct her?

You opened for Queen.Better then all the rest.

RUSH are good Canadian boys. I do believe Canadians have a different mindset than Americans and even British bands do towards things. I feel RUSH are friends more than working partners. Not too many bands are friends with each other, but they need each other to do what they do

The interviewer knows a lot of the inside stories. But referring to them with half completed sentences was frustrating to me.

The Wilson Sisters have pretty big egos from what I hear. While there's no doubt Ann & Nancy are indispensable to the sound, so was the rest of the group in forming that classic Heart sound.

For her bday and her first real concert, my aunt took my older sis to see Heart on the Passionworks Tour, "John Cougar" opened. I am still jealous. She didn't even like Heart that much, was more into Michael Jackson, Grease songs, and stuff. HORSE$hit!

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Go WILDCATS!

Heart Bi Heart, eh

They nearly 100 years old, not much can save the them now

Heart by the mid 80s was a joke. They lost their sound, didn’t write the own music any longer, and just played horrendous Dianne Warren and clones ballads. Sold a lot of albums to the easy listening secretary crowd, but lost their 70s fans. I despise what they became without the original band.

I don't think anything. Too one dimensional. They had a few good songs, I'll give them that.

So was it the romantic relationships?