When The Doors became The Butts Band.
The Full Tilt Boogie Band was never the sam after Janis died.
Hey, this is easy!
OMD after Ian Curtis
Allman Bros. after Duane and Berry
Pink Floyd after Syd
Too easy!
Rod Stewart Atlantic Crossing
Supertramp Breakfast in America (they were actually a good band before that drivel.)
Genesis without Peter Gabriel
Fairport without Richard Thompson
The Dead without Jerry
Procol Harum's Whiter Shade of Pale is said to be Bach's "Air On The G String" filtered through Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman"
The song "Groovy Kind Of Love" Sounds a lot like Clementi's "Sonata Rondo"
Joni Mitchell references a lot of classical pieces in her work.