Musical Groups Without Any of the Original Members Left,

The Hollies, which was formed in 1962, do not have any of their original members left in their line up. Lead guitarist Tony Hicks was in the line up for all their record releases, but did not join until 1963. Drummer Bobby Elliot also joined that year, and was not involved in some of their early single releases. Original lead vocalist Allan Clarke was the last founding member to leave the group in 2000.

The former Irish folk group The Dubliners is another one, just about. When the last remaining original member Barney McKenna died in April 2012, the group continued until the end of that year with Gerry O' Connor taking his place as banjo player.

Thin Lizzy has continued on without its original singer and bassist Phil Lynott, and last remaining original member and drummer Brian Downey finally left the group in 2013.

No - founding member Ralf Hütter is in the current lineup. He was one of two founding members back in 1969, along with Florian Schneider who left in 2008.

Yes, I mentioned The Hollies in one of my previous posts.

Dexys Midnight Runners is definitely not one as lead vocalist Kevin Rowland is a constant presence throughout its history. In fact, without Kevin, there would be no Dexys. Heart is not one either as sisters Anne and Nancy Wilson have been in every line up.

Canned Heat are another example of a group without any original member left in its most recent line up. Drummer Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra has been a member since 1967, making him by far the longest lasting member of Canned Heat, but the band was formed in 1965 and there were a few drummers before him.

None of the original members of The Wurzels are still in the band, which formed in 1966. It should be pointed out, though, that accordian player Tommy Banner has been in the band since 1967. Both himself and long-standing singer, and banjo player, Pete Budd, who joined in 1974, were in the band when they had a couple of hit singles in the mid-seventies, such as The Combine Harvester. EDIT: Pete joined in 1972 as a guitarist and banjo player, and became lead vocalist in 1974 on the death of the original singer.

The LAs is a funny one. Does it count when there was only one member, i.e. Mike Badger -it's original vocalist? If so, there are no original members left, i.e. Mike Badger!

However, if it does not count until it had other members, the guitarist turned lead vocalist Lee Mavers, who joined the following year, was the only remaining original member left for the majority of its existence.

Canterbury-based rock band Soft Machine formed in 1966 has not had any original members since the early 1970s. The majority of its most recent line up do go back to the 1970s though.

Post-punk new wave British band Department S no longer has any original members, since keyboardist/vocalist Roxy left.

I was really talking about groups with instruments, not vocal groups.

Mentioned in my opening post!