10 Rock Bands That Continued Without Major Members

10. Vince Neil - Motley Crue

As the early '80s gave way to the bands off of the Sunset Strip, Motley Crue felt like a band ripped straight out of a cartoon. Across albums like Shout at the Devil, every single one of the members felt like their own unique character in some supremely messed up heavy metal family. Like all brothers though, things are bound to fall out every now and again.

After the tour started to wind down for Dr. Feelgood, Vince Neil was getting more and more frustrated with the band dynamic and abruptly quit during rehearsals for the next album. Almost trying to say "we don't need you anyway," the band quickly replaced Neil with John Corabi, who's voice almost seemed like the polar opposite of Vince, staying much more in the lower register with a grizzly baritone.

As much as the OG Crue fans weren't ready to accept this version of the group, the band's self titled album with Corabi ends up having some of their most inventive playing, with Tommy Lee leaning into a more muscly side of his drumming and having some more metallic riffs on songs like Hooligan's Holiday. The fallout behind this album eventually led to the Crue building bridges with Vince later down the line, but it is a crime that we never got to see what this version of the group sounded like for a second record.