Bands who broke up too early.

dredg (not sure they have officially broken up or disbanded, but it seems like it, and it's a shame)

 

Yes to all this. Now, let's consider those who stay with the band and have that same determination...Bono, for one!

 

If by 'original', you mean the John Cale VU, I agree. One more LP with him would have been perfect.

 

elastica

 

Guns N' Roses

Yeah, technically they didn't break up. But c'mon.

I love the Use Your Illusion albums, and would have liked to see where they would've gone after that.

 

Los Olvidados.

 

The original King Crimson 1969 lineup.

 

And Cactus in late 1971!!

 

Without a doubt, the first one that came to my mind!

 

Aphrodite's Child

 

The Yardbirds, though McCarthy and Relf sadly were just not into it anymore. Well, at least we did get Renaissance and some other band out of it.

 

Josef K
Mydolls

 

It somewhat sounds that it was a miracle that Cargo even got done

 

Uncle Tupelo

 

I liked The Police but never cared much for solo Sting.
Seemed pretentious and boring.

 

New Radicals

 

The Rustlanders

 

Groups who have not been mentioned:
The original Modern Lovers
Big Star
The original Creation
The Left Banke
The Beau Brummels

And I second the choices of:
The Zombies
The Beatles
The Yardbirds (Beck era)
The Jam
The Raspberries
Cream
Buffalo Springfield
The Sex Pistols

 

I'll second this in a big time way. If only they had taken a year off after Combat Rock and that grueling tour schedule.

 

Blind Faith
New York Dolls
Stooges

 

Jane's Addiction. At the time I thought it was a cool and brave move, but looking back now I think they could have done at least one more album. And I wish they had, because they were so great, and nothing the later incarnations have done has come close to the magic they had in the classic era.

 

The Zombies

 

The Cars