Groups who split in two

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  1. Say It Right

    Say It Right Not for the Hearing Impaired Thread Starter

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    10cc carried on after Lol & Creme went their own way.

    Adam and the Ants became just Adam Ant after the formation of Bow Wow Wow.

    English Beat split into General Public and Fine Young Cannibals.

    UK and Bruford (the latter did exist for one album prior to the departure if Bruford and Holdsworth).

    Must be several other examples?
     
  2. Sebastian saglimbenI

    Sebastian saglimbenI Forum Resident

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    THE HUMAN LEAGUE split into HEAVEN 17........
     
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    Styx and Dennis DeYoung Presents The Music Of Styx.
     
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  6. MEMark

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    Galaxie 500 become Luna/Damon and Naomi
     
  7. JoeF.

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    Arguably, The Small Faces split into Faces and Humble Pie.
     
  8. Django

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    Gouger favourites UB40.
     
  9. SJB

    SJB Beloved Parasitic Nuisance

    Two of the four members of Panic at the Disco split off to form The Young Veins, but that group had a couple of other members too so maybe it doesn't count.

    The same objection may apply to when Duran Duran temporarily divided into constituents of Arcadia and the Power Station.
     
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  10. Say It Right

    Say It Right Not for the Hearing Impaired Thread Starter

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    No
     
  11. JoeF.

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    There are probably more examples of two bands that combined to make one band.
    This is a tough one.
     
  12. SJB

    SJB Beloved Parasitic Nuisance

    Yes didn't so much split as send out delayed-release spores, with ABWH in 1989 and again with ARW a few years ago. Neither of those variants consisted mostly of people who had just left Yes - it was Anderson plus people who had been gone for a while.
     
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  13. aorecords

    aorecords Forum Resident

    Thank you.
     
  14. Ted Sallis

    Ted Sallis Music Collector Extraordinaire

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    I think Saxon could qualify, guitarist Graham Oliver and bassist Steve Dawson parted ways with the group and formed their own group now called Oliver/Dawson Saxon while singer Biff Byford and guitarist Paul Quinn remained with the original group under the name Saxon.

    Ted
     
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  15. SJB

    SJB Beloved Parasitic Nuisance

    The Stills-Young Band and Crosby & Nash

    (which is different only as a matter of degree from citing the solo careers of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel)
     
  16. Devin

    Devin Time's Up

    Oasis split into Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
     
  17. NettleBed

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    Uncle Tupelo became Wilco and Son Volt.
     
  18. Saint Johnny

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    The Specials became General Public at some point.
     
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  19. NettleBed

    NettleBed Forum Transient

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    At The Drive-In became The Mars Volta and Sparta
     
  20. RageRomano

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    Green River became Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone, and later Pearl Jam.
     
  21. rpc_2_uk

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    The Wilde Flowers split into Soft Machine and Caravan
     
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  22. Saint Johnny

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    Marriott wanted to recruit Frampton into the Small Faces.
    The other three disagreed. Marriott left to form Humble Pie with Frampton and the Faces dropped the Small and recruited Rod and Ronnie, to replace Steve.
     
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  23. SJB

    SJB Beloved Parasitic Nuisance

    If that counts, then consider that Jay and the Americans carried on after Walter Becker and Donald Fagen peeled off to form Steely Dan.
     
  24. drad dog

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    The Beatles became Wings and Ringo's All Star Band.
     
  25. Whizz Kid

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    Mott The Hoople devolved into the Ian Hunter / Mick Ronson band and “Mott” with a new singer and guitarist.
     
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