For example, a band like Joy Division. Two masterpiece albums in the form of Unknown Pleasures and Closer, and the untimely death of Ian Curtis cut it all short. They were even heading into the direction that New Order eventually went in, and it would have been interesting to see what Ian Curtis would have done if they fully made the leap into electronic music while he was still alive.

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    Frightened Rabbit. Good body of work still but would have loved to see them keep going. Their music really hit close to home. Plus I only learned of them several months after Scott Hutchison’s suicide. What could’ve been.

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    I always liked the band Jellyfish.

    I just took a gander over to Wikipedia to learn why they broke up. It was there where I read one of the best break up write ups ever:

    “During the tour for Spilt Milk, Sturmer and Manning grew increasingly distant as friends. On their return home, the two songwriters independently wrote material for a third album, provisionally titled Nausea Trois. By then, they were drifting apart musically. Manning remembered that, prior, they would bond over albums such as Paul McCartney’s Ram or the Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle; however, “it was clear that none of that was happening anymore.” He said that he was “rediscovering my love of […] high-energy, fun melodic pop with attitude. And Andy was Leonard Cohen. That was it.” When Sturmer presented him a country ballad song, he accordingly “left in tears because I had zero interest in recording it.” Sturmer felt that Manning had outgrown the partnership, and for his part, was fearful that Manning’s new songs would likely inspire journalists to persistently compare the band to Alice Cooper.”

    Really paints a picture!

    They were a good band while it lasted.

    https://youtu.be/RTrfvwpX9g0

    Also…In 2004 or 2005, Coachella organizers invited Manning to reunite Jellyfish for a one-off performance at the festival. Manning advised the organizers to consult Sturmer first. Sturmer, through his lawyer, responded he would not accept the offer regardless of any amount of money involved.

    Woah!!

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    I don’t have any bands that just… Disappeared after releasing a banger or two, but I do lament how Kings of Leon drastically changed after their first album.

    Loved the way the singer sounded on that first album. But the subsequent releases sounded like a totally different singer and band and musical style, and I don’t like them beyond their first album.

    No wait… I do know of a couple bands that disappeared way too soon. Fastball, who was deemed “too ugly for music videos” when MTV was at its height making it difficult for them to go anywhere, and Blind Melon, whose frontman died at a young age and kinda destroyed the band.

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    The death of Mark Sandman (such a great name) on stage, 24 years ago, brought an end to Morphine. No other band can match the imagery and atmosphere of Noir as well as they could. You could also feel the evolution of their sound from their last album The Night.

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    Power Trip. I don’t even know what happened to the guy but I’ll respect the family’s privacy.

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    Mother Love Bone: broke up before they’d released their first album. RIP, Andrew.

    Also, School of Seven Bells (RIP, Ben)

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    Can we include Trevor Moore in this discussion?

    2 albums of music in addition to the wkuk (which had songs as well)

    Story of out times

    High in church

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    Traveling Wilburys. I know a supergroup of old guys is kind of cheating as an answer to your question. But it’s a shame they weren’t able to record more.