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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
Furthermore, since it’s usually the next talking point, I also don’t see why it matters that they didn’t make an album. Even if they had and it was a major critical and commercial success, the primary relevance of Neil and Mike as it pertains to the Fleetwood Mac story would be as the guys who replaced Lindsey Buckingham in the band’s twilight. To put it a different way, Billy Burnette and Rick Vito made an album with Fleetwood Mac and are only remembered for replacing Lindsey Buckingham in the late ‘80s.
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I would quibble with that statement and say "they are the guys who replaced Lindsey Buckingham on the final FM tour". I don't think they replaced him in the band because other than basically playing his parts on the road (and not perfectly apparently) they didn't contribute anything significant at all to the band or its legacy and other than in the most technical sense were not actual members of the band (regardless of whatever marketing, face-saving bulls&t Mick said/says)
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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
Dysfunctional band has dysfunctional ending. Sounds about right. Life goes on.
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Alas that part does seem predictable.