Last week, legendary ’60s British rockers Cream — Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce — regrouped to perform four sold-out concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall, site of their farewell concert almost 40 years ago. By doing so, the band joins a long list of contemporaries and descendants, fractured bodies who patched their wounds well enough to crawl back into the limelight. Why do old bands reunite? Nine times in 10 the answer is C.R.E.A.M.: Cash rules everything around (aging and forgotten) musicians.
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In 2003, John Densmore, the Doors’ original drummer, filed a lawsuit attempting to block ex-bandmates Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger from calling their “reunion” band — with ex-Cult singer Ian Astbury standing in for Jim Morrison — the Doors 21st Century. How did Densmore explain himself? |
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“Val Kilmer was bad enough. The only thing worse than a nightmare is a recurring nightmare.” |
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“I don’t want to sound all Sting about this, but come on, guys — the music’s over.” |
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“It can’t be the Doors without Jim. It could be the Windows, the Hinges, I don’t care, as long as it’s not the Doors.” |
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“I told Ray and Robby a hundred times: You want me, you want the name — call Canada, ask for the Tea Party.” |
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“The Lizard King is not walking through that door.” |
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