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9:30 Coffee Break: Significant Reunions

May 23, 2013

Van Halen reunion pic
Van Halen reunited with David Lee Roth taking the lead in 2007.
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There is a pretty typical formula for most bands: get together, play some shows, maybe get some fame, and break up. There are, however, some bands that add an additional step, they work through whatever issues that caused them to break up and reunite. Sometimes they crash and burn, but today we want to focus on significant bands that went away or broke up and got back together with most, if not all, of the original members and succeeded.

Help us put together a list of significant bands that had a successful reunion with either all or most of the original members. We'll pick out a few and play them for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Songs Played:

Pixies - "Dig for Fire"

Guided By Voices - "Xeno Pariah"

The Jayhawks - "Nothing Left to Borrow"

Devo - "So Fresh"

Ben Folds Five - "Do It Anyway"

Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945"