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Music History Events: Band Dynamics

August 26, 1980 Cheap Trick bass player Tom Peterson leaves the group, citing burnout. He returns for their 1988 Lap Of Luxury album, featuring their comeback song "The Flame."

August 5, 1980 The Osmonds officially disband.

July 25, 1980 Eric Carr makes his debut as Kiss drummer.

May 18, 1980 Drummer Peter Criss leaves Kiss. He is replaced by Eric Carr, but returns to the band (along with Ace Frehley) in 1996.

November 29, 1979 The original four members of Kiss play for the last time together before their first "breakup."

July 17, 1979 Gary Moore leaves Thin Lizzy in mid-tour; Midge Ure replaces him as lead guitarist.

June 14, 1979 Little Feat announce their breakup; guitarist Lowell George dies of a heart attack just two weeks later.

April 12, 1979 Mickey Thomas, lead singer on Elvin Bishop's 1975 hit "Fooled Around And Fell In Love," becomes the new lead vocalist for Jefferson Starship.

December 30, 1978 Emerson, Lake And Palmer publicly announce their breakup.

December 22, 1978 Faces' drummer Kenney Jones joins The Who, replacing Keith Moon, who had died from an accidental overdose of anti-alcoholic medications two months earlier.

May 6, 1978 The Knack is formed.

March 3, 1978 Whitesnake, formed by Deep Purple frontman David Coverdale after that band splintered, play their first live gig, in Lincoln, England.

January 2, 1978 Two months after quitting the band, Ozzy Osbourne rejoins Black Sabbath. The reunion doesn't last long: He's kicked out of the band the following year.

September 29, 1977 In the middle of a tour, James Brown's backup band, the J.B.s, walk out before a gig in Hallendale, Florida, complaining of being underpaid. Most of the band return to complete the tour.

August 13, 1977 Bachman-Turner Overdrive announce that the group is splitting up. They reunite five years later.

July 22, 1977 Shaken by the deaths of his sister Rhonda and good friend Freddie Prinze, Tony Orlando says on stage at a show in Cohasset, Massachusetts, "This is my last day as a performer." He spends some time recovering, and returns to the stage in November.

July 4, 1977 Blondie bassist Gary Valentine quits the band.

February 15, 1977 Sid Vicious joins The Sex Pistols.

November 26, 1976 Lol Creme and Kevin Godley quit 10cc, leaving it a duo, and perform as Godley & Creme.

October 7, 1976 Dennis Edwards announces he is leaving The Temptations. Four years later, he would rejoin for the group's successful Power album.

October 1, 1976 David Bowie retreats to West Germany in an attempt to clean up his cocaine addiction. While in Germany, Bowie works with Iggy Pop and Brian Eno. The song "Heroes" comes from this stay.

July 26, 1976 With endless touring and recording, as well as various addictions, tearing the band apart, Three Dog Night play their last concert tonight in San Francisco, California. (The group would reunite in 1981, but that reunion would prove short-lived.)

July 16, 1976 After six years, Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina decide to split up their partnership, which had three big hits in "Thinking Of You," "My Music," and "Your Mama Don't Dance."

May 28, 1976 Gregg Allman testifies against The Allman Brothers Band's road manager/bodyguard Scooter Herring in a deal to avoid drug charges after a drug-trafficking sting. This causes tensions in the band, who take two years off before re-forming.

June 5, 1975 Syd Barrett, ex-Pink Floyd member and founder who was forced from the band after becoming an acid casualty, quietly appears in the Abbey Road studios during recording of the band's album Wish You Were Here, which was largely written about him. No one notices Barrett, and he soon leaves as quietly as he entered.

June 1, 1975 On his 28th birthday, guitarist Ronnie Wood plays his first gig with the Rolling Stones when they open their Tour Of The Americas in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is later named a full-fledged member of the band.

April 25, 1975 The original New York Dolls break up after Jerry Nolan and Johnny Thunders leave the band in the middle of a tour in Florida. They carry on with replacements into 1976, but disband that year, returning again in 2004.

April 19, 1975 The Raspberries split up.

April 14, 1975 Former Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood is announced as the replacement for Rolling Stones' Mick Taylor on their upcoming tour. By the end of the year, Wood is their permanent guitarist.

April 12, 1975 David Bowie retires, for the second time.