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Taverner

(55,476 posts) Tue May 21, 2013, 08:03 PM May 2013

One band member has an affair with another band member's wife (or husband) [View all]

Your first reaction is:

BTW....this is only a what if scenario

Just thinking about Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and John & Michelle Phillips

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	Punch the MFer in the face and fire them
	0 (0%)
	Punch the MFer in the face and keep them
	0 (0%)
	Fire them
	0 (0%)
	Write a song about it
	0 (0%)
	Write a song about it, and make the offender's part in the song BIG
	4 (80%)
	Other
	1 (20%)
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One band member has an affair with another band member's wife (or husband) [View all] Taverner May 2013 OP

Not enough information ... Scuba May 2013 #1

Van, hell ... who owns the P.A.???? Bake May 2013 #4

Been there first hand I left the band after my gf who was the drummer started dating my friend Arcanetrance May 2013 #2

I chose "pass" mokawanis May 2013 #3

Layla Ptah May 2013 #5

Two questions: (1) Isn't that why most bands break up in the first place? Bake May 2013 #6

George Harrison also slept with Ringo Starr's wife Maureen. Boomerproud May 2013 #10

I think Dicky Betts explained that DFW May 2013 #12

Ahhhh. Excellent Bake May 2013 #21

Not some sordid love triangle DFW May 2013 #22

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed easychoice May 2013 #25

Another classic! Bake May 2013 #26

I know people this has happened to. The actual truth is in no way entertaining. harmonicon May 2013 #7

Long tours, close quarters, high drama.... It's sort of standard operating procedure, isn't it? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #8

Orgy? n/t Chan790 May 2013 #9

Sounds good! In_The_Wind May 2013 #15

"The bugger in the short sleeves fucked my wife..." - John Cale RE: Kevin Ayers nomorenomore08 May 2013 #11

It explains those uneasy grins on the front of June 1, 1974 Tom Ripley May 2013 #18

Did they perform together for that concert? Just imagine the tension onstage... nomorenomore08 May 2013 #19

Yes, Cale even sang backing vocals on the unreleased Ayers song "I've Got A Hard-On For You Baby" Tom Ripley May 2013 #23

I guess they could at least remain civil toward each other. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #24

Dump the wife, maybe keep the band member. Lasher May 2013 #13

That was never a problem in my band DFW May 2013 #14

cocaine? datasuspect May 2013 #16

Yes, this is awesome. This is the story behind Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" Taverner May 2013 #17

You ever see the inlay of that Fleetwood Mac live double-album? nomorenomore08 May 2013 #20

Group Grope olddots May 2013 #27