Well, fellow chordian, I will be 52 years YOUNG on December 7th, and the very same question popped up, not know, but already years.
I hope to be right that reunions are excluded.
I think that we should be able to find a lot more bands, "lost glories", but still on the road to live the life they always had.
- PINK FLOYD SHOULD BE IN THAT LIST TOO, they lost Syd Barrett, and later on Roger Waters left the group, but if you mail me: bad answer: see the Stones= 3 left from the original line up.
There is almost no group in the original line up EXCEPT 1, yes ONE group: ZZ TOP. They started with 3, and they still play with 3 SINCE 1969!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love those guys, especially, GIBBONS & HILL, who have Santa Claus faces, but when I hear the drummer's name, I still have to laugh, already for years. His name is beard, but he hasn't one and Gibbons & Hill, well.. I am wondering if the length of their beards is not affecting their play, that the touch a hear in stead of a string.
The longest running band should be STATUS QUO, they started in 1962!! and except for some changes, you can tell that the HOT SHOTS, are still playing. RICK PARFITT & FRANCIS ROSSI.
THEY ARE 45 years active, amazing, almost unbelievable.
FACT: the AC/DC brothers YOUNG started forming a Group ( Angus and Malcolm Young ), but Have you heard about the "EASYBEATS"with their smash hit: "Friday on my mind", and "hello, I love you, was found by George YOUNG, yes the older brother, with a guy named VANDA (originally from the Netherlands, real name VANDENBERGH).
Before they became very popular, they even had the second place, in albums sold in the USA, and I think they sold now about 200.000.000 records. They had different line ups, one of the better was with Bon Scott (+1980) In some cultures, "AC/DC" is a slang term for bisexuality;
Also some religious figures have suggested that the name stands for "Anti-Christ/Devil's Child(ren)", "Anti-Christ/Devil Christ", and "After Christ/Devil Comes".
You can probably add THE WHO, again a group having PETE TOWNSHEND and ROGER DALTREY, starting in 1964.
If you DON'T COUNT the periods of NON-ACTIVITY, they are playing about 43 years.
I hope this was helpful, and I like always to add, mostly "not knowed facts".
I LOVE THIS QUESTION
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