re: Bands that fell off after 1 member left/kicked off

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Creedence Clearwater Revival.

According to John Fogerty, he wasn't so much aked to leave as he was asked to step back and allow the other band members to do more of the writing. So he stepped all the way back to give them a chance and they ended up producing the worst album of their careers. They were never the same.

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According to Cook and Clifford, it was John Fogerty's idea for all of the remaining members to contribute an equal number of new songs, despite their reservations. They believed he was bitter over Tom Fogerty's departure and their own requests to have additional say in the group's musical decisions, and that he was looking for an excuse to break up CCR to pursue a solo career. When Clifford and Cook at first demurred at the idea of having to supply two-thirds of the album's material themselves, they have said John Fogerty threatened to quit the band, and that, when they agreed, he refused to contribute any vocals or instrumentation to their songs, except for guitar.

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