IMO.....Reunion gigs (local or major acts) are BOGUS if they do not have the key frontperson(s) and songwriter. Meaning, if the band was known for BOTH it's vocalist and guitarist, they BOTH need to be there. Plus, for example, if the bass player wrote most of the known songs, he would also need to be incuded.
The remaining members would be nice but optional. No free pass for dead members, although having your grown kid/sibling fill in on the same instrument is kind of OK. Using famous fill-in pals, NOT OK.
So....current BOGUS examples include:
Foreigner
Queen
Yes
OK examples:
Who
Led Zep
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This string reminded me of a freaky thing that happened to me around 2000. While sufing the 'Net, I checked out a bass forum and as I was reading various posts....A GUY WAS ON THERE CLAIMING HE WAS ME!!!!
TOTALLY freaked me out. The guy named my band, that he played 8-string bass in it, named our releases (I was the ONLY bass player ever in the band for the entire time and main writer.) It was REALLY creepy.
So, I contacted the forum moderator and proved I was ME....not He was Me. As soon as he tried to contact the bogus guy, he bolted and vanished. Crazy.