Reinstated bass players

[oldslapper]

We’ve had Overrated, underrated & (recently) properly-rated 

how about Reinstated?

I’ll start (and probably end)

Derek Forbes. Sacked 1985, Reinstated 1996/7

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Frankie Poullain left the Darkness for a few years and rejoined several years later.

[Mykesbass]

Roger Glover 

[miles'tone]

Annie Holland of Elastica

[casapete]

John Bentley of Squeeze

[MacDaddy]

Hugh McDonald.

Played on Jon Bon Jovi's demos in 1982, played bass in Bon Jovi from 1994, became an official member in 2016.

[MacDaddy]

Billy Sheehan.

Briefly fired from Mr Big in 2001, but quickly reinstated.

[Frank Blank]

Paul Raven RIP

[MacDaddy]

Paul Gray.

Back in The Damned after playing with them in the 80's.

[Lozz196]

Alvin Gibbs left The UK Subs, did various work with Iggy Pop & Nasty Suicide among others then returned to The UK Subs and is still there.

[SICbass]

Didn’t Bedders leave and re-join Madness a couple of times?

[Steve Browning]

John Deacon (oh wait, that's in my dreams!!).

[Skybone]

Youth from Killing Joke - left in the mid-late 80's, re-joined late 90's.

Geezer Butler left Black Sabbath in the 80's, came back.

[Doctor J]

David Ellefson co-founded Megadeth in the early-80's and was with the band until they split in 2002, after which he tried to sue the other co-founder and failed. The band reformed a couple of years later and he was not part of the party until he returned as a hired goon in 2010.

[Richard R]

Roger Waters. Played with Pink Floyd, tried to break up the band, failed, rejoined for the Live8 gig. Though we assume not as a full band member 😉

[casapete]

Seem to remember Ronnie Wood ( then Ron Wood and playing bass) got fired from the Jeff Beck Group and soon after reinstated, when a replacement couldn’t be found for a US tour.

[Doctor J]

Guigsy from Oasis dropped out more than once, I recall, only to come back again.

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 9, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[bassbiscuits]

6 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Guigsy from Oasis dropped out more than once, I recall, only to come back again.

Did anyone notice?

[bartelby]

10 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

Paul Gray.

Back in The Damned after playing with them in the 80's.

And they’ve never sounded better!

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 9, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[Happy Jack]

Paul McCartney, died 9th November 1966, replaced by a lookalike early in 1967.

Opinions vary as to whether or not this constitutes a reinstatement, but John Lennon apparently thought it was, so that's settled.

Next question, please?

 

[upside downer]

Glen Matlock? Sacked by the Sex Pistols in early 1977, rejoined in 1996 for the Filthy Lucre reunion tour as his replacement Sid Vicious was somewhat unavailable having died in February 1979.

[Paul S]

10 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

Hugh McDonald.

Played on Jon Bon Jovi's demos in 1982, played bass in Bon Jovi from 1994, became an official member in 2016.

He actually played on all he studio recordings, too.  Such was younger and prettier so was the 'face' of the earlier live stuff and publicity material.  

[Cat Burrito]

Craig Adams left and re-joined the Mission.

I can't remember his name but the original bassist is back with Ratt... problematic in that I am now the one who has publicly raised this!