List of artists who left right before their bands became famous
Alphabetic list
Artists are listed alphabetically by their surname, followed by the band they left, their former role in the band, the year they left, and the year their former band achieved mainstream success.

List of artists who left right before their bands became famous

Section Title: Alphabetic list
Table Section Text: Artists are listed alphabetically by their surname, followed by the band they left, their former role in the band, the year they left, and the year their former band achieved mainstream success.

Artist	Band the artist left	Role	Year the artist left	Year of band's commercial breakthrough	Notes	Ref

Pete Best	The Beatles	Drummer	1962	1963	Fired and replaced by Ringo Starr

Elbridge Bryant	The Temptations	Vocalist	1963	1964	Fired and replaced by David Ruffin

Chad Channing	Nirvana	Drummer	1990	1991	Replaced by Dave Grohl

Tony Chapman	The Rolling Stones	Drummer	1962	1963	Quit and replaced by Charlie Watts

Jason Cropper	Weezer	Guitarist	1993	1994	Fired and replaced by Brian Bell

Stephen Duffy	Duran Duran	Vocalist/bassist/ drummer	1979	1981	Quit and replaced by Andy Wickett

Jason Everman	Nirvana	Guitarist	1989	1991	Fired

Soundgarden	Bassist	1990	1992	Fired and replaced by Ben Shepherd

Pete Garner	The Stone Roses	Bassist	1987	1989	Quit and replaced by Mani

Terry Glaze	Pantera	Vocalist	1986	1990	Quit and replaced by Phil Anselmo

Tracii Guns	Guns N' Roses	Guitarist	1985	1987	Quit and replaced by Slash

Doug Hopkins	Gin Blossoms	Guitarist	1992	1993	Fired and replaced by Scott Johnson

Crystal Jones	TLC	Vocalist	1991	1992	Fired and replaced by Rozonda Thomas

John Kiffmeyer	Green Day	Drummer	1990	1994	Replaced while at college by Tré Cool

Bob Klose	Pink Floyd	Guitarist	1965	1967	Quit

Barbara Martin	The Supremes	Vocalist	1962	1964	Quit

Dave Mustaine	Metallica	Guitarist	1983	1986	Fired and replaced by Kirk Hammett

Marc Nelson	Boyz II Men	Vocalist	1989	1991	Quit

Henry Padovani	The Police	Guitarist	1977	1979	Fired and replaced by Andy Summers

Anthony Phillips	Genesis	Guitarist	1970	1972	Quit and replaced by Steve Hackett

Niall Quinn	The Cranberries	Vocalist	1990	1993	Quit and replaced by Dolores O'Riordan

Heidi Range	Atomic Kitten	Vocalist	1999	1999	Quit and replaced by Natasha Hamilton

Doug Sandom	The Who	Drummer	1964	1965	Fired and replaced by Keith Moon

Kate Schellenbach	Beastie Boys	Drummer	1984	1986

Eric Stefani	No Doubt	Keyboardist	1994	1995	Quit

Michelle Stephenson	Spice Girls	Vocalist	1994	1996	Fired and replaced by Emma Bunton

Ian Stewart	The Rolling Stones	Keyboardist	1963	1963	Fired

Stuart Sutcliffe	The Beatles	Bassist, vocalist	1961	1963	Quit to pursue a career as a painter

Bob Welch	Fleetwood Mac	Guitarist	1974	1975	Quit and replaced by Lindsey Buckingham

Andy Wickett	Duran Duran	Vocalist	1980	1981	Quit and replaced by Simon Le Bon

DeWayne McKnight	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Guitarist	1988	1989	Fired and replaced by John Frusciante

D. H. Peligro	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Drummer	1988	1989	Fired and replaced by Chad Smith

Frank Farrell	Supertramp	Bassist	1970	1972	Left and replaced by Dougie Thompson

Sentence(s)

Jason Everman was fired from Nirvana in 1989 and Soundgarden in 1990.
Jason Everman left two bands that went on to become famous and was fired from Nirvana in 1989 and Soundgarden in 1990.
Jason Everman was from Nirvana in 1989 and Soundgarden in 1990.

final_sentence: Jason Everman was fired from Nirvana in 1989 and Soundgarden in 1990.
final_sentence: Jason Everman left two bands that went on to become famous and was fired from Nirvana in 1989 and Soundgarden in 1990.
final_sentence: Jason Everman was from Nirvana in 1989 and Soundgarden in 1990.