What Happened to Little River Band?

[@travishendrix7026]

I do not care about the infighting. I heard them in the 70's and still love thier music today. I listen to them all the time.

[@manlys4351]

One of my favorite bands, no band can harmonize quite like LRB

[@pattomuso]

In 1988 Glenn Frey described them as "the best singing band in the world"

[@manlys4351]

Goble was the genius musician behind the scenes and wrote alot of the hits including reminiscing which has some awesome sounding chords although very difficult.

[@vickyjara9529]

It's heartbreaking what happened to LRB... they will forever be remembered as the greatest Aussie band of all time! 💕!

[@jbrav55]

AC/DC has entered the chat

[@MaudeyMakes]

And cold chisel

[@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059]

@@jbrav55 and so have the, Bee Gees.

[@LordofFaygo]

And Silverchair

[@DadpoolCosplay]

AC⚡️DC reigns supreme.

[@kellywilson8440]

Those guys kicked butt tons of great music !

[@gregblanton9386]

It was a great pleasure to attend a Little River Band concert on a reunion tour in America in the early 2010's, they didn't disappoint!

[@bobthebear1246]

It wasn't a reunion. You saw the fake LRB, owned and managed by Stephen Housden. Hate to burst your bubble there...

[@markjames3522]

Whispering Jack modest success ! Whispering Jack is most successful highest sell Australian domestic album of all time by a an Australian artist. It was the first album overall to sell over a million copies within Australia.

[@Ozvideo1959]

He also never really expressed any interest in touring overseas, but his music and voice is well known all over the world now.

[@bobthebear1246]

Yeah this guy/AI bot Really doesn't know what he/it is talking about. I'm American and even I know that album was a huge smash hit.

[@MichaelCosta_]

Whispering Jack "modest domestic success'? It's one of the most successful Australian albums in Australia of all time!

[@loraa3873]

We missed it over here in the US 😂

[@OttoByOgraffey]

I'm pretty sure it's, GO - BLE. Not, Gobble, like a turkey.

[@822nivla]

Note at 7:18, the presence of Glenn Frey of The Eagles. He joined the reformed LRB, with Glenn Shorrock back, for a tour.

[@micktone1715]

Don't get it, Little River Band, no.44 on the all time Australian Chart, surely at least No.4. I was lucky enough to see them in the UK at Reading Festival 77' and fell in love with them, still a fan today

[@morningsky8045]

When one considers Rolling Stone's top 100 artists of all time is it any surprise that they don't have a clue what happens outside their American bubble.

[@CactusJack1021]

Feels like we are "Reminiscing" 😉. Thanks!!

[@whathappenedtothem_]

Thanks for listening

[@reneeparker7475]

I won their first album on a radio call-in show. I guess they considered it garbage, but I fell in love with this band, the first time I played that album. What a shame that they didn't get more air time.

[@markberryhill2715]

It's a Long Way There is one of the best jams 🎸 ever.

[@jwwj30]

I’m going straight to eBay to see if I can find their Greatest Hits CD. I really enjoyed their music back in the day, as I drove around town with my lady. Thanks for the reminder about this excellent band.

[@ryancole90]

Very interesting…,I love LRB songs, especially “Reminiscing.”

[@jasonblake2918]

I read somewhere frank Sinatra said one of the best songs of the 1970's was reminiscing

[@voxac30withstrat]

Correct and John Lennon also praised the song

[@nobleeagle7661]

May 2023 my daughter & I saw LRB in concert with Wayne Nelson leading the way, it was truly an experience for me having been a fan since the 70's.

[@johnross9981]

It’s not really LRB though unfortunately.

[@australianmade2659]

That’s not LRB. That’s a bunch of blokes who bought the rights to the music. They are in effect a cover band

[@bobthebear1246]

Unfortunately Wayne Nelson is the longest serving member of the band having joined in late-1980 in time for the _Time Exposure_ album. Literally none of the band members from the 70s are in the band now.

[@scottwhite2757]

You saw the rip off LRB .

[@cassiepittman1489]

I've always been a huge fan of little river band !:) great job ✌️💖🤩

[@whathappenedtothem_]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@TheCowfart1]

Cool Change and Night Owl were my two favorite Little River songs. Glen Shorrock sang Cool Change and he kicked ass. Nelson sang Night Owl, and he had an amazing voice. Their greatest hits album contains a bunch of great songs

[@stevemurrell6167]

I agree 'Night Owl' is a good song (the only good song off an average album) but Nelson's problem is he is part of the frauds that now call themselves LRB. It's a stain on his initial membership of the band.

[@docheine]

Their Greatest Hits cassette got lots of play in my Pontiac Grand Am!

[@ronfowlermusic]

Go bull, not Gobble.

[@reneenordeen9447]

Thank you! That was bugging me too, lol.

[@josephfisher9427]

I wear my jeans with my jean jacket, with my jean shirt and listen to Little River Band with big headphone on

[@stevendenton4965]

Many great songs including "Its A Long Way There."

[@wmpopper]

guitars/melody on this tune 🌟

[@Ozvideo1959]

A way under-rated song. The guitar, Glenn's voice, the harmonies, the arrangement, all very good. I still can't understand why it didn't really chart that well.

[@tellofiriometto5810]

LRB is Shorrock, Goble and Birtles. Other than that, is just a tribute band

[@gregcollins5029]

Remember seeing Mississippi at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in 1974. My very first concert

[@Ozvideo1959]

They were pretty good. Kings of the world is brilliant, short but brilliant.

[@sabrehill1]

I'm from UK and listened to LRB as a youngster. My dad's favourite band alongside the Beatles. So underrated in UK.

[@bobthebear1246]

Okay, so first of all, it's pronounced "GO-BEL." Secondly, it was Stephen Housden who was the last man standing with the band name, trademark etc etc., NOT Wayne Nelson, who took over as the sole lead singer of the band, but Housden IS THE SOLE OWNER of the band. In 2006, Housden stepped-back from the stage to concentrate on managing the band, while replacing himself on lead guitar and vocals with an American, thereby making LRB an all-American band. Stephen Housden still owns the band and has vowed to never let Glenn Shorrock, Graeham Goble (again, it's "GO-BEL") and Beeb Birtles take it back. In all fairness the other band members were stupid to leave and sell their share in the band, especially Goble, whom, by his own admission, took more care of the business side of things than the other members. Anyways, that's that. I don't know if you're a real person or an AI bot, BUT you need to do more research if you are the former.

[@barrygiddey9139]

Great Band-Glen was amazing ✨🎤

[@OdinsCloud]

The narrators & writers of these videos are what The Little River Band was singing about when they sang "Lonesome loser".

[@locker1325]

Love this band especially the original front man. But I am so tired of band infighting and the musical chairs of whoever is next. Damn egos.

[@joycecolemanallsep3732]

A great band.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rexnegron1778]

They simply got old, they'd been together a long time.

[@markgarin6355]

Great band. Saw them in US, after DC sniper cancelled the concert outside Baltimore MD. Show with Laura Branigan was good have all of the early albums including night owl

[@eugenehewitt2917]

Crown of Horns my favorite as well. Good job!

[@whathappenedtothem_]

Good choice!

[@hank655]

Not underrated I would say. They were a hit in The Netherlands from 1975 and very wellknown in 1977-1978. Especially amoung students and young adults.

[@nilaroc52]

I saw them when I was younger and all of them were not there anymore, but the ones who came to Orlando are legit. I've seen them couple times.

[@dalestephens1588]

Did I hear you say "Gobble"?? Why make a video about the band if you don't know anything about them?

[@loraa3873]

Gobble Gobble 😂

[@michelestone3194]

In the movie The Other Guys , Mark Wahlberg threw them out of the window of Prius

[@taraskelton4799]

I like the way the narrator describes their singing abilities. Mispronouncing a name is not consequential to the story beautifully described!

[@bethking7348]

Great topic, but incredibly boring narration. Sounds like a high school history report

[@nilaroc52]

And they came to Orlando, Fl on April 14, 2023 and it was amazing! They sound just the same! They are coming back to Orlando on July this same year! Can't wait to see them again!

[@redriderbbgun8018]

You're supporting a fake cover band with NO ORIGINAL members, that the original members are against. Do you even realize this?

[@pattomuso]

@@redriderbbgun8018 "Fake cover band with no original members"? It's actually the latest version of the official franchise. The lineup that broke in the USA wasn't strictly the original lineup anyway.

[@redriderbbgun8018]

@@pattomuso There's literally no original members, so no matter what kind of spin you put on it, it is still a cover band. These yearly tours that the LRB franchise does is strictly a cash grab from low I.Q. Pop music listeners, and they wouldn't happen if things had broken differently in court. It's a disgrace, and people with even a shred of brains understand this. Sorry that you can't....

[@voxac30withstrat]

@@pattomuso Still just a cover band.

[@gregcollins5029]

It’s Gobles not gobbles. It’s pronounced G-oh-balls

[@timsanderson5572]

Actually you are also wrong because it's "Goble." There's no "s" on the end.

[@stevemurrell6167]

As good as John Farnham is (brilliant in fact) I don't think Australia was too impressed with him joining LRB....Shorrock's vocal's suited LRB perfectly, Farnham's did not. I don't think Australia 'perked up it's ears' at all. Also, I take task with you saying Farnham's solo album 'Whispering Jack' album met with 'moderate success' in Australia....it is still the largest selling Australian album in Australia. Hardly 'moderate' success! BTW, Gobble as you pronounce him is Goble....as in Go-ble, Shore-rock as you pronounce him is Shorrock....as in Shock Rock without the 'ck' in the middle. The first part of the word 'Diamantina' is pronounced like the start of the word Diamond! Always funny to hear Americans butcher name pronunciations. Seriously, what is wrong with them?

[@morningsky8045]

Sadly, the question with the shorter answer is "what's right with them?"

[@stevemurrell6167]

@@morningsky8045 Touche!

[@consterned]

😂

[@larryjohnson7591]

Normal Rock band. They could have been the greatest, but ego's get in the way, and everything falls apart. Their sound was so unique and blended so well that once they broke up one or two members, what they had was gone.

[@jimclendon]

Ditching Glenn and bringing in John Farnham was a massive mistake.

[@OttoByOgraffey]

Dude, learn how the names are pronounced, before you start butchering their names.

[@AntipodianMusic]

The Little Ripoff Band. As they are known today

[@taraskelton4799]

I sure love J Shorrock ❤

Gobble, gobble, gobble, what are you a turkey? Come on, man, if you're gonna do a documentary...........

[@siegfriedbraun5447]

I believe it would be pronounced "Show rock"

[@ChrissyGray-os1lf]

I absolutely love LRB !!!!

[@voxac30withstrat]

The MOST internationally awarded Aussie band with a string of hits and they RARELY ever get played on the radio,. Sometimes you hear ACDC (great band too) but you pretty much hear the 2 limpest OZ bands. That massive bunch of steaming hypocrites, MIdnight Oil (Give yours back first Garret), and INXS who were just lame.

[@cmberrian]

Gobble is the name of one the members, like 'slash'?

[@loraa3873]

Gobble Gobble robo narrator is am idiot

[@billdeluca9642]

you guys are crazy ,whoever is best for acertain song sings,Remminssing .Lonesome Loser,and thier were a couple of other good songs,my father always said if it aint broke dont try to fix it,Remmissing was your best song andthier has never beeen another like it and tthier never will be

[@timsanderson5572]

Did you even finish middle school? Good grief who taught you how to spell?

[@SISSYPUSS]

It would be great if you knew a little more about these bands than we do for "what happened" videos. Write a script and learn the material, you need to be friends with them to talk about their problems, and deliver it comfortably. That name is Go-Bel not gobbles, this is too much work to get things wrong, you can do better than this.

[@taraskelton4799]

"NIGHTOWLS"

[@izaakdaviddiggs]

They broke up after an argument about vegemite...

[@stevenmckell9687]

Yeah, someone said they sounded like a Vegemite driller

[@jimmckinnon7148]

I eat Vegemite almost every day!

[@tonysimms5692]

Gobel's name is pronounced GO BELL.

[@charlesbruno3111]

This is what happens when you have too many people in a band

[@Kim-iv4ty]

A mistake at 2.51, wrong line up

[@timkis64]

they dried up?

[@pattomuso]

As far as I know, Housden still owns the franchise although he hasn't played with them for years. He's now based in Ireland. I'm sure the complaining "original"(??) members don't reject their yearly royalty cheques generated by the current lineup!

[@timsanderson5572]

They don't get any royalties.

[@pattomuso]

@@timsanderson5572 Says who? They're legally entitled to! I'm currently checking this with someone who is actually qualified to answer.

[@bonaparty5]

They don’t get anything from what the current fake line up makes. They only get royalties from their albums they were on from Capitol Records.

[@pattomuso]

@@bonaparty5 Your source for that info? They obviously wouldn't get anything from stuff written after their departure from the band. All performances would be subject to logging with organisations like ASCAP (hence a regular flow of royalties to composers, regardless of where they live in the world). Their seems to be some hate for the current lineup being fed by misinformation/lies.

[@bonaparty5]

@@pattomuso this is an interview done with founding member Graeham Goble himself about 3 years ago. He explains the whole story in great detail and says he doesn’t make one dime off of what the current line up makes. You be the judge. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGrMkJKfYpmbd6ssi=nVBoLNQgJh8SPKYs

[@dannyc6166]

The current LRB is not the same caliber as the original members from the 70’s

[@loraa3873]

It's typical of these nuthin-but-nostalgia groups...u can bet most of the classic motown groups are replaced w LIVING entertainers😂

[@dannyc6166]

@@loraa3873 true, but they re-recorded all the songs over to screw the original band members & the new recordings are awful. They had the best vocal harmonies of the 70’s.

[@1970sRacing]

I save you time---they all quit--their own fault

[@pattomuso]

Yep, I got that straight from Steve Housden! Aside from David Briggs, the others left of their own accord

[@ericcook4665]

the little river band washed away in the current of the river no tears lost lol

[@brettthebassist]

Hiring Wayne Nelson 👎🏻

[@loraa3873]

Night owl was great cmon!

[@brettthebassist]

@@loraa3873 yeay but look what he did to the band

[@johnsatella1286]

This narrator can't even pronounce their names right lol

[@ricksantana1016]

Thanks for the update; I stopped listening to the band after all these ridiculous lineup changes, although in 2011 LRB did a show here in my town of Celebration, Florida I didn’t recognize any of the musicians although the sets were “sub-par” at best and the lead singer appeared to be going through the motions, with that said at least this band once had a some solid songs that still sound magical when I’am cruising and fishing from my boat… 🛥️

[@derek5168]

American's who can't pronounce names properly we've never heard two surnames been pronounced more wrong goble as gobble and pellicci as pelletchi

[@jefffuller9918]

Glenn Shorrock's name was mispronounced all the time.

[@consterned]

Yeah, I just heard him pronounce it on KZbin lately, now I kind of know

[@timsanderson5572]

You are absolutely correct, although you have pluralized "Americans" with an unnecessary apostrophe.

[@TaxedtoXXX]

Nothing happened, touring now. 😮