Who are some members of otherwise great bands that are not quite up to par with everyone else?

I'm going to be nice and not say Boom.

ed o'brien - radiohead

For Radiohead I thought it was widely agreed to be their drummer, whatever his name is

Anthony kiedis

well the classic one ....Ringo.

Phil Selway.

Not sure, the guy writes a lot of music.

Outside of lead singers, I wouldn't be able to tell you.

Anthony Kiedas
Jim Morrison
Perry Ferrell

I only listen to powerhouse combinations

my first thought was meg white. but she's half of the white stripes. her parts are easy enough, but i'm not sure how to measure chemistry.

It’s hard to quantify really because someone who may not be an instrumental powerhouse might be the creative force. Dave Matthews comes to mind. He’s got great guys all around him, plays a good enough rhythm and vocals match the music but it’s sort of Kermit-like. He’s the weakest link in terms of pure musicianship, but obviously a centerpiece creatively.

I thought of Dave, but asked my self what would the band be without him. I arrived at a much different answer than my front men.. I mean anyone almost improves The Peppers or Jane for me.

Marshall Tucker

The members of CCR that weren’t John Fogerty.

Syd Barrett

First answer I agree with

Yeah like most of my OB threads this is more a kicking off point for talking about music than any type of academic analysis

Farrell sure gave Janes attention. He was super weird and also had a very personal voice.

Outside of Boom, who’s the current weakest link? Matt or Stone?