@evan Consider the band touring under the name The Clash *after* Joe Strummer was gone, in the aftermath of the "Cut the Crap" album. Or the Velvet Underground album "Squeeze", where the only actual band member present - Doug Yule - was marginal in the first place. Whether it was really that band depended on perspective.

Or @WBadfinger_Offcl: "The #Badfinger Estates of #PeteHam #TomEvans
#NoMatterWhat #DayAfterDay #WithoutYou #BabyBlue #ComeAndGetIt"

Which one would be canonical?