GUESS THE BAND

[Kekesala]

1. 1st iteration of a band that would go through a MAJOR lineup and genre change

2. Before 1990

3. Guitar player was Jimi Hendrix's personal favorite (according to Hendrix's autobiography)

4. British

5. Didn't achieve commercial success until after 1970 and with only 2 of the original members surviving.

[Kekesala]

1965-1975

[daftgrandad]

Derek and the Dominoes

[cupid04]

zz top?

[MarkRae]

Chicago (Transit Authority)?

[MarkRae]

Oh, British - didn't spot that...

[The Builder]

Fleetwood Mac?

[Kekesala]

nope

[MarkRae]

I thought about Fleetwood Mac, but they had a number 1 single (and 2 number 2s) in 1969 as well as 3 Top 10 albums before 1970, so it couldn't be them...

[237SJ]

Cream?

[MarkRae]

Cream had no line-up changes, and had already split up before 1970...

[The Builder]

Strawbs?

[milly143]

Bros.

[dr b]

The forum that this question was lifted from:

http://forum.ea.com/uk/posts/list/405306.page

seems to indicate that the answer is indeed Fleetwood Mac. Perhaps the OP on the other forum defines "commercial success" differently than MarkRae.

[defenstrate]

black sabbath

[mxyzptlk]

My suggestion would be Status Quo