Best short-lived band?

If four records counts as short lived, of course, I'm with Msarty, and the great

Uncle Tupelo

I'd add

Nadine

three records, with their first, "Downtown Saturday," an alt country classic.

Also in the vicinity, with 3 or 4 records,
is

Whiskeytown

another alt country classic. Never bought into Ryan Adams after he left the band. Maybe Caitlin Cary was the driving force.

John

Guns and Roses (for best of 80's rock band and in the original "Appetite for Destruction" member line up).

Spirt
Mountain

Pish in your Hazen!!

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