The laziest bands in the history of rock: 10 follow-up albums that took decades to appear

Sections of cover art from 10 albums decades in the making.

The Beatles released 12 albums in seven years and changed music forever, while Creedence Clearwater Revival released three of their greatest albums in 1969 alone. If rock’s taught us anything, it’s that momentum is king. Pause, and the creative juices evaporate. Break up, you might never recover.

To celebrate the MC5 releasing fourth album Heavy Lifting 53 years after their third, 1971's High Time – all the original members were gone by the time it saw the light of day – here are ten more acts who ignored such wisdom and took their own sweet goddamn time. More power to them.