Up next in our countdown of our Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks are notable mentions for seminal shoegazers My Bloody Valentine, the Modfather Paul Weller, those reborn, like a phoenix from the flames, Doves, and, topping up his plundered pension fund, Leonard Cohen.

Read part one of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.
Read part three of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.
Read part four of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.
Read part four of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.
Read part five of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.

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40. My Bloody Valentine



These pioneers of lighthearted party pop like to throw a party, as long as they can bring their distortion pedala. They shoegazed their way back onto the scene back in 2007 after fifteen years of, er, shoegazing.

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39. Roky Erickson



The 13th Floor Elevators founder took Sixties psychedelia way too seriously – mental illness, insane asylums and alien encounters consumed his ’70s and ’80s. But since 2001, Roky’s recovery has returned him to music as a cosmic yet damaged hero.

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38. Robert Johnson



If you’re a struggling blues musician and fame is eluding you, why not do a deal with the devil at the crossroads at midnight, exchanging stardom for the small price of your soul? Job done.

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37. Sonny Rollins



Shocked by the explorations of free jazz, Sonny Rollins retired from music to focus on his own style. Practicing in wood sheds, on bridges and more, the saxophone colossus returned as perhaps the complete jazz musician.

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36. Dexy’s Midnight Runners



Okay, so when your lead singer suggests a new look that includes boxing boots and pony tails, tensions are bound to rise. Kevin Rowland took no notice, recruited some fiddle players and came back with ‘Come On Eileen’.

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35. Leonard Cohen



After a lengthy lawsuit in which an alleged £5 million was lifted from his retirement fund, Cohen hit the road in 2008 after fifteen years out of the spotlight. Pension pot losses - the Pyramid Stage’s gain.

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34. Doves



For many, losing your studio and tapes in a fire would perhaps sour a burgeoning music career, but thankfully not for SubSub. Renamed Doves, the trio swapped samplers for guitars and created something a whole lot more interesting.

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33. Peter Green



Before all the coke and in-band sexual frolics, Fleetwood Mac were a blues band led by guitar virtuoso Peter Green. Diagnosed with schizophrenia after heavy LSD use, Green went through numerous institutions before re-emerging with his Splinter Group in 1997.

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32. Kraftwerk



Okay, so Dusseldorf’s finest didn’t release any new music, but 2009’s Bestival headline slot was a legendary comeback, due to forty thousand fans dressed as laser drenched spaceships going stratospheric. Au contraire our German friends; WE are the robots.

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31. Paul Weller



Disillusioned by the failure of The Style Council, Paul Weller left music to focus on his family. Ending his writer’s block with a self-titled solo album, the Modfather re-emerged as a father figure for Britpop.

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Read part one of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.
Read part three of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.
Read part four of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.
Read part four of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.
Read part five of Clash's Top 50 Greatest Musical Comebacks HERE.