Screw you guys, I'm goin' home! ....or...(You can't fire me, cos I quit!)

oldscoil

I read the other day that Dave Grohl was on the cusp of getting the boot from Nirvana just before Kurt gave himself a new hairdo (ooohhhh, I'm sorry)

Anyhoo as we know Dave went on to have a great career in FF.

So who's your fave artist that did better musically or successfully after they "left" the band they were in...........

And who's career died after they took their football home!

Thoughts please!

Kold

I think the best I've seen of Dave was on QOTSA's Songs for the Deaf (A Song for the Deaf is immense), personally I think Foo Fighters are the most bland and unexciting bang I've ever had the misfortune to hear.


I dunno about Damon Albarn being much better with Gorillaz or The Good, The Bad and the Queen but he's still doing alright... Well actually I preferred Blur to both of them..

oldscoil

For Sure!
SFTD is Dave's best work.

Anyone else think that Take That's successful come back is worth it, just so you can imagine Robbie Williams sitting in his LA mansion in a dressing gown, with that smut look slowly sliding of his face.......

.....the kinda look people get when they've smoked too much Bad Dublin Hash, and have jsut realised they hate listening to raggae and are about to puke!

CountingCrows

Damien Rice - previously Juniper/Bell X1.

sink

Neil Young after Buffalo Springfield.

Albert Hammond Jr.'s solo stuff

John Fruscante has produced some excellent material outside of RHCP but it is a very mixed bag.

Dr. Dre after NWA

Graham Coxon after blur

Iggy pop after the stooges

I'll add more when I think of them

sink

Don't know if this counts but I prefer New Order to Joy Division.

Oh and JT after 'N' Sync.

DerekD Goldfish

Cathal Coughlan was better in Fatima Mansions than his previous band Microdisney (who were also great)
Scott Walker was far better solo than in the Walker Brothers

But most of the time when an artist who was in a band goes solo or starts a new band after having some success in one previously its worse than thier first effort

oldscoil

I'm looking forward to the day Noel Gallagher ditches those session musicians and gives us an absolutely cracking solo album


Also Dylan's stuff after he left The Shadow Blasters and The Golden Chords seemed to have improved.....for a while anyway!

Dudess

I'm only au fait with Peter Gabriel's singles but I think most of them are excellent (apart from Sledgehammer and Steam - yuk). Needless to say, Genesis went down the toilet once he left...

Bubs101

Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) after Uncle Tupelo

Ryan Adams after Whiskeytown

Neil Young

Lil' Wayne after Hot Boys

New Order after Joy Division

I also like some of Ian Brown's solo stuff

Dudess

Bubs101 wrote: »

New Order after Joy Division

Now I love to see my favourite bands mentioned but that's not the same as one member leaving and the band continuing without them...

oldscoil

Glen Hansard's second band were FAR better than his first, although his first band did release 2 albums and a movie, they were still **** though.

Seriously tho folks, a lot solo artists came from never-made-it bands, try an keep 'em well known.

JaneyMc

I think the best I've seen of Dave was on QOTSA's Songs for the Deaf (A Song for the Deaf is immense),

Im always saying this about Songs for the Deaf, imo Dave should stick to drumming over guitar vocals, even though I do enjoy the latter. I don't think the Foos are bland at all though, they are great in concert, was not really impressed by the latest album though, which I suppose would be the closest to bland they get. The Colour and the Shape is amazing.

Dennis the Stone

Brian Eno is a great example. Muscled out of Roxy Music for being too popular with the fans, or so I read.

oldscoil

The scene with Dave Mustaine in Some Kind of Monster is excellent.

Building a whole career up, quite successful too, but always feeling he was living in Metallica's shadow.

That reminds me, someone ate one of my Tuc crackers in work while I'll was in the jacks..... ....GOTTA SLAM THE DOOR ON ME WAY OUT TODAY!!!!

iamhunted

dont know if he wrote better music, but he was successful - vince clarke after he left depeche mode and started Yazoo and then Erasure

Dudess

I think most of the stuff Vince Clarke did with Depeche Mode was dreadful - I love New Life but that's about it. Whereas I think Yazoo were class. Erasure... hit and miss. Don't know anything by The Assembly.

Captain Darling

oldscoil wrote: »

That reminds me, someone ate one of my Tuc crackers in work while I'll was in the jacks..... ....GOTTA SLAM THE DOOR ON ME WAY OUT TODAY!!!!

The Tuc Burgler must be on the loose.


Back on point Richard Hawleys stuff since Longpigs demise and his sojourn with Pulp. Lovely stuff.

Amazotheamazing

Graham Nash left the Hollies, an average pop band, to join Crobsy Stills and Nash, great folk rock band.

Timans

Eric Clapton after he left The Yardbirds.

Amazotheamazing

Timans wrote: »

Eric Clapton after he left The Yardbirds.

Wasn't Page in the yardbirds for a while?

If so, Page, when he left to form Led Zeppelin,

ANarcho-Munk

Mike Patton.

Dudess

Infononymous wrote: »

Richard Hawleys stuff since Longpigs demise and his sojourn with Pulp. Lovely stuff.

Oh yeah, very good example.

ANarcho-Munk wrote: »

Mike Patton.

/me drooooooools...

One of rock's great unsung hotties.

Larianne

Dudess wrote: »

/me drooooooools...

One of rock's great unsung hotties.

Yes!:D

smackbunnybaby

Shirley Manson was in a crap band before joining garbage. Angelfish? did they split up or was she "poached"

oldscoil

On the subject of Mike Patton, Courtney Love was breifly in the spot as Faith No More's lead singer.

She was also outed from Babes in Toyland.

oldscoil

And just in case you didn't hate the Ting Tings enough already........


Katie White first appeared as a teenager in girl gruop TKO - short for Technical Knock Out. TKO supported acts like Steps and Five.

But hey, lets not go down that route!

Dudess

Ah you're sh1tting me...?

Amazotheamazing

Dudess wrote: »

Ah you're sh1tting me...?

I know, it's crazy cause she's so talented....

oldscoil

Ozzy went on to superstardom during the 80's after his "departure" with Sabbath.
And IMHO they never enjoyed such credibility till Ozzy came back on board in 1998.

DerekD Goldfish

Tago Mago wrote: »

Brian Eno is a great example. Muscled out of Roxy Music for being too popular with the fans, or so I read.

Indeed great as the First 2 Roxy albums are most of his solo stuff is fantastic and far exceeds them.

oldscoil

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

I know, it's crazy cause she's so talented....

One more ting about ting tings, He used to in a christion rock band!

Failed girl band singer + Former member of christian Rock band=Tings Tings.

NUFFFFFF SAID!